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Facts & Wonders

Recommended reference books for young readers. Some to tell the straight facts, some to encourage minds to wonder.

Alone Together

- Petti Fong , Jonathan Dyck

Children's hardcover $26.95 - Add to Cart
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The world is facing an epidemic of loneliness.

The COVID-19 pandemic taught us new words, like isolation, quarantine and social distancing. In places like the UK and Japan, governments have appointed ministers of loneliness to examine the problem and find ways to help their citizens. What does it mean to be lonely, and what can we do about it?

Alone Together explores what superheroes can teach us about being alone, the ways kids have survived on their own and how activists in the civil rights movement took a stand against loneliness. Discover what comfort foods, sweatpants and being kind to each other have to do with loneliness.

Based on the podcast of the same name. Readers will learn about loneliness and how being alone can ultimately bring us closer together.

The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

Be a Nature Explorer!

- Peter Wohlleben, Jane Billinghurst, Belle Wuthrich

Children's paperback $17.95 - Add to Cart
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For kids ages 6 to 10, this nature activity guide is the perfect companion for every child's next outdoor adventure, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees and Can You Hear the Trees Talking?.

An excellent resource for parents, teachers, and curriculums ranging from outdoor education to homeschool and forest school.

Whether you are in the forest, in your own backyard, or in the city, there are so many exciting ways to engage with nature--and forester Peter Wohlleben has the best ideas for doing so. With Be A Nature Explorer!, kids will learn how to press flowers, harvest algae, skip stones, observe spiders, and even how to build their own tiny sailboat.

This ultimate kids' nature book features:
52 short, fun, and hands-on activities to help kids explore and discover the outdoors--one for each week of the year.Portable format: This lightweight paperback is designed to easily throw in a backpack and refer to on adventures.STEM learning and outdoor skill development: Kids will learn how to decode nature's messages, identify plants and animal tracks, record and preserve their finds, and more.Packed with activities that will fill kids with wonder and confidence in the outdoors, readers will be dipping in and out of Be A Nature Explorer! all year round.

Published in partnership with the David Suzuki Institute.

Born A Girl

- Alice Dussutour, David Warriner

Young adult hardcover $29.95 - Add to Cart
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?"This informative and inspiring offering should help teens assert their rights."-- Booklist, starred review

When you're born a girl, some parts of the world are kinder places to grow up in than others.

Meet Kaneila, Jade, Mahnoosh, Makena and Luisa. They are five girls in five different countries whose lives are overshadowed by violence and injustice, just because they are female. These girls navigate the challenges and horrors of period poverty, female genital mutilation, lack of access to education, body shaming and femicide. The stories are heartbreaking but also inspiring, as the girls are surrounded by people who bring hope and speak out for equality.

Following each story is a section that explains the real-life circumstances for girls in many parts of the world, important terms, and what girls and women are doing to take action today.

For these girls, their individual experiences of being born a girl may be different, but their desire for freedom and equality is universal.

Science Comics

- Jason Viola, Falynn Koch

Trade paperback $16.99 - Add to Cart
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Have you herd? There's a new volume in First Second's STEM graphic novel series: Science Comics: Elephants!

Did you know elephants are the world's largest land animals? Male African elephants can reach ten feet tall and weigh up to 16,500 pounds! These endangered animals are beloved for their massive ears, thick skin, and flexible trunks, as well as their remarkable intelligence and empathy. And despite their size, the more you get to know them, the more you'll realize humans and elephants have a lot in common!

The HISTORY Channel This Day in History For Kids

- Dan Bova, Russell Shaw

Children's hardcover $34.00 - Add to Cart
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An exciting, visual adventure through history with day-by-day accounts of extraordinary events, notable people, and incredible inventions for kids ages 8-12.

History comes alive in this beautifully illustrated book with bite-size facts (along with a touch of humor) that will engage and entertain young curious minds. 

Jam-packed with important events, inspiring accomplishments by remarkable people, and groundbreaking inventions, this super-fun fact-filled book, the first kids book from History Channel, includes the most interesting historical facts--from early civilization up to the 21st century all around the world for every day of the year. 

