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Scaredy Squirrel Prepares for Halloween A Safety Guide for Scaredies Hardcover Mélanie Watt 9781894786874 $18.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Aug 01, 2013

From costume ideas to trick-or-treating strategies, Scaredy Squirrel helps readers plan for the spookiest night of the year! Scaredy Squirrel Prepares for Halloween is the second in a series of nutty safety guides featuring everyone's favorite worrywart.
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Have I Got a Book for You! Paperback Mélanie Watt 9781554534838 $10.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 5 - 9 Aug 01, 2013

The bestselling author-illustrator and creator of publishing sensation Scaredy Squirrel presents a character you just can't say “no” to: salesman Mr. Al Foxword. Al can sell anything. You can't help but be impressed by his lineup of satisfied customers: he's sold an icebox to a penguin, an umbrella to a fish and a dirt vacuum to a mole. Al knows you're looking for a great book, and this is your lucky day. Say goodbye to books that leave you bored and uninspired. Research shows that 100 percent of Al's customers notice a dramatic increase in ... + Read More
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ABC of Toronto Hardcover Per-Henrik Gürth 9781771380379 $15.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 2 - 5 Aug 01, 2013

Popular illustrator Per-Henrik Gürth has created a playful alphabet book to showcase all the highlights and wonders in the city of Toronto. Each letter gets its own page (or two pages) and features an illustration and an explanatory sentence about a different Toronto attraction or activity. Both a capital and a lowercase letter begin the sentence, and the featured word for that page also begins with a capital letter to set it off. There are things to see: “Dd is for Dinosaur, stretching out at the Royal Ontario Museum.” There are things to do: ... + Read More
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Black and Bittern Was Night Hardcover Robert Heidbreder 9781554533022 $18.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Aug 01, 2013

It's a band of animated skeletons versus daring children in this rhyming Halloween picture book tale, told in delightful nonsense language. Here the children are “tyke-tots” and the adults “tall-bigs,” while the skeletons are called “SKUL-A-MUG-MUGS.” As the story begins, the SKUL-A-MUG-MUGS descend on a small, quiet town on Halloween night. “They ring-ruckled round, enclupping the town, with quake-quiver-up and scree-scrackle down.” The SKUL-A-MUG-MUGS have a plan to keep the children from trick-or-treating. “We'll brain-frizz tall-bi... + Read More
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Boy Meets Dog A Word Game Adventure Hardcover Valerie Wyatt 9781554538249 $17.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Aug 01, 2013

In this entertaining picture book by award-winning author Valerie Wyatt, “strange things happen if you change just one letter in a word.” For example, a toy could become a boy (easy, just change the t to a b). Or, a house might become a mouse and then a moose (change the h to m and then the u to o). Lewis Carroll first created this game of turning one word into another by changing only one letter at a time. Most often called word ladders, the game is introduced in this book to young children through a humorous story featuring a toy that becomes... + Read More
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Francis, the Little Fox Hardcover Véronique Boisjoly 9781894786409 $18.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Sep 01, 2013

Francis the fox enjoys everything about his Saturdays at Mr. Li's Laundromat, except for Mr. Li's granddaughter, Lily. When Lily plays a dirty trick on Francis, it's up to the little fox to clean up and save the day.
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Series: Hocus Pocus Hocus Pocus Takes the Train Hardcover Sylvie Desrosiers 9781554539567 $16.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Aug 01, 2013

As this hilarious and virtually wordless graphic novel begins, Hocus Pocus, a rabbit who lives inside a magician's hat, is about to board a train when he's surprised to spy another rabbit nearby. Though he's disappointed when he realizes it's actually only a stuffed rabbit (which clever young readers will know all along!), Hocus Pocus soon comes to understand it's a treasured toy that has been accidentally left behind by a small child, and he quickly jumps into action to try and reunite the two. Unfortunately, what should be an easy mission for... + Read More
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Line, The Hardcover Paula Bossio 9781894786843 $16.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 2 - 5 Sep 01, 2013

