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The honeydrum: tales from Arab lands
By Gwendolyn MacEwen. 1983
Two of these pieces are original while the other five are derived, rather than translated, from oral and written folk…
tales and legends well-known in the Arabic speaking world. Grades 2-4. c1983.The great race
By David Bouchard. 1997
A Chinese fable about the origins of the zodiac. The Great Buddha sends eleven animals and one dragon on a…
great race to the gates of the Jade City. The order that they arrive in, not who wins the race, is what becomes important. Grades 2-4. 1997.The bear says north: tales from northern lands
By Bob Barton. 2003
Ten folktales from Scandinavia and other northern hemisphere countries. In "Good Neighbors", a family happily coexists with mountain trolls. In…
"Grandfather Bear", a fox tricks an old bear into dropping his dinner. Grades 4-7. 2003.The Adventures of Nanabush: Ojibway Indian stories
By Sam Snake, Emerson S Coatsworth, David Coatsworth, Francis Kagige. 1979
During the 1930s, the stories told by the elders of the Rama Ojibway Band were compiled and translated into English.…
These 16 stories tell of Nanabush, one of the most powerful, and most mischievous, spirits of the Ojibway world. Grades 4-7 and older readers. 1979.Tales the elders told: Ojibway legends
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.Shane (Degrassi ; #12)
By Susin Nielsen-Fernlund. 1989
After his girlfriend, Spike, becomes pregnant, 14-year-old Shane must prove to his parents that he is not irresponsible. But Shane's…
new sense of independence backfires, and before he knows it, he is in trouble again. For junior and senior high readers. (Degrassi Junior High). 1989.Run, Madrina, run!
By Dorothy Wingrove. 1986
A middle-aged woman, suddenly in possession of considerable wealth, leaves her surly husband and safe Canadian home to search for…
her Salvadoran foster-child, Jonatan, about whom she has had premonitions of disaster. 1986.Peace walker: the legend of Hiawatha and Tekanawita
By C. J Taylor. 2004
The five Iroquois nations began warring with each other after generations of peace. Hiawatha was brave enough to defy the…
evil chief Atotarho, and working with Tekanawita, he brought about the Great Peace and established the Iroquois Confederacy. The People of the Longhouse trace their confederacy back more than 1,500 years, and Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson were inspired by it when they developed a democratic government for the United States. Grades 5-8. 2004.Ding, dong!: facéties littéraires : 77 clins d'oeil à Raymond Queneau (Graffiti ; #29)
By Robert Soulières. 2005
" J'aimerais ça lire quelque chose d'exactement pareil à ça genre style comme. C'était tellement bon ! " Combien de…
fois ai-je entendu cette phrase lorsque je signais des milliers de livres dans les Salons du livre de Paris, Moscou, New York, Singapour, Sorel ? Combien de fois ? Ah ! Que ne ferait pas un écrivain pour plaire à ses lecteurs ! Alors, voici enfin votre chance ! Elle est entre vos mains, saisissez-la (ainsi que le livre en même temps !). Grâce à ce bouquin, vous avez l'occasion inouïe et extraordinaire de lire la même histoire et ce, 77 fois plutôt qu'une ! Une chance qui ne se répétera pas de sitôt. Quel festin ! Ça sent déjà le chocolat ! Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. 2005." Pierre Landry nous guide d'un pas alerte sur cette voie royale connue sous le nom de Chemin du Roy,…
de Beaumont à Notre-Dame-du-Portage, tous les sens en éveil pour y débusquer farfadets, loups-garous, feux-follets et autres démons qui ont marqué l'imaginaire de la population de la Côte-du-Sud et parmi lesquels les troupes de Wolfe sont assurément les plus inquiétantes. Les textes colligés par Pierre Landry nous font réaliser à quel point l'histoire de la Côte-du-Sud est empreinte de vives douleurs comme d'une noble résilience. En témoigne cet épisode dramatique entre tous qui a vu ces Irlandais exsangues venir déverser leurs derniers espoirs dans les mouroirs de Grosse-Île... " -- 4e de couv.Order in chaos (Templar trilogy. #3.)
By Jack Whyte. 2009
Friday the 13th of October, 1307. King Philip of France arrests every Templar in the country, with a few escaping…
and smuggling the Temple Treasure away. In Scotland and training for a return to France, the Templars realize that they can never go back and that their Order is doomed. Their leader, St. Clair, decides to lead his men away in search of the fabled land that lies beyond the Western Ocean. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex, and explicit descriptions of violence. Sequel to "Standard of honor" (DC35723). c2009. (Templar trilogy ; 3)Once upon a time, long, long ago
By Henry Shykoff. 1999
A girl, Eevo, and her brother Sim live nearly 50,000 years ago in what is now the Middle East. When…
their parents go on a trip, they are cast out of their home cave by their tribe. Despite their young age and Sim's lameness, they learn to create fire, shape tools, tame wolves and survive. Nominated for the 2001 Silver Birch Award. Grades 4-7. Followed by "Just a Little Later With Eevo and Sim" (RC24291). 1999.Object of your love: stories
By Dorothy Speak. 1996
Exploring the nature of desire and betrayal, these stories describe the disappointments and reconciliation of women whose lives have been…
torn by the pain of adultery. Strong language, some descriptions of sex and some descriptions of violence. c1996.Élise Chapdelaine: une jeune femme à la belle époque : biographie romancée
By Marielle Denis. 1989
Élise Chapdelaine est née à Saint-Ours, sur le Richelieu, en 1878. Voici l'histoire de sa jeunesse : promenades à bicyclette,…
étés à la campagne, pique-niques sur le Mont-Royal, amours, c'est toute une époque qui revient à la vie, empreinte d'une telle douceur que l'on comprend pourquoi on l'a appelée la " Belle Époque ". 1989.Noble madness
By Maye Preston Hill. 1978
Écrivains contemporains du Québec: anthologie
By Lise Gauvin, Gaston Miron. 1998
Cette anthologie couvre trois décennies de littérature québécoise. Les auteurs visent à la diversité, à une répartition équilibrée entre les…
générations et les genres, les divers milieux, tendances et écritures. Pour chaque auteur, une notice bio-bibliographique d'un peu plus d'une page. 1998.Math curse
By Jon Scieszka. 1995
When math teacher Mrs. Fibonacci tells the class "you can think of almost everything as a math problem," one of…
her students feels as if she's received a math curse. Now she can't think about anything without turning it into math! Grades 2-4. 1995.Les plus belles légendes acadiennes
By Catherine Jolicœur. 1981
Making light of tragedy
By Jessica Grant. 2004
In these short stories, characters often express their grief or heartbreak in unusual ways. In "Plow Man," a man channels…
his pain over the loss of his wife into a strange fixation with snow plows. In "My Husband's Jump", the wife of a famous ski jumper who inexplicably vanished in mid-air copes with her pain by finding God. Author Grant treats the disasters and mishaps that befall her characters not with ridicule but with a wry sense of humour and a considerable amount of sympathy. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2004.Les poèmes ne me font pas peur: récit poétique ((Boréal inter ; 66).)
By Laurent Theillet. 2015
Les poèmes ne me font pas peur est le récit atypique d'une adolescente mordue de poésie. Accessible et captivant, il…
brise d'un coup les idées préconçues que les adolescents peuvent se faire du genre poétique. Écrit dans une langue belle et imagée, ce récit fulgurant n'a rien de rébarbatif. Pour les lecteurs d’école secondaire. 2015.