In Dresden, 1945, Elizabeth and Karli’s mother works at the zoo, where her favourite animal is a young elephant named Marlene. Then the zoo director tells her that the dangerous animals - including the elephants - must be shot before...
Juvenile fiction
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Author:Morpurgo, MichaelSummary: - Author:Daigneault, Claude, Jalette, Jocelyn, Daigneault, MathieuSummary:
After her friend Pyro makes an indelicate comment about her weight, Glucosina’s feelings are hurt. The little orphan dragon would sure like to try and apologize, but the fire in his belly is dying out, and he’s starting to freeze. Will...
- Author:Levert, MireilleSummary:
Fish soup is not exactly appetizing to young Victor, so he sets out to spice things up by diving into his bowl. Pelted by peas and carrots, he struggles toward an island of overgrown celery stalks, where he battles a ferocious pepper...
- Author:Chan, GillianSummary:
In 1922, in the Chinatown district of Vancouver, British Columbia, twelve-year-old Chin Mei Ling and her father work several jobs to save money for the "Head Tax" that will allow her mother and baby brother to immigrate from China.
- Author:Dawe, TomSummary:
An Old Man's Winter Night: Ghostly Tales is the newest collection of ghost stories by Tom Dawe, one of Newfoundland and Labrador's most distinguished writers. The stories, all based on ones Dawe himself has collected across...
- Author:Greene, JennaSummary:
The charming story of a young owl's strange and disorienting journey to discover who he is and where he belongs. When a young Great Horned Owl wakes up to find himself on the ground with a broken wing, he can't figure out where he is,...
- Author:Sass, A. J.Summary:
For fans of George and Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World , a heartfelt story about a nonbinary character navigating a binary world. Twelve-year-old Ana-Marie Jin, the reigning US Juvenile figure skating champion, is not a...
- Author:Lowry, LoisSummary:
Anastasia's 10th year has some good things like falling in love and really getting to know her grandmother and some bad things like finding out about an impending baby brother.
- Author:Lowry, LoisSummary:
The first four books of Lois Lowry's beloved series about precocious tween Anastasia Krupnik are collected in this ebook edition. Over the course of these stories, Anastasia deals with a new baby in the family, a move to the...
- Author:Kilpatrick, SheilaSummary:
Anastasia’s Rain, a book of magical proportions, not only teaches children the value of a positive attitude and the virtue of patience, it also teaches the importance of listening to the guidance of ones fairy/inner wisdom. Children...
- Author:Boulay, StéphanieSummary:
Anatole est inconsolable. Rien ni personne ne peut soulager sa peine. Jusqu'{grave}a ce que sa grande soeur R{acute}egine se donne pour mission de comprendre ce qui le rend si malheureux... Pour sa premi{grave}ere incursion en litt{...
- Author:Smith, Cynthia LeitichSummary:
These stories and poems by both new and veteran Native American writers burst with hope, joy, resilience, the strength of community, and Native pride.
- Author:Tchaikovsky, AdrianSummary:
All roads lead to Underhill, where it's always winter, and never nice. Harry Bodie has a famous grandmother, who wrote beloved children's books set in the delightful world of Underhill. Harry himself is a failing kids' television...
- Author:Richardson, Justin, Parnell, PeterSummary:
The heartwarming true story of two penguins who create a nontraditional family is now available in a sturdy board book edition. At the penguin house at the Central Park Zoo, two penguins named Roy and Silo were a little bit different...
- Author:Andersen, Hans ChristianSummary:
Beloved children's classics such as “The Ugly Duckling,” “Thumbelina,” "The Little Match Girl," and “The Princess and the Pea.” By turns heartbreaking and joyous, these are the stories that first taught many of us the glories of...
- Author:Spalding, AndreaSummary:
Presenting a special 2-book bundle of Andrea Spalding’s award-winning books for kids! “Highly Recommended!” — CM Magazine, for An Island of My Own “I would rate Finders Keepers a five — that’s a wow.” — Shuswap Market News, for Finder...
- Author:Warwaruk, LarrySummary:
Twelve-year-old Andrei moves from Ukraine to a Canadian homestead in 1900, and has to choose between the magic of Eastern Europe and the power of the new land and its people.
Andrei and his family leave Ukraine for a homestead...
- Author:Carvalho, BeatrizSummary:
Anelis n'a pas toujours vécu à Montréal. Avant, elle vivait dans un pays chaud où la mer faisait partie de sa vie. Son ancien pays lui manque, Anelis a souvent de la peine. Pour se remonter le moral, elle fait remonter à la surface...
- Author:Doyle, BrianSummary:
A Phoenix Honor Award Book Young Tommy is seeing Angel Square through new eyes since his best friend's father was beaten up just because he's Jewish. Brian Doyle brings his award-winning blend of humor and wisdom to bear in this mystery...
- Author:Munsch, RobertSummary:
When Angela's father gets lost at the airport, she looks for him everywhere, even inside an airplane. But when Angela's love of button-pressing proves too great, she finds herself in charge of flying the plane. Can Angela make it back...
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