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A Coyote Columbus Story
Fiction
Paperback
ThemesHistoryHumourIndigenous
Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3
A retelling of the Christopher Columbus story from an Indigenous point of view turns the tale on its ear!
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A Coyote Solstice Tale
Fiction
Hardcover
ThemesFamily and FriendshipHumourIndigenous
Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3
Trickster Coyote is having his friends over for a festive solstice get-together in the woods when a little girl comes by unexpectedly. She leads the party-goers through the snowy woods to a shopping mall -- a place they have never seen before.
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A Girl Like That
Fiction
ThemesEmotions and Social AwarenessLove and Romance
Age / Grade 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+
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A Likkle Miss Lou: How Jamaican Poet Louise Bennett Coverley Found Her Voice
Non-Fiction
Hardcover
ThemesBiographyHistoryNon-Fiction
Age / Grade 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3
An Own Voices story of a child finding and trusting her words, this picture book tells the story of Miss Lou’s early years, when she was a young girl growing up in Jamaica.
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Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao
Fiction
ThemesCooking / FoodEmotions and Social AwarenessFamily and FriendshipPicture Book
Age / Grade 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3
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Animals of Chinese New Year
Fiction
Board Book
ThemesFamily and Friendship
Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years
In this festive dual-language board book, twelve animals race to see who will represent the Chinese zodiac. In English and Simplified Chinese.
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Anyone’s Game (Cross Ups, Book 2)
Fiction
Paperback
ThemesHumourSports and Games
Age / Grade 8-12 / Grades 3-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8
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Before You Were Born
Fiction
ThemesFamily and FriendshipNature and environmentPicture Book
Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years
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Big Water
Fiction
ThemesHistoryLove and RomanceNature and environment
Age / Grade 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+
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Bite Into Blood Suckers
Non-Fiction
ThemesNature and environmentNon-Fiction
Age / Grade 8-12 / Grades 3-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8
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BroBots and the Kaiju Kerfuffle!
Fiction
Hardcover
ThemesHumourSci-Fi and Fantasy
Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 8-12 / Grades 3-6
In BroBots and the Kaiju Kerfuffle! a trio of robot bros reel in a big challenge and must band together to battle a giant monster in this playful take on classic kaiju-mech and fairytale stories.
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Canada Animals
Non-Fiction
ThemesNature and environmentNon-FictionPicture Book
Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years
Board Book
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Chinese New Year: A Celebration for Everyone
Non-Fiction
Paperback
ThemesFamily and FriendshipHistory
Age / Grade 8-12 / Grades 3-6
Part of the nonfiction Orca Origins series, Chinese New Year is illustrated with color photographs throughout. Readers will learn how a simple gathering of family and friends grew into a weeklong, worldwide festival.
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Coyote Tales
Fiction
Hardcover
ThemesHumourIndigenousNature and environment
Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3
Two tales, set in a time “when animals and human beings still talked to each other,” display Thomas King’s cheeky humor and master storytelling skills.
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Crimson
Fiction
Hardcover
ThemesSci-Fi and Fantasy
Age / Grade 8-12 / Grades 3-6
A ruthless queen. An ancient god. One brave girl and an impossible choice.
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Curtain Up!
Fiction
Hardcover
ThemesEmotions and Social AwarenessFamily and Friendship
Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3
Young Amaya is auditioning for a role in a professional play. Although she longs to perform, she is about to learn how much team effort and hard work is involved.
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Cute as an Axolotl
Fiction
ThemesNature and environmentSTEM
Age / Grade 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3
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Diwali Lights
Fiction
Board Book
ThemesFamily and Friendship
Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years
A dazzling board book that introduces little ones to the Indian festival of Diwali through a selection of brilliant sights and sounds.
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Elephant Secret
Fiction
Paperback
ThemesFamily and FriendshipNature and environment
Age / Grade 8-12 / Grades 3-6
We Bought a Zoo meets Jurassic Park in a gripping story featuring the evergreen appeal of human-animal friendships and set in an elephant sanctuary, about a thirteen-year-old girl, a cast of elephants, and a surprising new arrival—a woolly mammoth.
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Fate of Flames
Fiction
Paperback
ThemesSci-Fi and Fantasy
Age / Grade 14-18 / Grades 9+
Four girls with the power to control the elements must come together to save the world from a terrible evil in this “series opener [that] has it all” (Kirkus Reviews).
