Books published by publisher Scholastic Canada, Limited

What is the secret behind Arie's red hair?Alex is dying to know why Arie's hair is so red. So he asks him if there if there is a secret to it all, or better yet, something he can do to turn his own black hair red?Soon he's following Arie's good advice and consuming daily doses of tomatoes and ketchup. But when he finds himself drinking hot sauce to, you know, set the colour, Alex starts to suspect that he's being played — and concocts a little plan to turn the tables on Arie's trick, by tempting him with his own recipe for turning red hair black!Based on a boy named Arie from Montreal, whom Robert Munsch met while on a storytelling tour, Seeing Red celebrates the spirit of good-natured pranks with some over-the-top antics and hilarious imagery, while providing a gentle lesson about accepting who you are and what you've been given.

A Prairie as Wide as the Sea is one of the Dear Canada series, which are historical novels, written in diary format, about fictional girls during different periods of Canadian history. This book is a perfect historical novel for young readers who aren't familiar with the series, but enjoy reading about life on the prairie. It is a solid, well-researched, and enjoyable book. Ivy Weatherall's is an 11 year old girl from London, whose life changed in the spring of 1926. It was the time her family decided to immigrate to Canada. She described her journey to Canada, and then her family's life on her uncle's farm on the Saskatchewan prairie. She described both the happy times in her new home, as well as the hardships of life on the prairie such as harsh winters and the hard work of building a life there. This book is an excellent read.

Ciara is tired of hauling her hockey gear across town to play on the rink. It makes no sense—there is a perfectly good frozen river in her own backyard! But her dad says it's too jagged, and her mom says it's too bumpy, and her older sisters don't see why she can't keep going all the way across town, just like they did. But Ciara won't let anybody stop her. And with a little help from the neighbourhood, she knows that her team, the River Rink Rats, will finally win a game on their own brand new rink.In classic Robert Munsch style, this warm fun story of community and hockey takes a hilarious turn. With the excitement and pace of a real hockey match, the River Rink Rats play their final game on their new rink. The pressure is on; the crowd is watching; Ciara has the puck; the crowd keeps watching; the ice starts to...CRACK!; Ciara keeps playing; the ice starts to drift; the crowd starts running; Ciara shoots to SCORE and—You can be sure that no matter how the game ends, there will be hot chocolate!