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By Glen Huser. 2014
When Carolina Giddle moves into the Blatchford Arms, no one knows what to make of her sequin-sprinkled sneakers and her…
trinket-crusted car. But the parents are happy there’s a new babysitter around, and Carolina seems to have an uncanny ability to calm the most rambunctious child with her ghostly stories. Armed with unusual snacks (bone-shaped peppermints, Rumpelstiltskin sandwiches) and candles to set the mood, she entertains the children with good old-fashioned storytelling and, at the end, a great Halloween party. It turns out that Carolina has a timeworn connection to the Blatchford Arms, and to the ghost who still haunts the building - especially its old-fashioned elevator. Grades 3-6. 2014.By Basil Johnston. 1981
These legends, which include "Why birds go south in winter" and "The first butterflies", are an integral part of the…
spiritual and cultural heritage of the Ojibway people. For all ages.By Linda Bailey. 2015
Lewis Dearborn is a lonely, anxious, "terminally shy" boy of eleven when his great-grandfather passes away and leaves Lewis's family…
with his decaying seaside mansion. Lewis is initially delighted with his new bedroom, a secluded tower in a remote part of the house. Then he discovers that it's already occupied -- by the ghosts of seven dead pirates. Worse, the ghosts expect him to help them re-take their ship, now restored and on display in a local museum, so they can make their way to Libertalia, a legendary pirate utopia. The only problem is that this motley crew hasn't left the house in almost two hundred years and is terrified of going outside. Grades 4-7. 2015.By Joanne Levy. 2012
After being hit by lightning, twelve-year-old Lilah, who has a crush on classmate Andrew Finkel, discovers that she can communicate…
with dead people, including her grandmother who wants Lilah to find a new wife for Lilah's divorced father. Grades 5-8. 2012.By Anne Louise MacDonald. 2009
Frankie Uccello seems like just another average, normal fourteen-year-old boy, until he discovers that he can dream the future, especially…
when something bad is about to happen. But seeing the future is only cool in movies and TV; in real life, not only does everyone think you're a whacko, but the future doesn't look good. And then Maura-Lee starts hanging around: she can read minds, and she seems to be reading his. For junior high readers. 2009.By Andy Jones. 2016
Jack o' Hearts is the top card player in the parish and is feeling pretty sure of himself. When a…
mysterious green stranger challenges him to a card game with stakes higher than high--well, Jack can't resist. Sure, he's never lost a tournament yet, has he? Jack is as saucy as saucy can be and he's twice as lucky as that--but the game is trickier than it looks. Luckily, Jack finds he's got an ace up his sleeve: the menacing green man's beautiful daughter Ann. Grades 4-7. 2016.By Sarah Nathan. 2011
With Prince Aladdin’s birthday coming up, Princess Jasmine wants to find him the perfect gift, so she sets off on…
a Magic Carpet ride with Rajah the tiger. She is determined to track down the coveted camel coin Aladdin is missing from his rare-coin collection. It’s smooth sailing until Magic Carpet suddenly loses its power, leaving Jasmine and Rajah stranded in the desert! Will the pair find the coin and make it back to the palace in time for Aladdin’s birthday? Grades 2-4. c2011. (Disney princess)By Deborah Toogood. 2016
Matt Simmons has two weeks left of summer before starting grade six. He wants to enjoy that time with his…
best friends, Danny and Emma, but has to include his younger cousin Adam who is visiting. Trapped on a sandbar in the middle of the night, Matt and Adam see a ghostly, burning schooner before a silent old man rescues them. Matt is determined to unravel the mystery and reluctantly lets Adam join in. With Danny and Emma, they visit Danny’s grandpa, a retired sea captain. He warns them to leave the ghosts and mysteries of the sea alone, but the four friends ignore him. Setting out on a midnight boat trip to find the phantom ship, even little Adam proves a useful part of the team. But how dangerous is the ship, and who else is lurking in the waters of the Northumberland Strait? Grades 4-7. 2016.By Arthur Slade. 2016
Far from the isolated prairie ranch where they were born, orphaned twins Isabelle and Beatrice Thorn are living a glamorous…
