From the creator of the internationally bestselling, award-winning classic The Bear and the Piano which has sold more than 120,000 copies in the UK My Friend, Billy Whiskers is a charming celebration of friendship, bravery and the little push we sometimes need to step into something new.
Short-listed for the 2010 Governor General's Award for Children's Literature, the 2010 Snow Willow Award and the 2011 CLA Young Adult Book Award Born with Down syndrome, Ruby Jean Sharp comes from a time when being a developmentally disabled person could mean growing up behind locked doors and barred windows and being called names like "e;retard"e; and "e;moron.
Sergeant Gander is a fascinating account of the Royal Rifles of Canadas canine mascot, and his devotion to duty demonstrated during the Battle of Hong Kong in the Second World War.
Tom, a big six-year-old boy goes to school for the first day of his first grade armed with his crutches; a special day for that baby who was shook at the age of four months.
De retour à l’école, le renard gris, connu pour son caractère espiègle, se retrouve rapidement au cœur d’une situation chaotique au sein de sa classe, provoquant involontairement une joyeuse confusion qui nécessitera finalement l’intervention des pompiers pour être résolue.
Gobi bears may just be the most unusual bears on the planet: they're the only bears that live in a desert, they eat mainly plants, and they're extremely rare.
