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Taming Papa
Mélie doesn’t know how to relate to her father, a political prisoner whom she has never met, when he is released and joins her family in Montreal.
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Because I Already Loved You
A child eagerly waits for their sibling to be born, but when Mommy and Daddy come home from the hospital, they explain that the baby has died.
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A fully-illustrated treatment of the true stories of three young refugees who journey alone to North America, seeking refugee status.
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to 6
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to 1
I’m Not Sydney!
Sydney and his friends gather outside to play, transforming one by one to climb, leap, lumber and soar into a shared jungle of their imagination.
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ages 10
to 15
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to 10
The King's Daughter
An eighteen-year-old orphan is summoned to sail from France to the wilds of North America to become a king's daughter and marry a French settler.
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ages 7
to 10
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to 5
When Apples Grew Noses and White Horses Flew
Three delightful folktales about Ti-Jean, the New World’s Everyman, written and illustrated by a renowned storyteller and illustrator.
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ages 4
to 7
/ grades K
to 2
Two White Rabbits
In this moving and timely story, a young child describes what it is like to be a migrant as she and her father travel north toward the US border.
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Avis Dolphin
Inspired by the story of actual passengers on the ill-fated Lusitania, this is a novel of great adventure and suspense.
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ages 3
to 6
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We Are Lions!
A tender story, punctuated by moments of humor, about the illness of a sibling, the love between brothers and the healing power of imagination.
