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Afrika
Written by Colleen Craig
For thirteen-year-old Kim, travel to South Africa with her journalist mother will mark the end of her childhood and the beginning of a remarkable journey. Expecting nothing more than three months in her mother’s homeland, Kim comes to terms with the country’s diverse and often shocking history. |
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Alien Invaders: Species That Threaten Our World
Written by Jane Drake and Ann Love
Illustrated by Mark Thurman
From killer toads, feral felines, and brown tree snakes to multiple invaders in Lake Victoria and the Great Lakes, Alien Invaders focuses on wave after wave of invaders that affect our ecosystems and the side-effects of climate change and modern global travel on our world today.
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Creatures Yesterday and Today
Written by Karen Patkau
Illustrated by Karen Patkau
In this lively companion to Creatures Great and Small, author and illustrator Karen Patkau transports the reader to prehistoric times, when many creatures existed that have since disappeared. From the worlds of insects, fish, mammals, sea jellies, reptiles, amphibians, birds, crustaceans, arachnids, and mollusks, she presents living animals and their prehistoric ancestors. |
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Death in the Air: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His Second Case
Written by Shane Peacock
After the harrowing experience of losing his mother while solving a brutal murder in London’s East End, young Sherlock Holmes commits himself to fighting crime … and is soon involved in another case. Wrapped in the fascinating world of Victorian entertainment, its dangerous performances, and London’s dark underworld, Death in the Air raises The Boy Sherlock Holmes to a whole new level. |
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Here a Face, There a Face
Written by Arlene Alda
Author/photographer Arlene Alda has produced yet another brilliantly simple rhyming safari — this time in search of faces in unusual places. These faces are found on buildings, in trees, mailboxes, and fountains. Coy, funny, grumpy, comical, or sad, they are almost anywhere a child’s imagination wants to go. |
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JB Andrew: Mustang Magic
Written by Judy Andrekson
Illustrated by David Parkins
He was born, wild and free, in the vast mountainous scrublands of Nevada. Until he was a year old, no human hand touched him, though he knew something of the danger people represented to the herd. But one fateful day, the herd was chased by a huge black creature in the sky, and the yearling was separated from his mother. In blind panic he ran, but he could not outdistance the terrifying, whirling thing above him, or the humans on horseback that surrounded him. |
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Love Every Leaf:
The Life of Landscape Architect Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Written by Kathy Stinson
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, who has been a landscape architect for more than sixty years, considers her profession “the art of the possible.” The description also applies to the very way this remarkable 86-year-old has lived her life. Playing in her grandmother’s garden as a child, Cornelia absorbed the beauty and importance of the natural world and by the age of eleven had decided that she would become a landscape architect.
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Passion for Fasion: Careers in Style
Written by Jeanne Beker
Illustrated by Nathalie Dion
The dynamic author-illustrator team of Jeanne Beker and Nathalie Dion again work their magic in this comprehensive career guide, with a detailed resource section at the back, for those who dream of working in fashion. |
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The House that Max Built
Written by Maxwell Newhouse
Having worked construction for many years, author and illustrator Maxwell Newhouse shows young readers step-by-step how houses are built in this captivating picture book. From drawing up the plans to excavating the site to laying the foundation, the unique and colorful paintings move through the seasons as Max builds the house of his dreams. |
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The Master's Apprentice
Written by Rick Jacobson
Illustrated by Rick Jacobson and Laura Fernandez
When Marco is sent into apprenticeship with the young master, Michelangelo Buonarroti, much rides on his success. His father has worked very hard as a chemist so that Marco can have a better life, and the boy simply cannot let his family down. Armed with good advice, but more importantly, secret color formulas that his father has taught him, the boy has a good chance at success.
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A Day with Nellie
Written by Marthe Jocelyn
Illustrated by Marthe Jocelyn
Wake up, Nellie! The fun is about to begin. First, there’s deciding what to wear. Then there’s breakfast with all kinds of shapes and textures and tastes. From indoor play in a made-up train, to a trip to the park and a bedtime cuddle with Daddy, Nellie’s day is full of discoveries.
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Dewy Divas and Dudes: Check out the latest Children's
Selections from Anne Stevens by clicking here.
Dewy Divas and Dudes are a group of Canadian Publishing reps
who regularly give book talks to libraries, spreading their
enthusiasm for the best books of the season. The latest
Adult Selections
are available by clicking here.
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Now available in paperback: As-tu vu Joséphine? and
Peux-tu attraper Joséphine? More books in French and Spanish.
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30th Anniversary
A Child in Prison Camp
by Shizuye Takashima
"A poignant and beautiful little book.
In a simple text and a series of striking
watercolors [Takashima] presents a haunting
record of [the Japanese internment.]"
- San Francisco Chronicle
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A prairie boy's winter
by William Kurelek
A New York Times Best Illustrated Book and
Outstanding Book of 1973,
Boston Globe/Hornbook Honor Book 1974
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I Once Knew an Indian Woman
by Ebbitt Cutler
Illustrated by Bruce Johnson
The New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year, 1978
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