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By Rich Théroux (Author), Rich Théroux (Illustrator)

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Fine Arts
English Language Arts
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Combining poetry, literature, art, and QR code ink animations, The River Troll paints the picture of a teacher seeking to connect with his students, and his musings on the world around him. The author combines … [Click to Read More]

By Eden Robinson (Author)

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Formatted as an accessible short memoir, The Sasquatch at Home is a stream of moments from Eden Robinson’s life, delving into relationships, family, place, and identity. Coming from an Indigenous perspective, Robinson discusses protocol and … [Click to Read More]

By Raymond Yakeleya (Author), Deborah Desmarais (Illustrator)

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The Tree by the Woodpile is the first book in the Spirit of Nature series, and comprises three stories. The first and longest story, “The Tree by the Woodpile,” is about a young Dene boy … [Click to Read More]

By Diane Brown (Author), Gwaai Edenshaw (Illustrator), Jaalen Edenshaw (Illustrator)

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Told in Haida, English, and French, The Two Brothers: A Haida Story is about two brothers who decide to explore the huge mountains they had seen on trips south of Haida Gwaii. One brother chooses … [Click to Read More]

By Meghan J. Ward (Author), Tay Odynski (Illustrator)

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Geneva and her parents hike up a mountain to see the view from the top, but Geneva encounters small wonders of nature as they climb. Told through rhyming text with brightly coloured illustrations, this book … [Click to Read More]

By Jonathan Locke Hart (Author)

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Unforgetting Private Charles Smith can be broken into two parts. The first part is the story of the author’s journey of connection with a forgotten Canadian soldier, Private Charles Smith, through the discovery of Smith’s … [Click to Read More]

By Daniel Auger (Author)

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In Watishka Warriors, Sandy Lafond returns to the Watishka First Nation in Northern Alberta to care for her aunt and finds the community struggling to deal with local gangs and a recent suicide. Sandy soon … [Click to Read More]

By Alexander Finbow (Author), Nyco Rudolph (Illustrator)

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With brightly coloured illustrations, When Big Bears Invade depicts a simple tale, told by a grandmother, of giant bears destroying various Canadian cities. An environmental moral underpins the story, as the bears’ rise to action … [Click to Read More]

By Tom Sando (Author)

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Wild Daisies in the Sand is a collection of the author’s diary entries, written during his imprisonment in internment camps as a Japanese Canadian during World War II. Behind barbed wire fences in Petawawa and … [Click to Read More]