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Animals in motion: how animals swim, jump, slither and glide (Animal Behavior Ser.)
Par Pamela Hickman. 2000
Meet a fish that flies, a frog that climbs trees and a bird that flies backward. "Animals in Motion" contains…
facts, activities, and easy-to-do experiments that show kids how animals walk, run, glide, fly, slither and jump. Grades 3-6. 2000.You are the earth: from dinosaur breath to pizza from dirt (David Suzuki Children's Titles Ser.)
Par David T Suzuki, Kathy Vanderlinden. 1999
An exploration of our natural connection to the earth and its four elements: air, water, soil, and fire, underlining the…
importance of biodiversity and respect for the environment. Grades 3-6. 1999.The sacred balance: rediscovering our place in nature
Par David T Suzuki, Amanda McConnell. 1997
With a focus on the oceans and the water which maintains life, Suzuki discusses the need for environmental conservation. He…
argues that too much water, from global warming, or water too foul from pollution, results in the destruction of all life. Winner of the 1999 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. 1997.Thieves!: Ten Stories Of Surprising Heists, Comical Capers, And Daring Escapades (True stories from the edge)
Par Andreas Schroeder. 2005
Ten well-planned major robberies reveal the ingenuity of the criminal mind, from Dan Cooper, who parachuted from a Boeing 727…
with $200,000, to the small band of Italians who stole the world-famous Mona Lisa. There are seven extra stories in the opening chapter, including that of the Parisian actor and civil servant who destroyed the files against his friends during the French Revolution - by eating them! Grades 5-8. Winner of the 2007 Red Maple Award. 2005.Ten true tales of outrageous trickery. Includes how a group of Germans perpetrated one of the biggest, most sophisticated banknote…
counterfeiting schemes ever seen; how the world was fooled for nearly a decade when a "lost tribe" was discovered in the Philippines; and how Donald Crowhurst almost won the first round-the-world yacht race without ever leaving the Atlantic Ocean. For junior and senior high school readers. Winner of the 2005 Red Maple Award. 2004.Birds, art, life: a year of observation
Par Kyo Maclear. 2017
When it comes to birds, Kyo Maclear isn't seeking the exotic. Rather she discovers joy in the seasonal birds that…
find their way into view in city parks and harbors, along eaves and on wires. In a world that values big and fast, Maclear looks to the small, the steady, the slow accumulations of knowledge, and the lulls that leave room for contemplation. Celebrates the particular madness of chasing after birds in the urban environment and explores what happens when the core lessons of birding are applied to other aspects of art and life. Moving with ease between the granular and the grand, peering into the inner landscape as much as the outer one, this is a deeply personal year-long inquiry into big themes: love, waiting, regrets, endings. Winner of the 2018 Trillium Book Award. Bestseller. 2017.The waking comes late
Par Steven Heighton. 2016
A collection of laments and celebrations that reflect on our struggle to believe in the future of a world that…
continues to disappoint us. The poet challenges the boundaries of sleep and even death in these meditations on what lies just beneath the surface of contemporary life. These are poems that trouble over the idea of failure even as they continually recommit to the present moment. Winner of the 2016 Governor General’s Award for Poetry. 2016. Uniform title: Poems.Our zoo
Par Penelope Dening, June Mottershead. 2015
When George Mottershead moved to the village of Upton-by-Chester in 1930 to realise his dream of opening a zoo without…
bars, his four-year-old daughter June had no idea how extraordinary her life would become. Soon her best friend was a chimpanzee called Mary. Chester Zoo has since achieved worldwide renown. June Mottershead chronicles the heartbreak, the humour, the trials and triumphs, above all the characters, both human and animal, who shaped her childhood. 2015.Pure joy
Par Danielle Steel. 2013
In this funny, moving memoir, Danielle Steel tells the story of how she met a dog the size of a…
mouse, with a personality that could light up an entire room. From Minnie's arrival at home in San Francisco to clothes shopping jaunts in Paris, her adventures provide the perfect backdrop for a heartfelt look at the magic that dogs bring to our lives, and how they become part of the family. 2013.How to stay sane
Par Philippa Perry. 2012
Explores techniques to help you find emotional equilibrium, such as practising mindfulness, being emotionally honest in your relationships with others,…
challenging your brain in new and exciting ways, and finding cause for optimism. 2012.Brown: what being brown in the world today means (to everyone)
Par Kamal Al-Solaylee. 2016
Brown is not white. Brown is not black. Brown is an experience, a state of mind. Historically speaking, issues of…
race and skin colour have been interpreted along black and white lines, leaving out millions of people whose stories of migration and racial experiences have shaped our modern world. The book takes a global look at the many social, political, economic and personal implications of being a brown-skinned person in the world now. Brown people have emerged as the source of global cheap labour (Hispanics or South Asians) while also coming under scrutiny and suspicion for their culture and faith (Arabs and Muslims). Packed with personal narratives and on-the-street reporting conducted over two years in ten countries from four continents. Winner of the 2016 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. 2016.Stalin's daughter: the extraordinary and tumultuous life of Svetlana Alliluyeva
