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Dakota's friends had never seen frybread before, so Dakota explains how it is made. Frybread, scone, bannock, or gullet -…
there are as many ways to call it as there is to make it. Grades 2-4 and older readers. 2003.
Kevin has spent enough quiet nights in watching TV and decides he'd like a night out. He's not talking about…
a pint and a packet of peanuts down at the local. He's going to attempt to pull off a daring bank roberry single handed. Kevin is about to take a heart-thumping step into the unknown. For junior high readers. 2006.
Just as rebels take over the government, archaeologists find a golden statue. They must carry the statue across the desert…
to safety. High interest, low vocabulary book. For junior and senior high readers. (Talespinners I)
After seeing a performance of "Giselle", Karen Kain decided to be a ballerina. She began to study ballet at the…
age of 9 and became a principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada. (Operation literacy series II ; reading level B)
When Marc sees an empty police car sitting at the side of the road, he knows that something is very…
wrong. For junior and senior high readers. Reading level, grade 4. Grade I braille.
Set during the American Revolution. General Cornwallis questions Beth Ferguson about the Southbridge Spy. If she gives his name, she…
will lose the man she loves. If she does not give his name, the British will hang her. Grade I braille. For junior high readers. 1977.
When the Sky Ride at the Superama Park collapses, Laura Brewster, an investigator for the Atco Insurance Company, is called.…
Within hours, there is a murder directly linked to the accident. 1980. (Laura Brewster book)
Pauline Johnson, born in 1862, was a Mohawk Indian who became a famous poet. The focus of her work was…
Indian legends and traditions. (Operation literacy series II ; reading level C)
McGee moved from Ireland to Canada in 1857. He became a Member of Parliament and supported Confederation. He was murdered…
in 1868 because of his opposition to the Fenians. 1986. (Operation literacy series ; reading level C)
In the early 1900s, Nellie McClung fought for women's rights, especially the right to vote. She was elected to the…
Provincial Government of Alberta in 1921 and served for 5 years. Grade I braille. 1986. (Operation literacy series ; reading level C)
1873, Nova Scotia. A storm has wrecked a ship on the shores of a fishing village, and people work bravely…
to rescue the crew - but many die. When young Will Murdoch and the local priest examine the bodies, they discover gold and diamonds. They suspect that the shipwreck was not responsible for all the deaths. Some descriptions of violence. A high-interest, low-vocabulary book. 2010.
Slacker Edward fakes a learning disability to gain a special-education designation in school. But instead of lowering his parents' expectations,…
Edward ends up working harder than ever. A high-interest, low-vocabulary book. Grades 5-8. 2009.
Northern France, World War I. Luc Caron sees three airplanes in a dogfight, with one flipping over and the pilot…
falling to his death. In 1928, the Greenwoods of Canada, whose pilot son has been missing for 11 years, receive a package from England. How is the mystery of the missing pilot solved, bringing peace to Luc and to the pilot’s parents? Based on a true story. High interest, low vocabulary. 2011.
Three magical tales retold for middle readers: enter the richly magical world of Tales from the Isle of Spice and…
visit a bottomless lake where an enchanted princess lives; try your luck against the sinister woman who walks in moonlight stalking souls; catch a glimpse of the mysterious boy with an angelic face whose scarred body hides beneath the waves. Grades 3-6. Winner of the 2005 Golden Oak Award. 2004.