Age: Canada

Materials from Canada

Luz Sees The Light

By Book Importer | Published: October 3, 2011

Change is in the air. Power outages are increasing, and gas prices are soaring. At first, 12-year-old Luz balks, hardly thrilled by the prospect of actually having to walk to the mall. But Luz doesn’t mope for long. After all, her name — pronounced “loose” — means “light.” Soon, this intelligent and spirited chica begins [...]

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Motion, Magnets and More

By Book Importer | Published: October 3, 2011

Where do the bubbles come from in a piece of cake? Why do triangles make a structure stronger? And how come magnets don’t stick to the wall? This colorful and straightforward introduction to the physical sciences gives young readers an easy-to-understand overview of such concepts as materials, forces, structures, solids, liquids and gases. Explanations are [...]

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Look at that Building

By Book Importer | Published: October 3, 2011

Learning about buildings and how they are constructed has never been so much fun. This gem of a book introduces young readers to basic construction concepts through the eyes of five friends keen on building a doghouse for their pet pooch, Max. To find out more about the task, Yulee, Martin, Nick, Sally and Pedro [...]

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Hocus Pocus

By Book Importer | Published: October 3, 2011

This zany tale pits a grouchy pooch against Hocus Pocus, a mischievous blue bunny who lives in a magician’s hat. When Hocus Pocus spots a bunch of tantalizing carrots poking out of a shopping bag, he decides he must have them. But to reach the kitchen counter, he must risk waking Dog, a pet canine [...]

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The Busy Beaver

By Book Importer | Published: October 3, 2011

The busy but careless beaver spends his days following random impulses, rarely thinking things through and leaving in his wake a devastated forest filled with stumps, half-nibbled trees and injured, homeless animals. But then one day the beaver finds himself on the wrong side of a falling tree, which as it turns out, is just [...]

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My Messy Body

By Book Importer | Published: October 3, 2011

My Messy Body describes the purpose of the body’s secretions, including tears, sweat, snot, pee, poo, earwax, vomit, pus, and mucus. The Body Works series provides straightforward answers to many of the questions children often wonder about.

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My Noisy Body

By Book Importer | Published: October 3, 2011

My Noisy Body describes the digestive system and the meaning of the noises it creates, including burps, hiccups, stomach growls, farts, sneezes, and coughs. This book describes the body’s various systems and why they are important to overall health, along with a helpful Glossary.

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My Stretchy Body

By Book Importer | Published: October 3, 2011

My Stretchy Body describes how we grow, including hair, skin, nails, teeth, muscles, and bones, as well as growth spurts and growing pains.

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Welcome to the World

By Book Importer | Published: September 28, 2011

Plenty of books tell parents what’s in store when a new baby arrives. But this one lets a new baby in on what he or she might expect. Styled as a sweet and simple letter to a newborn, this picture book introduces Baby to several first-year splendors, such as feeling warm sunlight, watching the movements [...]

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Ninja Cowboy Bear Presents the Call of the Cowboy

By Book Importer | Published: September 28, 2011

When the bear wants to spend the afternoon photographing birds, the exuberant cowboy inadvertently makes a nuisance of himself as he loudly chews bubble gum, hops on a pogo stick and slurps a pop. When the ninja just wants to read quietly, the cowboy is wildly distracting as he drums on rocks, bats a paddleball [...]

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