1.
Series:
The Most Amazing Bird
Hardcover
Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak
9781773214184
$21.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 4 - 7
Nov 10, 2020
A young girl discovers nature’s surprising beauty in this tale from a renowned Inuit storyteller. When Aggataa goes for a cold winter walk with her grandmother, she’s surprised by a sudden CRAH! All the birds have flown south for the winter except one kind—the tulugarguat, the ravens. They’re the ugliest birds that Aggaataa has ever seen. They look like they slept in their coats—coats that don’t even fit! However, as the winter slowly moves towards spring, Aggataa connects with one small raven in particular. As the seasons change in full, th...
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2.
Series:
My Day with Gong Gong
Hardcover
Sennah Yee
9781773214290
$21.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 4 - 7
Sep 08, 2020
A day in Chinatown takes an unexpected turn when a bored little girl makes a connection with her grandpa. May isn't having fun on her trip through Chinatown with her grandfather. Gong Gong doesn't speak much English, and May can't understand Chinese. She's hungry, and bored with Gong Gong's errands. Plus, it seems like Gong Gong's friends are making fun of her! But just when May can’t take any more, Gong Gong surprises her with a gift that reveals he’s been paying more attention than she thought. With lighthearted, expressive illustrations by E...
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3.
Series:
Yara's Spring
Hardcover
Jamal Saeed
9781773214405
$18.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 10 - 14
Oct 13, 2020
Coming of age against all odds in the midst of the Arab Spring. Growing up in Aleppo, Yara’s childhood has long been shadowed by the coming revolution. But when the Arab Spring finally arrives at Yara’s doorstep, it is worse than even her Nana imagined: sudden, violent, and deadly. When rescuers dig Yara out from under the rubble that was once her family’s home, she emerges to a changed world. Her parents and Nana are gone, and her brother, Saad, can’t speak—struck silent by everything he’s seen. Now, with her friend Shireen and Shireen’s chari...
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4.
Series:
CRISPR
A Powerful Way to Change DNA
Hardcover
Yolanda Ridge
9781773214245
$24.95
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION
Age (years) from 14
Sep 08, 2020
We can change the world with gene editing—but should we? CRISPR stands for clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats. If it sounds complicated, it is—but it’s also one of the most powerful ways we can shape the future. And it’s poised to completely upend the way we think about science. Author Yolanda Ridge tackles this topic in a friendly and accessible tone, with two introductory chapters covering the basics of DNA and gene editing before taking readers through the ways that this ground-breaking science could affect them by ...
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5.
Series:
The Name I Call Myself
Hardcover
Hasan Namir
9781551528090
$19.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 5 - 9
Oct 01, 2020
A sweet and moving picture book depicting Ari's gender journey from childhood to adolescence in order to discover who they really are. Meet Ari, a young person who doesn't like to be called by their birth name Edward: "When I think of the name Edward, I imagine old kings who snore a lot." Throughout this beautiful and engaging picture book, we watch Ari grow up before our very eyes as they navigate the ins and outs of their gender identity; we see how, as a child, they prefer dolls and princess movies, and want to grow out their hair, though t...
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6.
Series:
Spirit Bear: Echoes of the Past
Based on a True Story
Paperback
Cindy Blackstock
9781777009137
$12.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 6 - 12
Jun 30, 2020
Spirit Bear: Echoes of the Past is the 4th book in the Spirit Bear series. For the past 13 years, Spirit Bear has been working hard to make sure First Nations children get the help they need when they need it so they can grow up safely with their families, get a good education, and be healthy and proud of who they are. It’s been a long journey, and Spirit Bear needs a vacation! He and his family set out for Songhees and Esquimalt territories (Victoria, British Columbia) for their holiday adventure. Along the way, they see a statue of...
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7.
