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  • Author:
    Woodson, Jacqueline
    Summary:

    Jacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson has created a poignant, yet heartening audiobook about finding...

  • Author:
    Steggall, Susan
    Summary:

    Uses rhyming text to follow different construction vehicles, including bulldozers, diggers, and trucks, as they build a group of houses.

  • Author:
    Stinson, Kathy
    Summary:

    "Who says dogs can't fly? Meet Zora: a dog with a big dream and an even bigger personality. All Zora wants to do is learn how to fly so she can catch that pesky squirrel in her yard. But try as she might to prove to her friend Tully--a...

  • Author:
    Bouchard, David
    Summary:

    Have you danced the round dance yet?

    Of course you have-you're in my dream.

    You've danced in circles next to me

    You now know things aren't as they seem.

    Discover the beauty of the traditional Round Dance...

    • Running Time: 00:21 hrs
  • Author:
    Corneau, Michelle
    Summary:

    Anna explores what it means to be Mohawk, her own identity and the identity of others as she learns to follow the Eagle’s path. She learns how her culture has taught many generations to value honesty, wisdom and courage in their day-to-...

  • Author:
    Simpson, Caroll
    Summary:

    This is the story of how the first beaver came to be. It tells of a young girl, Reedee, who is born with hair the colour of Mother Earth, not the colour of Raven like the rest of her people. It isn't just her hair that sets Reedee apart...

  • Author:
    Vermette, Katherena
    Summary:

    Makwa has to go to a new school ... and he doesn't want to go. How will he face his first day? The Seven Teaching of the Anishinaabe -- love, wisdom, humility, courage, respect, honesty, and truth -- are revealed in these seven stories...

  • Author:
    Simons, Marijke
    Summary:

    It's wintertime in Nova Scotia and two flying squirrels are busy exploring the woods around their spruce-tree home. After a busy night of playing and gliding and snacking, they're ready to settle down and sleep all day. But humans have...

  • Author:
    Dumas, Marianne
    Summary:

    Barabas is a lonely fisherman. Every morning, alone, he goes out to sea on his small fishing boat, throws his net in the water, and hopes to bring some fish home (where no one is waiting for him). Then one day, Barabas discovers...

  • Author:
    Deer, Beatrice
    Summary:

    On a cloudless summer night, a fox falls to earth and comes across a family of humans. As the seasons change and they move their camp, she follows them, growing ever more intrigued by human ways--and especially by the oldest son, Irniq...

  • Author:
    Aman, Kimiko
    Summary:

    This charming story follows two children who go looking for their jump rope and discover that a group of foxes have claimed it as an answer to their wish. With beautiful, classic illustrations and lyrical text, here is a subtle,...

  • Author:
    Lee, Day's, Bellemare, Josee
    Summary:

    Jade is a curious nine-year-old who likes to help out at her family’s Chinese restaurant, The Fragrant Garden, after school. Though she is often allowed to help set tables or clean up, she longs to be part of the more exciting tasks...

  • Author:
    James, Matt
    Summary:

    Norma and her parents are going to her great-uncle Frank's funeral, and Norma is more excited than sad. She is looking forward to playing with her favorite cousin, Ray, but when she arrives at the church, she is confronted with rituals...

  • Author:
    Vermette, Katherena
    Summary:

    "A young girl becomes lost in the woods after wandering too far away from her mother. Scared because she is lost, she encounters a large wolf who reminds her of her own ability to survive and find her mother again."

  • Author:
    Dandurand, Joseph A.
    Summary:

    A story for children by Kwantlen storyteller and award-winning poet Joseph Dandurand. The Girl Who Loved the Birds is the third in a series of Kwantlen legends by award-winning author Joseph Dandurand, following The Sasquatch, the Fire...

  • Author:
    Finley Mosca, Julia
    Summary:

    NSTA Best STEM Books for K-12 Selection NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books Selection Dolly Gray Children's Literature Award Recipient A Mighty Girl Book of the Year. If you've ever felt different, if you've ever been low, if you don't...

  • Author:
    Brenna, Beverley
    Summary:

    A young girl finds a new friend in an art gallery and shares all her secrets. Then she learns that the new friend is going to move away.

  • Author:
    John, Jory
    Summary:

    A #1 New York Times bestseller! An Amazon Best Books of the Year So Far 2019 Selection! From the bestselling creator of The Bad Seed, a timely story about not having to be Grade A perfect! Meet the good egg. He's a verrrrrry good egg...

  • Author:
    Maclear, Kyo
    Summary:

    While banished to a dusty study one day "to think things over", a boy pulls a book off a shelf and with great reluctance begins to read. As the afternoon passes, the story nabs him and carries him away. Before long, this good little...

  • Author:
    Cassidy, Sara, Chua, Charlene
    Summary:

    Filip, the ten-year-old son of Croatian immigrants, lives in a boring suburb of the big city, where he passes his time either at school or in his cozy kitchen, googling everything from dinosaurs to the Hubble Space Telescope. When his...

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