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.
Commended for the 2011 Best Books for Kids and Teens Living in grim Depression-era Toronto with her actress mother, Frannie, Ivy Chalmers has never met her father.
Although it is 1969 and the end of a decade that has brought tremendous social change even in southweatern Ontario, 14-year-old Annie Ward has experienced little of "e;love, peace, and understanding.
Winner of the 2012 Golden Oak Award From the moment three-year-old Jeff Healey first laid a guitar across his lap in what was to become his signature style, it was clear he was no ordinary kid.
Short-listed for the 2004 Rocky Mountain Book Award and for the 2003 Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award and long-listed for the 2002 CBC Canada Reads People's Choice Book Kataryna Baliuk, a gifted fine arts student, is hoping to have a fresh start at Cawthra School for the Arts after a less-than-successful year at the neighbouring Catholic high school.
Although it is 1969 and the end of a decade that has brought tremendous social change even in southweatern Ontario, 14-year-old Annie Ward has experienced little of "e;love, peace, and understanding.
Commended for the 2009 Best Books for Kids & Teens Annie Berkley, a schoolmate of Shelby's who has appeared in previous books, lives in a foster home and has become depressed.
Commended for the 2008 Best Books for Kids and Teens, short-listed for the 2008 Snow Willow Award and Ann Connor Brimer Award "e;No one pays much attention to you if you don't have much to say, so there was no way I could have predicted what would happen when I stopped talking altogether.
Commended for the 2008 Best Books for Kids and Teens When Logan Kemp hurls himself into a rugby scrum one morning, he has no idea that by afternoon he'll be fighting for his life.
An unexpected delivery from the florist points to a secret admirer for Shelby Belgarden, but when an ominous phone call and a disturbing email follow, the teenaged sleuth and her family realize that the dangerous obsession of a stalker lies behind them.
Short-listed for the 2005 Snow Willow Award and for the 2006 Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award Cole Fennety doesn't know it, but he is about to have the strangest summer of his life.
2005 White Pine Award - Shortlisted2004 IODE Violet Downey National Book Award - Shortlisted2004 Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice Selection There's one other thing I should mention right off, which is that I'm fourteen years old and dying.
Commended for the 2004 Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice Selection, short-listed for the 2005 Red Maple Award and Rocky Mountain Book Award When the Armenians of Turkey are marched into the desert to die in 1915, Mariam is rescued by her Turkish friend Rustem, and lives with mixed acceptance as a guest in his father's harem.
Winner of the 2003 Ann Connor Brimer Award, short-listed for the 2004 White Pine Award Martin Emerson's family, friends, and even his therapist have trouble figuring him out.
Short-listed for the 2003 Red Maple Award and Arthur Ellis Award for best Juvenile Book, commended for the 2003 Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice Selection Shelby Belgarden isn't exactly thrilled when people start thinking Greg is her boyfriend.
2011 Red Maple Award - Shortlisted Fourteen-year-old Sam McLean is less than thrilled with the prospect of moving to a collection of old mansions on the northern fringe of a small town called Ringwood.
Called the "Maharaja of the keyboard" by Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson released over 200 recordings, won seven Grammy Awards, received the Order of Canada and is considered to have been one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time.
From a true-life “Survivor Island” tale to the women who flew fighters and bombers for the Allies in World War II, Ed Butts invites you to meet twelve women who dared to live their lives on a tightrope.
Winner of the Esther Glen Medal for Junior Fiction 2015 Storylines Notable Book Award 2015 'Conrad Cooper is the most lovable fictional character I have come across since Frankie Parsons in The 10pm Question .
The funny, touching story of an unlikely friendship from master storyteller Colin ThompsonGeorge lives with his grandmother and a big empty space where his mother and father should be.
WINNER OF THE JUNIOR FICTION AWARD AND CHILDREN'S CHOICE JUNIOR FICTION AWARDNew Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2013 WINNER OF THE LIANZA LIBRARIANS' CHOICE AWARD 2013 STORYLINES NOTABLE BOOK AWARD 2013 IBBY HONOUR LIST 2014 '.
Book Features:*16 pages, 8 inches x 8 inches * Ages 4-7, PreK-Grade 2, Guided Reading Level A, Lexile BR60L* Easy-to-read pages with full-color photos* Includes a reading comprehension activity* Photo glossary and high frequency word list includedMaking Good Choices: I Make Good Choices, part of the Kid Citizen series, helps emerging preschool-2nd grade readers develop basic literacy skills while learning important social concepts such as making good decisions in a fun and engaging way.
Book Features:*16 pages, 8 inches x 8 inches * Ages 4-7, PreK-Grade 2, Guided Reading Level A, Lexile BR60L* Easy-to-read pages with full-color photos* Includes a reading comprehension activity* Photo glossary and high frequency word list includedFollowing The Rules: I Know the Rules, part of the Kid Citizen series, helps emerging preschool-2nd grade readers develop basic literacy skills while learning important social concepts such as following rules in a fun and engaging way.
Book Features:*16 pages, 8 inches x 8 inches * Ages 4-7, PreK-Grade 2, Guided Reading Level A, Lexile BR60L* Easy-to-read pages with full-color photos* Includes a reading comprehension activity* Photo glossary and high frequency word list includedSharing Is Caring: I Can Share, part of the Kid Citizen series, helps emerging preschool-2nd grade readers develop basic literacy skills while learning important social concepts such as learning to share in a fun and engaging way.
Book Features:*16 pages, 8 inches x 8 inches * Ages 4-7, PreK-Grade 2, Guided Reading Level A, Lexile BR50L* Easy-to-read pages with full-color photos* Includes a reading comprehension activity* Photo glossary and high frequency word list includedA Helping Hand: I Can Help, part of the Kid Citizen series, helps emerging preschool-2nd grade readers develop basic literacy skills while learning important social concepts such as lending a helping hand in a fun and engaging way.
Book Features:*16 pages, 8 inches x 8 inches * Ages 4-7, PreK-Grade 2, Guided Reading Level A, Lexile BR50L* Easy-to-read pages with full-color photos* Includes a reading comprehension activity* Photo glossary and high frequency word list includedChoosing Kindness: I Am Kind, part of the Kid Citizen series, helps emerging preschool-2nd grade readers develop basic literacy skills while learning important social concepts such as spreading kindness in a fun and engaging way.
Book Features:*16 pages, 8 inches x 8 inches * Ages 4-7, PreK-Grade 2, Guided Reading Level A, Lexile BR40L* Easy-to-read pages with full-color photos * Includes a reading comprehension activity* Photo glossary and high frequency word list includedCelebrating Uniqueness: I Am Unique, part of the Kid Citizen series, helps emerging preschool-2nd grade readers develop basic literacy skills while learning important social concepts in a fun and engaging way.
Book Features:*16 pages, 8 inches x 8 inches * Ages 4-7, PreK-Grade 2, Guided Reading Level A, Lexile BR60L* Easy-to-read pages with full-color photos * Includes a reading comprehension activity* Photo glossary and high frequency word list includedMaking Good Choices: I Make Good Choices, part of the Kid Citizen series, helps emerging preschool-2nd grade readers develop basic literacy skills while learning important social concepts such as making good decisions in a fun and engaging way.