Series: Visual Encyclopedia
Philosophy A Visual Encyclopedia
Hardcover
DK
9780744029123
$38.99
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 9 - 12
Nov 10, 2020
The perfect book for young readers looking to explore some of life’s biggest questions.Thousands of years ago, ancient philosophers asked some important questions: “What is real?”, “What is the point of my existence?”, “Why is there evil in the world?”, and “What can I know?” These questions have gone on to spark passionate debates about our existence and how we understand the world around us. In this engaging and accessible introduction to philosophy, readers aged 11+ will be introduced to a variety of philosophical ideas through the teachings...
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8.
Series:
Mega Rex
A Tyrannosaurus Named Scotty
Paperback
W. Scott Persons
9781550179057
$7.99
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 9 - 12
Aug 08, 2020
“Scotty,” the largest Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton in the world, was discovered by an elementary school teacher in Saskatchewan’s Frenchman River Valley in 1991. It took twenty-three years to excavate the bones and prepare the skeleton for study. Now Scotty has found a new home in the Royal Saskatchewan Museum, where the giant T. rex is the star of a new exhibition. As the largest and longest-lived T. rex ever discovered, Scotty offers fascinating research possibilities, and Dr. Scott Persons is the lead paleontologist on an in-depth scientific r...
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9.
Series: Nunavummi
When I Was Young in Nunavut
English Edition
Hardcover
Deborah Kigjugalik
9781774500026
$18.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 6 - 8
Dec 01, 2020
In Nunavut, there are lots of fun things to do, no matter the season. This book introduces children to the memoir genre and describes different activities the author did when she was growing up in Nunavut.
10.
Series:
The Paper Boat
A Refugee Story
Hardcover
Thao Lam
9781771473637
$19.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 6 - 9
Sep 15, 2020
Named a best picture book of 2020 by Kirkus, School Library Journal, Booklist, New York Public Library, the Globe and Mail, CBC, and the Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books — a heartfelt and personal immigration story by critically acclaimed author Thao Lam New from Thao Lam, the award-winning author of picture books My Cat Looks Like My Dad, Wallpaper, and Skunk on a String, comes a personal story inspired by her family’s refugee journey. In The Paper Boat, Thao’s signature collage art tells the wordless story of one family’s escap...
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11.
Series:
Cone Cat
Hardcover
Sarah Howden
9781771473613
$19.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 3 - 7
Aug 15, 2020
One day, Jeremy wakes up at the vet’s with a giant cone around his head. In a momentary existential crisis, he resigns himself to his new role as clumsy, smelly Cone Cat. That is, until the cone becomes instrumental in lapping up the last few bites of cereal on the breakfast table. Surprisingly, Cone Cat can do a lot of things old Jeremy couldn’t. He can hunt spiders with ease, collect stuffing from the couch, and disguise himself as a bowl to steal a scoop of ice cream at a birthday party. When the cone is removed the next day, Jeremy start...
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12.
Series:
Raj's Rule (For the Bathroom at School)
Hardcover
Lana Button
9781771473408
$19.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 3 - 7
Aug 15, 2020
Raj has one rule: he never uses the bathroom at school. It’s just not the same as the one at home. All day, he avoids bathroom trips. Easy enough, since he lives by these tips: Don’t linger at the sink. Stay away from anyone who makes you laugh. Watch out for distractions, especially schoolwork. And sit still: no running, jumping, cartwheels, or sneezing. Until one day—achoo!—Raj has to break his own rule. After he faces his fear and uses the bathroom at school, Raj feels different. He doesn’t have to rush! He can try new things, laugh, explo...
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13.
Series:
Maurice and His Dictionary
A True Story
Hardcover
Cary Fagan
9781771473231
$19.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 8 - 12
Oct 15, 2020
This is the story of one refugee family’s harrowing journey, based on author Cary Fagan’s own family history. The graphic novel follows a young Jewish boy, Maurice, and his family as they flee their home in Belgium during the Second World War. They travel by train to Paris, through Spain to Portugal, and finally across the ocean to Jamaica, where they settle in an internment camp. All the while, Maurice is intent on continuing his education and growing up to be a lawyer. He overcomes obstacles to find a professor to study with, works toward ...
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14.
