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Shin-chi's Canoe
Shi-shi-etko is about to return to residential school, but this time she is not alone — her six-year-old brother, Shin-chi, is going, too.
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The Field
From Robert Seethaler comes a tale of life and death and human connection, told through the voices of those who have passed on.
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to 7
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Love shines through in the sticky notes shared between a mother and daughter in this picture book about making time for family in our busy lives.
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and up
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That Night's Train
A young motherless girl becomes friends with a teacher who is writing a novel. A moving book about promises and the nature of stories.
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ages 10
and up
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and up
Amazonia
An authentically written and exquisitely illustrated book of indigenous tales from Brazil.
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{"id":6814253350971,"title":"Manual for Draft-Age Immigrants to Canada","handle":"manual-for-draftage-immigrants-to-canada","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn print for the first time since 1971, \u003ci\u003eManual for Draft-Age Immigrants to Canada\u003c\/i\u003e has once again become relevant in a time of major political upheaval in the United States of America.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1968 by House of Anansi Press, the \u003ci\u003eManual for Draft-Age Immigrants to Canada\u003c\/i\u003e was a handbook for Americans who refused to serve as draftees in the Vietnam War and were considering immigrating to Canada. 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Manual for Draft-Age Immigrants to Canada
A handbook for Americans who refused to serve as draftees in the Vietnam War and were considering immigrating to Canada, with new modern relevance.
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The Last Wave
An intergenerational saga that follows the life of Martha, a woman who has swum the English Channel ten times, and her complex relationships.
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Grant's evocative descriptions are perfectly matched in tone and timbre with Campbell's vibrant oil-and-pastel renderings of the town and its residents.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Booklist","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003e“The writing is spare but emotional, and the art brings the community to life. A loving tribute to a history that should not be forgotten.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Kirkus Reviews","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003e“[Shauntay] Grant’s perfectly paced free verse poetry has a gentle, hypnotic quality that flows through the narrative and invites the reader to savour each word and the myriad images the words evoke. Eva Campbell’s illustrations are bold, bright and filled with energy and motion. . . . [A] vivid portrait of what Africville once was.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAtlantic Books Today\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Atlantic Books Today","OtherText_Review_5":"\u003cp\u003e“The simplicity of [Shauntay Grant’s] story engages readers of all ages and backgrounds, and it brings to light a dark period in history in a completely accessible and very beautiful way. There is a melody to Grant’s poetry that entrances, and, when paired with Eva Campbell’s vivid illustrations, the former thriving community comes to life. . . . Africville is destined to become a picture book classic . . .” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCM: Canadian Review of Materials\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"CM: Canadian Review of Materials","OtherText_Review_6":"\u003cp\u003e“The reader travels on a special journey in both text and visual memories in Africville. . . . 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A powerful reimagination of what it was like to live in Africville in the 1960s through the eyes of a young girl.
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The Deleted World
A brilliant selection of poems by Nobel prize winner Tomas Tranströmer, translated from the Swedish by renowned Scottish poet Robin Robertson.
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Auntie Luce’s Talking Paintings
A Haitian American girl finds connection to generations of family lore in this story of identity, heart and home.
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The Tobacconist
Set in Austria in the 1930s, The Tobacconist tells the story of one young man and his friendship with Freud during the Nazi occupation of Vienna.