In this deceptively simple wordless picture book, a small girl finds the end of a long black line and picks it up. She wiggles the line, slides down it and spins inside circles made from it. In her hands, the line transforms into bubbles to blow, a jungle vine to swing from and a tightrope to balance on. The girl is having such a good time! Until suddenly, the line turns into a big, hungry monster! Oh, no! Will the little girl be eaten, or will another surprise twist to the line save her from the frightening creature? Young children will become... + Read More
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Series: Loula Loula Is Leaving for Africa Hardcover Anne Villeneuve 9781554539413 $18.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Sep 01, 2013

Loula has had ENOUGH of her TERRIBLE triplet brothers. She's leaving home and going to Africa! Though her quirky parents are too distracted to pay much attention to her plans, Loula has a good friend in the family chauffeur, Gilbert, who gently inquires, “Mademoiselle, may I ask, why Africa?” “Because!” Loula explains. “Africa is far away, very far away, the farthest away I can get from my MEAN, HORRIBLE, STINKY brothers. Plus they are scared of snakes. And if they come, piranhas will eat them.” “Well then,” says Gilbert, “I think Africa is the... + Read More
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Series: Mr. King Mr. King's Castle Hardcover Geneviève Côté 9781554539727 $18.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Aug 01, 2013

Mr. King, a lion in a gold crown, “lives on top of a BIG hill. He wants to build himself a BIG castle. Mr. King likes BIG things.” But in order to make such a big castle, Mr. King needs lots of material. So he decides to use blocks he chops up with abandon from all over his hill, not noticing the giant holes he's leaving behind. Once he's done, Mr. King is proud of his enormous new castle. But when his animal friends begin to wonder what happened to their favorite places, Mr. King realizes the harm he has done to the once-beautiful hill. “Every... + Read More
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Run Home, Little Mouse Board book Britta Teckentrup 9781771380331 $15.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 2 - 5 Sep 01, 2013

Little Mouse must cross the dark woods to get home. But there are many dangers lurking. Can Little Mouse find his family? Or will he be caught by the bright-eyed creatures hiding along the way? With peek-a-boo die cuts that encourage children to guess which woodland animal will appear next, this is sure to be a read-aloud favorite.
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Series: Ten Birds Ten Birds Meet a Monster Hardcover Cybèle Young 9781554539550 $18.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 6 - 11 Sep 01, 2013

After wandering down a hall and discovering a scattered assortment of clothes, ten birds were shocked to spot a scary monster! What were they to do? Grabbing a piece of clothing as a disguise, “the first bird, always inventive, became a Vicious Polka-dactyl. But the monster didn't budge.” So the second bird, then the third bird, and so on, followed in turn, each adding some clothing to the mix to devise a new, frightening creature. But no matter that the birds were “resourceful,” “attentive,” “creative” and “eager to participate,” or that they... + Read More
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Series: Life in the Wild Up the Creek Hardcover Nicholas Oldland 9781894786324 $17.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Sep 01, 2013

“There once was a bear, a moose and a beaver who were the best of friends, though they often disagreed.” So when the three friends go canoeing together one sunny day, it doesn't take long for them to start quarreling with one another. First, they can't decide who should get to steer the canoe. Later, they debate how best to get across a beaver dam that blocks their way. But when they can't agree on the proper course for maneuvering through the white-water rapids they suddenly find themselves in, the consequences become truly perilous. It takes ... + Read More
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Mixed Beasts Paperback Wallace Edwards 9781771380355 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 6 - 11 Sep 01, 2013

Prepare to be amazed by a collection of beasts such as the world has never seen. To track down these curious creatures, Professor Julius Duckworth O'Hare, Esq., the roving zoologist, traveled to the far corners of the globe. In this fascinating publication of his findings, the Professor commissioned the poetic talents of Kenyon Cox and the artistic powers of Wallace Edwards to bring his expedition to life in the form of an illustrated field guide. In these pages lurk bizarre beasts, such as the Bumblebeaver and the Rhinocerostrich, depicted i... + Read More
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Delicious Bug, The Paperback Janet Perlman 9781771380348 $8.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Sep 01, 2013

