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Peddling Snakeoil for the Modern Age

By William Holt

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Series: Chasing Bats and Tracking Rats Urban Ecology, Community Science, and How We Share Our Cities Hardcover Cylita Guy PhD 9781773215389 $19.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Interest age, years from 9 - 12 Nov 09, 2021

Gripping narrative non-fiction with STEM and social justice themes that proves cities can be surprisingly wild places—and why understanding urban nature matters. What can city bees tell us about climate change? How are we changing coyote behavior? And what the heck is a science bike? Featuring the work of a diverse group of eleven scientists—herself included!—Dr. Cylita Guy shows how studying urban wildlife can help us make cities around the world healthier for all of their inhabitants. In the process, Guy reveals how social injustices like rac... + Read More
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Series: Little Seeds of Promise Hardcover Sana Rafi 9781943147939 $22.95 JUVENILE FICTION Interest age, years from 3 - 7 Oct 26, 2021

When Maya moves to a different country, she feels lonely and lost. Everything—and everyone—seems so unfamiliar here, and she wonders if she will ever find a way to fit in. Longing for her home, she holds tightly to the special seeds her grandmother gave her, afraid to plant them. Can she take the risk that they—and she—might grow and bloom in this new place?
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Series: Living With Viola Hardcover Rosena Fung 9781773215488 $24.95 JUVENILE FICTION Interest age, years from 9 - 12 Oct 26, 2021

Heartbreakingly honest and quietly funny, this graphic novel from a debut creator is a refreshingly real exploration of mental health, cultural differences, and the trials of middle school. Livy is already having trouble fitting in as the new girl at school—and then there’s Viola. Viola is Livy’s anxiety brought to life, a shadowy twin that only Livy can see or hear. Livy tries to push back against Viola’s relentless judgment, but nothing seems to work until she strikes up new friendships at school. Livy hopes that Viola’s days are numbered. Bu... + Read More
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Series: Living With Viola Paperback Rosena Fung 9781773215495 $19.95 JUVENILE FICTION Interest age, years from 9 - 12 Oct 26, 2021

Heartbreakingly honest and quietly funny, this graphic novel from a debut creator is a refreshingly real exploration of mental health, cultural differences, and the trials of middle school. Livy is already having trouble fitting in as the new girl at school—and then there’s Viola. Viola is Livy’s anxiety brought to life, a shadowy twin that only Livy can see or hear. Livy tries to push back against Viola’s relentless judgment, but nothing seems to work until she strikes up new friendships at school. Livy hopes that Viola’s days are numbered. Bu... + Read More
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Series: Chaiwala! Hardcover Priti Birla Maheshwari 9781771473682 $18.95 JUVENILE FICTION Interest age, years from 3 - 7 Oct 15, 2021

A sensory celebration of family, food, and culture When their train makes a 10-minute stop at the station in Jaipur, a young girl and her mother hurry to get in line for a cup of chai. While the girl waits for her mug of milky spiced tea, readers are treated to the sights, sounds, and smells of the Chaiwala’s cart. The aroma of ginger, cardamom, cloves, and cinnamon sticks swirls in the air. Tea leaves rustle, milk bubbles, and the hot drink is poured back and forth until—clink!—the cups are filled and placed on the stand. With a biscuit and ... + Read More
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Series: The Sour Cherry Tree Hardcover Naseem Hrab 9781771474146 $19.95 JUVENILE FICTION Interest age, years from 4 - 8 Oct 15, 2021

A heartwarming look at love, loss, and memorable objects through the eyes of a child After her grandfather’s death, a young girl wanders through his house. As she tours each room, the objects she discovers stir memories of her grandfather—her baba bozorg. His closet full of clothes reminds her of the mints he kept in his pockets. His favorite teacup conjures thoughts of the fig cookies he would offer her. The curtains in the living room bring up memories of hide-and-seek games and the special relationship that she and her baba bozorg shared, ... + Read More
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Series: The Midnight Club Hardcover Shane Goth 9781771473941 $19.95 JUVENILE FICTION Interest age, years from 3 - 7 Oct 15, 2021

A cozy sibling conspiracy unfolds at midnight At the stroke of midnight, Milly wakes up her big sister, Becca. It’s time for Milly’s first Midnight Club adventure! With Becca leading the way, the siblings explore the hidden wonders of their house in the dark. They dip into Dad’s jar of jelly beans, try on Mom’s coat, and make more mischief with the help of the Midnight Club president (their cat, Oliver!). Exhausted from their midnight expedition, Milly is ready to head to bed, but not before she remembers the club’s most important rule: The... + Read More
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Series: For Laika The Dog Who Learned the Names of the Stars Hardcover Kai Cheng Thom 9781551528625 $19.95 JUVENILE FICTION Interest age, years from 3 - 8 Oct 12, 2021

