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Louis Jolliet possédait de multiples talents. Après des études au Séminaire de Québec et un voyage en France pour parfaire ses connaissances en cartographie, il revient en Nouvelle-France, décidé à faire sa marque. Peu de temps après son retour,l'aventurier effectue sa première expédition entre Québec et les Grands Lacs pour faire le commerce des fourrures. Mais c'est en 1673, quand il découvre le Mississippi en compagnie du père Marquette,...
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Tout jeune, Kondiaronk, dit le Rat, se fait remarquer par son habileté au combat, sa passion pour la politique et sa capacité à captiver son auditoire. Reconnu comme chef dans sa tribu, il occupe rapidement un rle important dans la grande nation autochtone. En 1701, après plusieurs années de guerre, alors que débutent les pourparlers de paix entre les Autochtones et les dignitaires de la Nouvelle-France, Kondiaronk fait entendre sa voix. Un...
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Un album infiniment touchant qui relate un fait vécu. Dans les années 1950, en Chine, les oiseaux mangeaient les récoltes. Pour protéger les moissons, l'État décida de les chasser en organisant d'immenses tintamarres destinés à leur faire peur. Résultat : la campagne se retrouva sans oiseaux et sans vie. Les champs, qui autrefois foisonnaient de céréales, de légumes et de fruits, se retrouvent envahis par des hordes grouillantes d'insectes....
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A Tale of Two Kitties celebrates that while each of us is unique, we're similar in all the ways that truly matter. Mittens and Boots have nothing in common. Nada. Zilch. Okay, maybe they live in the same house, but sharing is NOT in their vocabulary. They each have their own food bowls, bathing rituals, and bad habits. And they like it that way. Life is glorious until IT arrives, replacing their usual cozy armchairs.
The loveseat.
PAW-lease. This...
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A war from far across the ocean washed up onto our new country's shore.
I wish that I could skip this chapter of the story, darling. Just as you may want to skip parts of your own life story in time. But, you see, one mustn't do that. You need to know your darkness to know your light.
And I can see so much light in you.
So I'll keep going through the dark.
Framed as a conversation between a grandmother and the reader, Shizue's Path follows...
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When twelve year old Birch learns the rare clock gene she inherited from her grandmother allows her to time travel, she's not excited, she's terrified! After all, Birch has a dismal track record when it comes to succeeding at new endeavors. But when she agrees to try and grant her beloved Gran's last wish by traveling back to 1894 Ontario, Canada on behalf of animal welfare, she discovers amazing things not only about herself but about the power of...
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For any child who loves art, it would be the gift of a lifetime to be able to study with a great contemporary artist. This delightful story-poem recreates the wonderful world of "the art room," where famous Northwest Coast painter Emily Carr taught drawing and painting to children to support herself in the early 1900s. Filled with Carr's love of animals, her insistence on painting from life and nature, and the sense of fun and freedom that she inspired...
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In the sequel to Discovering Emily, Emily Carr is determined to become an artist. But her parents have died, and she and her siblings are ruled by the iron-willed eldest, Dede. Dede is more concerned with decorum than with ridiculous dreams and is not averse to punishing Emily severely. In the face of such resistance, and in the conservative climate of nineteenth-century Victoria, Emily must find a way to make her dream come true.
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In 1955, girls who played hockey were rare, and there was no chance for them to play on a boy's team. But Abby Hoffman, a nine-year-old girl with a short haircut, supportive parents, and plenty of bravado, manages to bluff her way onto the all-star team in the boy's league. If her secret is discovered, she'll fight to keep the place she's earned on her team. Inspired by the real-life Abby Hoffman's story.
10) Go Home Bay
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In 1914, Tom Thomson spent the summer at a family cottage on Lake Huron's Georgian Bay, where he taught the ten-year-old daughter, Helen, how to paint. Author Susan Vande Griek and illustrator Pascal Milelli have imagined this time through Helen's eyes, providing an intriguing glimpse into the famous painter's life. Helen and her father greet their visitor on the rocks of West Wind Island. She is fascinated by everything about him - his canoe full...
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Renowned Cree painter Allen Sapp's inspired and stunning artwork beautifully complements this sweet story of a young First Nations boy preparing for his first pow-wow. The young boy's Nokum-his beloved grandmother-guides him through the exciting day and watches over him as events unfold. David Bouchard's rhythmic and informative text is based on remembrances from Allen Sapp's childhood.
Winner of the Governor General's Literacy Award, The Song Within...
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A picture book blending a sweet fairy tale with the realness of immigration, inspired by the author-illustrator's own experiences moving to a new home.
Emma lives on the grey, cold, lonely side of a wall, where people speak in whispers and no flowers grow. On the other side, there is happiness and color, but she can never go there. When Emma's parents disappear, she is sent to live with her Aunt Lily, who, "just like the land withered from lack of...
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Autrefois, Madame Pauline adorait lire, et se lançait à coeur déployé dans les jardins de mots, o elle se promenait au milieu des trésors, déesses et dinosaures. Mais le temps passe et Madame Pauline n'a plus le coeur à se promener toute seule. À quoi bon cueillir une fleur s'il n'y a personne avec qui la sentir? C'est sans compter le jardinier de mots et ses iles pleines de chevaliers, chocolat et de pyjamas, qui va traverser l'océan pour...
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Harry Jerome is one of Canada's forgotten heroes. From a skinny little kid growing up in St. Boniface, Manitoba, he rose to become "the fastest man in the world," a title he held for an incredible eight years. He achieved this, despite having to battle the prejudices he and his family had to overcome, on account of their African-Canadian heritage.
In this engaging and inspiring novel, acclaimed children's writer Norma Charles has woven together Harry's...
15) Africville
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À quoi ressemblait la communauté? Des maisons aux couleurs vives, logées dans la colline; des champs où les garçons jouaient au football; un étang où les en- fants faisaient du rafting; la pêche en abondance; des immenses feux de joie...La jeune fille sort de sa rêverie; elle visite le parc historique actuel et le cadran solaire où le nom de son arrière-grand mère est gravé dans la pierre, et célèbre un jour d'été...
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George Bowering was born in Penticton, where his great-grandfather Willis Brinson lived, and Bowering has never been all that far from the Okanagan Valley in his heart and imagination. Early in the twenty-first century, he was made a permanent citizen of Oliver. Bowering has family up and down the Valley, and he goes there as often as he can. He has been asked during his many visits to Okanagan bookstores over the years to publish a collection of...
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A warm and witty portrait of child prodigy and world-famous classical musician Glenn Gould. Glenn was a child who knew his own mind -- he liked boats but did not like fishing; he enjoyed puns and pranks but did not like bullying; he loved learning but did not like school ... but more than anything else he loved to play the piano. Glenn had a professional performing career by the time he was fifteen; he gave concerts all over the world in his twenties....
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It's 1977, and 10-year-old Tina couldn't be happier about her life. Not because she just moved to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, but because she's finally old enough to make her dream come true: she can play on a real hockey team. But when she tries to join the league, she learns that girls aren't allowed to play on the boys' team-and there's no team for girls.
Despite jeers from classmates and cruelty from some of the town's adults, Tina is determined to...
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In the summer of 1883, a famous clipper ship ran aground off the coast of Prince Edward Island near the home of a young girl named Lucy Maud Montgomery. Lucy Maud, who became one of Canada's most beloved writers, wrote about the grand adventure in her journals and reflected on it years later in her notebooks. The town of Cavendish was transformed by the presence of the crew, and the ship's captain stayed with Lucy Maud and her strait-laced grandparents....
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