On a quiet and peaceful day in the forest, beaky birds, lemurs and a tomato frog are hanging out by the pond catching, or trying to catch, their meals. Two chameleon friends, Willy and Wally, are also looking forward to their lunch when a rare thing happens. KerBLAPP! - their tongues simultaneously latch onto a passing bumblebug. Who saw the bug first? And who will be the first to let go? As the two argue and fight, their actions lead to serious trouble and threaten the peace of the whole forest. But when Willy and Wally are forced to use tea... + Read More
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Case Closed? Nine Mysteries Unlocked by Modern Science Paperback Susan Hughes 9781554533633 $14.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Sep 01, 2013

Egypt's first female pharaoh disappears around 1457 BCE --- was she murdered? Find out how DNA closes the case. The ancient Arabian Peninsula city of Ubar vanishes, seemingly without trace. Find out how old maps and modern space shuttles help solve the mystery. Sir John Franklin's 1845 expedition to find the Northwest Passage is never heard from again. Find out how spectroscopy points to some probable explanations. Case Closed? examines these and six other mysteries from ancient and modern times. Accompanied by photos, maps, diagrams and illu... + Read More
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Kitten's Winter Board book Eugenie Fernandes 9781554537426 $8.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 1 - 4 Sep 01, 2013

Winter comes to Kitten's world, and the little calico leaves her cozy home for an afternoon of exploration and discovery. Kitten learns that even on a frosty day, animal life flourishes: a squirrel forages, an otter goes fishing and a woodpecker taps the side of a bare-limbed tree. At the same time, readers discover that for many animals, winter is a time of rest. Softly, Kitten treads past a burrowing turtle, a napping beaver and a hibernating bear. Told in rhyming couplets, Kitten's Winter is a perfect introduction to animal behavior and habi... + Read More
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City Signs Board book Zoran Milich 9781554539802 $13.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 2 - 5 Sep 01, 2013

Award-winning photojournalist Zoran Milich captures a world of words in the simplicity of big, bold signs. As young children discover the thirty colorful photographs in City Signs, they will delight in seeing people and places that are a part of their everyday world. With that delight comes the growing recognition of the words that are all around them --- and the exhilarating discovery that they can READ!
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Chitchat Celebrating the World's Languages Hardcover Jude Isabella 9781554537877 $18.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Sep 01, 2013

Award-winning children's science writer Jude Isabella has compiled everything a young reader would ever want to know about language into one accessible, visually stunning book. In lively text, both spoken and written language are explored, including: a basic history of human's use of language; how individuals learn language as babies, and why; how writing systems and alphabets differ; the many sources and uses of slang through the years; how languages evolved in different parts of the world; and why some languages became extinct. Throughout the... + Read More
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Series: CitizenKid Razia's Ray of Hope One Girl's Dream of an Education Hardcover Elizabeth Suneby 9781554538164 $19.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Sep 01, 2013

Razia is excited when her grandfather tells her there's a school for girls being built in their Afghan village. At last, girls will have the same opportunity to be educated as boys. “Every night I fell asleep dreaming about going to school like my brothers,” she says. Her grandfather wants Razia to enroll in the school. He remembers a time, before the wars and the Taliban, when educated women in Afghanistan became doctors, government workers and journalists, and how this made families and the country stronger. Razia knows, however, that she wil... + Read More
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History of Just About Everything, A 180 Events, People and Inventions That Changed the World 1st edition Hardcover Elizabeth MacLeod 9781554537754 $32.93 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Aug 01, 2013

This fascinating, chronological “walk through history” offers a unique perspective by providing context and connections “to show how we are all part of, and linked to, the past, the present and the future.” From the first appearance of humans six million years ago up to the modern day, 180 extensively researched and fact-checked entries describe world-changing events and people through time. The topics covered include scientific discoveries; revolutions (political, industrial and scientific); natural and human-made disasters; important books, p... + Read More
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Series: Lobster Chronicles Spit Feathers Hardcover Jessica Scott Kerrin 9781554537082 $16.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 7 - 10 Aug 01, 2013

