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The big balloon race (An I can read book)
By Eleanor Coerr. 1981
During the late 1800s, balloon races were very popular in the United States. In this story which is based on…
the famous Myers family, Ariel almost causes her mother, Carlotta the Great, to lose a race. Grades K-3. 1981.Le chasseur de loups-marins (Carré blanc)
By Claire Vigneau. 2010
Un vieil homme, dépassé par les récriminations dont il fait l'objet en raison de son métier de chasseur, se souvient…
de la première pêche aux phoques à laquelle il prit part dans sa jeunesse. Années 1-3. 2010.Never forgotten
By Pat McKissack. 2013
In eighteenth-century West Africa, a boy raised by his blacksmith father and the Mother Elements - Wind, Fire, Water, and…
Earth - is captured and taken to America as a slave. Grades K-3. 2013.My hands sing the blues: Romare Bearden's childhood journey
By Jeanne Walker Harvey. 2012
In Harlem, New York City, an artist follows the rhythms of blues music as he recalls his North Carolina childhood…
while painting, cutting, and pasting to make art. Grades K-3. 2012.Lune d'érable
By Connie Brummel Crook, Marie-Andrée Clermont. 2001
Ce récit inspiré des légendes indiennes raconte la découverte du sirop d'érable. Dans la nation des Missisaugas, un jeune garçon…
aperçoit un écureuil gratter l'écorce d'une branche d'érable et y boire. Il goute à la sève à son tour et, la trouvant sucrée, il décide d'entailler l'arbre pour en récolter davantage. Années 1-3. 2001.Edànì nôgèe dône gok'eîdì: How fox saved the people (Fox Ser.)
By Virginia Football, Mary Siemens, Rosa Mantla. 2010
Blackflies (Robert Munsch Ser.)
By Robert N Munsch, Jay Odjick. 2017
One day Helen wakes up and it's SPRING! The snow has melted and the sun is shining. But Helen knows…
that the blackflies will be coming out soon. So she does what any smart kid would do: she sends her little sister outdoors to check! When the blackflies and mosquitoes carry her away, Helen tells her dad, who rushes outside and is carried away himself. Now Helen needs to rescue BOTH of them, along with a wolf and a very clever bear. Grades K-3. 2017.A salmon for Simon
By Betty Waterton. 1978
Simon has always wanted to catch a salmon. When an eagle accidentally drops one into a tidal pool, Simon is…
torn between sympathy for the fish and the desire to catch something of his own. Grades K-3. 1978.The battlefield ghost
By Margery Cuyler. 1999
Eight-year-old John Perkins's family moves into an old farmhouse. From the first day, John is convinced the house is haunted.…
His twelve-year old sister Lisa soon senses a spooky presence as well. When John and Lisa meet the ghost, they learn that he is a Revolutionary War soldier who needs their help in solving a mystery surrounding his horse, who was separated from him during a bloody battle. Grades K-3. 1999.Broum l'automobile
By Éric Battut. 2012
En 1900, Monsieur le Baron décide de vivre avec son temps : adieu chevaux et attelages, vive l'automobile ! Pour…
Broum, c'est l'aventure d'un siècle qui commence... Reine des concours puis taxi de guerre, abandonnée et réparée, mascotte hippie et finalement voiture de mariés, la petite auto nous raconte avec tendresse son épopée au coeur de l'Histoire. Années 1-3.Yikes, Vikings! (The Canadian Flyer adventure series ; #4)
By Frieda Wishinsky, Dean Griffiths. 2007
Transported back through time on the magic Canadian Flyer, an antique red sled, Emily Bing and Matt Martinez experience the…
past firsthand. Here, they join the famous Viking Leif Eriksson and his crew on their historic journey to Vinland in the year 1001. The kids' ingenuity saves the day when crew members get lost in the new land. Grades K-3. 2007. (The Canadian Flyer adventure series ; 4)Whale snow
By Debby Dahl Edwardson. 2003
At the first whaling feast of the season, a young Inupiat boy learns about the importance of the bowhead whale…
to his people and their culture. Includes facts about the Inupiat and the bowhead whale. Grades K-3. 2003.Un saumon pour Simon
By Betty Waterton, Dominique Wanin. 1992
Simon a toujours rêvé d'attraper un saumon. Mais quand la chance lui sourit et qu'un aigle en lâche un accidentellement…
dans une flaque d'eau de mer, Simon est partagé entre sa sympathie pour le poisson et son désir d'en attraper un lui-même. Années 1-3. 1992. Titre uniforme: A salmon for Simon.The sorcerer: the fort at river's bend (A dream of eagles. #5.)
