Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples

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Benny the Bananasaurus Rex

"Deliciously playful and imaginative."—Kirkus

Benny loves bananas. He eats them morning, noon, and night. He even rides a bike with a yellow banana seat. In fact, Benny has a secret, he hopes one day ...

My Name Is Seepeetza

An honest look at life in an Indian residential school in the 1950s, and how one indomitable young spirit survived it — 30th anniversary edition.

Seepeetza loves living on Joyaska Ranch with her family. ...

The Witness Blanket

For more than 150 years, thousands of Indigenous children were taken from their families and sent to residential schools across Canada.

Artist Carey Newman created the Witness Blanket to make sure that ...

Sky Wolf's Call

From healing to astronomy to our connection to the natural world, the lessons from Indigenous knowledge inform our learning and practices today.

How do knowledge systems get passed down over generations? ...

Kunoichi Bunny

The sun is out and the birds are chirping. It’s a beautiful day for Saya, her dad and her well-loved stuffed bunny, Kunoichi, to go to the park.

On their way, Saya stealthily stops a fight by flinging ...

J'aime ma ville

Qu’est-ce qui existe depuis au moins 4 500 ans ? Qu’est-ce que l’on retrouve sur tous les continents et sous toutes les latitudes ? Qu’est-ce qui regroupe plus de la moitié de la population mondiale ...

Stealing Home

When a boy struggles after moving to a Japanese internment camp during WWII, baseball shows him another way to approach life.

Sandy Saito is a happy boy who reads comic books and is obsessed with baseball ...

Anthony and the Gargoyle

A magical wordless story from two internationally renowned picture-book creators, about a boy and his young gargoyle friend who travel to Paris and find the gargoyle’s family at Notre Dame cathedral. ...

Trains

Super Explorers bring you interesting facts and full-colour photos all about big and fast trains.
• Trains can move freight and goods or people across the city or country.
• Early trains were pulled ...

Little Red Warrior and His Lawyer

Little Red Warrior is the last remaining member of the Little Red Warrior First Nation. One day, he discovers a development company has begun construction on his ancestral lands. In a fit of rage, Little ...