Ferguson is trying to help his grandfather figure out his legacy. His grandfather doesn't want to have any regrets, like his old friend McDermit, who famously caught a giant lobster but regretted not returning it to sea. So when another giant lobster is caught in their fishing community and put up for auction, Ferguson cooks up a plan with his grandfather to bid on the lobster and set it free. Will this be his grandfather's legacy or will the town's richest man ruin everything? Spit Feathers is the third book in The Lobster Chronicles, a trilo... + Read More
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Series: Elephants Never Forget Big Top Otto Hardcover Bill Slavin 9781554538065 $16.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 11 Aug 01, 2013

Otto the elephant continues his search for his childhood friend Georgie, a chimpanzee who was abducted from their forest home in Africa and shipped to the wilds of America by the Man with the Wooden Nose. When Otto sees a circus poster with a chimp that looks just like Georgie, he and his parrot friend, Crackers, follow the trail of the traveling circus. Along the way, they crash a football game, steal a peanut-shaped car and get thrown in jail. Will Otto and Crackers find Georgie? Or will trouble find them first? Big Top Otto is the second bo... + Read More
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Series: Elephants Never Forget Big Top Otto Paperback Bill Slavin 9781554538072 $7.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 11 Aug 01, 2013

Otto the elephant continues his search for his childhood friend Georgie, a chimpanzee who was abducted from their forest home in Africa and shipped to the wilds of America by the Man with the Wooden Nose. When Otto sees a circus poster with a chimp that looks just like Georgie, he and his parrot friend, Crackers, follow the trail of the traveling circus. Along the way, they crash a football game, steal a peanut-shaped car and get thrown in jail. Will Otto and Crackers find Georgie? Or will trouble find them first? Big Top Otto is the second bo... + Read More
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Series: Binky Adventure, A Binky: License to Scratch Hardcover Ashley Spires 9781554539635 $16.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 7 - 10 Sep 01, 2013

Binky the space cat and his team of space pets are left at the vet's office while their humans are away. Binky plans an escape, only to stumble on a secret experiment that could give vicious aliens the upper hand! It's up to Binky and his friends to save the humans ... and themselves! Binky: License to Scratch is the final book in the Binky Adventure series, where dry humour and sci-fi slapstick are mixed with lots of heart.
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Series: Binky Adventure, A Binky: License to Scratch Paperback Ashley Spires 9781554539642 $9.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 7 - 10 Sep 01, 2013

Binky the space cat and his team of space pets are left at the vet's office while their humans are away. Binky plans an escape, only to stumble on a secret experiment that could give vicious aliens the upper hand! It's up to Binky and his friends to save the humans ... and themselves! Binky: License to Scratch is the final book in the Binky Adventure series, where dry humour and sci-fi slapstick are mixed with lots of heart.
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Series: Bigfoot Boy Unkindness of Ravens, The Hardcover J. Torres 9781554537136 $17.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 7 - 10 Sep 01, 2013

Rufus has returned to Grammy's for the weekend, and he's brought along the wooden Q'achi totem he uncovered on his last visit. After setting out to find his pal Penny in the woods and losing his way, Rufus once again turns to the totem for help. Unfortunately, Talon and Beak, a pair of greedy ravens, are watching from the trees as Rufus uses the powerful totem to transform into Bigfoot Boy. Imagining “the things we could do with that totem,” Talon decides his flock of ravens must steal the totem. Though Rufus and Penny desperately try to thwart... + Read More
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Series: Bigfoot Boy Unkindness of Ravens, The Paperback J. Torres 9781554537143 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 7 - 10 Sep 01, 2013

Rufus has returned to Grammy's for the weekend, and he's brought along the wooden Q'achi totem he uncovered on his last visit. After setting out to find his pal Penny in the woods and losing his way, Rufus once again turns to the totem for help. Unfortunately, Talon and Beak, a pair of greedy ravens, are watching from the trees as Rufus uses the powerful totem to transform into Bigfoot Boy. Imagining “the things we could do with that totem,” Talon decides his flock of ravens must steal the totem. Though Rufus and Penny desperately try to thwart... + Read More