Books published by publisher Library and Archives Canada/ISBN Canada

A colourful picture book that will have children up and moving joyfully around. It will stimulate your child`s imagination and inspire them to dream. Strong use of alliteration will foster their command and love of the English language. Read it aloud, and watch your children become engaged in creative activity. Also great for ESL/EFL learners as it promotes total physical response and repetition. A great book for adults to share with their children, and teachers to share with their students.

The Earth’s lakes and oceans are mostly gone, and grass has been replaced with red sand. Humans survive their inhospitable environment by living together in huge cement compounds. Survive, that is, if they aren’t crippled by a degenerative disease that plagues the world.No longer welcome in her home compound of Nu, seventeen year old Nora Watson decides to make the long, slow journey to the Central Government Compound earlier than planned. Her partner Tomas Classen makes the trek too, and quickly finds himself a job and meets friends. Nora, however, is denied her life-long dream to become a scientist. How is she going to discover the true cause of the Disease now?Relationships and dreams become more complicated when Nora meets her estranged father, Norman Janner. Worse, he seems to be doing everything in his power to keep the real cause of the Disease a secret—and he’s enlisted an old acquaintance to help him. Now Nora has to choose between doing what’s right, and what her father wants her to do.

When someone throws a rock through an elementary school’s window, two seemingly ordinary kids decide to find out who. Joined together they have to race against the clock, with very little evidence to go on and almost no leads. For Andrew Reynolds and Ashley Simmons, The Case of the Shattered Window will be difficult to solve, but not impossible. As the first in a new series, this children’s mystery novel is sure not to disappoint and will keep you waiting for the next one.

TILLY THE PEACOCK loves to look at his tail in the mirror. He knows he is breathtaking. One day... his tail is cut off. What happens to Tilly when he loses his most valued asset? Who is Tilly without his tail? Can he survive? Who helps him to discover a different side of life? Take your child on Tilly's journey so that they both discover the value of pride and the value of friendship.

Distraught horse trainer Meri Conner, 17, has no idea the young man in her dream, Markus Gassan, is a powerful crysard from the enchanted world of Gummel. Or that he's broken the Covenant which states, "...no Crysaryte shall enter into a union with mortals", in order to be with her.However, trouble is brewing and neither are aware that someone wants Markus dead, and Meri the bait who will lure him to his demise.Markus' only hope of escaping death is with Meri's help. But what chance does Meri, a mere mortal, have to defeat the powers that are beyond her control?

Children and adults alike often feel alone in this world, like no one knows who they are or what we they going through. This book explores why this is not the case by examining, in a kid friendly way, questions like: Can we fit under more than one label? If we are sporty, can we be artsy too? Are we really as alone as we think?Come on the adventure and follow the story of students at Hope Valley Elementary as they discover answers to these important questions. You will also meet Fred, who is struggling with his mental health when he finds a way to bring everyone in the school together. He inspires those around him to learn more about each other and accept one another as they are.From the back of the book:Fred used to love his life at Hope Valley Elementary but then his mom got sick and he felt like he was stuck in a dark hole with no escape. He stopped talking to his friends, he felt alone. All that changed on the day he received the gift of one small wooden bead. A bead that turns the entire school on it's head and shows Fred that maybe he wasn't really alone after all.

When Lark fails her first robbery for Luchoo's gang, she catalyzes the transformation of her city, Urno, for the worst. It propels her and her best friend, Felix, into a desperate escape from Urno. Lark must find a place where she can safely learn her Skill, metalworking, or risk disappearing like the rest of her family. Meanwhile, the city's ruler, Mr. Ronnie Kettle, the 6th Kindly Patron of Urno, engages in a political tug-of-war about all Special citizens with powers. The fate of Lark and Mr. Kettle are intertwined with the future of Urno and the Specials. As Mr. Kettle's powers are questioned, more and more Specials disappear under mysterious circumstances and there seems to be no one able to set it right. Until Lark hears the news and it sets of a chain of events even the authorities will have trouble containing.

The Earth’s lakes and oceans are mostly gone, and grass has been replaced with red sand. Humans survive their inhospitable environment by living together in huge cement compounds. Survive, that is, if they aren’t crippled by a degenerative disease that plagues the world.Sixteen year-old Nora Watson wants only to get by until her eighteenth birthday, when she’ll be considered an adult. Then she’ll move away from her home compound of Nu, to the Central Government, where she plans to become a scientist. Her plans are derailed by two men. One is Tomas Classen, a cute older boy who insists on hanging out with her, even after Nora accidently breaks his nose. The other is a slick travelling salesman by the name of Mr. Manners, who claims to be in possession of a cure for the disease—a claim Nora doubts.Can Nora prove Mr. Manners is a fraud, and save her community from disappointment? And what’s with this Tomas? Is he really interested in her, or is he merely trying to antagonize her?

The Earth’s lakes and oceans are mostly gone, and grass has been replaced with red sand. Humans survive their inhospitable environment by living together in huge cement compounds. Survive, that is, if they aren’t crippled by a degenerative disease that plagues the world.Life hasn’t been easy for seventeen year old Nora Watson since she returned from her cross-country adventure. She split from her boyfriend, Tomas Classen, on the day of his adult birthday; got kicked out of the cube she’s lived in since birth and placed with two orphaned children; began tutoring a younger boy who seems more keen on Nora herself, rather than science; all the while trying to uncover the true cause of the Disease. Nora’s head is spinning and her heart is confused. Her only hope now is to make it to her own adult birthday without getting into any more trouble. Then she can leave for the Central Government Compound and make her dreams of becoming a scientist come true.