The heart-rending story of Laika, the brave canine space traveller. By two of the co-creators of the acclaimed children's book From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea: the moving and beautifully told story of Laika, the dog who learned the names of the stars. Laika is an orphaned stray dog who lives in the streets of Moscow in the 1950s in the then Soviet Union. Although she is loved by her pack, Laika longs to one day learn the names of the stars, since she knows that all dogs become stars when they die - including her parents. One d... + Read More
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Series: Thunder and the Noise Storms Hardcover Jeffrey Ansloos 9781773215587 $21.95 JUVENILE FICTION Interest age, years from 4 - 7 Oct 12, 2021

When the world gets too loud and chaotic, a young boy’s grandfather helps him listen with wonder instead. Kids laughing, sneakers squeaking, balls bouncing—for Thunder, the sounds of the school day often brew into overwhelming noise storms. But when Thunder’s mosom asks him what he hears on an urban nature walk, Thunder starts to understand how sounds like bird wings flapping and rushing water can help him feel calm and connected. Gentle, inviting illustrations by Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley emphasize Mosom’s lessons about the healing po... + Read More
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Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary each tell their story, culminating in their thrilling ascent of Mount Everest. Tenzing Norgay grew up in Nepal, herding yaks in the shadow of Chomolungma, the mountain also known as Everest. He has always dreamed of climbing to the top. He becomes a guide, leading treks through the Himalayas, and finally attempts the highest mountain himself, but doesn’t make it. Across the ocean, in New Zealand, Edmund Hillary grew up tending his father’s bees. He climbed his first mountain at sixteen and has climbed all over... + Read More
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An exuberant celebration of the Buffalo’s return to the wild. Since Declan was born, his kokum has shared her love of Buffalo through stories and art. But Declan longs to see real Buffalo. Then one magical night, herds of the majestic creatures stampede down from the sky. That’s when things really get wild! Azby Whitecalf’s playful illustrations add to the joy and reverence in Deidre Havrelock’s picture book debut. A reprinting of the Buffalo Treaty and an author’s note describe the importance of Buffalo to Indigenous Peoples and efforts to rev... + Read More
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Series: A Feast for Joseph Hardcover Terry Farish 9781773064383 $18.99 JUVENILE FICTION Interest age, years from 3 - 6 Sep 01, 2021

Joseph misses sharing meals with lots of people like he did back in the refugee camp, so when the neighbors finally come over, it’s a feast! A companion book to Joseph’s Big Ride, described in Kirkus as “a joyful, upbeat tale.” When Joseph and Mama lived in a refugee camp in East Africa, everyone cooked and ate together. And Joseph could always hear someone playing the awal. It’s much too quiet and lonely in his new home. Though Whoosh, the girl who lives upstairs, is friendly, Joseph misses having more people around, especially his grandmother... + Read More
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A story about the heart-opening effect that taking care of a wounded creature has on a wounded boy, from acclaimed picture-book creators Jairo Buitrago and Rafael Yockteng. Adrián is always in trouble, at school and at home, while Santiago gets along quite well. But they are friends. When Adrián finds a wounded bird in an abandoned lot in the midst of the city, things begin to change. Taking care of the bird, learning all about it, discovering that it is a falcon, loving it — and accepting what this love means — gives Adrián a chance to show ot... + Read More
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In this sequel to the award-winning A Boy Is Not a Bird, a boy is exiled to Siberia during World War II. Based on a true story. Ripped from his home in Eastern Europe, with his father imprisoned in a Siberian gulag, twelve-year-old Natt finds himself stranded with other deportees in a schoolyard in Novosibirsk. And he is about to discover that life can indeed get worse than the horrific two months he and his mother have spent being transported on a bug-infested livestock train. He needs to write to his best friend, Max, but he knows the Soviet ... + Read More
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Series: Righting Canada's Wrongs Righting Canada's Wrongs: Africville An African Nova Scotian Community Is Demolished — and Fights Back 2nd edition Hardcover Gloria Ann Wesley 9781459416512 $34.95 YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION Interest age, years from 13 - 18 Sep 07, 2021

Beginning in the 18th century, Black men and women arrived from the U.S. and settled in various parts of Nova Scotia. In the 1800s, a small Black community had developed just north of Halifax on the shores of the Bedford Basin. The community became known as Africville and grew to about 400 people. Its residents fished, farmed, operated small retail stores and found work in the city. Jobs for Black people were hard to find, with many occupations blocked by racist practices. Women often worked as domestics and many men were train porters. A schoo... + Read More
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