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Follow Your Stuff
Non-Fiction
ThemesAdventureNon-FictionSTEM
Age / Grade 8-12 / Grades 3-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8
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Fox and Squirrel Help Out
Fiction
ThemesFamily and FriendshipPicture Book
Age / Grade 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3
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Gross as a Snot Otter
Fiction
ThemesNature and environmentSTEM
Age / Grade 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3
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Harriet Tubman: Freedom Fighter
Non-Fiction
Paperback
ThemesHistoryNon-Fiction
Age / Grade 4-6 / Kindergarten
Learn about the inspiring life of Harriet Tubman in this I Can Read Level Two reader, complete with historical back matter.
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Haunted Canada 8: More Chilling True Tales
Non-Fiction
ThemesHorrorNon-Fiction
Age / Grade 8-12 / Grades 3-6
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Haunted Canada 9: Scary True Stories
Non-Fiction
ThemesHorrorNon-Fiction
Age / Grade 8-12 / Grades 3-6
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Holi Colors
Fiction
Board Book
ThemesFamily and Friendship
Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years
A vibrant board book that introduces little ones to the Hindu festival of Holi with a rainbow of colors.
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How to Spot a Sasquatch
Fiction
Hardcover
ThemesFamily and FriendshipHumourNature and environment
Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3 8-12 / Grades 3-6
An action-packed graphic novel that shows no friendship is impossible.
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I Want My Hat Back
Fiction
Hardcover
ThemesHumour
Age / Grade 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3
The bear’s hat is gone, and he wants it back. Patiently and politely, he asks the animals he comes across, one by one, whether they have seen it. Each animal says no, some more elaborately than others.
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If I Had a Gryphon
Fiction
ThemesHumourPicture BookSci-Fi and Fantasy
Age / Grade 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3
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Inkling
Fiction
ThemesAdventureSci-Fi and Fantasy
Age / Grade 8-12 / Grades 3-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8
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Ira Crumb Feels the Feelings
Fiction
ThemesEmotions and Social AwarenessPicture Book
Age / Grade 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3
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Ira Crumb Makes a Pretty Good Friend
Fiction
ThemesEmotions and Social AwarenessPicture Book
Age / Grade 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3
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Jewel of The Thames. Book One in the Portia Adams Adventures
Fiction
ThemesAdventureMystery
Age / Grade 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+
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Legacy of Light
Fiction
Paperback
ThemesSci-Fi and Fantasy
Age / Grade 14-18 / Grades 9+
The Effigies must uncover the connection between Saul, Blackwell, and the Phantoms before it’s too late in this epic conclusion to the Effigies trilogy.
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Malaika’s Costume
Fiction
Hardcover
ThemesEmotions and Social AwarenessFamily and FriendshipSports and Games
Age / Grade 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3
It’s Carnival time. The first Carnival since Malaika’s mother moved to Canada to find a good job and provide for Malaika and her grandmother. Will Malaika still be able to dance in the parade?
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Malaika’s Winter Carnival
Fiction
Hardcover
ThemesEmotions and Social AwarenessFamily and FriendshipSports and Games
Age / Grade 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3
Malaika is happy to be reunited with Mummy, but it means moving to Canada, where everything is different. It’s cold in Québec City, no one understands when she talks and Carnival is nothing like the celebration Malaika knows from home!
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Mama’s Day With Little Gray
Fiction
ThemesFamily and FriendshipNature and environmentPicture Book
Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten
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Me, Toma and the Concrete Garden
Fiction
ThemesFamily and FriendshipNature and environmentPicture Book
Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten
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Meet Tom Longboat
Non-Fiction
ThemesBiographyHistoryIndigenousNon-FictionPicture BookSports and Games
Age / Grade 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3
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Mission Mumbai: A Novel of Sacred Cows, Snakes, and Stolen Toilets
Fiction
Hardcover
ThemesEmotions and Social AwarenessFamily and Friendship
Age / Grade 8-12 / Grades 3-6
Travel to the colorful and chaotic streets of India from the comfort of your home in this hilarious and heartfelt story about friendship and family.
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My Beautiful Birds
Fiction
ThemesNature and environmentPicture Book
Age / Grade 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3
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My Heart Fills With Happiness / sâkaskinêw nitêh miywêyihtamowin ohci
Fiction
ThemesEmotions and Social AwarenessFamily and FriendshipHealth and WellnessIndigenousPicture Book
Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years
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My Teacher’s Not Here
Fiction
ThemesEmotions and Social AwarenessFamily and FriendshipPicture Book
Age / Grade 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3
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Neil Flambé and the Bard’s Banquet
Fiction
Paperback
ThemesMystery
Age / Grade 8-12 / Grades 3-6
Neil, “the flamboyant, irrepressible chef” (Kirkus Reviews), travels across the pond for a real honey of a case in the fifth book in The Neil Flambé Capers, the culinary mystery series celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey calls “good fun.”
