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Adultery, illegitimacy, misogyny, revenge, murder, despair, bitterness, hatred, and death - usually not the terms associated with L.M. Montgomery. In…
this her last work, Montgomery brought these topics to the forefront, in stories featuring a grown up Anne and her family around the time of the First World War. 2009.
Shakespeare, a Seeing Eye puppy, is sent to the home of a troubled foster child, Tessa, whom he expects to…
love him on sight. Shakespeare soon realizes why his new owner is called 'Stoneface', and begins to teach Tessa to love. Before he knows it, Shakespeare finds himself in a variety of dangerous situations, from being attacked by Zorro, a very tough rooster, to nearly drowning in a creek. Grades 3-6. 2004.
When she was twenty, nearly everyone thought Patricia Gardiner ought to be having beaus - except Pat herself. For Pat,…
Silver Bush was both home and heaven, and she was too busy planning the Christmas family reunion, entertaining a countess, playing matchmaker, and preparing for the arrival of the new hired man. Yet as those she loved started to move away, Pat began to question the wisdom of her choice of Silver Bush over romance. 1988, c1935.
A weary fox stops by a farm with the hope of getting some spare food, but when the stingy animals…
decide that they won't share with him, he resorts to his wily ways to get some. Asking for a "drop of water to make some soup," the fox pulls a pot from his backpack, lights a fire, and drops a stone into the pot. He then declares that the soup is "not quite right," wondering whether some salt and pepper, turnip, carrot, cabbage, and corn would enhance its flavour. Grades K-3. 2001.
When the teacher asks her to sing for the class, Robyn knows it's her chance to be the world's best…
singer. Should she perform like Celine Dion, or do "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean," or the matchmaker song? It's hard to decide, even for the world's best singer -- and the three boys who throw spitballs don't make it any easier. Grades 2-4.
Carl and his best friend, Mooch, are nine. But Mooch is a dog and that makes her sixty-three! She has…
some problems and gets Carl into lots of trouble, but Carl still thinks she is the best dog that ever lived. Grades 2-4. Uniform title: Ne touchez pas à ma Babouche.
For Chris Walton, life is great. He is part of a warm and loving family, and in a few weeks…
he will return for his senior year in college with a brand new car. But his world is turned upside down when his bank-president father must close the bank. Chris soon learns that one person in town understands his new circumstances. 1992, c1932.
A long-awaited sequel to the beloved Canadian book, "Mrs. Mike". We see the world through the eyes of a young…
Cree woman adopted by Mrs. Mike and her husband. Young Kathy decides to go into nursing and moves to Montreal for her training. The time is World War II and Kathy is soon swept up in it all. Two different men enter her life as well. 2002.
One of Carlisle's most exceptional citizens is only fourteen. But Sara Stanley can weave tales impossible to resist. People come…
from miles around to listen to the captivating tales of the Story Girl. Grades 5-8. 1987, originally published in 1910.
Rory, Sheila, Benjy and Penny leave London with their parents for a new life at Willow Farm. Farming is hard…
work, and hay-making, sheep- shearing, butter-churning, fruit-picking and the day-to-day care of the farm animals are all new to the children. With the help of their old friend Tammylan, they learn about the countryside and have many adventures. Followed by More adventures on Willow Farm. Grades 2-4.
"Dear Matthew, I have great pleasure in enclosing a cheque, made out to your name, for the sum of 1,227,308.87…
pounds." So, at eleven years old Matt Collins has become a millionaire. Suddenly he has the money to buy anything he wants -- a mansion or even a Rolls-Royce. But being rich is more difficult than he thought. Grades 3-6.
Grand-maman Rosi l’a dit : pour obtenir un beau et délicieux monstre, il faut mettre la main à la pâte…
!Il faut le travailler, le pétrir, l’attaquer, le taper ! Et quand il bouge, quand des bulles sortent de son ventre ? Vite il faut le faire redescendre, le maitriser ! Et ensuite ? Il lui faut de la chaleur, et une bonne sieste. Découvrez la meilleure recette de monstre avec ce nouvel album de la conteuse Marie-France Comeau !
***BEST BOOKS FOR KIDS AND TEENS 2020, PICTURE BOOKS*** When the magical Moon King tips over the night, it spills…
across the land and sea, and he seeks the help of animals big and small to collect the stars and return them to the sky. In this beautifully illustrated bedtime story, Cara Kansala weaves an enchanting fable destined to become a children’s classic—the perfect way to welcome the night and celebrate the wonder of dreams.
Tous les soirs en couchant Emma, Papa se demande à quoi elle peut bien rêver. Est-ce qu’elle saute dans la…
rivière? Est-ce qu’elle hurle avec les loups? Est-ce qu’elle devient papillon? Une histoire de tendresse et de complicité entre un papa et sa toute-petite, où l’on se faufile, comme une souris, dans le monde des rêves enfantins.
The day for school pictures is when Paulie tells Junie B. that a monster lives right under her bed--and now…
she's afraid to go to sleep. Her family tries to help, but it's not until Junie B. sees her school photos that she solves the monster problem. For grades K-3. 1997
Blue, Gansey, Noah, Adam, and Ronan, from The Raven Boys (DB 75404), continue their dangerous search for the powerful dead…
king of Glendower. However, Ronan's ability to pull objects from his dreams places them in peril. Strong language and some violence. For senior high and older readers. 2013
Rabbit plans out the entire sleepover he is going to have with his friend Robot. But when Robot shows up,…
he does not want to do what is on Rabbit's list. Now Rabbit does not know what to do. For grades K-3. 2012
Ira is delighted with his first invitation to spend the night at his friend Reggie's house, until his mischievous older…
sister asks if he is taking along his teddy bear. For preschool-grade 2. 1972