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Top Grade Fall 2015 Selections (K-8)

Created by Top Grade on August 24, 2015
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New titles for children published in fall 2015.
Bagels on Board!

Bagels on Board!

by Joan Betty Stuchner, illustrated by Dave Whamond
edition:Paperback
also available: eBook eBook
tagged : dogs, mysteries & detective stories, humorous stories

All aboard! The Bernsteins are heading off on a cruise, and Aunt Sharon offers to take care of the family pets, Lox (the fish), Creamcheese (the cat) and Bagels, an energetic puppy with a talent for escaping.

Trouble is, Bagels is up to his usual disappearing act. When he turns up unexpectedly on the cruise ship, Josh and his little sister, Becky, must keep Bagels hidden. But when an onboard mystery begins to unfold involving two potential spies and a mysterious woman with a secret envelope, Bage …

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What's the Buzz?

What's the Buzz?

Keeping Bees in Flight
by Merrie-Ellen Wilcox
edition:Hardcover
also available: eBook
tagged : insects, spiders, etc., environmental science & ecosystems, environmental conservation & protection

All over the world, bee colonies are dwindling, but everyone can do something to help save the bees, from buying local honey to growing a bee-friendly garden.

Whether they live alone or together, in a hive or in a hole in the ground, bees do some of the most important work on the planet: pollinating plants. What’s the Buzz? celebrates the magic of bees—from swarming to dancing to making honey—and encourages readers to do their part to keep the hives alive.

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West Meadows Detectives: The Case of the Snack Snatcher

West Meadows Detectives: The Case of the Snack Snatcher

by Liam O'Donnell, illustrated by Aurélie Grand
edition:Hardcover
also available: eBook Paperback
tagged : mysteries & detective stories, friendship, school & education, special needs

Meet Myron: a third-grade detective who loves logic, facts and solving mysteries. He does not love new things. Unfortunately, everything is new this year: Myron has a new baby sister, his family has moved across town, and now he’s starting his first day at a new school. But when the school kitchen is burgled, leaving the morning snacks nowhere to be found, Myron gets his chance to crack the case with help from his classmates from Resource Room 15.
Myron’s unique perspective from the autism s …

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Bad Pirate

Bad Pirate

by Kari-Lynn Winters, illustrated by Dean Griffiths
edition:Hardcover
tagged : pirates, values & virtues, self-esteem & self-reliance

Her pirate-captain father reminds her to be bold and saucy and selfish, but Augusta can’t help being shy, polite, and helpful; in short, a bad pirate. But when a terrible storm puts the crew in danger, Augusta is bold enough to be true to herself and show that a good pirate can be selfless, too.

Barnacle Garrick is bold and saucy and selfish. And for a pirate captain, that’s good, very good. And his crew are all scurvy sea dogs—selfish down to the last fleabitten scuttle-butt. And that’s …

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Captain Barnacle Garrick was bad natured and horrible, which most pirates would say was good--very good. Augusta Garrick was good natured and helpful, which most pirates would say was bad--very bad.

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The Way to School

The Way to School

by Rosemary McCarney, with Plan International
edition:Hardcover
also available: eBook
tagged : school & education, africa, asia

Minimal text and stunning photographs from around the world describe the remarkable, and often dangerous, journeys children make every day on their way to and from school. No simple school bus picks them up each day, but rather children travel through disaster zones, cross rapids, climb mountains, and maneuver on ziplines daily to get to the classroom. Some of them even carry their desks!

In this beautiful picture book for young readers, every image and spread speaks to the desire for an educatio …

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44 Hours or Strike!

44 Hours or Strike!

by Anne Dublin
edition:Paperback
also available: eBook
tagged : post-confederation (1867-), prejudice & racism, emigration & immigration, self-esteem & self-reliance

The Toronto Dressmakers’ Strike of 1931 brings young sisters Sophie and Rose together in their fight for better working conditions, decent wages, and for their union. It’s a tough battle as distrust and resentment of immigrants is growing, with many people blaming their poverty and difficulties on these workers. Sophie and Rose are faced with unexpected — and sometimes violent — barriers, and they quickly find that a strike is more than just a march.

Barely into the strike, Rose is impri …

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Through Flood and Fire

Through Flood and Fire

A Second Barr Colony Adventure
by Anne Patton
edition:Paperback
tagged : emigration & immigration

After travelling thousands of miles, Dorothy Bolton is still getting used to her new home in Canada — and on the prairies no less. The Barr Colonists who arrived with Dorothy and her family are getting restless. Fires and floods consume homes and resources, and many promises made to them before leaving England have proven false.

But Dorothy's father has always dreamed of having his own farm. So, with the help of Dorothy, her family, and a community that comes together despite their different ba …

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Ghost Most Foul

Ghost Most Foul

by Patti Grayson
edition:Paperback
tagged : horror & ghost stories

Summer has just been made captain of her junior high school basketball team when her coach is “lost' in a plane crash.

Returning to school, Summer discovers: a) the most popular all-star player's step-dad is now the coach, and he's a jerk b) the team's already working hard to lump her in with the team “loser', Dodie, and c) she can see the woeful ghost of Coach Nola when she plays ball.

Although Dodie's keen to help Summer work on the ghost problem “and turns out to be a quick thinkerwho's g …

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