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Neil Flambé and the Duel in the Desert
Fiction
ThemesCooking / FoodMystery
Age / Grade 8-12 / Grades 3-6
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Never Let You Go
Fiction
ThemesEmotions and Social AwarenessFamily and FriendshipPicture Book
Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years
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No Help Wanted!
Fiction
ThemesEmotions and Social AwarenessPicture Book
Age / Grade 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3
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Optimists Die First
Fiction
Paperback
ThemesEmotions and Social AwarenessHealth and WellnessHumourLove and Romance
Age / Grade 14-18 / Grades 9+
This touching, hilarious tragi-comedy proves: Life is out to get you. But so is love. A quirky alternative to the "sick lit" genre for YA readers.
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Putuguq & Kublu and the Qalupalik!
Fiction
Paperback
ThemesFamily and FriendshipHumourIndigenous
Age / Grade 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3
What creatures lurk beneath the sea ice? Putuguq and Kublu — two siblings who can’t seem to get along — are about to find out!
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Sam & Eva
Fiction
Hardcover
ThemesFamily and Friendship
Age / Grade 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3
Harold and the Purple Crayon meets Tom and Jerry in this sweet and funny picture book about a boy and girl who must balance their creativity and figure out how to cooperate after their drawings come to life.
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Sea Monkey & Bob
Fiction
Hardcover
ThemesFamily and Friendship
Age / Grade 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3
Two delightfully anxious friends learn that they can overcome anything—even gravity—in this humorous and heartwarming picture book from bestselling author Aaron Reynolds and illustrator Debbie Ridpath Ohi.
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Short for Chameleon
Fiction
Paperback
ThemesFamily and FriendshipLove and Romance
Age / Grade 12-14 / Grades 7-8
Embarrassed by your brother? Estranged from your uncle? Then you might need some help from Almost Family Surrogate Agency. Cam Redden and his dad are rent-a-relatives, available for hire to anyone looking to upgrade.
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Siege of Shadows
Fiction
Paperback
ThemesSci-Fi and Fantasy
Age / Grade 14-18 / Grades 9+
The Effigies seek out the true origins of the Phantoms that terrorize their world in this thrilling follow-up to Fate of Flames, which Elise Chapman calls “an immersive and monstrously fun read.”
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Sir Simon: Super Scarer
Fiction
Hardcover
ThemesFamily and FriendshipHumourSci-Fi and Fantasy
Age / Grade 4-6 / Kindergarten
A delightful, funny story of friendship, ghost chores, a spooky house and a professional haunter. Meet Sir Simon - a ghost - and Chester - a kid - as they get to know each other and slowly become friends.
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Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster
Fiction
ThemesHistorySci-Fi and Fantasy
Age / Grade 8-12 / Grades 3-6
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Team Fugee
Fiction
Paperback
ThemesSports and Games
Age / Grade 8-12 / Grades 3-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8
Ozzie and the other Nigerian refugees compete with a team of refugees from Syria for time on the soccer field. The two rival teams must then unite to try to win the division championship.
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The Almost Epic Squad: Mucus Mayhem
Fiction
ThemesAdventureHumour
Age / Grade 8-12 / Grades 3-6
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The Almost Epic Squad: What Blows Up
Fiction
ThemesAdventureHumour
Age / Grade 8-12 / Grades 3-6
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The Bagel King
Fiction
ThemesCooking / FoodFamily and FriendshipPicture Book
Age / Grade 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3
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The Best Mistake Mystery
Fiction
ThemesEmotions and Social AwarenessFamily and FriendshipHumourMystery
Age / Grade 8-12 / Grades 3-6
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The Brave Princess and Me
Fiction
ThemesBiographyFamily and FriendshipHistory
Age / Grade 8-12 / Grades 3-6
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The Case of Windy Lake (Book 1 in The Mighty Muskrats Mystery Series)
Fiction
Paperback
ThemesHistoryIndigenousMysteryNature and environment
Age / Grade 8-12 / Grades 3-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8
A visiting archaeologist goes missing, and four inseparable cousins decide to solve the mystery. In the midst of community conflict and family concerns, they follow every lead. The Mighty Muskrats won’t let anything stop them from solving their case!
