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Gargoyles: stories
By Bill Gaston. 2006
Stories crafted around the idea of the gargoyle - the concrete representation of extremes of human emotions; the physical manifestations…
of the disfigurements and contortions to which human beings subject themselves. Each story has a strange and unique gargoyle guardian spirit whose sometimes benevolent, sometimes malevolent, presence informs the characters and their actions. Strong language. 2006.Coventry
By Helen Humphreys. 2008
On the evening of November 14, 1940, Harriet stands on the roof of the Coventry cathedral beneath a full moon.…
That night, the Germans come to unleash destruction, and for Harriet, Jeremy, the young man who shares her duties as a firewatcher, and his free-spirited mother, Maeve, the bombings will resonate for the rest of their lives. As Harriet and Jeremy make their way through the burning city in search of Maeve, cold dread brings to life both a grief and a love that Harriet thought she had put behind her forever. 2008.Les mains qui parlent: [la surdité] ((Au coeur des différences).)
By Brigitte Marleau. 2009
"C'est ma première journée au terrain de jeux. Je m'approche lentement d'une amie. Comment tu t'appelles? Elle s'appelle Rosalie! dit…
une dame qui l'accompagne. Elle n'entend aucun son, ni aucun bruit dans ses oreilles. Moi, je suis Colette, son interprète. Je vais passer l'été à faire des signes avec mes mains pour que Rosalie comprenne bien. Tu aimerais devenir son amie? Oh! Oui! D'accord, alors je vais te montrer à communiquer avec les mains". -- 4e de couv.La forêt en devinettes: [poésie] ((Ma langue au chat. Grand manitou).)
By Johanne Gagné, Jean Morin. 2008
"La forêt... un univers d'une grande richesse, malheureusement menacé. D'où l'importance de le faire connaître et apprécier des petits comme…
des grands, qui prendront un plaisir toujours renouvelé à trouver les réponses à ces devinettes, à réciter ces poèmes, à sourire à ces clins d'oeil d'humour, à admirer ces images pleines de vie, de joie et du mouvement des feuilles d'automne !" -- 4e de couv.Out on the ice in the middle of the bay
By Alice Priestley, Peter Cumming. 1993
As their parents frantically search for them, a little girl and a baby polar bear find each other near an…
iceberg. Grades K-3. Winner of the 1995 CNIB PrintBraille Book of the Year Award.L'histoire de Louis Braille (Ma petite vache a mal aux pattes ; #33)
By Danielle Vaillancourt. 2001
Une excellente biographie romancée de Louis Braille. Par son entêtement, sa détermination, son ingéniosité, cet homme a atteint son but…
et a permis aux aveugles de s'ouvrir au monde, d'élargir leur horizon. Années 2-4. 2001.La chasse-galerie et autres récits ((Boréal compact. Classique ; 139.).)
By François Ricard, H Beaugrand. 2002
My dad (Talk-about-books. #6.)
By Debbie Bailey, Susan Huszar. 1991
Franklin and the duckling (Kids Can read)
By Sharon Jennings, Paulette Bourgeois, Brenda Clark, Sean Jeffrey, Jelena Sisic, Sasha McIntyre. 2007
Franklin knows he's not allowed another pet but when he finds a lone duckling, he can't resist bringing his new…
friend home. When the duckling turns his bedroom into a regular aquatic habitat, Franklin must ask himself: does he really want another pet after all? Grades K-3. 2007.Caramba
By Marie-Louise Gay. 2005
Caramba is ashamed that he cannot fly like the other cats. Confiding in his flightless friend Portia the pig, he…
practices flying in secret. He lands in some comical predicaments but remains frustrated and grounded. When his cousins try teaching him to get airborne by carrying him over the ocean and letting go, a scary fall to the bottom teaches Caramba that even though he can't perform like they do, he can do something they cannot. Grades K-3. 2005.Grandma and the pirates
By Phoebe Gilman. 1993
How summer came to Canada
By Elizabeth Cleaver, William Toye. 1969
Bird child
By Nan Forler, François Thisdale. 2009
When bullies pick on the new student, Lainey, gradually robbing her of her smile and ability to paint beautiful pictures,…
Eliza wants to help, and she does, by finding a way to show Lainey all that she can be. Then in the schoolyard, Eliza stands up to the bullies. Grades K-3 and older readers. 2009.Farley follows his nose
By Lynn Franks Johnston, Beth Cruikshank. 2009
Good-natured and ever-hungry, Farley goes wherever his nose leads him. But as one delicious smell follows another, soon Farley is…
meeting new friends and exploring parts of town he's never seen before. Just how far has he wandered? Will he find a familiar smell to lead him back home? Grades K-3. 2009.Franklin and the stopwatch (Kids Can read (Toronto, Ont.))
By Sharon Jennings, Paulette Bourgeois, Brenda Clark, Sean Jeffrey, Jelena Sisic, Sasha McIntyre. 2007
Franklin finds a stopwatch in the junk drawer and proceeds to drive family and friends crazy by timing everything they…
do. When Franklin gets a taste of his own medicine, will he realize that sometimes a stopwatch needs to stop watching? Grades K-3. 2007.Fishes in the ocean (A first flight level one reader)
By Richard Thompson, Maggee Spicer, Barbara Hartmann. 1998