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Caillou: The Silver Knight

A Heartwarming Story on the Importance of Family Ties

Caillou is disappointed when his friend Sarah gets sick and can't come over to play. To cheer him up, Daddy tells him the story of a great knight who ...

Mira and Baku

Par (auteur) Sara Truuvert
Illustré par Michelle Theodore
Catégories: Romans (Jeunesse)

A Quill & Quire Book of the Year

With the help of a magical friend, a young girl searches for her missing father in this poignant story set during Japanese Canadian incarceration in World War II.

It’s ...

My Name Is Seepeetza

Par (auteur) Shirley Sterling
Postface de Tomson Highway
Catégories: Romans (Jeunesse)

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. ...

Stealing Home

Par (auteur) J. Torres
Illustré par David Namisato
Catégories: Romans (Jeunesse)

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 ...

Some Creatures Have All the Luck!

Autre créateur principal I Musici de Montréal & Colm Feore
Par (auteur) Ana Gerhard
Illustré par Marie Lafrance
Catégories: Romans historiques (Jeunesse)
Séries: Little Stories of Great Composers

Travel through time following a charming little mouse called Minim, who happens to love cheese and music. With great courage, he braves a cold Venetian winter night to visit an orphanage. Luckily, it’s ...

My Indian

Par (auteur) Mi'sel Joe & Sheila O'Neill
Catégories: Romans (Jeunesse)
Séries: My Indian

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Africville

Par (auteur) Shauntay Grant
Illustré par Eva Campbell
Catégories: Romans historiques (Jeunesse)
Séries: Étagère Trottinette

Une jeune fille visite le site historique d’Africville à Halifax, en Nouvelle-Écosse. À quoi ressemblait la communauté ?
Des maisons aux couleurs vives, logées dans la colline ; des champs où ...

Clear Skies

It’s the summer of 1961, right in the midst of the US–Soviet space race, and eleven-year-old Arno is obsessed with everything to do with space. He has just one problem—Arno is claustrophobic. Instead ...

Town Is by the Sea

Par (auteur) Joanne Schwartz
Illustré par Sydney Smith
Catégories: Histoires du quotidien (Jeunesse)

Winner of CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal
Winner of the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award
A young boy wakes up to the sound of the sea, visits his grandfather’s grave after lunch and comes home ...

When We Were Alone

Par (auteur) David A. Robertson
Illustré par Julie Flett
Catégories: Romans (Jeunesse)

When a young girl helps tend to her grandmother’s garden, she begins to notice things that make her curious. Why does her grandmother have long, braided hair and beautifully coloured clothing? Why does ...