Give students plenty of practice in reading comprehension. Each book has over 40 reading passages followed by multiple choice questions. Fiction, nonfiction, and informational passages are provided.
After reading brief nonfiction passages about science, geography, or history topics, students answer multiple-choice and short-answer questions to build seven essential comprehension skills. The passa
Robert Campbell's Classic Ships of the Great Lakes presents a visually stunning array of historical and present-day inland shipping including passenger ships, whaleback, bulk carriers, self-unloaders,
A killing during the St. Paul Winter Carnival leads to multiple suspects, multiple motives, and the question: How do you get an ID when everyone's wearing a mask?
Through the perspectives of several women whose lives intertwine over a generation, Raminder Sidhu deftly exposes the shrouded violence within Canada's Punjabi community, a difficult and often dissemb
With his restless intellectual curiosity tempered by a dash of witty self-deprecation, Hutchinson deftly manoeuvres through hallowed halls of academia with humour and grace. Three stylistically distin
Poetry. "Readers familiar with Susanna Childress's Jagged with Love will recognize her distinctive voice in these poems: her nerve, her honest, quirky, irreverent, immediate and embodied yearning that
In Kerosene, her debut book of poetry, Jamella Hagen weaves individual memories into a narrative that charts the process of orientation and growing maturity within shifting geographical locations.Patt
Earworm, the second book from acclaimed poet Nick Thran, expertly combines wicked cleverness, adept craftsmanship and a uniquely insightful perspective in an entertaining yet substantial tour de force
Introduces the numbers from one to ten, plus some extras, taking its examples from the National Football League and offering pictures of mascots, cheerleaders, trophies, athletes, tickets, pennants, a
When Henry, Dylan, Rika, and Arla kayak across Rainy Lake, they are transported to an island that is haunted by a ghost who doesn't ever want them to leave.
In her lyrical memoir The Death of Small Creatures, Trisha Cull lays bare her struggles with bulimia, bipolar disorder and substance abuse. Interspersing snatches of conversations, letters, blog entri
In this unsettling collection, Vancouver singer/songwriter Rodney DeCroo delivers raw footage of a childhood marred by violence, sudden uprootings, and abuse. "Allegheny, BC" is a candid, gritty tour
Considered one of British Columbia's most famous pioneer surveyors, Frank Swannell surveyed much of northern BC for the provincial government between 1908 and 1914, taking many striking photographs of
Following publication of his encyclopedic classic, "Wild Flowers of the Pacific Northwest," the late Lewis Clark broke his massive masterwork down into six compact and affordable field guides organize
This classic reference on flowering plants has sold over 30,000 copies. Full of gorgeous colour plates and authoritative yet wonderfully readable descriptions, this sumptuous volume is recognized as t
"Raven Returns the Water" tells of the time when the world's water disappeared. Raven went searching for it - and found it all in the belly of a giant frog!
This is the latest edition of the definitive guide to teas throughout the world. Beautifully illustrated, this classic book gives detailed information and brewing instructions for over 80 teas. Chapte
Poetry. African American Studies. "Abdul Ali's TROUBLE SLEEPING awakens the mind. Like the guts of a marvelous timepiece, the incremental details tick with merciless accuracy and timeless cer
Poetry. Winner of the 2013 New Issues Poetry Prize. "Kerrin McCadden's LANDSCAPE WITH PLYWOOD SILHOUETTES is one of the most compelling and powerful debut collections in recent American poetry. These
In her bestselling book "The Zero-Mile Diet" (Harbour, 2010), gardening activist Carolyn Herriot inspired readers to put organic homegrown fruits and vegetables on the table, using time-saving, econom
An otherworldly uncanniness haunts the margins of Darren Bifford's debut collection, "Wedding in Fire Country." Bifford is exceptionally adept at capturing the beauty of the mundane, and his poetry of
Poetry. "PIMA ROAD NOTEBOOK, Keith Ekiss's remarkable first collection, contrasts the finite imagination of the American dream with the enduring serenity and mystery of the Sonoran Desert, where the r
Provided are 195 reproducible lessons featuring the 3000 Instant Words. Also included are tips on how to teach spelling, spelling rules, phonics charts, and parent help suggestions.Dr. Fry developed b
Poetry. A Brenda Hillman Selection. "Here, the sum of the parts generates'such a brutal equation' that there is little difference between 'the longerlife' and 'the lush line.' Mathias recognizes the '
A stunning first book from one of the Chinese-Canadian community's most insightful and grippingly honest young voices, Intimate Distances is a deep exploration of the vicissitudes of interpersonal con
The New Folklore: Lyrical Tales for Dreamers & Thinkers is a collection of seven stories written by musician Teague Alexy and beautifully illustrated by artists from across the country: "The Wisdom of
Book of thisness, book of withness, book of now: Kristen Case's Little Arias meticulously situates a woman's consciousness in the immediacy of relation: with language, objects, other people, and the p
Glimpses of Wilderness shares the author’s insights into the nature and value of wilderness areas. Set in Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, each of the thirty essays describes an adve
With eighty-five all new crosswords, Gwen Sjogren's O Canada Crosswords Book 15 features plenty of puns and challenging wordplay for Canadian solvers from coast to coast. The specifically Canadian-the
Positive discipline has to begin with positive stress management. All families have stress. Make it work for you! • Learn how to recognize stress, manage it, and regain your patience before yelling. •
“Bloody Chicago” was the name given to America’s most corrupt city after the grotesque scene that left seven humans embedded into masonry walls and oil-slickened concrete. Two Thompson submachine gun
Tells the ancient story of how a Gitxsan hunter who was carried into the clouds by swans and created the sacred headwaters of the largest salmon-bearing rivers in British Columbia.
Poetry. LGBT Studies. "If Frank O'Hara had lived to chronicle the post 9/11 decade, he might have written these wonderfully funny, sad, heartbreaking, jaunty, and always delightfully accurate poems by
After her parents' bitter divorce, teenager Deborah Shapiro tries to cope with their new romantic relationships, a volatile home life, and her father's abusive behavior by taking a photography class a
British Columbia's Sunshine Coast is a sublimely scenic 160-kilometre stretch of waterfront between Howe Sound and Desolation Sound, reached by a 40-minute ferry ride from West Vancouver. Join Howard
For birder Bob White, May in Minnesota means three things: counseling high school students with spring fever, coaching the girls’ tenth grade softball team and finding every warbler species during spr
Shelley Adams gathered recipes from friends, family, local celebrities and favorites from the Fresh Tracks Cafe. Complicated food techniques or passing all day in the kitchen is not necessay to impres
Rasa theory, part of Indian genre theory and Sanskritic poetics, describes an elaborate typology of nine essences or emotions, ranging from adbhuta (wonder) to raudra (fury) to karuna (sorrow) to sant
Full of interesting facts and useful information, this book has something for anyone with an interest in birds, from the casual backyard observer to the keen naturalist, featuring 328 of Oregon's most
