Category: Book of the Month

By Kwame AlexanderISBN #9781501949098 I LOVED this book.  It made me laugh.  It made me cry.  It made me appreciate the power of literature in helping us make sense of our lives.  Kwame Alexander tells a story through poetry and makes the pain of loss palpable.  Love of a supportive family and friendship helps Charlie…

ISBN # 1450807054 When one considers the art of encouraging early literacy skills, the consideration is generally laden with fond memories of curling up with mom, a cozy blanket, and that iconic bedtime story. The story may change, but one certainly does not usually imagine a journey through the human nervous system, or into the…

By Margriet RuursPublished by Kids Can PressISBN #978-1-77138-047-8 A quote by Malala Yousafzai frame this book in a wonderful way. “I don’t mind if I have to sit on the floor at school.  All I want is an education.” Margriet Ruurs provides an overview of schools around the world that we don’t always read about…

A List of Information Books to Check out Over the Summer! Ages 5-8 In the Bag! Margaret Knight Wraps it Up by Monica Kulling, illustrated by David Parkins The Little Yellow Bottle by Angele Delaunois Look at that Building! A First Book of Structures by Scot Ritchie Loon by Susan Vande Griek, illustrated by Karen…

By Paul YeePublished by Scholastic Canada Limited, 2010ISBN #978-0-545-98593-2 “March 27 Ba gave me back my eighteen coins, and jingled another handful of them. “Surprised?” he sneered. “I won back every coin I lost, and took even more. Watch me and learn! A man with money, he must make it grow. He has to take…

By Paul YeePublished by Groundwood BooksISBN #978-1-55498-094-9 Author Paul Yee has become well-known for his award-winning books such as Ghost Train and The Bone Collector’s Son, which feature Chinese-Canadian characters. Set in Toronto, Money Boy features protagonist Ray Liu, an 18-year old Chinese immigrant who battles with identity and acceptance. Despite the fact he has…

By Sarah EllisPublished by Scholastic ISBN #978-0-545-98073-9 AN EXCERPT:   May 1, 1912 Father and Mother met with the principal this morning. I am not allowed to go to school for the rest of the year due to my shocking behaviour yesterday in the schoolyard. I am to do my lessons at home. This afternoon…

This annotated bibliography focuses on twenty-two picturebooks and four articles that feature environmental awareness and promote a healthy relationship with nature.   Aston, Dianna and Long, Sylvia. A Seed is Sleepy. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2007.             This beautifully illustrated information book is by the team that created An Egg is Quiet. Ink and watercolour…

By Gordon LightfootPublished by Groundwood Books/House of Anasi Press, 2010ISBN #978-0-88899-953-5 Gordon Lightfoot’s original lyrics, written in 1967, grace this beautifully illustrated book as pure Canadian poetry. Lines such as “On the mountaintops we stand/All the world at our command/We have opened up the soil/With our teardrops and our toil/For there was a time in…

“The charity worker opened the first-aid kit and ripped open packets of gauze with her teeth. ‘Hold this!’ She pulled in volunteers to put pressure on the wound and carry the man to the truck. Abdul could tell from the cries and the noise of pounding boots that the CRS, [the security police] were almost…