Par Rosemary Sullivan. 2015
Born in the early years of the Soviet Union, Svetlana Stalin spent her youth inside the walls of the Kremlin.…
Communist Party privilege protected her from the mass starvation and purges that haunted Russia, but she did not escape tragedy--the loss of everyone she loved, including her mother, two brothers, aunts and uncles, and a lover twice her age, deliberately exiled to Siberia by her father. As she gradually learned about the extent of her father's brutality after his death, in 1967 Svetlana shocked the world by defecting to the United States. But she could not escape her father's legacy; her life in America was fractured; she moved frequently, married disastrously, shunned other Russian exiles, and ultimately died in poverty in Spring Green, Wisconsin. Winner of the 2015 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction, the 2016 British Columbia National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction, and the 2016 RBC Taylor Prize. Bestseller. 2015.The Massey murder: a maid, her master and the trial that shocked a country
Par Charlotte Gray. 2013
In February 1915, a member of one of Canada’s wealthiest families was shot and killed on the front porch of…
his home in Toronto as he was returning from work. Carrie Davies, an 18-year-old domestic servant, quickly confessed. But who was the real victim here? Charles “Bert” Massey, scion of a famous and privileged family, or the frightened, perhaps mentally unstable Carrie, a penniless British immigrant? When the brilliant lawyer Hartley Dewart, QC, took on her case, his grudge against the powerful Masseys would fuel a sensational trial. Winner of the 2015 Arthur Ellis Best Non-fiction Crime Book Award. 2013.The year of magical thinking
Par Joan Didion. 2005
Writer reflects on her emotional response to the unexpected death of her husband, John Gregory Dunne, after a visit to…
their comatose daughter. Discusses the shock of suddenly facing a crisis, the memory of their time together as a family, and the meaning of marriage. National Book Award. Bestseller. 2005.I am Hutterite: the fascinating true story of a young woman's journey to reclaim her heritage
Par Mary-Ann Kirkby. 2007
In 1969, Ann-Marie Dornn's parents did the unthinkable - they left a Hutterite colony in Manitoba to start a new…
life, and were thrust into a society they did not understand and which knew little about their culture. Desperate to be accepted, ten-year-old Ann-Marie denied her heritage to fit in. She chronicles her quest to reinvent herself as she comes to terms with the painful circumstances that led her family to leave community life. 2007.Rain tonight: a story of Hurricane Hazel
Par Steve Pitt. 2004
Hurricane Hazel was one of the most unpredictable hurricanes in recent history. The storm was full of surprises, causing terrible…
flooding, destruction, and loss of life in the Caribbean, up the American Seaboard, and then in Southern Ontario. There were many stories about what happened when Hazel struck back in October of 1954 - here is one of them. Includes information on hurricanes. Grades 2-4. 2004.I've got a home in glory land: a lost tale of the underground railroad
Par Karolyn Smardz Frost. 2007
In 1985, archeologists in downtown Toronto discovered the remains of a house belonging to former slaves Thornton and Lucie Blackburn,…
who were key figures in the Underground Railroad. Fleeing Louisville, Ky., in 1831, shortly before Lucie was to be sold, the Blackburns settled in Detroit until they were recognized and arrested. Before they could be convicted and returned to slavery, the first racial uprising in Detroit - a crowd of friends and abolitionists who marched on the jail - gave them the opportunity to escape. Fleeing to Toronto, they founded the city's first taxi business while working with prominent abolitionists. Winner of the 2007 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction. 2007.With Borges
Par Alberto Manguel. 2004
During the 1960s, Manguel, then a teenager, spent many evenings reading to Jorge Luis Borges, a giant of modern literature,…
because Borges had gradually become blind. As the author describes his visits to Borges in his dark, modest apartment, reading out loud and talking about books, we have a privileged look into the inner world of a literary legend, a window into the private life of one of the greatest authors of the twentieth century. Winner of the Prix du Livre en Poitou-Charentes 2003.Cat on a hot tin roof
Par Tennessee Williams. 1986
Maggie the Cat fights for the lives of her damaged and drinking husband Brick, herself, and their unborn children in…
the revised version of the dramatization of Big Daddy's birthday and deathday party and family gathering. Winner of the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for drama.Between the world and me
Par Ta-Nehisi Coates. 2015
Americans have built an empire on the idea of "race", a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily…
on the bodies of black women and men--bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden? In a letter to his adolescent son, the author shares the story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world through a series of revelatory experiences, from Howard University to Civil War battlefields, from the South Side of Chicago to Paris, from his childhood home to the living rooms of mothers whose children’s lives were taken as American plunder. Bestseller. Winner of the National Book Award. 2015.