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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: Two at the Top A Shared Dream of Everest Hardcover Uma Krishnaswami 9781773062662 $19.99 JUVENILE FICTION Interest age, years from 3 - 6 Oct 01, 2021

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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Series: The Doll Hardcover Nhung N. Tran-Davies 9781772601657 $19.95 JUVENILE FICTION Interest age, years from 5 - 9 Apr 20, 2021

A young girl and her family arrive in an airport in a new country. They are refugees, migrants who have travelled across the world to find safety. Strangers greet them, and one of them gives the little girl a doll. Decades later, that little girl is grown up and she has the chance to welcome a group of refugees who are newly arrived in her adopted country. To the youngest of them, a little girl, she gives a doll, knowing it will help make her feel welcome. Inspired by real events.
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Series: THAO A Picture Book Hardcover Thao Lam 9781771474320 $19.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Interest age, years from 4 - 8 Apr 15, 2021

An honest #OwnVoices story about growing up with a name that is unfamiliar to the kids around you, told with humor and heart by critically acclaimed author/illustrator Thao Lam Even though it’s only four simple, familiar letters long, nobody can ever pronounce Thao’s name. She’s been called Theo, Tail, even Towel! But the teasing names—Tofu, Tiny, China Girl—are worse. Maybe it’s time to be someone else? Thao decides to try on a different name, something easy, like Jennifer. It works, but only until she opens her lunchbox to find her mother... + Read More
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Series: Is This Panama? A Migration Story Paperback Jan Thornhill 9781771474474 $11.95 JUVENILE FICTION Interest age, years from 5 - 8 Mar 15, 2021

A STEM introduction to migration through one bird's quest to find its winter home When Sammy, a young Wilson's warbler, wakes up one frosty August morning near the Arctic Circle, he instinctively knows that it's time to make his first migratory journey south to Panama. But there's one problem — where is Panama? All the other warblers having left without him, Sammy sets off on the journey by himself, stopping to ask the same question of each of the different animals that he meets along the way: "Is this Panama?" From the caribou heading to h... + Read More
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Series: Yara's Spring Paperback Jamal Saeed 9781773214399 $12.95 JUVENILE FICTION Interest 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... + Read More
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Series: Yara's Spring Hardcover Jamal Saeed 9781773214405 $18.95 JUVENILE FICTION Interest 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... + Read More
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Series: The Old Woman Hardcover Joanne Schwartz 9781773062112 $18.95 JUVENILE FICTION Interest age, years from 4 - 8 Sep 29, 2020

The Old Woman is a beautiful portrait of an old woman who lives contentedly with her dog, from award-winning author Joanne Schwartz and illustrator Nahid Kazemi.An old woman shares her home with a scruffy old dog, her best friend and constant companion.One fall day, they go for a walk and the woman throws sticks for the dog. She loves hearing the autumn leaves under her feet and the wind in the trees. She looks up at a crow in the sky and imagines what it might feel like to fly. As the wind comes up and the light begins to fade, she remembers p... + Read More
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Series: The Paper Boat A Refugee Story Hardcover Thao Lam 9781771473637 $19.95 JUVENILE FICTION Interest 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... + Read More
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Series: My Day with Gong Gong Hardcover Sennah Yee 9781773214290 $21.95 JUVENILE FICTION Interest 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... + Read More
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Series: Our Little Kitchen Hardcover Jillian Tamaki 9781773062624 $19.95 JUVENILE FICTION Interest age, years from 4 - 8 Sep 01, 2020

A picture book about a lively evening in a community kitchen from Governor General’s Award–winning author and illustrator Jillian Tamaki.Tie on your apron!Roll up your sleeves!Pans are out, oven is hot.The kitchen’s all ready,Where do we start?In this lively, rousing picture book from Caldecott Honoree Jillian Tamaki, a crew of resourceful neighbours come together to prepare a meal for their community. With a garden full of produce, a joyfully chaotic kitchen and a friendly meal shared at the table, Our Little Kitchen is a celebration of full b... + Read More
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Series: Maggie’s Treasure Hardcover Jon-Erik Lappano 9781773062372 $19.95 JUVENILE FICTION Interest age, years from 3 - 7 Sep 01, 2020

When Maggie’s treasure collection grows too big to manage, she finds a creative solution. Maggie finds treasure wherever she goes. Whether it’s a button, a feather or a shiny stone, she picks it up and takes it home. At first the neighbors and city workers are grateful to Maggie for cleaning up; the mayor even gives her an award. But over time Maggie’s collection grows bigger and bigger, until it spills out of her house and garden in an unsightly mess. Her parents tell her “Enough treasure!” and eventually even Maggie realizes that something mu... + Read More
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Series: God Loves Hair: Tenth Anniversary Edition Hardcover Vivek Shraya 9781551528137 $24.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Interest age, years from 12 Aug 15, 2020

A tenth-anniversary edition of Vivek Shraya's first book: a YA story collection that celebrates racial, gender, and religious diversity. In 2010, Vivek Shraya self-published God Loves Hair, her first book; since then, Vivek has published six more titles, including a novel, poetry collection, graphic novel, and children's picture book, while also working as an artist, musician, and academic. God Loves Hair is a collection of short stories that follows a tender, intelligent, and curious child who navigates the complex realms of gender creativi... + Read More
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Series: Weekend Dad Hardcover Naseem Hrab 9781773061085 $18.95 JUVENILE FICTION Interest age, years from 4 - 7 Aug 01, 2020

