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By Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail, Fred Carmichael. 2023
A gorgeous picture book that pays homage to aviator Freddie Carmichael — the first Indigenous commercial pilot in the Arctic…
—with each month of the year highlighting moments from his life, the beauty of the North and the power of dreams.When Freddie was young, he saw a plane up close for the first time when it dropped off supplies at his family’s remote bush camp. He was instantly hooked.Freddie has flown for nearly seventy years, doing everything from supply runs to search and rescue to transporting dog teams to far-flung areas.This book celebrates Freddie’s early dreams of flying and his later achievements. Readers move with Freddie through the year, hearing about his journey as a pilot and leader, while learning the names of the months in Gwich’in and Inuvialuktun at the same time. Art from Inuvialuit painter Audrea Loreen-Wulf perfectly captures the incredible Western Arctic as well as Freddie’s love for aviation.By Marty Wilson-Trudeau. 2022
By Kim Spencer. 2022
By Sarabeth Holden, Emma Pedersen. 2022
A funny and relatable story of a little boy who can be anything he wants to be (whether it’s a…
dinosaur, or a banana, or both!) with a big imagination and a bit of help from his anaana.By Ceporah Mearns, Jeremy Debicki, Tindur Peturs. 2023
Celebrating the traditional practise of gathering Arctic berries and other Inuit traditional land uses, this cute story of determination and…
enjoying the outdoors is perfect for grandkids to share with their grandparents.By Cathy LeBlanc, David Chapman. 2022
By Samantha Beynon, Lucy Trimble. 2022
Oolichan Moon is a beautifully illustrated children’s book about passing down traditional knowledge from Nisga'a Elders and the sacredness of…
traditional foods, particularly the oolichan fish. Together, author Samantha Beynon and illustrator Lucy Trimble have created a children’s book rich with cultural knowledge and tradition that relates to their Nisga'a ancestry surrounding the oolichan fish. With playful text and vibrant illustrations, young readers can learn alongside the two Nisga'a sisters as they are gifted with sacred knowledge from their Elders, passed down for many generations in the oral tradition. A gorgeous celebration of Nisga'a language, history and culture, Oolichan Moon also includes historical and cultural information about the oolichan fish and related Nisga'a vocabulary.By Susan Wittig Albert. 2003
China Bayles has settled into the quaint town of Pecan Springs, fallen in love with a former detective and opened…
an herb shop, all the while solving more than her share of mysteries. Interspersed in this collection of then puzzling cases are wonderful herbal tidbitsBy Ralph McInerny. 2005
Twenty-two-year-old Martha Lynch seeks to find the identity of her birth mother while her biological father, Nathaniel Fleck, simultaneously tries…
to learn the fate of his child. Both Father Dowling and attorney Amos Cadbury know the truth but have doubts about sharing it. Then someone murders Fleck. 2005By Sunshine Quem Tenasco. 2023
A magical mirror helps a young girl understand her true beauty in this new picture book from the creators of…
Nibi’s Water Song.When Challa comes home in tears after being teased about her smile, her mom gives her a special gift. It’s a magic mirror — shiny, beaded and beautiful — passed on from her mom, and from her djo djo before her.Challa’s mom tells her that when anyone looks into the mirror, they will see their true self. There’s just one rule: Everyone has to say what they see in the reflection.At first the mirror seems to work for everyone but her. Challa keeps looking and looking. The more beauty she sees in herself, the happier she feels, and the longer she looks into the mirror, the more beauty she sees, until finally Challa sees so much beauty, she can't contain her smile!This special story, from award-winning activist Sunshine Quem Tenasco and artist Chief Lady Bird, introduces readers to concepts of self-acceptance, self-empowerment, and recognition of the unique beauty that comes from within.By Mary Higgins Clark. 1993
Jenny MacPartland, the struggling divorced mother of two small girls, marries wealthy artist Erich Krueger and moves into his family…
mansion in Minnesota. Erich becomes brooding, rageful, and, Jenny discovers, obsessed with the memory of his dead mother. Then the children disappear. 1982By C. Alan Bradley. 2011
England. Eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, from The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag (BR 20171), has a gypsy read her…
fortune. After the woman is attacked and left for dead on the estate of Flavia's father, Flavia investigates with help from the gypsy's granddaughter Porcelain Lee. 2011By C. Alan Bradley. 2011
1950s England. Shortly after the events of The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (BR 20172), eleven-year-old chemist Flavia…
must unravel two more mysteries. Puppeteer Rupert Porson's arrival in the hamlet leads to his death and to the re-examination of a child's supposedly accidental hanging five years ago. 2010By C. Alan Bradley. 2012
England, 1950. Eleven-year-old Flavia plans to spend the holiday investigating whether Father Christmas is real. But when her cash-strapped father…
rents out their mansion for a movie shoot and someone is murdered, Flavia finds herself with a more important mystery to solve--and a house full of suspects to consider. 2011By Alexandra Bracken, Alan Bradley. 2012
The Idiopathic Adolescent Acute Neurodegeneration virus killed most American children--and left others with dangerous powers. When the government quarantines survivors…
in rehabilitation camps, sixteen-year-old Ruby escapes. Some violence and some strong language. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2012By Alan Bradley. 2014
1951. After the corpse of Flavia's long-missing mother is discovered in a glacier, young Flavia, her family, and mourners--including Winston…
Churchill--await the coffin's arrival at the train station. A stranger makes a cryptic remark to Flavia--and then is pushed to his death. Flavia investigates. 2014By C. Alan Bradley. 2016
Ejected from Miss Bodycote's Female Academy in Canada, twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce has returned to England. While delivering a message…
to a reclusive wood-carver, Flavia stumbles upon the poor man's body hanging upside down on his bedroom door. She becomes energized by the prospect of a new investigation. Bestseller. 2016By Spencer Quinn. 2009
After flunking out of police school, canine Chet becomes partners and roommates with private investigator Bernie Little. Though easily distracted,…
Chet is a good sleuth. He describes Bernie's latest case--the disappearance of fifteen-year-old Madison Chambliss--and his own frustration when trying to communicate clues. 2009By C. Alan Bradley. 2018
In the wake of an unthinkable family tragedy, twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce and her two sisters take a boating trip.…
While dangling her fingers in the water, Flavia grips a human head, attached to a human body. If anything could take Flavia's mind off sorrow, it is solving a murder. 2018By Spencer Quinn. 2010
PI Bernie Little and his canine Chet are hired to protect a show dog from a death threat. Chet's antics…
immediately get them fired, but when the show dog and her owner are kidnapped, Bernie and Chet put themselves back on the case. Strong language and some violence. 2010