Each day's entry includes multiple events that occurred on that day in history along with charming original illustrations and photography. Plus, readers are prompted to recall their own remarkable milestones, helping them to consider their place in history. Inside, kids will discover:
Historic events that happened on their birthdayMajor moments in sportsGroundbreaking events and famous military battlesFearless explorers, inventors and freedom fightersRecord-breaking stuntsWeird and wacky holidaysIncredible dinosaur discoveries, and much more!

Unstoppable Us, Volume 2

- Yuval Noah Harari, Ricard Zaplana Ruiz

Children's hardcover $29.99 - Add to Cart
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From world-renowned historian and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari, the author of Sapiens, comes the second volume in the bestselling Unstoppable Us middle-grade series that traces human development from hunter-gatherer societies to cities and empires.

Humans may have taken over the world, but what happened next? How did our hunter-gatherer ancestors become village farmers? Why were kingdoms and laws established? How did we go from being the rulers of Earth to the rulers of each other?

And why isn't the world fair?

The answer to all of that is one of the strangest tales you'll ever hear. And it's a true story.

From cultivating land and sharing resources to building pyramids and paying taxes, prepare to discover how humans created civilization -- and suffered the consequences for it.

Acclaimed author Yuval Noah Harari is back with another expertly crafted story of how humans became "unstoppable," complete with maps, a timeline, and full-color illustrations that bring his dynamic unputdownable writing to life.

You and the Universe

- Stephen Hawking, Lucy Hawking, Xin Li

Children's hardcover $26.99 - Add to Cart
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Inspire kids to ask the big questions about Earth and the cosmos with this stunningly illustrated version of Professor Stephen Hawking's final message to humankind.

We are all time travelers journeying together into the future. But let us work together to make that future a place we want to visit.

Scientist and educator Stephen Hawking spent his life trying to unravel the mysteries of the universe. But, he still had many questions--and he wanted every reader, every child, to come together to help answer them: How can we save the planet? How can we learn to be there for one another?

Adapted from Professor Hawking's posthumous 2020 Earth Day message, You and the Universe is his first picture book and is a tribute to the littlest citizens of Earth, highlighting the power of coming together and creating a better tomorrow.

Meet Clara Hughes (Scholastic Canada Biography)

- Elizabeth MacLeod , Mike Deas

Children's hardcover $18.99 - Add to Cart
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Meet Clara Hughes -- athlete, Olympic medalist and mental health advocate.

Clara is still the only person in the world to ever win multiple medals at both the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics. But perhaps her biggest accomplishment is the work she has done to help others.



Growing up in Winnipeg, Clara liked sports. She wasn't a top athlete and was headed down a bad path until the fateful day she watched speed skater Gaétan Boucher compete at the 1988 Winter Games. Clara decided she would do that too. It was to be a life-changing decision, one that set her on a course of training, competing and winning at the Olympic level in not just one but TWO sports. But as the world was cheering her on, Clara didn't feel right inside. She finally realized that winning all the medals in the world wouldn't make her okay -- she had to work as hard on her mental health as she did on her training. Maybe even harder.



Young readers will get the inside story of Clara Hughes's inspiring life and how she learned to not only take care of herself, but to inspire others to do the same.



The Scholastic Canada Biography series focuses on fascinating people who have shaped Canada's past and present. Written by acclaimed author Elizabeth MacLeod, each book also features comics-inspired illustrations by Mike Deas.

Draw and Discover

- Caren Sacks

Children's hardcover $25.95 - Add to Cart
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Developed by an experienced Art Therapist, this journal uses art-making and drawing as a vehicle for children to learn about themselves and how they fit into the world.

"This is an indispensable resource to connect with children and help them share their inner world." --Dr. Steven Baron, author of Teaching With A Strength-Based Approach: How To Motivate Students And Build Relationships

Making art is not only enjoyable for children but significant in their emotional, cognitive, and social development. Draw and Discover: An Art-Making Journal for Kids contains carefully created prompts to help children become aware of their feelings, name them, express them and pay attention to the physical sensations that accompany them.

