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ages 9
to 12
/ grades P
to 2
The Missing Dog Is Spotted
In this prequel to The Spotted Dog Last Seen, Trevor and Loyola form an unlikely friendship while investigating the case of a missing spotted dog.
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ages 7
to 11
/ grades 2
to 6
The Amazing Discoveries of Ibn Sina
The life story of Ibn Sina (980-1037), one of the greatest philosophers, scientists and physicians of the Islamic world.
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ages 3
to 7
/ grades P
to 2
Song for a Summer Night
As night falls on a soft summer evening, neighborhood children are drawn out of their houses by the sights and sounds of the world after dark.
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ages 7
to 9
/ grades 2
to 4
The Mosquito Brothers
A city mosquito who longs to be cool finds friendship and adventure on an unexpected trip to The Wild.
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Newcomer Sicuro’s mixed-media illustrations are similarly attentive to the story’s emotions.","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Publishers Weekly","OtherText_Review_2":"In addition to a sweet, resonating, multi-culti father-who-encourages-STEM-for-his-daughter story, you’ll also enjoy a rather extensive astronomy lesson . . . as well as a detailed reminder on the importance of going green.","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"BookDragon","OtherText_Review_3":"A warm and wonderful ode to the universe for the modern urban astronomer.","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Brain Pickings","OtherText_Review_4":"This story of a young girl of color with a passion for science will fill a gap in many collections.","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Booklist","OtherText_Review_5":"Sicuro captures the wonder of “how deep the night was and how endless” through a series of circular drawings and collages . . . as Krishnaswami’s near-breathless prose recounts first one and then another of the sights now visible.","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Horn Book","OtherText_Review_6":"A gentle tale of a shared father\/daughter enterprise, and Sicuro’s mixed-media illustrations, with their gauzy chalk and translucent watercolor touches, convey both the objective and emotive pleasures of stargazing.","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"A little girl and her father have an opportunity to appreciate the wonders of the night sky.","ProductFormDescription":"hardcover jacket","PublicationDate":"2015-05-01","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"A little girl and her father have an opportunity to appreciate the wonders of the night sky.","teachersguide_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781554984053\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=teachersguide\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Width":"8.9","WidthCode":"in"}
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Bright Sky, Starry City
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Where Did You Sleep Last Night
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The First Little Bastard to Call Me Gramps
A “fresh and frisky” poetic take on transitioning into life as a retiree and living through the golden years.
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A tour de force that takes us across centuries, past frontiers . . . and doesn’t hesitate to flirt with fantasy.","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Le Devoir","OtherText_Review_2":"Historical fiction at its finest ... full of wit, whimsy, and a wellspring of historical detail","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Montreal Review of Books","OtherText_Review_3":"Last year, Catherine Leroux’s The Party Wall arrived like a revelation: a French-Canadian novel with a continent-sized imagination, about connections between people over borders and across time. . . . [I]n The Longest Year Grenier engages a similar continental imaginary. The novel’s magic realist conceit — that a person born on Feb. 29 might age one year for every four — allows an epic swath of history with sweeping geography to match.","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"The Globe and Mail","OtherText_Review_4":"[M]agical . . . spectacular . . . Grenier’s magnum opus . . . The Longest Year is the kind of book you want to tell people about. [Strauss] has masterfully translated L’année la plus longue, Grenier’s genre-volt-face, into The Longest Year — a year so good I wouldn’t mind living it a few times over myself, this novel’s plot begging for another crack.","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"The National Post","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"Daniel Grenier’s novel, perfect for fans of “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, tells the story of a boy who ages only one out of every four years.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_1":"Long-listed","PrizeCodeText_2":"Long-listed","PrizeCode_0":"01","PrizeCode_1":"05","PrizeCode_2":"05","PrizeName_0":"Prix littéraire des collégiens","PrizeName_1":"Prix des libraires","PrizeName_2":"Prix littéraire France-Québec","PrizeYear_0":"2015","PrizeYear_1":"2015","PrizeYear_2":"2015","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback with flaps","PublicationDate":"2017-03-25","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"Daniel Grenier’s novel, perfect for fans of “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, tells the story of a boy who ages only one out of every four years.","Width":"5.25","WidthCode":"in"}
The Longest Year
Daniel Grenier’s novel, perfect for fans of “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, tells the story of a boy who ages only one out of every four years.
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A Cage Went in Search of a Bird
Is there someone out there for everyone? Two lonely souls find each other in this unusual tale of friendship and belonging from Cary Fagan.
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My Friend
A story about the importance of friendship in the life of an immigrant child, from acclaimed creators Elisa Amado and Alfonso Ruano.
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Neige
Ce livre tout simple et délicieusement fantaisiste est une ode à la magie de l’hiver dans les climats nordiques.