By Jack Whyte. 1997
Merlyn has fled Camulod with Arthur after an assassination attempt. Taking refuge in an old Roman fort, Arthur begins to…
learn the skills of a warrior and leader. But Merlyn must take Arthur out of hiding and expose his life to danger once again, if the dream of a united Britain is ever to be realized. Sequel to "The Saxon shore" (DC14607). Followed by "The sorcerer: Metamorphosis" (DC24508). Also published under the title "The fort at River's Bend". 1997. (A dream of eagles ; 5)The legend of the fog
By Qaunak Mikkigak, Louise Flaherty, Neil Christopher, Danny Christopher, Joanne Schwartz. 2011
In this traditional Inuit story, a simple walk on the tundra becomes a life or death journey for a young…
man. When he comes across a giant who wants to take him home and cook him for dinner, the young man’s quick thinking saves him from being devoured by the giant and his family, and in the process releases the first fog into the world. Grades K-3. Includes violence. 2011.Mary Who Wrote Frankenstein
By Linda Bailey. 2018
The inspiring story of the girl behind one of the greatest novels -- and monsters -- ever, perfectly timed for…
the 200th anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein. For fans for picture book biographies such as I Dissent or She Persisted.How does a story begin? Sometimes it begins with a dream, and a dreamer. Mary is one such dreamer, a little girl who learns to read by tracing the letters on the tombstone of her famous feminist mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, and whose only escape from her strict father and overbearing stepmother is through the stories she reads and imagines. Unhappy at home, she seeks independence, and at the age of sixteen runs away with poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, another dreamer. Two years later, they travel to Switzerland where they meet a famous poet, Lord Byron. On a stormy summer evening, with five young people gathered around a fire, Byron suggests a contest to see who can create the best ghost story. Mary has a waking dream about a monster come to life. A year and a half later, Mary Shelley's terrifying tale, Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus, is published -- a novel that goes on to become the most enduring monster story ever and one of the most popular legends of all time.A riveting and atmospheric picture book about the young woman who wrote one of the greatest horror novels ever written and one of the first works of science fiction, Mary Who Wrote Frankenstein is an exploration of the process of artistic inspiration that will galvanize readers and writers of all ages.Little Frida: a story of Frida Kahlo
By Anthony Browne. 2019
Following a bout with polio at the age of six, Frida Kahlo's life was marked by pain and loneliness. In…
real life, she walked with a limp, but in her dreams, she flew. One day, her imagination took her on a journey to a girl in white who could dance without pain and hold her secrets, an indelible figure who would find her way into Frida's art in years to come. Inspired by Frida Kahlo's diary, Anthony Browne captures the essence of the artist's early flights of fancy. A note at the end offers a brief biography of the artist who has intrigued art lovers the world overThe spacesuit: how a seamstress helped put man on the moon
By Alison Donald. 2020
There is a competition to make the spacesuit for the first moon landing! Ellie, an ordinary woman, is asked to…
lead a team of talented seamstresses. No one believes they can win, but they are determined to try... This inspiring look at the history of the spacesuit is based on the incredible true story of the team of women who sewed it together for the first moonwalkSweetest Kulu
By Celina Kalluk, Alexandria Neonakis. 2014
This bedtime poem, written by acclaimed Inuit throat singer Celina Kalluk, describes the gifts given to a newborn baby by…
all the animals of the Arctic. Lyrically and tenderly told by a mother speaking to her own little "Kulu," an Inuktitut term of endearment often bestowed upon babies and young children, this book is infused with the traditional Inuit values of love and respect for the land and its animal inhabitants. Grades K-3. 2014.Blackflies
By Robert N Munsch, Jay Odjick. 2017
One day Helen wakes up and it's SPRING! The snow has melted and the sun is shining. But Helen knows…
that the blackflies will be coming out soon. So she does what any smart kid would do: she sends her little sister outdoors to check! When the blackflies and mosquitoes carry her away, Helen tells her dad, who rushes outside and is carried away himself. Now Helen needs to rescue BOTH of them, along with a wolf and a very clever bear. Grades K-3. 2017.