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Lucy Tries Luge

Lucy Tries Luge

by Lisa Bowes, illustrated by James Hearne
edition:eBook
also available: Paperback Audiobook
tagged : winter sports, new experience

Lucy has a new luge sled, but she isn’t sure about this unique sliding sport.

You have to lie on your back and steer with your legs? The luge track’s twists and turns look pretty scary too. But with her parents’ support and a bit of courage, Lucy jumps on her sled for a speedy adventure!

Lucy Tries Luge is the first book in the Lucy Tries Sports series, which aims to promote physical literacy and encourage young readers to get involved in sports. Research shows that developing fundamental mo …

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More Blueberries!

More Blueberries!

by Susan Musgrave, illustrated by Esperança Melo
edition:Hardcover
also available: eBook
tagged : cooking & food, siblings

These young twins can't get enough of their favorite snack—and they aren't the only ones!

With playful rhyming text from award-winning poet Susan Musgrave and gorgeous illustrations by Esperança Melo, this exuberant board book will delight little ones and have everyone happily shouting, "More blueberries!"

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Blueberry cheeks, blueberry chin
Blueberry teeth, blueberry grin

Blueberry fingers, blueberry nose
Blueberry lips, blueberry toes

Yummy! Tasty!
More blueberries!

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My Life Before Me

My Life Before Me

by Norah McClintock
edition:Paperback
also available: eBook Audiobook
tagged : prejudice & racism, orphans & foster homes, mysteries & detective stories

Cady has always wanted to be a reporter, like her hero Nellie Bly, so after a fire burns down the orphanage she lives in, she’s ready to leave small-town Ontario and make her mark as a newspaperwoman.

A crumbling newspaper clipping leads her to Orrenstown, Indiana, where her investigation into a long-ago murder earns her a hard lesson in race relations. Smart and determined, and more than a little headstrong, Cady pokes a stick into a wasp’s nest of lies, dirty politics, corrupt law enforceme …

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My Life Before Me

My Life Before Me

by Norah McClintock
edition:eBook
also available: Paperback
tagged : orphans & foster homes, prejudice & racism, mysteries & detective stories

Cady has always wanted to be a reporter, like her hero Nellie Bly, so after a fire burns down the orphanage she lives in, she’s ready to leave small-town Ontario and make her mark as a newspaperwoman.

A crumbling newspaper clipping leads her to Orrenstown, Indiana, where her investigation into a long-ago murder earns her a hard lesson in race relations. Smart and determined, and more than a little headstrong, Cady pokes a stick into a wasp’s nest of lies, dirty politics, corrupt law enforceme …

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The Night Thief

The Night Thief

A Cedric O'Toole Mystery
by Barbara Fradkin
edition:Paperback
also available: eBook
tagged : crime, suspense

The Night Thief is the third novel in a series featuring reluctant sleuth Cedric O’Toole.

Simple country handyman Cedric O’Toole relies on his organic vegetable garden to supplement his meager income, so he’s upset when vegetables begin disappearing. After several futile attempts to protect the garden, he stakes it out one night with his shotgun and spots a shadowy figure running into the woods. Cedric follows and finds a young boy living rough on his land. The boy has never been taught to …

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The Night Thief

The Night Thief

A Cedric O'Toole Mystery
by Barbara Fradkin
edition:eBook
also available: Paperback
tagged : suspense, crime

The Night Thief is the third novel in a series featuring reluctant sleuth Cedric O’Toole.

Simple country handyman Cedric O’Toole relies on his organic vegetable garden to supplement his meager income, so he’s upset when vegetables begin disappearing. After several futile attempts to protect the garden, he stakes it out one night with his shotgun and spots a shadowy figure running into the woods. Cedric follows and finds a young boy living rough on his land. The boy has never been taught to …

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Not For Sale

Not For Sale

by Sara Cassidy & Helen Flook
edition:Paperback
also available: eBook
tagged : new experience, siblings, adoption

When ten-year-old Cyrus sees a For Sale sign plunged into his front lawn, it’s a complete and utter disaster.

Usually, his younger brother, Rudy, is the scaredy-cat, but for the first time in his life, Cyrus is terrified. He’s lived at 637 Petunia Boulevard since he came to live with his adoptive mom and dad at two months old. Won’t he go hurtling into outer space without these four familiar walls to hold him in? Luckily, Cyrus has a few sneaky tricks up his sleeve to stop this moving busin …

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Not For Sale

Not For Sale

by Sara Cassidy & Helen Flook
edition:eBook
also available: Paperback
tagged : new experience, siblings, adoption

When ten-year-old Cyrus sees a For Sale sign plunged into his front lawn, it’s a complete and utter disaster.

Usually, his younger brother, Rudy, is the scaredy-cat, but for the first time in his life, Cyrus is terrified. He’s lived at 637 Petunia Boulevard since he came to live with his adoptive mom and dad at two months old. Won’t he go hurtling into outer space without these four familiar walls to hold him in? Luckily, Cyrus has a few sneaky tricks up his sleeve to stop this moving busin …

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