Series:
Snow Doves
Hardcover
Nancy Hartry
9781772601350
$18.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 3 - 6
Sep 15, 2020
Sami has just arrived in a new country. The snow piled up outside his window is a mysterious and, frankly, chilly surprise! Joy, his new neighbor, does not speak his language, but that does not stop them from communicating as Joy helps Sami overcome his fears. The two new friends get bundled up against the cold, and Sami discovers the magic of playing outside on a snowy day.
15.
Series: Ciel
Ciel
Paperback
Sophie Labelle
9781772601367
$10.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 9 - 12
Sep 15, 2020
Ciel is excited to start high school. A gender non-conforming trans kid, Ciel has a YouTube channel and dreams of getting a better camera to really make their mark. Ciel can always rely on their best friend, Stephie, a trans girl who also happens to be a huge nerd. But their friendship begins to feel distant when Stephie makes it clear she wants the fact that she’s trans to be less visible now that they’re in high school. While navigating this new dynamic with Stephie, Ciel is also trying to make a long-distance relationship work with their boy...
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33.
Series:
Historically Inaccurate
Paperback
Shay Bravo
9781989365373
$14.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 12
Sep 29, 2020
It only takes one moment to change your life forever . . .After her mother’s deportation last year, all Soledad “Sol” Gutierrez wants is for her life to go back to normal. Everything’s changed—new apartment, new school, new family dynamic—and Sol desperately wants to fit in. When she joins her community college’s history club, it comes with an odd initiation process: break into Westray’s oldest house and steal . . . a fork? There’s just one problem: while the owners of the house aren’t home, their grandson Ethan is, and when he catches Sol with...
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34.
Series:
Instant Karma
Hardcover
Marissa Meyer
9781250618818
$25.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 12 - 18
Nov 03, 2020
InNew York Times bestselling author Marissa Meyer's young adult contemporary romance, a girl is suddenly gifted with the ability to cast instant karma on those around her – both good and bad.Chronic overachiever Prudence Barnett is always quick to cast judgment on the lazy, rude, and arrogant residents of her coastal town. Her dreams of karmic justice are fulfilled when, after a night out with her friends, she wakes up with the sudden ability to cast instant karma on those around her.Pru giddily makes use of the power, punishing everyone from p...
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39.
Series: With Me
Stay With Me
Paperback
Jessica Cunsolo
9781989365311
$14.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 14
Dec 01, 2020
Love has never been more dangerous.In the sequel to her riveting debut, She’s With Me, Wattpad superstar Jessica Cunsolo brings us the dramatic continuation of a romance that always defies the odds...Amelia Collins finally finds happiness in the arms of Aiden Parker, who accepts her for who she is—even when their pasts become hopelessly entangled in their present and threaten to completely unravel their futures. As Aiden’s accused of a crime he didn’t commit and struggles to keep his family together, Amelia fights a battle of her own: how to te...
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40.
Series:
The Bad Boy and the Tomboy
Paperback
Nicole Nwosu
9781989365335
$14.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 12
Sep 02, 2020
Some love stories begin in all the wrong ways. Always comfortable being one of the guys, Macy Anderson is laser focused on only three things: studies, soccer, and a scholarship. Romance is the last thing on Macy’s mind, until Cedric Cahill—the one boy she’s ever crushed on—asks her out on a date. Handsome and charismatic, Cedric’s everything Macy has ever wanted in a boyfriend. There’s just one problem: Cedric’s cousin Sam. Brazenand unapologetic with a bad-boy reputation to match, Sam has an annoying way of constantly showing up in Macy...
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44.
Series: Do Not Enter!
Do Not Enter! 2
Horror Story!
Paperback
Caroline Heroux
9782925004080
$16.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Oct 30, 2020
Charlie's looking forward to his summer at camp with Max and Joje. No sister and no twins for two whole weeks! YEAAAH!! He's bringing his notebook to write camp stories. His stay will be full of activities: campfires, swimming in the lake, and also, a huge surprise! He'll make new friends, but they'll tell him the story of a young camper who dies 50 years ago. According to some, Victor comes back to haunt the campers... One thing is for sure, Charlie will have a lot to write about!