CHILDREN'S NONFICTION

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Car Smarts

Phil Edmonston, author of the Lemon-Aid guides to car buying, is one of North America’s leading consumer advocates. He and Maureen Sawa, a well-known children’s librarian, have written a book jammed ...

Emily Carr

Shortlisted for the 2005-2006 Red Cedar Book Award, Nonfiction

Selected as Honour Book by the Children’s Literature Roundtable Information Book of the Year

The brilliant artist Emily Carr lived at the ...

Panda Rescue

The giant panda is the world’s most beloved animal -- and one of the rarest. Firefly Animal Rescue is a new series of books about endangered and threatened species and what is being done to protect ...

Cool Woods

Winner of the Skipping Stones Honor Award in the Ecology and Nature Books category
The boreal forest is the last great forest wilderness on earth. It drapes across the subarctic right around the world. ...

Jumbo Book of Art, The

By (author) Irene Luxbacher
Illustrated by Irene Luxbacher
Categories: Children's Nonfiction
Series: Jumbo Books

Youngsters enjoy a wonderful creativity that allows them to express themselves joyfully through art. As they get older the urge to create remains, but they may not believe they possess "real" artistic ...

The Kids Book of World Religions

By (author) Jennifer Glossop
Illustrated by John Mantha
Categories: Children's Nonfiction
Series: Kids Book of

By gaining a greater understanding of the cultures and beliefs of people around the world, children build respect and tolerance for the differences that make each of us unique. With objectivity and accessibility, ...

What`s the Matter with Albert?

The world knows Albert Einstein as one of the greatest thinkers and scientists of all time. What’s the Matter with Albert? introduces young readers to the life and character of this famous figure, telling ...

The Scoop on Poop

Did you know:

  • Elephants poop enough to fill the trunk of a family car … every day?
  • Fossilized poop is called coprolite and scientists have found coprolites even older than the dinosaurs?
  • Termite colonies ...

Bubblegum Delicious

By (author) Dennis Lee
Illustrated by David McPhail
Categories: Children’s / Teenage: Poetry

Bubblegum Delicious is a brand-new book of poetry from internationally acclaimed children’s author, Dennis Lee. Together with spectacular illustrations by David McPhail, the book is an important children’s ...

Penguins!

Renowned science writer Wayne Lynch has a passion and fascination for the members of the penguin family. A self-described "penguin addict," he has logged more than 130,000 miles to sit among hundreds, ...