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Top Grade Fall 2013 Selections (K-8)

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The latest publications for elementary school students, published by independent, Canadian publishers.
Phenomenal Female Entrepreneurs

Phenomenal Female Entrepreneurs

by Jill Bryant
edition:Paperback
also available: eBook
tagged : science & technology, women

This collection of biographies profiles ten creative business leaders who have proven that entrepreneurial women can not only succeed in business, they can also bring about positive change. Against all odds, African-American Madam C.J. Walker, born in 1867, became a self-made millionaire who promoted civil rights and opposed racism. Designer Dorothy Shaver, The Body Shop founder, Dame Anita Roddick, and high-finance expert Naina Lal Kidwai built businesses based on integrity, responsibility and …

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Down To Earth

Down To Earth

How Kids Help Feed the World
by Nikki Tate
edition:Hardcover
also available: Paperback eBook
tagged : agriculture, environmental conservation & protection, farm animals

Kids all over the world help collect seeds, weed gardens, milk goats and herd ducks.

From a balcony garden with pots of lettuce to a farm with hundreds of cows, kids can pitch in to bring the best and freshest products to their families' tables—and to market. Loaded with accessible information about the many facets of farming, Down to Earth takes a close look at everything from what an egg carton tells you to why genetic diversity matters—even to kids.

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When Children Play

When Children Play

The Story of Right to Play
by Gina McMurchy-Barber
edition:Hardcover
tagged : self-esteem & self-reliance, values & virtues

An orphaned girl in a Ugandan refugee camp. A former child soldier in the Sudan. When survival is the priority, something as simple and normal as play seems to be a luxury that these children can do without. But Right to Play is changing that perception. Founded in 2000 by Norwegian Olympic medalist Johann Olav Koss, Right to Play begins at the grassroots community level, using sports and games to teach at-risk and underprivileged children around the world important values like self-esteem, empa …

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Brovko's Amazing Journey

Brovko's Amazing Journey

by Larry Warwaruk
edition:Paperback
tagged : dogs

Join Brovko on a wild adventureOall the way to a brand new world! Can Brovko's family really be leaving him behind as they go to make a new life in Canada? 12-year-old Andrei is furious and upset at having to leave his wonderful companion behind n and Brovko isn't happy either. He tries to make the best of life with a new family, but it soon becomes clear what he has to do: find a way to get to Canada himself and be reunited with his true owner. With a little help from a mysterious hermit, Brovk …

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Taking the Reins

Taking the Reins

by Dayle Gaetz
edition:Paperback
tagged : horses

A new life in Canada! What could be better? Plenty of land to farm and even gold to be found in the hills! WellOexcept Katherine's parents aren't farmers. Having spent everything on sailing from England to Canada and setting up their homestead, they're struggling to make ends meet. In fact, Katherine's going to have to sell her horse because the cost of keeping her is just too high. And as for Emma, the promise of gold is nothing but bad luck. Her father left her and her mother back inEngland wh …

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Running Scared

Running Scared

by Beverley Terrell-Deutsch
edition:Paperback
also available: eBook
tagged : death & dying

Gregory loves numbers — they don't change and he can count on them, literally.
Numbers also keep Gregory's mind off his father who died in a car crash. Ever since, Gregory has not been able to return to the accident scene despite the fact that it lies directly on the way to school. It has become an obstacle of the heart and mind, a physical space that he avoids at all costs. But his new route to school holds other obstacles — even a big terrifying dog. So finally, when circumstances start to …

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The Strange Gift of Gwendolyn Golden

The Strange Gift of Gwendolyn Golden

The Night Flyer's Handbook
by Philippa Dowding
edition:Paperback
also available: eBook
tagged : fantasy & magic, self-esteem & self-reliance, adolescence

This morning, I woke up on the ceiling …

So begins the strange story of Gwendolyn Golden. One perfectly ordinary day for no apparent reason, she wakes up floating around her room like one of her little brother’s Batman balloons.

Puberty is weird enough. Everyone already thinks she’s an oddball with anger issues because her father vanished in a mysterious storm one night when she was six. Then there are the mean, false rumours people are spreading about her at school. On top of all that, now …

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The Hidden Agenda of Sigrid Sugden

The Hidden Agenda of Sigrid Sugden

by Jill MacLean
edition:Paperback
also available: eBook
tagged : bullying, values & virtues, parents

A new novel in the award-winning Travis Keating/Prinny Murphy series.

Sigrid Sugden is a Shrike, a member of one of the toughest group of girls in school. They are experts at blackmail, extortion and bullying their terrorized classmates.

But one day, the Shrikes go too far. Sigrid realizes that their favourite victim, Prinny Murphy, is in real danger. She makes a decision that will save Prinny from danger but will turn the Shrikes anger and bullying against the former friend who betrayed them to …

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