This perennially best-selling classic is your passport into the magic realm of Nipkins. Irresistible rhymes and mood-setting paintings introduce Norbert, a young Nipkin, who is warned by his nanny about the terrible cave-dwelling giants called Zlogs. When Norbert is captured by a young Zlog named Grog, he uses the only defense he can muster - his voice. After getting over his shock that Nipkins can talk, Grog listens to and even protects Norbert in what is the beginning of a fast friendship. The characters are endearing, the setting is inventive, the effect magical. Discover for yourself what has already enchanted tens of thousands of children.

Norbert Nipkin

Children's Books

MCCONNELL, ROBERT

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Napoleon and Co

Annie can’t believe her eyes! The "Santa" in the mall looks so much like her grandfather’s friend, Simon. A Jewish Santa? Annie lines up to get a closer look - and ends up "placing an order". Simon Greenbaum, flat broke, has taken the job at the Winter Castle to earn a few dollars between jobs. And after all, with his long white beard, he looks just like Santa already. "Don’t breathe a word to your Zaideh that you saw me here," he says. "If you don’t tell him that I’m a Santa Claus, I won’t tell him what you asked for. It’s a deal?" When Annie’s parents find out, however, that she has placed an order with Santa for a Christmas tree, they are disappointed and tell her that she must learn to be her own person and stand up for her beliefs in order to earn the respect of others. Meanwhile, Annie wants to help Mr. Greenbaum and comes up with a plan. But to carry out her plan, she must reveal his secret. What will she do?

Yesterday's Santa and the Chanukah Miracle

Hartt-Snowbell, Sarah

Holidays & Celebrations

Finally, the Canadian story of Thanksgiving, celebrating our past and educating our children about Canadian history and traditions. Presented in storybook form with 35 colourful illustrations, this Canada 125 Project also contains the words and music to a lively, original Thanksgiving song.

Thanksgiving Day in Canada

Lewicki, Krys Val

History

Dragon in the Clouds

The Okanagan summer stretches out in front of twelve-year-old Nikki like a sparkling rainbow, with lots of time to spend at the beach and with her horse, Ginger. When her cousin Trevor arrives in his wheelchair, spoiling all her plans, they take an instant dislike to one another. But a vision in the clouds will change both her and Trevor’s feelings about a lot of things and, in fact, will help make a dream come true as Trevor competes in the B.C. Games for the Physically Disabled.

Nelson, Rosemary

Action & Adventure

Finally, the Canadian story of Thanksgiving, celebrating our past and educating our children about Canadian history and traditions. Presented in storybook form with 35 colourful illustrations, this Canada 125 Project also contains the words and music to a lively, original Thanksgiving song.

When Emily Stowe was born in Ontario in 1831, every girl’s life followed a set pattern. Regardless of her personality, intelligence, capabilities or creativity, her future was limited to housework and childcare. Emily Stowe was determined to change that pattern. Sydell Waxman, a writer, researcher and lecturer on women of the 1800s, tells of the events in the life of the young Emily Stowe which caused her to become, not only the first woman school principal and the first woman to practise medicine in Canada, but a pioneer in the fight for women’s rights. With the help of original sketches and archival material, Changing the Pattern also creates a vivid picture of Canada in the late 1800s as it follows Emily’s crusade to create new patterns for girls’ lives.

Changing the Pattern: The Story of Emily Stowe (Stories of Canada, 1)

Waxman, Sydell

Biographies

When Emily Stowe was born in Ontario in 1831, every girl’s life followed a set pattern. Regardless of her personality, intelligence, capabilities or creativity, her future was limited to housework and childcare. Emily Stowe was determined to change that pattern. Sydell Waxman, a writer, researcher and lecturer on women of the 1800s, tells of the events in the life of the young Emily Stowe which caused her to become, not only the first woman school principal and the first woman to practise medicine in Canada, but a pioneer in the fight for women’s rights. With the help of original sketches and archival material, Changing the Pattern also creates a vivid picture of Canada in the late 1800s as it follows Emily’s crusade to create new patterns for girls’ lives.

A dramatic turn of events unites twelve-year-old Billy Gavin and seventeen-year-old John "Bearman" Redell, two boys from seemingly different backgrounds who discover that they in fact have a great deal in common - they are both runaways. Together, alone against nature in the rugged Alberta wilderness, they begin to deal with the demons of their pasts. When the news of a downed plane and a missing rodeo cowboy in the woods and mountains nearby reaches them, Bearman, an expert tracker who knows the woods like the back of his hand, becomes obsessed with the thought of finding the lost man. The boys find themselves faced with the greatest challenge of their lives. Do they have the courage to find the missing man? More importantly, will this adventure give them the self-confidence they need both to outrun the past and to embrace the future?

Billy and the Bearman

Poulsen, David A.

Winner of the Canadian Children’s Book Centre Choice: Best Books for Kids & Teens  David Baird, a talented young rock musician, accompanies his estranged father to Wales. Fleeing after a quarrel, David has a bizarre motorcycle accident which hurls him back in time to medieval Prydein. A variation on the Arthurian legend, The Minstrel Boy introduces us to Merlin as a stern music teacher who takes David under his wing and a young King Arthur who becomes his friend. David eventually wins the respect of the town with his strange but beautiful songs, becoming a popular minstrel boy and quickly settling into the rhythm of this ancient society. Amidst a whirlwind of conflict and romance, David discovers a new path for his music, the source of his troubled dreams, and the heart he never knew he had.

The Minstrel Boy

Stewart, Sharon

There is a killer at work in the sleepy village of Cedar Falls. The peaceful order of puppet-maker Polly Deacon’s back-to-nature rural life is violently interrupted when she finds her best friend Francy’s abusive husband lying dead in the dump with a hole in his chest. What’s worse, Francy can’t remember what happened the night of the murder. The cops soon get involved…and in more ways than one, as Polly finds herself falling for hunky officer Mark Becker. Afraid that the police will arrest Francy for the murder and exasperated with their ineptitude, Polly decides that only she can get to the bottom of the mysterious murder. The situation comes to a head as the outspoken and resourceful Polly begins receiving threats to her life. As she searches for answers, Polly discovers that the puzzle often points inward and she is forced to question her values and her friendships. But where there is death, there is also grief and passion, and passion in Cedar Falls is never simple, and sometimes, as Polly discovers, it can also be deadly.

Down in the Dumps: A Polly Deacon Mystery (A Polly Deacon Mystery, 1)

Literature & Fiction

Malton, H. Mel

Genre Fiction

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Norbert Nipkin

Yesterday's Santa and the Chanukah Miracle

Thanksgiving Day in Canada

Dragon in the Clouds

Thanksgiving Day in Canada

Changing the Pattern: The Story of Emily Stowe (Stories of Canada, 1)

Changing the Pattern: The Story of Emily Stowe (Stories of Canada, 1)

Billy and the Bearman

The Minstrel Boy

Down in the Dumps: A Polly Deacon Mystery (A Polly Deacon Mystery, 1)