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Electronic braille (Uncontracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip), Braille (Uncontracted)
Friendship stories
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Happy-go-lucky Narwhal and no-nonsense Jelly find their inner superheroes in three new under-the-sea adventures. In the first story, Narwhal reveals…
his superhero alter-ego and enlists Jelly to help him figure out what his superpower is. Next, Narwhal uses his superpower to help a friend find his way back home. In the third story, Jelly is feeling blue and Narwhal comes to the rescue. Grades K-3. Sequel to "Narwhal: Unicorn of the sea". 2017.
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip), Braille (Uncontracted)
Animal stories, Canadian fiction, East coast fiction, Friendship stories, Ghost and horror stories, Humourous fiction
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Frankie Uccello seems like just another average, normal fourteen-year-old boy, until he discovers that he can dream the future, especially…
when something bad is about to happen. But seeing the future is only cool in movies and TV; in real life, not only does everyone think you're a whacko, but the future doesn't look good. And then Maura-Lee starts hanging around: she can read minds, and she seems to be reading his. For junior high readers. 2009.
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip), Braille (Uncontracted)
Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Friendship stories
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Follows a young boy who is reluctantly sent to spend the summer in a remote part of Nova Scotia. As…
the summer wears on, the hero forges solid friendships with other kids in the small fishing community and is changed forever by the experience. Grades 5-8. 2016.
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip), Braille (Uncontracted)
Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Friendship stories
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Ten-year-old Ruby Goldberg is determined to win her school science fair - she’s snagged second place for the last two…
years. The only trouble is that Ruby has no ideas. When her grandfather’s beloved basset hound dies, Ruby thinks of the perfect thing that will cheer him up and win her first place - an innovative, not-to-be-duplicated Ruby Goldberg invention! Before long Ruby is so busy working on her idea that she ignores everything else in her life, including her best friend, Penny. And what started out as simple turns into something much more complicated! Can Ruby get her priorities - and the mechanisms of her project - in order before it’s too late? Grades 3-6. 2013.
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip), Braille (Uncontracted)
Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Friendship stories
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Lynn’s life is full — choir practice, school, shopping for the perfect jeans, and dealing with her free-spirited mother. Then…
one day her life is saved by a mysterious girl named Blossom, who introduces Lynn to her own world and family — both more bizarre, yet somehow more sane, than Lynn’s own. Blossom’s family is a small band of outcasts and eccentrics who live secretly in an ingenious bunker beneath a city reservoir. The Underlanders forage and trade for the things they need, living off the things “Citizens” throw away. Lynn is enchanted and amazed. But when she inadvertently reveals their secret, she is forced to take measure of her own motives and lifestyle, as she figures out what it really means to be a family, and a friend. Grades 5-8. 2014.
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip), Braille (Uncontracted)
Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Friendship stories
Human-narrated audio, Automated braille
Three boys struggle through a series of small-town adventures. Charlie meets "an older woman" after his dog tears a finger…
off her glove; Sydney falls for his karate sparring partner, Joey, whose mother has forbidden them to see each other; and Jeffrey's estranged father leaves a message for his mother about "something important". Grades 4-7. 2001. (The black belt series)
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip), Braille (Uncontracted)
Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Friendship stories
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Morgan is not pleased when his parents sign him up to play floor hockey at the community centre; he stinks…
at hockey and it's no fun. So when Aldeen Hummel, the Godzilla of Grade Three and a good hockey player, is unhappily signed up for piano lessons, Morgan crafts a plan to trade places. Grades 2-4. 2010.
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip), Braille (Uncontracted)
Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Friendship stories
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Before Madeline's bike accident left her with a traumatic brain injury, she and her twin sister were inseparable. So were…
her parents. But now, Madeline's parents are divorced and Becky has become rebellious, angry, and sneaky. Even worse, she doesn't seem to want Madeline around anymore. At least Madeline knows she can always rely on the miniature therapy horses she visits every week. Justin is a senior and the president of his school's Best Buddies club. Before his sister with autism died, he used to take her to the barn to visit her beloved therapy horses. Now, with Madeline, he goes there to escape the gloom of his mother's grief at home and the pressures of his final year in high school. Together, Justin and Madeline help each other to reconnect with the important people in their lives - and with the lives that they thought they'd lost. Grades 5-8. 2017.
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip), Braille (Uncontracted)
Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Friendship stories
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Lee wants to be a writer, even though her mother tells her that good girls should be teachers or nurses.…
Growing up in the changing days of the 1960s, Lee secretly wishes that she were an orphan like her hero, Anne Shirley, so when Cassandra, a real live orphan, moves in across the street, Lee is thrilled. But Lee comes to realize that being an orphan is not as romantic as she had imagined, as the girls go through a summer that will change both their lives. Grades 5-8. 2009. (A gutsy girl book)
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip), Braille (Uncontracted)
Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Friendship stories
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Clara and Bradley's friendship is put to the test when they are chosen to compete against each other on their…
favourite quiz show, "Smarty Pants." Sequel to "Clara Humble and the not-so-super powers". Followed by "Clara Humble and the kitten caboodle". Grades 4-7. 2017.