A little boy spends the weekend at his dad’s new apartment in this picture book about how things change when parents separate — and the important things that stay the same. “This home is home because my dad is here, and it’s nothing like home because my mom isn’t here,” thinks the boy in this story when he enters his dad’s new apartment for the first time. His dad moved out on Monday and now it’s Friday night, the start of his weekend with his dad. The boy and his dad follow their normal weekend routine — they eat eggs for breakfast, play cards... + Read More
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Series: You and Me Both Hardcover Mahtab Narsimhan 9781771473668 $18.95 JUVENILE FICTION Interest age, years from 3 - 6 Apr 15, 2020

· Inspired by a true story that went viral online· An uplifting book that celebrates diversity· Embraces the joys and innocence of childhoodThis is the story of two classmates who love all the same things: building tall block towers and knocking them down; strawberry jam on toast; jumping into big puddles in their matching boots. The narrator and his best friend, Jamal, might as well be twins—they have so much in common! And they always stick together. When Jamal gets a haircut, his best friend gets his cut t... + Read More
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Series: A Last Goodbye Hardcover Elin Kelsey 9781771473644 $19.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Interest age, years from 4 - 12 Apr 15, 2020

· A gentle and accessible look at the idea of death · Reinforces our connection to nature and the animal kingdomHow do we say goodbye to a loved one after they die? This book broaches a difficult topic in a heartfelt way by exploring the beauty in how animals mourn. From elephants to whales, parrots to bonobos, and lemurs to humans, we all have rituals to commemorate our loved ones and to lift each other up in difficult times.New from the award-winning team behind You Are Stardust, Wild Ideas, and You Are Never Alone, th... + Read More
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Series: Golden Threads Hardcover Suzanne Del Rizzo 9781771473606 $19.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Interest age, years from 4 - 8 Apr 15, 2020

· New from New York Times Notable honoree Suzanne Del Rizzo, the critically acclaimed author of My Beautiful Birds and illustrator of Sun Dog· Inspired by the Japanese art form of kintsugi, or golden joinery, and the ancient philosophy of wabi-sabi, finding beauty in imperfect things. An author’s note explains more about these ideas· Mixed-media illustrations use fabric and golden threadsWhen a storm sweeps Emi’s beloved stuffed fox away from their mountain home, he ends up tattered and alone on a distant sho... + Read More
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Series: Crossing the Farak River Paperback Michelle Aung Thin 9781773213965 $12.95 JUVENILE FICTION Interest age, years from 11 Apr 14, 2020

Fourteen-year-old Hasina is forced to flee everything she knows in this gripping account of the crisis in Myanmar. For Hasina and her younger brother Araf, the constant threat of Sit Tat, the Myanmar Army, is a way of life in Rakhine province—just uttering the name is enough to send chills down their spines. As Rohingyas, they know that when they hear the wop wop wop of their helicopters there is one thing to do—run, and don’t stop. So when soldiers invade their village one night, and Hasina awakes to her aunt's fearful voice, followed by smoke... + Read More
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Series: Crossing the Farak River Hardcover Michelle Aung Thin 9781773213972 $18.95 JUVENILE FICTION Interest age, years from 11 Apr 14, 2020

Fourteen-year-old Hasina is forced to flee everything she knows in this gripping account of the crisis in Myanmar. For Hasina and her younger brother Araf, the constant threat of Sit Tat, the Myanmar Army, is a way of life in Rakhine province—just uttering the name is enough to send chills down their spines. As Rohingyas, they know that when they hear the wop wop wop of their helicopters there is one thing to do—run, and don’t stop. So when soldiers invade their village one night, and Hasina awakes to her aunt's fearful voice, followed by smoke... + Read More
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Series: Dragon Hoops Hardcover Gene Luen Yang 9781626720794 $33.99 YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION Interest age, years from 14 - 18 Mar 17, 2020

In his latest graphic novel,Dragon Hoops,New York Times bestselling author Gene Luen Yang turns the spotlight on his life, his family, and the high school where he teaches.Gene understands stories—comic book stories, in particular. Big action. Bigger thrills. And the heroalways wins.But Gene doesn’t get sports. As a kid, his friends called him “Stick” and every basketball game he played ended in pain. He lost interest in basketball long ago, but at the high school where he now teaches, it's all anyone can talk about. The men’s varsity team, the... + Read More
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Series: William's Getaway Hardcover Annika Dunklee 9781771473378 $18.95 JUVENILE FICTION Interest age, years from 3 - 7 Mar 15, 2020

· New from best-selling author Annika Dunklee · A loving approach to sibling dynamics· Highlights the power of imagination and playWilliam’s little brother, Edgar, always wants to play. But today, William wants some time to himself. William has a big getaway planned: an escape up into his hot-air balloon. It’s the perfect place because Edgar is always afraid to join him. But Edgar decides that today, he wants to come. William is very surprised and extremely disappointed. Edgar over-prepares for the journey. W... + Read More