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"Where does light come from? How does it work? What is it made of? Join a young girl and her cat on a journey of scientific discovery to find the answers to these questions and more. Over the course of a summer vacation, the pair investigate the many fascinating aspects of light,...
"An assortment of construction vehicles needs to be convinced to stop working so they can get cleaned up for a truck parade! But despite the narrator's cajoling, the trucks just want to keep working. They don't want to waste time taking a bath -- they want to be useful! They want...
"Children around the world have vastly different lives - different cultures, different geography, socio-economic realities, differing access to health and education. They speak different languages and eat different foods. But despite these differences, they all share common needs...
Four not-so-old seniors have moved in together in a Florida home. They share the house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake. Dorothy's main goal is to find a companion she can relate to, while her mother, Sophia loves to tell "Picture this" type of stories. Rose is a litt...
"Zzzzzzzz! It's a mosquito. Such a tiny insect, but its beating wings make such a BIG sound in the silence. Sound is a sense we often take for granted. Where does sound come from? Why are some sounds loud and some soft? Some high-pitched and some low-pitched? How do humans and an...
"A board book that features photographs of animals doing the same activity as toddlers do, taking a bath, with accompanying two-word descriptions of what the animals are doing."-- Provided by publisher.
"Around the world, little ones are carried in many different ways: in slings, on shoulders, in backpacks, on hips, in baskets, and in loving arms. Up! depicts ten places around the world, from Afghanistan to northern Canada, Peru to West Africa. In each place, a mom, dad, grandpa...
When Audrey comes to stay with her father for the summer a neighbourhood boy is convinced she is an alien but makes friends with her and learns a new way of looking at things.
Kat and her best friend Maya are totally dog-crazy! They can't have dogs of their own, but that doesn't mean they don't dream about their favourite puppies. When Kat's aunt opens a dog-grooming salon, and they meet Bailey, a chocolate Labrador retriever, it's love at first s...
A young man on his way to his wedding is stranded several states away. When he hitches a ride with a free-spirited woman, opposites begin to attract.
Around the world, little ones are carried in many different ways: in slings, on shoulders, in backpacks, on hips, in baskets, and in loving arms. Upsy Daisy, Baby! depicts ten places around the world, from Afghanistan to northern Canada, Peru to West Africa. In each place, a mom,...
Can Kat, Maya and Grace keep Houdini out of trouble? When Aunt Jenn asks Kat, Maya and Grace to help her care for a little mischievous beagle pup named Houdini, the girls dont know the trouble theyre in for. True to his name, Houdini somehow manages to escape from his kennel the ...
"In this high-interest accessible novel for middle-grade readers, thirteen-year-old Polly and her friends discover they'll need more than entrepreneurial spirit to make their middle school matchmaking business a success"-- Provided by publisher.
Explores hundreds of Canadian place names and explains how their names were chosen -- Native myths, ghost stories, landscape features, local animals, sea captains, kings and queens, ordinary Canadians, and even mistakes were all sources for the names to be found across Canada.
Just as a spring blizzard blows in, Wild Paws and Claws receives an energency call. An injured snowshoe hare and her baby have been found and they need help. Continueing stories about Maxine and her friend Sarah at the animal centre.
Read about the epic struggles, the years of hard work and perseverance and the prejudice women faced fighting for the most important, basic, democratic right--to vote.