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Notre planète, notre maison
Par Aimee Isaac. 2023
See below for English description.La planète que nous appelons notre maison compte un soleil qui réchauffe les montagnes et une…
baie qui bouillonne de vie. Elle possède un vaste océan et un rivage balayé par la brise. Et parmi toute cette beauté, il y a une ville, animée et fière, où les enfants chérissent et protègent la Terre sur laquelle ils vivent. Avec une prose lyrique, cet album magnifiquement illustré explore les liens entre toutes les merveilles de la Terre et l’importance de les protéger.The planet that we call home has a sun that warms up the mountainsand a bay that bubbles with life. It has an ocean, vast as can be, anda shore swept by the breeze. And among all that beauty, there's a town,bustling and proud, where kids cherish and protect the land theylive on. With lyrical prose that mounts page after page, this beautifullyillustrated picture book explores the interconnectivity of all theEarth's wonders and the importance of protecting them. Original title : The Planet We Call HomeEveryone gets a say
Par Jill Twiss. 2020
Pudding the snail and his friends can't seem to agree on anything. Whatever Jitterbug the chipmunk wants, Geezer the goose…
does not. Whatever Toast the butterfly wants, Duffles and Nudge the otters are absolutely against. And if somehow Toast and Duffles and Jitterbug and Nudge all agree on something, then Geezer is not having it. So when Toast suggests they need a leader, the friends try to figure out the best way to pick someone to be in charge. Should that someone be the fastest? The fluffiest? The squishiest? Or can Pudding show his friends that there just might be a way where everyone gets a say? 2020. For grades K-3It's a Sunny life: an adventure fit for rain or shine
Par Gary Lezak. 2016
When the skies darken and the thunder rumbles, if you're like most of us, you're probably quick to grab the…
TV remote and check the weather. You want to know how bad the coming storm is going to be. Now, the most accurate and popular meteorologist in Kansas City Gary Lezak brings his meteorological expertise to a new medium-children's literature. "It's A Sunny Life!" is an adventure for rain or shine. It tells the story of Sunny the Weather Dog, as she becomes separated from Gary, and has to deal with the weather elements in a bonding adventure with her new pack members. For preschool to grade 2A vote for Susanna: the first woman mayor (She Made History Ser.)
Par Karen M Greenwald. 2021
In 1887 Susanna Salter was ready to vote for the first time ever. The State of Kansas had just given…
women the right to vote in municipal elections. But some men in Susanna's hometown, Argonia, didn't think she, or any other woman should have a say in choosing their next mayor. They put Susanna on the ballot for mayor, as a joke. They were sure she would lose, and then women like her would stay at home, where they belonged. But the joke was on them when Susanna won the race! Told by a grandmother who remembers what happened on that fateful election day, this is a true story of a woman who stood up for her right to vote and accomplished so much more. For grades K-3We the Sea Turtles: A collection of island stories
Par Michelle Kadarusman. 2023
In a collection of powerful stories by Governor General’s Award-nominated author Michelle Kadarusman, eight children on islands around the world…
are each changed by a chance meeting with a turtle as they find their own grounding in an increasingly unpredictable world.A Bucket of Stars
Par Suri Rosen. 2023
A story of two kids trying to save the world they know and heal the families they have.It’s the summer…
of 2003 and thirteen-year-old astronomer Noah Cooper has just moved to Queensport, a small town with a vast amateur sky full of stars. There he meets Tara Dhillon, a lonely girl and aspiring filmmaker. When the two team up to produce an astronomy movie and enter a film contest, they discover a secret plan to turn their rural hamlet into a huge subdivision.Noah and Tara must use their unique skills to identify the culprits who plan on paving over the historic county — and try to save the infinite beauty of the stars. As if that’s not enough to have at stake, Noah needs to win the prize money to buy a new telescope for his unemployed father — an ex-astronomer who’s almost given up on the stars, as well as life on earth.Touching on themes of activism, environmental anxiety and mental health, A Bucket of Stars will have readers cheering for Noah, a boy whose head is in the stars, and Tara, a girl who lives in a world of digital images — and their special bond that just might mend the world around them.On Tyranny Graphic Edition: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Par Timothy Snyder. 2021
Note: The ebook of this graphic edition combines a hand-lettered font with richly detailed images. Due to the nature of…
the design, readers will be required to zoom in on each page. For the best experience, please use a larger, full-color screen.NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A graphic edition of historian Timothy Snyder&’s bestselling book of lessons for surviving and resisting America&’s arc toward authoritarianism, featuring the visual storytelling talents of renowned illustrator Nora Krug&“Nora Krug has visualized and rendered some of the most valuable lessons of the twentieth century, which will serve all citizens as we shape the future.&”—Shepard Fairey, artist and activistTimothy Snyder&’s New York Times bestseller On Tyranny uses the darkest moments in twentieth-century history, from Nazism to Communism, to teach twenty lessons on resisting modern-day authoritarianism. Among the twenty include a warning to be aware of how symbols used today could affect tomorrow (&“4: Take responsibility for the face of the world&”), an urgent reminder to research everything for yourself and to the fullest extent (&“11: Investigate&”), a point to use personalized and individualized speech rather than clichéd phrases for the sake of mass appeal (&“9: Be kind to our language&”), and more.In this graphic edition, Nora Krug draws from her highly inventive art style in Belonging—at once a graphic memoir, collage-style scrapbook, historical narrative, and trove of memories—to breathe new life, color, and power into Snyder&’s riveting historical references, turning a quick-read pocket guide of lessons into a visually striking rumination. In a time of great uncertainty and instability, this edition of On Tyranny emphasizes the importance of being active, conscious, and deliberate participants in resistance.News from Nowhere and Other Writings
Par William Morris. 2004
Poet, pattern-designer, environmentalist and maker of fine books, William Morris (1834-96) was also a committed socialist and visionary writer, obsessively…
concerned with the struggle to achieve a perfect society on earth. News From Nowhere, one of the most significant English works on the theme of utopia, is the tale of William Guest, a Victorian who wakes one morning to find himself in the year 2102 and discovers a society that has changed beyond recognition into a pastoral paradise, in which all people live in blissful equality and contentment. A socialist masterpiece, News From Nowhere is a vision of a future free from capitalism, isolation and industrialisation. This volume also contains a wide selection of Morris's writings, lectures, journalism and letters, which expand upon the key themes of News From Nowhere.