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Adventure stories, Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction)
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Feisty Annie Magruder and her dog, Carson, live in British Columbia, and they're setting out to visit her sister, Elsie,…
in Newfoundland. In their little rattlebang car, packed with Carson's favorite toy, Squeaky Chicken, and plenty of baloney sandwiches, Annie and Carson hit the road! They travel province by province, taking in each unique landscape and experiencing something special to that particular part of this vast, grand country. They marvel at the beauty of the big, open sky -- and grasshoppers! -- in Saskatchewan and discover the gorgeous red earth and delicious lobster rolls in PEI, before finally being greeted by Elsie -- and a surprise for Carson! Grades K-3. 2017.Available copies:
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Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Friendship stories
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Leo knows that there is a monster under his bed, and when he finally works up the courage to speak…
to him, he is surprised to find out that he is more of a friend than a foe. Grades K-3. 2017.Available copies:
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Adventure stories, Multi-cultural fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction)
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Charlie and his family are about to embark on another trip, to another out-of-the-way place off the beaten path. This…
time they are heading to an island in Croatia, a country Charlie has never even heard of. An incredibly beautiful country that lives in the shadow of war and conflict. Even for a seasoned traveler like Charlie, Croatia is a very different experience. To travel in a country where the language is completely unfamiliar and half the words have no vowels. To visit remote villages where the Internet is so slow, you might as well not have it at all. Where goats are a traffic-calming device, red cliffs loom like fortresses over an impossibly blue sea, and luggage porters are a line of women pushing wheelbarrows. Still, Charlie and his little brother, Max, manage to find adventure wherever they go. There's cliff diving, pigs on spits, hair-raising ferry crossings and snake juice for breakfast ("Breakfast in Croatia -- at your own risk!"). And there's a sober side to their adventures this time, too. A friend who was sentenced to Croatia's version of Alcatraz, despite committing no crime. An unsettling encounter with the Hermit of Vrgada. The sight of a half-destroyed village divided by a war that nobody won. Charlie finds out that this area of the world has a long and troubled history, that wars are complicated, and that long-time feuds can continue to divide neighbors generations later. But he also discovers that you don't need to speak the same language to communicate with people. Not when you're having a party in a field, surrounded by goats and dancing in the glow of car headlights with the radio blaring out Croatian music. A warm, funny and thought-provoking book that celebrates a child's love of adventure and boundless curiosity about the world.
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Adventure stories, Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction)
Human-narrated audio
Feisty Annie Magruder and her dog, Carson, live in British Columbia, and they're setting out to visit her sister, Elsie,…
in Newfoundland. In their little rattlebang car, packed with Carson's favourite toy, Squeaky Chicken, and plenty of baloney sandwiches, Annie and Carson hit the road! They travel province by province, taking in each unique landscape and experiencing something special to that particular part of this vast, grand country. They marvel at the beauty of the big, open sky -- and grasshoppers! -- in Saskatchewan and discover the gorgeous red earth and delicious lobster rolls in PEI, before finally being greeted by Elsie - and a surprise for Carson! Grades K-3. 2017.
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Animal stories, Family stories, General fiction
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
Reece Hansen is missing two things: his father and his frog. His parents are newly separated, and his dad is…
now living in another city, fighting forest fires. Reece struggles to get used to daily life without him. When he loses his pet frog, Burgess, Reece puts posters up around the neighborhood. But frogs are difficult to find. It takes an unusual classmate, the boy who wears a bathrobe to school, to pull Reece's attention away from Burgess. Through his new friend and a camping trip with his mom, Reece learns that friends can come in human form and families are resilient even when things change.