Awarding-winning author Bill Richardson and illustrator Bill Pechet team up again with Lola Flies Alone, a delightful story about a young airline passenger who has even more imagination than she has style-and she has plenty of that....
Girls
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Author:Richardson, BillSummary: - Author:Riley, JillEllyn, Kay, Katty, Shipman, ClaireSummary:
From Bali to Brazil, South Africa to Seattle, Australia to Afghanistan, these girls took risks, doubted themselves, and sometimes failed. But they also hung in there when things got hard. Along the way they discovered what matters to...
- Author:Demers, JulieSummary:
A little girl with a beard must find herself a home in this contemporary fairy tale. It's 1944, and an eleven-year-old girl lives with her parents in a little village in rural Quebec. Her mother is very sad, and her father has vanished...
- Author:Godbout, YvanSummary:
Une fillette égarée dans un monde qu'elle ne reconnait pas. Un papa ours dissimulant peut-être l'horrible croquemitaine. Une maman ourse tourmentée cherchant à protéger ses petits. Un ourson prisonnier d'un...
- Author:Davidson, Leslie A.Summary:
Dans cet album au texte en rimes, une fillette s'émerveille devant les miracles de la nature au cours d'une excursion en canot avec son grand-père.
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Author:Kelly, Erin EntradaSummary:There are stories of extraordinary children who are chosen from birth to complete great quests and conquer evil villains. This is no such story. Sometimes, you are an ordinary child. Sometimes, you have to choose yourself. This is the...
- Author:Arsenault, IsabelleSummary:
Pauvre Colette, récemment déménagée dans un nouveau quartier, sa mère lui refuse un animal de compagnie. Mais lorsqu'elle cherchera à se faire de nouveaux amis, ce sera grâce à une perruche... imaginaire! Ce livre est le premier d'une...
- Author:Rocheleau, CarlSummary:
Janvier 1984, Montréal. A la sortie de l'école, Véronique Rocheleau est abordée par un homme qui prétend la connaître. Convaincue par le discours de l'inconnu, la fillette de huit ans abandonne ses amies et le suit. ...
- Author:Danticat, EdwidgeSummary:
In a land where vicious dictators crush dreams and lives on a whim, Haitian people have only faith and hope to sustain them. Perhaps it is the faith that a tiny, leaky boat packed with refugees will successfulyly navigate the ocean and...
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Author:RolliSummary:Ten-year-old Beverly is an ordinary girl with an extraordinary best friend. Her name is Kabungo, and she lives in a cave on Main Street. No one knows where she comes from or who she really is, but life is never dull when Kabungo is...
- Author:Arnold, Elana K.Summary:
When Harriet Wermer arrives on Marble Island she discovers a mystery. One that seems to involve her Dad, back when he was a young boy living on Marble Island. One that Harriet is absolutely going to solve.
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Author:Folger, NapatsiSummary:Joy is ten years old, living in Apex, Nunavut - a suburb of Iqaluit -and loving life. Her little sister Allashua may be annoying, but all in all Joy loves living at the top of the world in Apex. But when Joy begins to notice her parents...
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Author:Tate, NikkiSummary:In the late 1850s in and around Carson City, struggles between the Indians and the local whites are growing. During the struggles, Joselyn, a young orphan, meets Sarah Winnemucca, a Paiute girl who becomes her friend and gives her some...
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Author:Tate, NikkiSummary:It's 1861 and orphan Jo has made it from Carson City, Nevada, to San Francisco without anyone figuring out that she's a girl in boy's clothing. When she hears talk of gold strikes in the Cariboo, Jo and her friend Bart sign on for what...
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Author:Ashcraft, BrianSummary:Japanese Schoolgirl Confidential takes you beyond the realm of everyday girls to the world of the iconic Japanese schoolgirl craze that is sweeping the globe. For years, Japanese schoolgirls have appeared in hugely-popular anime and...
- Author:Gareau, LyneSummary:
Lors d'une visite au zoo de Vancouver, Isabelle croise le regard d'un loup en captivité. Elle est bouleversée par la rancoeur qu'elle y lit. Elle cherchera donc à s'informer pour mieux comprendre et aider ce loup...
- Author:Urquhart, JaneSummary:
In the early morning dark, Emer McConnell rises for a day of teaching music in the schools of rural Saskatchewan. While she travels the snowy roads in the gathering light, she begins another journey, one of recollection and...
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Author:Davidson, Leslie A.Summary:In this rhyming picture book, a young girl describes the magical encounters with wildlife that she and her grandfather witness while out in the red canoe. This edition combines both written and spoken words.
- Author:Davidson, Leslie A.Summary:
Fish and herons, turtles and dragonflies, beaver lodges and lily pads - a multitude of wonders enchant both the child narrator and any other nature lovers along for the ride in this tender, beautifully illustrated picture book. Baby...
- Author:Bradley, AlanSummary:
Colonel de Luce, in desperate need of funds, rents his beloved estate of Buckshaw over to a film company. They will be shooting a movie over the Christmas holidays, filming scenes in the stately manse with a famous and reclusive star....
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