Age: Canada

Materials from Canada

Spud Sweetgrass

By Book Importer | Published: April 3, 2012

Suspended from school for cussing at a mean teacher, John “Spud”’ Sweetgrass at least still has his job selling french fries from a curbside “chip wagon.” But he notices that something stinks — literally. It’s the smell of rancid cooking oil at a polluted Ottawa beach. His suspicions aroused, Spud follows Dumper Stubbs, a creepy [...]

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Mr. And Mrs. Bunny: Detectives Extraordinaire!

By Book Importer | Published: April 3, 2012

In this hilarious chapter book mystery, meet a girl whose parents have been kidnapped by disreputable foxes, and a pair of detectives that also happen to be bunnies! When Madeline gets home from school one afternoon to discover that her parents have gone missing, she sets off to find them. So begins a once-in-a-lifetime adventure [...]

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Count Your Way Through Canada

By Book Importer | Published: March 29, 2012

These beautifully illustrated, interactive picture books introduce children to foreign cultures and languages.

Other Descriptors: Americas, Concept Book, Early Years (ages 2-6), Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Themes: , , » Leave a comment

The Mummer’s Song

By Book Importer | Published: March 29, 2012

Don’t seem like Christmas if the mummers are not here, Granny would say as she knit in her chair.  Things have done modern, I’s pose that’s the cause.  Christmas is not like it was. But on a cold, clear Newfoundland night shortly after Christmas, several outlandishly costumed mummers do appear and Granny’s house suddenly erupts [...]

Other Descriptors: Americas, Folklore, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction » Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Rude Ramsay And The Roaring Radishes

By Book Importer | Published: March 29, 2012

In Rude Ramsay and the Roaring Radishes, bestselling author Margaret Atwood offers a delightfully ridiculous tale about the virtues of resisting restrictions.  Rude Ramsay has reached the end of his rope!  Sick of dining on rock-hard rice, rubbery ribs, wrinkled ravioli, and raw rhinoceros, Ramsay and Ralph the red- nosed rat resolve to leave their [...]

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Such A Prince

By Book Importer | Published: March 29, 2012

An opinionated, love-starved princess. Her status-conscious parents. Two muscular, but rude, hunks. Their kind, thoughtful brother. Three not-so-perfect peaches. An impossible challenge. And a whole lot of rabbits! Told from the point of view of a very untraditional fairy, this hilarious version of “The Three Peaches” shines a new light on the traditional tale and [...]

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What Time Is It, Mr. Wolf?

By Book Importer | Published: March 29, 2012

This delightfully illustrated book introduces children to the concept of time through the mishaps and misdaventures of Mr. Wolf.  the Story traces the escapades of the bumbling Mr. Wolf as he pursues Mouse and Squirrel through their daily activities.  A large clock accompanies each activity, representing the passage of time.  Bob Beeson’s vivid pen and [...]

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The Wolf Of Gubbio

By Book Importer | Published: March 29, 2012

At night we lay in bed and listened to the howl of the wolf on the hill. In sleep, we saw his shadow slink along the moonlit wall as the great beast circled the town.No one in Gubbio is safe from the monstrous wolf that stalks them. The townsfolk, armed with pitchforks, travel in groups [...]

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A Circle Of Cats

By Book Importer | Published: March 29, 2012

One a quiet day, when the wind was still, the creek could be heard all the way up to where the old beech stood.  Under its branches, cats would come to dream and be dreamed.  Black cats and calicos, white cats and marmalade ones, too.  But they hadn’t yet gathered the day the orphan girl [...]

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Get Out of Bed!

By Book Importer | Published: March 3, 2012

Amy’s mother, father, brother, and the school principal use very unusual measures to try to get the sleepy girl out of bed.

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