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Top Grade: K-8 Selections, Fall 2019

Created by Top Grade on September 19, 2019
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Top Grade: CanLit for the Classroom highlights the best of Canadian literature for children.
No Girls Allowed

No Girls Allowed

Inspired by the True Story of a Girl Who Fought for her Right to Play
by Natalie Corbett Sampson
edition:Paperback
also available: eBook
tagged : hockey, prejudice & racism, girls & women, canada

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 play. She wants it more than anything. With th …

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The Grizzly Mother

The Grizzly Mother

by Hetxw’ms Gyetxw Brett D. Huson, illustrated by Natasha Donovan
edition:eBook
also available: Hardcover
tagged : native canadian, bears, environmental science & ecosystems, seasons

Book two in the award-winning Mothers of Xsan series, The Grizzly Mother uses striking illustration and lyrical language to bring the poetry of the Xsan ecosystem to life.

To the Gitxsan people of Northwestern British Columbia, the grizzly is an integral part of the natural landscape. Together, they share the land and forests that the Skeena River runs through, as well as the sockeye salmon within it. Follow mother bear as she teaches her cubs what they need to survive on their own.

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Under Pressure

Under Pressure

The Science of Stress
by Tanya Lloyd Kyi, illustrated by Marie-Ève Tremblay
edition:Hardcover
tagged : anatomy & physiology, emotions & feelings, self-esteem & self-reliance

Adolescents are no strangers to stress. Here's a book just for them that explores the science behind that sweaty, heart-racing, under-pressure feeling they sometimes get as they struggle to navigate their changing world. It covers the fight-or-flight reaction to sudden danger, how people cope with chronic stress, how trauma can affect the brain, the ways athletes put pressure to work and the surprising treatments scientists have found for stress in everyday life. By examining how pressure affect …

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