By Carolyn Meyer - $7.95 - add to cart

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Imprisonment. Betrayal. Lost love. Murder. What more must a princess endure? Elizabeth Tudor's teenage and young adult years during the turbulent reigns of Edward and then Mary Tudor are hardly th...

By Roald Dahl - $7.50 - add to cart

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In Boy, Roald Dahl recounts his days as a child growing up in England. From his years as a prankster at boarding school to his envious position as a chocolate tester for Cadbury's, Roald Dahl's boy...

By Tanya Lloyd - $12.95 - add to cart

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No one ever said you had to be a grown-up to do something great. The boys in Canadian Boys Who Rocked the World have proved this to the world. Breaking world records, winning hearts in the limeligh...

By Christopher Moore - $24.99 - add to cart

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Samuel de Champlain helped found the first permanent French settlement in the New World; he established the village that eventually became the great city of Quebec; he was a skilled cartographer wh...

By Jason Lutes - $21.99 - add to cart

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Following Houdini on the morning of his leap (while handcuffed) into the frigid Boston River, readers gain a remarkably complete picture of his world. They will meet his wife, Bess; his strong-arm ...

By Catherine Brighton - $19.75 - add to cart

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Four-year-old Buster Keaton became one of the best-known comedians of his age and inches when his father threw him across a vaudeville stage, shouting “Keep your eye on the kid!” The crowd roared a...

By Elizabeth Macleod - $19.95 - add to cart

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From artists and inventors to astronauts and engineers, Canadian women have played an extraordinary role in the development of Canada. Meet more than 130 women and read about their amazing feats in...

By Elizabeth Macleod - $14.95 - add to cart

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Canada is the world's second largest country, but Canadians are second to none. Many of our extraordinary men, women and children have been recognized worldwide for their contributions to explorati...

By Ting-xing Ye - $8.99 - add to cart

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A powerful and passionate memoir for young readers, Ting-xing Ye tells, through the eyes of a child, the moving story of growing up in China during the Cultural Revolution. When Ting-xing Ye was...

By Maxine Trottier - $16.99 - add to cart

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The first authorized biography written specifically for young readers! First published in 2005 in conjunction with the 25th anniversary of the Marathon of Hope, Terry Fox: A Story of Hope was creat...

By Bill Keller - $19.95 - add to cart

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This fascinating biography looks at the life of Nelson Mandela, placing his awe-inspiring accomplishments in historical context for a new generation to admire. On A February day in 1994, Mandela vi...

By William Steig - $9.99 - add to cart

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When Everybody Wore a Hat was one of celebrated author/artist William Steig's last gifts to the world of children's books: a portrait of the artist himself, told in Steig's signature quirky words a...