1920s Hollywood life as wards of Mr. Cecil, a mysterious and influential director. Isabelle is a silent film starlet, destined for greatness in the very first talking picture--a horror flick that will showcase her famous scream, often seen but never before heard by audiences. Meanwhile, Beatrice spends her days hidden away on the Cecil estate with her books and her insect collection, scarves covering her birthmarks and baldness. But Beatrice's curiosity about Mr. Cecil, the death of her parents, the appearance of scorpion hornets--creatures that should not exist on this earth--and the unsettling fates of two people who visited his estate is getting the better of her, and she's starting to realize the director has truly dark designs for this movie. Grades 5-8. 2016.By Joseph Bruchac. 1996
Through the guidance of his uncle and the retelling of various Native American legends, a young boy learns that everything…
living and inanimate has its place, should be considered sacred, and given respect. Grades 3-6. 1996.By Christine Deverell. 2002
By Jonathan Auxier. 2014
When orphaned Irish siblings Molly and Kip arrive to work as servants at a creepy, crumbling English manor house, they…
discover that the house and its inhabitants are not what they seem. Soon the siblings are confronted by a mysterious stranger, and the secrets of the cursed house will change their lives forever. Grades 4-7. Winner of the 2015 Silver Birch Fiction Award. Winner of the 2015 CLA Book of the Year for Children Award. Winner of the 2016 Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award Honour Book. 2014.By Angèle Delaunois, Pierre Houde. 2005
Il était une fois, dans un lointain pays, un sultan qui avait banni le bruit de son royaume. Même la…
musique était interdite! Mais un jour, alors qu'il faisait sa promenade, il entendit les oiseaux chanter, les feuilles bruisser, les ruisseaux murmurer...By Charles Perrault, André Marois. 2000
Usé par le travail et la vieillesse, un épicier new-yorkais vint à mourir. En héritage, l'aîné reçut l'épicerie, le deuxième…
récupéra la camionnette et le plus jeune dut se contenter du chat. Le pauvre garçon était complètement démoralisé. Que faire d'un chat, quand on est dans la dèche à New York, sinon le manger?... À moins d'être tombé sur un chat botté, futé et déluré... -- 4e de couv.By Charles Perrault, Michèle Marineau, Mylène Pratt. 2000
Une jeune fille vit heureuse avec son père jusqu'à ce qu'il épouse une veuve paresseuse qui a deux filles... tout…
aussi paresseuses. Les familles recomposées ne faisant pas toujours bon ménage, la jeune fille devient leur Cendrillon . Mais on connaît la fin de l'histoire: elle s'en sortira, épousera son prince et aura beaucoup d'enfants... Parce que, ne l'oublions pas, les fées existent ! -- 4e de couv.By Paule Brière, Manon Gauthier. 2008
"Il y a bien longtemps, Chien et Chat étaient les meilleurs amis du monde. Mais un jour, Marraine Marie leur…
donna un beau morceau de ce bon boudin créole relevé-assaisonné-pimenté! Chien confie son morceau à Chat et s'en va jouer. Quand il revient affamé, devinez ce qui s'est passé? Eh oui, Chat l'a mangé! Et pour se sortir de ce mauvais pas, Chat, bien installé sur sa branche, envoie directement dans la gueule de Chien une petite chose brune et puante... qui fait que Chien, encore de nos jours, se promène toujours la langue pendante... histoire de l'aérer!" -- 4e de couv.By Claudine Vivier, Anne W Millyard. 2007
Voici une version libre et joyeuse du célèbre conte de Hans Christian Andersen: Les habits neufs de l'empereur. Dans ce…
conte d'Anne Millyard, l'empereur se tire d'une situation délicate avec beaucoup d'élégance! Les tailleurs, bien sûr, se remplissent les poches, mais tout le monde y trouve son compte! [...] -- 4e de couv . Titre uniforme: Emperor's second hand clothes.By Carole Tremblay. 2007
Yann aime les histoires d'horreur et a horreur des histoires d'amour. Quand, le jour de la Saint-Valentin, des phénomènes inquiétants…
commencent à survenir à son école, il est loin de s'imaginer qu'il va bientôt découvrir de nouvelles façons d'avoir des frissons! Des néons qui s'éteignent, des taches rouge sang, des objets qui se déplacent... Années 3-6. 2007.By Dominique Demers. 2002
Il était une fois la Belle, la Bête, un château perché au sommet du cap Enragé, une anse aux berges…
couvertes de lavande. Une histoire éternelle, bercée par le bruit des vagues -- 4e de couv