Histoire (romans), Famille (récits), Littérature générale (romans)Sciences et médecine (biographies)
Audio avec voix humaine
In the summer of 1851, with encouragement and ideas provided by his family, an inventor builds a working submarine and…
takes his family for a ride. Includes notes about Lodner Phillips, the real inventor on whom the story is based. For grades K-3 and older readers. 2013
Famille (récits), Animaux (récits), Histoire (romans), Littérature générale (romans)Sciences et médecine (biographies)
Audio avec voix humaine
Inspired by the 19th-century lives of artist and scientist Charles Wilson Peale's family, this is a tale of a girl and her favorite companion-a fossilized mastodon! For grades K-3. Unrated
Famille (récits), Littérature générale (romans), Intrigue amoureuseCanada (voyage et géographie)
Audio avec voix de synthèse, Braille automatisé
Twenty-two-year-old Tania has moved to Montreal to study, fine-tune her French and fall in love. Finding work as a waitress…
in an unpretentious down-town restaurant, she meets Bilodo, a shy postman who spends his days perfecting his calligraphy and writing haiku. The two hit it off. But then one stormy day their lives take a dramatic turn, and as their destinies become entwined Tania and Bilodo are led into a world where nothing is as it seems. A charming standalone work that reunites readers with the touching and much-loved characters first found in The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman, The Postman&’s Fiancée is an enchanting, poignant and bittersweet love story that will move readers, young and old alike.