South Africa, apartheid, love, race, racism, tsotsi, Johannesburg, Soweto, police, murder, violen...

Chinese Fairy Tale Feasts

Fairy Tale Feasts

This charming story is based on a real-life onion peddler from France who has been selling onions...

Love, helping those in need, illness, old age

With purple hair and '90s retro clothes, Ash Perrault is a modern-day Cinderella, but she has a p...

Children will be thrilled to see what these silly crocodiles get up to when they play their favou...

While exploring a medieval archaeological site containing the ruins of an ancient abbey, Annie di...

This tale is told in three time-frames. On the eve of the Festival of Purim, a grandmother tells ...

Discover a year in the life of the Pacific tree frog whose habitat reaches from San Diego to Brit...

A story about the rescue of trapped dolphins in Newfoundland.

Bing's father is haunted by a ghost, and Bing must find out why or his father will die.

Humorous rhymes that will be enjoyed by young children and parents alike.

This funny and endearing novel by award-winning novelist Glen Huser will make an absorbing read f...

Growing up, love, magic, revenge, Arthurian legend

Peggy tells the story of the wonderful life of a guinea pig.

This humorous story is about a fictional incident in the childhood of the Mexican revolutionary h...

Poetry on an eco-theme. Ages: 11+

far north, snow, creativity, imagination, snow, color

Seventeen-year-old student reporter Sherri Richmond uncovers a terrible secret gripping the sleep...

adventure, Italian Renaissance, Italy, Caravaggio, painting, murder, mystery, seventeenth century...

In this picture book, a very young child learns to ride a bike.

Narrated by a fat half-Persian, half-alley cat called Amos, this very funny chapter book will del...

riddles, treasure, guessing, adventure, friendship

skiing, winter, sports, learning, winter sports, snow, Vancouver

This sweet rhyming book shows young readers that animals can be special friends with a magical co...

A young girl runs away from home and learns to live on the dangerous streets of a provincial city...

Young children will love this simple rhyming story. Come along on a rollicking rainy-day walk!

This sweet, little rhyming book reveals what every child knows in his or her heart--that animals ...

In this picture book, a young child plays in the water at the seaside.

Second World War, friendship, racism and injustice

Charles Kelly was the world's greatest comic book artist until he disappeared without a trace. Tw...

Sneezing birds, complaining flamingos, warrior Vikings and radioactive cats! All these entertaini...

Second World War, friendship, racism and injustice

In this novel for middle-grade readers, a young girl strives to become a reporter.

In the wonderous city of Baghdad lives a young girl called Jehan. One morning, Jehan wakes and se...

This charming story is based on a real-life onion peddler from France who has been selling onions...

Recounts the adventures of Shu-Li and her classmate Diego as they face the challenge of taking ca...

On a school trip to the museum, Matthew has an eerie meeting with Peter Glimmer, who was imprison...

Destination Dreamland! Hop aboard for a Topsy-turvy ride through Wiggle town, Giggle town and Gro...

A story of adventure, riddles and baseball for young readers.

South Africa, apartheid, love, race, racism, tsotsi, Johannesburg, Soweto, police, murder, violen...

A bit of black humour for primary school age kids who will appreciate the tongue-in-cheek tales o...

Shu-Li and Tamara, both new to their school and neighborhood, are quickly becoming good friends, ...

Trying to get to grips with her own terrible secret, Roxy sets about unraveling the mysteries tha...

Geordie likes baseball, crunching carrots, playing the trumpet in the school band and anything to...

identity, family, Native Canadian, Oka crisis, Mohawk nation, adoption, First Nations

Jovanovic's debut adapts a Serbian variant of a King Midas story, placing the emphasis on accepta...