Melanie Florence
2) Just Lucky
Author
Publisher
Second Story Press
Language
English
Description
"Lucky loves her grandparents, and they are all the family she really has. True, her grandma forgets things... like turning off the stove, or Lucky's name. But her grandpa takes such good care of them that Lucky doesn't realize how bad things are. That is until he's gone. When her grandma accidentally sets the kitchen on fire, Lucky can't hide what's happening any longer, and she is sent into foster care. She quickly learns that some foster families...
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English
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In this middle-grade novel, Lo's best friend, Jazz, is ditching her for the popular crowd, makeup and boys. But when Lo finds new friends who share her love of comics and Doctor Who, she discovers her voice-and the confidence to speak up for what's right.
Who would ditch cosplay and Doctor Who for bras and boys?
In this funny yet moving coming-of-age novel, a girl finds comfort, and eventually her voice, by writing letters to The Doctor from her...
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Series
Language
English
Description
Buddy wants to prove to his big brother that he is not a scared little kid anymore.
For as long as Buddy can remember, there has been a rumour that the local theme park is haunted. After a fight with his brother, he convinces his friends that they should sneak into the park and spend the night. That way, everyone will know how brave they are. But can Buddy and his friends avoid the guards and the cameras and whatever is haunting the theme park?...
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Language
English
Description
In this rainy-day story, a thunderstorm evokes a boy's family traditions.
Benjamin loves the rain. He loves splashing through puddles and watching a rainbow's colors as they ripple around his feet. But most of all, Benjamin loves thunder. To him, thunder - piyêsiwak - sounds like his grandfather's drum. It calls to him, like songs his grandfather plays while his father and other powwow dancers spin and step in time. Benjamin listens to the thunder...
Author
Publisher
Second Story Press
Pub. Date
2019
Language
Cree
Description
The dual language edition, in Plains Cree and English, of Stolen Words, the award-winning story of the beautiful relationship between a little girl and her grandfather. When she asks her grandfather how to say something in Cree, he tells her that his language was stolen from him when he was a boy. The little girl then sets out to help her grandfather find his language again. This sensitive and warmly illustrated picture book explores the intergenerational...
8) Sans Nimâmâ
Author
Publisher
ÉDitions Des Plaines
Pub. Date
2018
Language
Français
Formats
Description
Prix TD 2016 Une jeune femme — une Autochtone parmi tant d'autres portées disparues au Canada — veille sur son enfant qui doit grandir sans sa nimâmâ. La mère observe de loin les étapes importantes de la vie de sa fille — sa première journée d'école, sa première soirée dansante, la rencontre de son premier ami de coeur, le jour de son mariage, la naissance de son enfant.
Sans Nimâmâ est une histoire riche d'amour, mais...
9) Stolen words
Author
Publisher
Second Story Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A look at the intergenerational impact of Canada's residential school system that separated Indigenous children from their families and the beautiful, healing relationship between a little girl and her grandfather.
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Multiple
Description
"Benjamin loves the rain. He loves splashing in puddles and kicking the droplets. And most of all, he loves the sound of thunder because it reminds him of the drum his grandfather plays at powwow. There's nothing better than being outside in the rain, enjoying all the colors and sounds of the storm -- until the lightning comes. Benjamin doesn't like the lightning at all! But when he closes his eyes and listens to the sound of the thunder, he imagines...
Author
Series
Gallic noir ; 3
Publisher
Gallic Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Garnier's grisly short novels weave a profound and darkly comic tapestry of human experience. Volume 3 includes: The Eskimo Solution, which combines the story of a struggling writer with excerpts of the crime novel he's writing, which will spill over into his own life; Low Heights, in which a cantankerous retiree falls for his nurse and finds himself confronted with a man claiming to be his long-lost son . . . but the family reunion is threatened...
