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An insightful collection of stories and poems about Muslim children from a variety of backgrounds focuses on the celebration of holidays and practices of Islam, and includes nonfiction sidebars that explain the Arabic words and religious terminology.
In the distant future, fifteen-year-old Wren steals the fabled Tin Book of Anchorage for the Lost Boys, setting off a sequence of events that leads her parents back into battle with old enemies and new. Book 3 of The hungry city chronicles.
Following her parents separation, twelve-year-old Rain moves with her mother to the country, where she befriends the unpopular boy who lives next door and also seeks a way to cope with her feelings toward her father and his new girlfriend.
This book looks at the music, dance, traditions, architecture, theater, sports, and arts that make up Canada’s culture.
After disappearing from the Deputy Inspector’s face, his nose shows up around town before returning to its proper place. Based on a story by Nikolai Gogol.
Presents the background and history of the horsemanship display, the Musical Ride, of the Canadian Mounties, illustrated with reproductions of folk art by the author.
This final book in the trilogy begun in The Breadwinner and Parvana’s Journey paints a devastating portrait of life in refugee camps and shows the resourcefulness of children who endure great suffering there.
Ten major South African writers, representing all races and including Nadine Gordimer, Doris Lessing, and Mark Mathabane, explore the political, social, and emotional impact of apartheid.
Celebrates the night worker in the big city, focusing mainly on Toronto, and the active night life that occurs there.
An orphaned boy comes to know both harmless swamp creatures and a primeval monster when he goes to live with relatives on a sheep run in northern Australia.