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Tells the true story about young brothers Paul and Oscar Arato and their mother, Lenke, surviving the Nazi occupation during the final years of World War II.

Fossils help us to learn about plant and animal species that lived long ago.

"Ruth Gruber, born in to a Jewish American family in 1911, was drawn to adventure and driven to fight injustice throughout her eventful seven-decade career as a journalist"-- Provided by publisher.

Looks at ten Canadians whose acts of courage and compassion have helped protect the human rights we hold most dear.

Nine short stories, presenting a day in the life of one child - each at a pivotal moment in Canadian history. From an aboriginal boy's first buffalo hunt on the Great Plains to a Vietnamese immigrant girl's struggle to deal with fears from her past.

Care and use of water is explained with pictures and text.

A biography of Josiah Henson, the escaped slave who found freedom in Canada and helped to lead 118 slaves to safety as a conductor on the Underground Railroad.

"Prior to World War Two, Canada's Jewish community was well established, particularly in Toronto and Montreal. As the war grew closer, reports of anti-Semitism across Europe were increasing. In the 1930s, Hitler's Nazis were spreading hatred and violence towards Jews across Germa...

Shoshi, her brother Moshe, and their pet dragon Snigger travel from Russia to New York City to start a new life, where they find hardship working in a failing restaurant in a neighborhood run by the gangster Nick the Stick.

The Last Train is the harrowing true story about young brothers Paul and Oscar Arato and their mother, Lenke, surviving the Nazi occupation during the final years of World War II. Living in the town of Karcag, Hungary, the Aratos felt insulated from the war - even as it raged a...

It's 1962 in Jackson, Mississippi, and 22-year-old Skeeter has just graduated from Ole Miss. She comes home with a diploma, but no husband, in a world where her friends are all married and raising children, with the help of their black maids. At a time and place where the ideal w...