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip), Braille (Uncontracted)
Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Friendship stories
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Finch's family is falling apart, and her best friend has dropped her. She's stuck with the meanest teacher in town,…
and at home her brother is always with his awful friend Matt. One day, Finch lets out her frustration with a graffiti message in a school bathroom stall. When she returns the next day, she's surprised to find her message has been answered! Suddenly Finch doesn't feel so alone anymore, and a friendship begins. But her new friend is secretive in ways Finch doesn't understand. When those secrets lead to trouble, Finch knows that flying away isn't the answer. She needs to dig deep and speak up if she's ever going to see her friend again. Grades 4-7. 2016.
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip), Braille (Uncontracted)
Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Friendship stories
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
As her thirteenth birthday nears, Ana is very happily making a behind-the-scenes documentary at the zoo her parents run, and…
delighted that her best friend, Liv, is visiting from New Zealand, but things start to fall apart when she brings her old and new friends together. Sequel to "How to outswim a shark without a snorkel." Grades 5-8. 2015.
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip), Braille (Uncontracted)
Friendship stories
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Gwen's mother ran away five years ago, now Gwen is receiving postcards with French stamps and no return address from…
her that promise a reunion. Gwen plans to be a loner until her mother calls for her, or at least that is what she thinks until she meets Clara on the first day of grade eight. Grades 5-8. 2001.
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip), Braille (Uncontracted)
Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Friendship stories, School stories
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
16-year-old Sophie Kandinsky's world has erupted - Papa leaves home to get sober, Mama retreats into herself, her first love…
Luke is forced to get married, and even her refuge in basketball is threatened. Luckily, Sophie's adored Blondes and audacious Aunties are there to help her navigate the catastrophes and shocking secrets. Sequel to "Better than blonde" (DC31822). For senior high readers. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2010.
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip), Braille (Uncontracted)
Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Friendship stories
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Evelyn befriends Queen, the new boy in town, who does not seem to get fazed by bullies and lives by…
his own rules, and soon begins to learn new things about the world and herself. Grades 3-6. 2016.
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip), Braille (Uncontracted)
Adventure stories, Animal stories, Fantasy, Friendship stories
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
When Flory the night fairy's wings are accidentally broken and she cannot fly, she has to learn to do everything differently. Grades 2-4. 2010.
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), Braille (Uncontracted)
Friendship stories
Human-transcribed braille
Deux lapins, meilleurs amis du monde, se disputent un jour. Le plus fâché des deux décide de partir en voyage,…
afin d'oublier son meilleur ami. Ce voyage physique à travers le monde va être aussi initiatique car notre lapin va comprendre qu'un meilleur ami est irremplaçable et va finir par le retrouver malgré lui. Années 1-3.
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), Braille (Uncontracted)
Friendship stories
Human-transcribed braille
"Un conte universel que l'on ne saurait situer dans le temps, une histoire d'amitié aux parfums d'Orient, celle d'une petite…
fille presque invisible et d'un paon trop voyant. Est-ce que l'amitié peut tenir à la possession d'une plume de paon? Est-ce qu'un seul regard peut faire rejaillir la lumière du coeur?" -- 4e de couv.
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip), Braille (Uncontracted)
Canadian fiction, French Canadian fiction, Friendship stories, Ghost and horror stories, Holiday fiction, Serious and literary fiction, School stories
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Yann aime les histoires d'horreur et a horreur des histoires d'amour. Quand, le jour de la Saint-Valentin, des phénomènes inquiétants…
commencent à survenir à son école, il est loin de s'imaginer qu'il va bientôt découvrir de nouvelles façons d'avoir des frissons! Des néons qui s'éteignent, des taches rouge sang, des objets qui se déplacent... Années 3-6. 2007.
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip), Braille (Uncontracted)
Friendship stories
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
"Depuis cette fameuse soirée chez John, Félix en parle sans arrêt à Nathan, son meilleur ami. Il ne cesse dévoquer…
cette fête où ils ont bu plus que de raison. Normal, ils sont en âge de samuser ! Et bien sûr quils étaient en état de conduire pour rentrer ! Il parle de laccident, et des jours qui ont suivi : leur copain Zach, toujours dans le coma, Noah, si différent depuis. Il raconte le regard des autres, la difficulté de revenir à une vie normale, après ça . Mais Nathan ne répond pas. Nathan est mort. Mort dans ce virage Une fraction de seconde où quatre vies ont basculé à jamais. À cause de lalcool au volant. Pour quelques verres en trop, Félix a mis le V du verbe Vivre entre parenthèses. Ivre, il a cessé de Vivre. Il va pourtant bien falloir continuer. Survivre à labsence de lun, espérer la guérison de lautre. Se supporter les uns les autres. Se supporter soi-même. Si cest encore possible " -- 4e de couv.