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When it's bright outside, Adele is the heart of her community, greeting everyone who comes into her café with arms…
wide open. But when it rains, she can't help but stay at home inside, under the covers. Because Adele takes such good care of her friends and customers, one of them decides to take care of her too, and piece by piece leaves her little gifts that help her find the joy in a grey, rainy day. Grades K-3. 2018. Uniform title: Rose à petits pois.
When best friends Annie, Lillemor and Lilianne learn their school will be having a talent show, Annie says they should…
enter as an all-girl singing group. Her friends are all in - until Annie tries to force everyone to go along with her choice of song, costumes, band name and lead singer. When Lillemor and Liliane tell Annie they've had enough of her 'me, me, me' attitude, the band splits up, with Annie intent on performing solo. But it doesn't take long for her to realize it's just not the same without her friends. Can Annie find a way to make things right before it's too late? Grades K-3. 2017.
Leo knows that there is a monster under his bed, and when he finally works up the courage to speak…
to him, he is surprised to find out that he is more of a friend than a foe. Grades K-3. 2017.
Friends Yak and Dove are complete opposites. Yak is large and Dove is small. Yak has fur and Dove has…
feathers. Yak is polite. Dove is ill-mannered. Yak likes quiet. Dove likes noise. One day as Yak and Dove list their differences they come to the conclusion that maybe they aren't meant to be friends. In the hope of finding a new best friend, Yak holds auditions. But when a small feathered contestant sings Yak's favorite song, the two begin to think that maybe they are alike after all. Grades K-3. 2017.
Ira Crumb is the new kid in town, and he knows what that means: when the new school year starts,…
he’ll play alone at recess, eat alone at lunch, and walk home alone at the end of the day. So Ira launches a campaign to befriend neighbourhood kids before the first day. But his best-laid plans - a sandwich stand! A dance-off! - fall flat, and playing it cool doesn’t seem to work either. Just as Ira decides school will be HORRIBLE, a comical misunderstanding connects him with Malcolm, who was the new kid last year and totally gets it - and who, it turns out, will make a pretty good friend. Grades K-3. 2017.
Harry is four and three-quarters and Walter is ninety-two and a half, but that doesn't stop them from being best…
friends. One day, a For Sale sign appears on Harry's lawn. Harry is devastated that he and Walter will no longer be neighbours. His new house may be bigger and better, but nothing seems to be much fun without Walter -- until one day, Harry hears a familiar voice. Grades K-3. 2016.
Arthur is messy and noisy. Sonny is careful and quiet. Ms. Nowe reminds all the students in her class that…
"we're all friends here". But can two boys who are so different ever be friends? Grades K-3. 2014.
A little mouse and his friend, Gustave, go out to play one afternoon in this bittersweet story about the sadness…
of losing a friend and the joy of making a new one. Grades K-3. 2014. Uniform title: Gustave.
Posy, Megan, and Mae have always been the best of friends - but now Posy has to move away. Only…
their favourite activity can comfort the girls: baking pie! And when they realize they can host a good-pie party instead of a good-bye party, the sad situation becomes a sweet gathering for their entire community. Grades K-3. 2014.
Living in a new house and about to start at a new school, Florence feels sad that she had to…
leave all her friends behind. So she decides to write a letter to the panda who lives in the zoo next door, asking him to be her friend. Happily, he obliges. Soon, when Flo is asked to stand up in front of her whole class and talk about herself, it only seems right to tell everyone about Panda, and then to invite him to come for a visit. Grades K-3. 2014.
It's Ginger's birthday, and she has to invite all the girls in her class to her party, including Lyla Browning.…
Even though she doesn't want to! Lyla isn't like the other girls: she smells like old leaves, doesn't talk much, and once brought a tarantula to school for show-and-tell. Grades K-3. 2014.
It was the perfect summer until Jeremy Ross moved into the house down the street and became Enemy Number One.…
Luckily, Dad has a surefire way to get rid of enemies -- Enemy Pie. But one of the secret ingredients is spending an entire day with the enemy! Grades 2-4 and older readers. 2000.
Every summer, a girl’s family drives down the same roads, passes through the same towns, and spends a week at…
the same beachside motel. Year after year, everything is comfortingly predictable: the families they see, the rhythm of the days, the bonfires, even the pattern the tractor makes as it rakes the sand on their beach. But this year, something is different. And sometimes, change turns out to be a good thing. Grades K-3. 2015.
Two roller-skating best friends - one tiny, one tall - share three comical adventures involving outrageously bright socks, an impromptu…
trek to the Andes, and a most unlikely marvellous companion. Followed by "Bink and Gollie: two for one". Grades K-3. 2012. Don't you need a new pair of socks? -- P.S. I'll be back soon -- Give a fish a home.
Meet Sid. He’s an ordinary kid. He’s far from perfect. But to Murphy, Sid’s faithful dog, Sid is the whole…
world. Murphy thinks Sid is the absolute best—and that he’s in charge of everything. Sid loves Murphy right back, but he can’t help but wonder what Murphy would think if he realized the truth: Sid’s just a kid, and Murphy’s just a dog, and neither one can control the world. Grades K-3. 2014.
Rafael has looked forward to the Going Places contest and builds his go-cart from a kit in record time. His…
neighbour, Maya, has a much more interesting and creative idea for her entry and Rafael decides to help. Grades K-3. 2014.
Arto has lived his whole life in the snowy, cold North. When his mom gets a new job and the…
family prepares to spend a year in the South, Arto is not happy at all. He decides that he's just going to act as if he never moved. In the new Southern landscape of prickly plants, strange birds and a big, hot sun, Arto stubbornly dons his winter clothes day after day. It's worth the stuffy, overheated feeling if he can pretend he's still in the North. But when Arto makes a new friend, Ana, he slowly sheds his layers and discovers that it's not such a bad idea to adapt to your surroundings. Grades K-3. 2014.