Tsimshian storyteller and artist Roy Henry Vickers shares an adventure from his childhood in the Indigenous village of Kitkatla, on BC's north coast. When Uncle Johnny accidentally catches an orphaned sea lion pup in his fishing net,...
Juvenile fiction
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Author:Vickers, Roy HenrySummary: - Author:Stevenson, Robin, Parkins, DavidSummary:
Seven-year-old Ben loves pretending to be a robot, but his best friend Jessy is tired of being ordered to oil his knee joints and check his batteries. She says the robot game is boring and runs off to play with someone else. So Ben...
- Author:Florence, MelanieSummary:
Benjamin loves the rain. He loves splashing in puddles and kicking the droplets. And most of all, he loves the sound of thunder because it reminds him of the drum his grandfather plays at powwow. There's nothing better than being...
- Author:Holden, SarabethSummary:
Benny loves bananas. He eats them morning, noon, and night. He even rides a bike with a yellow banana seat. In fact, Benny has a secret, he hopes one day he will turn into a banana! And if there is one thing Benny knows, it's that with...
- Author:Kadarusman, MichelleSummary:
Perspectives of two Indonesian middle-schoolers and a caged orangutan entwine. Wealthy Malia faces the consequences of disobediently circulating an anti-palm-oil petition at her school, resulting in suspensions for herself, her best...
- Author:Glickman, SusanSummary:
Bernadette Inez O’Brian Schwartz is a very small girl with a very long name and a very BIG imagination! "Everyone agreed that Bernadette Inez O'Brian Schwartz was a most unusual child. Her first word was ‘Why?’ So was her second word,...
- Author:Glickman, SusanSummary:
Bernadette continues her adventures with Annie, Keisha, and Megan, aka "The Lunch Bunch". Things are great until Bernadette ignores her new friends in favor of spending time with her old friend Jasmine. She then has to prove to the...
- Author:Glickman, SusanSummary:
Bernadette Inez O’Brian Schwartz is back with her friends Annie, Keisha, and Megan, aka The Lunch Bunch. In this third adventure, Bernadette finally gets the puppy she has been dreaming of for so long. She asks her Lunch Bunch friends...
- Author:Hoffman, CaraSummary:
When a girl in a blue dress crashes the Mad Hatter’s eternal tea party, the sleepy Dormouse feels more awake than he has in a long time. He wishes he could follow her and be a part of her adventure. And as luck would have it, a...
- Author:Outram, JessicaSummary:
It's the summer of 1914. Eight-year-old Bernice lives with her family in a lighthouse on Georgian Bay. Bernice doesn't get to explore much farther than their island, but she has her books to fuel her imagination, including her favorite...
- Author:Goade, MichaelaSummary:
A Caldecott Honor Book! An Indie Bestseller! Caldecott Medalist Michaela Goade's first self-authored picture book is a gorgeous celebration of the land she knows well and the powerful wisdom of elders. On an island at the edge of a wide...
- Author:Chichester Clark, EmmaSummary:
Join best friends Melrose and Croc for a day of sunshine and laughter beside the sea! This glowing picture book from the creator of the Blue Kangaroo series is perfect for sharing with little children making friends. Little Green Croc...
- Author:Itani, FrancesSummary:
Hanna is fed up with her best friend, Lizzy, who is always trying to be better than her. When Lizzy tells Hanna she can throw her ball farther and succeeds, it's the last straw. Hanna is tired of feeling second best, but what she...
- Author:Itani, FrancesSummary:
After a fight with her best friend, Lizzy, Hanna learns how to see things from another person's perspective. This edition combines both written and spoken words.
- Author:Ernst, KathleenSummary:
Twelve-year-old Elspeth Monro, a Scottish settler and weaver's apprentice on the North Carolina frontier in 1775, must find out who is betraying her Loyalist family during the months before the start of the Revolutionary War.
- Author:Dinsdale, ChristopherSummary:
The fate of the known world is settled on the shores of Canada In Christopher Dinsdale’s third historical adventure for young readers, Connor MacDonald and his mother have encountered Henry Sinclair, Norwegian prince and Earl of Orkney...
- Author:Haywood, CarolynSummary:
Betsy and her fourth-grade friends discover football.
- Author:O'Connor, Heather M.Summary:
In this high-interest sports novel, a star player on an elite soccer team is forced to make tough choices when illegal gambling gets him in way over his head.
- Author:Nichols, TravisSummary:
When the Gumshoe Zoo's alarm alerts them, they learn Betty's Bakery has been burgled! But how' Something isn't quite right-and it's up to these determined detectives to figure out what! Alliteration abounds in...
- Author:Cook Waldron, KathleenSummary:
12-year-old Ari inherits his grandfather's unspoiled lakeside land and cabin. But his aunt and father want to sell it all to luxury hotel developers.
It's bittersweet: Ari's beloved grandfather has died, but he's left Ari an...
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