Age: Picture Book

The Great Bear

By Book Importer | Published: August 15, 2011

Once there was a dancing circus bear who spent her days in a cold, hard cage. Each night she was led to the town square, where acrobats, trapeze artists, and clowns performed for a boisterous crowd. The bear performed, too, year in and year out, lifting her feet and swaying to the music of trumpets, [...]

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I Can Say Please

By Book Importer | Published: August 15, 2011

A delightful picnic between friends is made even sweeter by the ‘magic word’. Learning how to say please was never so much fun.

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When I Love You at Christmas

By Book Importer | Published: August 15, 2011

Simply tie the front and back covers of this 14-page board book together, and get ready to celebrate! The two envelopes inside contain everything you need to decorate: sheets of stickers, shiny paper, and ornaments to cut out and color, plus tips for creating even more decorations for your very own tree.

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I Love to Sing

By Book Importer | Published: August 15, 2011

Ollie loves to sing. He loves to sing in his bed or in the park. He loves to sing with his dog, Fred. In this sweet, engaging picture book, Ollie celebrates singing, friendship and fun.

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I Love to Dance

By Book Importer | Published: August 15, 2011

Ollie loves to dance. He loves to dance in his room and in the leaves. He loves to dance with his dog, Fred. In this sweet, engaging picture book, Ollie celebrates dancing, friendship and fun.

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When Apples Grew Noses and White Horses Flew

By Book Importer | Published: August 15, 2011

In these three imaginative stories, Jan Andrews introduces us to Quebec’s traditional folktale hero, Ti-Jean. He’s an endearing character who is both wise and foolish, and though he does find himself in hard situations (often of his own making), in the end, he somehow manages to do what needs to be done. In “Ti-Jean and [...]

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The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School

By Book Importer | Published: August 15, 2011

When a class leaves for recess, their just-baked Gingerbread Man is left behind. But he’s a smart cookie and heads out to find them. He’ll run, slide, skip, and (after a mishap with a soccer ball) limp as fast as he can because: “I can catch them! I’m their Gingerbread Man!” With help from the [...]

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The Flying Canoe: A Christmas Story

By Book Importer | Published: August 15, 2011

One frosty Christmas Eve in the Canadian wilderness, six homesick fur traders are visited by a mysterious stranger. the man claims that he can send them home to faraway Montreal that very night, but on one condition: they must not utter a word until they reach their homes. Agreeing to the terms, the fur traders [...]

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Migrant

By Book Importer | Published: August 15, 2011

Migrant farmers and their families represent an ever-growing body of laborers around the world. They are used as cheap labor but most of them are not allowed to settle down, integrate into their host countries and become citizens with full rights. This is of course devastating to their children. Among these groups are the Mennonites [...]

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City Numbers

By Book Importer | Published: August 15, 2011

Joanne Schwartz and Matt Beam have discovered numbers in many different forms all over the city. They are on houses and apartment buildings, on store windows and doors, on trucks and garbage bins, on sidewalks and parking spots. They are printed, spray-painted, molded in plastic, chiseled in stone, stamped on vinyl, even torched into metal. [...]

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