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The Hunchback Assignments
Fiction
Paperback
ThemesHorrorMysterySci-Fi and Fantasy
Age / Grade 8-12 / Grades 3-6
A gripping series that combines Steampunk, spying, and a fantastic Victorian London.
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The Imaginary Garden
Fiction
ThemesFamily and FriendshipNature and environmentPicture Book
Age / Grade 4-6 / Kindergarten
Theodora loved her grandfather's old garden. His new apartment's balcony is too windy and small for a garden. But what appears to be a drawback soon leads to a shared burst of creativity as Theo and her Poppa decide to paint a new garden.
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The Night Gardener
Fiction
ThemesHistoryHorrorSci-Fi and Fantasy
Age / Grade 8-12 / Grades 3-6
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The Owl and the Lemming
Fiction
Hardcover
ThemesHumourIndigenousNature and environment
Age / Grade 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3
As Owl swoops down and blocks the entrance to a lemming den, he is sure that he has a tasty meal in the little animal he has cornered. But this smart little lemming will need to appeal to the boastful owl's sense of pride to get away.
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The Pirate and the Penguin
Fiction
ThemesAdventureFamily and FriendshipPicture Book
Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years
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The Water Walker
ThemesFamily and FriendshipIndigenousNature and environmentPicture Book
Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3
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The Wind Plays Tricks
ThemesHumourNature and environmentPicture Book
Age / Grade 0-4 / Early Years 4-6 / Kindergarten
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The Winnowing
Fiction
ThemesAdventureSci-Fi and Fantasy
Age / Grade 12-14 / Grades 7-8 14-18 / Grades 9+
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This Is Not My Hat
Fiction
Hardcover
ThemesHumour
Age / Grade 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3
When a tiny fish shoots into view wearing a round blue topper (which happens to fit him perfectly), trouble could be following close behind. So it’s a good thing that enormous fish won’t wake up.
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Tournament Fugee
Fiction
Paperback
ThemesFamily and FriendshipSports and Games
Age / Grade 8-12 / Grades 3-6 12-14 / Grades 7-8
Unable to concentrate on his game because of the traumas he experienced in Syria, Victor, captain of a soccer team of refugee kids, discovers how to offer real leadership to his team during a national competition.
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Tournament Trouble (Cross Ups, Book 1)
Fiction
ThemesEmotions and Social AwarenessHumourSports and Games
Age / Grade 8-12 / Grades 3-6
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Unicorns 101
Fiction
Hardcover
ThemesHumourSci-Fi and Fantasy
Age / Grade 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3
Contained within this picture book is everything you ever wanted to know about the science behind unicorns: biology, history, diet, habitat and more. Join renowned unicorn scientists to learn the facts about this elusive species.
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We Are All Made of Molecules
Fiction
Paperback
ThemesEmotions and Social AwarenessFamily and FriendshipHumourLove and Romance
Age / Grade 14-18 / Grades 9+
Thirteen-year-old Stewart Inkster is academically brilliant but "ungifted" socially. Fourteen-year-old Ashley Anderson is the undisputed "It" girl of grade nine, but her marks stink. Their worlds are about to collide.
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We Found a Hat
Fiction
Hardcover
ThemesFamily and FriendshipHumour
Age / Grade 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3
Two turtles have found a hat. The hat looks good on both of them. But there are two turtles. And there is only one hat. . . .
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What Makes a Monster?
Fiction
ThemesNature and environmentNon-Fiction
Age / Grade 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3
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What’s For Lunch?
Non-Fiction
ThemesActivismCooking / FoodNon-Fiction
Age / Grade 8-12 / Grades 3-6
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When Molly Drew Dogs
Fiction
ThemesPicture Book
Age / Grade 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3
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When the Cherry Blossoms Fell
Fiction
ThemesEmotions and Social AwarenessFamily and FriendshipHistory
Age / Grade 8-12 / Grades 3-6
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When We Were Alone
Fiction
Hardcover
ThemesFamily and FriendshipHistoryIndigenous
Age / Grade 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3
In this gentle book, a grandmother shares her experiences in a residential school with her granddaughter. A story of empowerment and strength from a difficult time in history.
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Where Are My Books?
Fiction
Hardcover
ThemesMystery
Age / Grade 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3
A boy investigates a squirrelly situation to track down his missing stories in this charming ode to book lovers of all kinds.
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You Hold Me Up
ThemesEmotions and Social AwarenessFamily and FriendshipPicture Book
Age / Grade 4-6 / Kindergarten 6-8 / Grades 1-3