This engaging and playful journal features:
o 60 unique activities and design elements that unleash your child's creativity and self-expression.
o Prompts developed by a seasoned art therapist for maximum social & emotional learning through the joy of art-making.
o Family-centric guides for kids and adults to share an enriching, art-making experience.

Structured enough to give children guidance and open-ended enough to give them freedom to explore and discover what emerges, the journal is perfect for children who like to draw as well as those children who prefer not to write.

Eye Guess

- Phyllis Limbacher Tildes

Board Book $10.99 - Add to Cart
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Do you know whose eye is looking at you? Featuring familiar forest animals, toddlers will enjoy guessing, turning the page, and finding out if they're right!

Baking Wonderland

- Jean Parker , Rachel Smith

Children's hardcover $29.95 - Add to Cart
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Top 100 Books of 2023 by The Globe & Mail

One of the The Globe & Mail's Top 100 Books of 2023. The perfect gift to get kids into the kitchen this holiday season!

Are you ready for a baking adventure? Welcome to Baking Wonderland, the sweetest place on Earth! A magical place full of delicious, easy-to-follow baking recipes made especially for kids!

"A sweet dream come true."--The Globe & Mail


This mix-and-match cookbook is for curious kids who love to laugh. It's the perfect first baking book for children to use their imaginations, learn new skills and take their baking adventures to out-of-this-world heights! Be our guest and explore this magical theme park full of the most scrumptious cookie, cupcake, donut and cake recipes. Mix and match them with our fabulous frostings, glazes, toppings and milks to build countless combinations for your dream desserts. Wherever you start your adventure, we know you'll have fun and learn some cool and interesting stuff along the way . . . Just ask the animal friends you'll meet throughout the book!

Inside you'll find a magical baking wonderland complete with:

Cookieland: The cookie carousel will spin you around new recipes like L M N O . . . Peanut Butter Cookies and gluten-free Poop Cookies . . . yum!Cupcakeland: Reach new heights on the cupcake Ferris wheel by baking Cinnamon Hug Cupcakes or Ruby Red Velvet Cupcakes.Wonderpark: Learn how to mix and match your favorite treats with fillings, frostings, glazes, toppings and milks that will have you taste testing over and over!Donutland: Start your engines on the donut speedway! The racers are ready with recipes like Shoe-nuts and Baked Strawberries and Cream Donuts.Cakeland: When a castle is made of cake, why would you want to leave?! Here you'll find Disappearing Chocolate Cake and Lemony Olive Oil Cake.

Tasty

- Victoria Grace Elliott

Children's paperback $18.99 - Add to Cart
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How did cheese happen? Who pickled the first pickle? Explore the history of innovative food in this non-fiction graphic novel filled with facts, legends, and recipes.

Have you ever wondered how some of our favorite foods came to be? How was cheese created and who realized it belonged on everything? Was soda always meant to be a drink? A team of whimsical food sprites are excited to show you the yummy history of food expirements from all over the world! 

Learn about the true stories behind pickles! Get a recipe for how to make your favorite pizza! With a story and recipe for every chapter, this graphic novel will give you something to read and taste.

Why Do Elephants Have Big Ears?

- Steve Jenkins , Robin Page

Children's hardcover $23.99 - Add to Cart
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Fascinating "Why" questions about animals, and plenty of new ones, take center stage in the latest book by Caldecott Honor-winning duo Steve Jenkins and Robin Page.

Do you know why a camel has a hump? 
A Zebra has stripes?
Or why wombats have cube-shaped poop?
 
Find out the answers in this fun and beautifully illustrated book, and learn oodles of other intriguing facts about the animal world. It's the perfect gift for any kid who loves animals and is always asking "Why?" because who doesn't want to know why a flamingo stands on one leg?


Steve Jenkins and Robin Page have written and illustrated almost 100 nonfiction children's books that have sold over 5 million copies between them. Masters at making nonfiction entertaining and visually engaging, their books have won numerous awards and are favorites of kids, parents, and teachers alike.

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