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Don't go near the water! (Easy-to-read spooky tales.)
By Veronika Martenova Charles. 2007
Having been warned to stay away from the high waters of the local creek, the boys' imaginations run as swiftly…
as the stream. Before they know it, they have scared themselves silly with stories like The Children with Green Teeth, from Britain; The Deadly Beach, from Hawaii; and The Waterman, from Central Europe. Some descriptions of violence. Grades K-3. 2007.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.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
Hold fast
By Blue Balliett. 2013
Chicago. One January day, eleven-year-old Early's dad disappears without a trace from their neighborhood. Soon after Early, her mom, and…
her brother must flee their apartment and seek safety in a shelter, and it is up to Early to find her father. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2013The case of the food fight (A Jigsaw Jones Mystery)
By James Preller. 2005
Jigsaw walks into the school cafeteria during a food fight and gets hit in the face with Jell-O. When one…
of the lunch aides blames Joey Pignattano, Joey asks Jigsaw to prove that he's innocent and thus save Joey from being banned from the cafeteria. For grades 2-4. 2005