Rosalie's parents fight like cats and dogs, even now that they're divorced. It's hard going from one house to another and knowing that although she loves them both, her parents just don't get along anymore. But there's one thing her mom and dad do agree on: they both love Rosalie, and Rosalie is here to stay!
A feminist manifesto in graphic novel form that denounces the discrimination against and unfairness felt by women from childhood to adulthood. Illustrated in a strikingly minimalist style with images
Bearing up with Cancer chronicles the life of Annie Smith and her battled with cancer. An honest, intimate and humourous book about a vivacious woman who taped chocolate bars to her abdomen as an ener
Lisa and Sol board the luxury ship St. Louis in Hamburg, Germany, on May 13, 1939. Lisa and her family are in first class; Sol and his parents are below in tourist class. The children have mixed feeli
In the 1940s it was unheard of for women to be members of a professional orchestra, let alone play “masculine” instruments like the bass or trombone. Yet despite these formidable challenges, the Montr
Barbara is big. She has big hands and big feet and she is taller and weighs more than any of her friends. She is so big that normal-kid running shoes don't fit. Learning how Barbara comes to accept he
From the diverse cultures of Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Vietnam, Germany, Guyana, Somalia, and others, immigrant children write of their experiences leaving their homes and moving to a new
Martha Salcudean grows up in the small village of Chiochis Romania, blissfully unaware of the fascist and anti-Semitic Iron Guard militia, and she quickly adapts to the abrupt change in her life when
This biography is the first ever for young readers on the inspiring life of June Callwood, one of Canada's greatest writers and humanitarians. Filled with images and details of June's life from her hu
When Irene is removed from her First Nations family to live in a residential school, she is confused, frightened and terribly homesick. She tries to remember who she is and where she came from despite
The true story of Walter and his Jewish family, who were hidden from capture in the Netherlands throughout the Second World War. The story spans Walter's life from six to fourteen years of age and is
When Mommy has to go on a business trip to Bangkok, Corey's dad shows him that father and son can handle whatever comes up. A humorous, sunny, full of fun approach to traditional mother's work and chi
A happy-go-lucky boy, Leslie Mezei attends the local high school and plays in the parks and forests surrounding his town of Gõdõllõ, Hungary, until the spring of 1944, when Nazi tanks r
The determined story of an Ojibwe grandmother (nokomis), Josephine Mandamin, and her great love for nibi (water). Nokomis walks to raise awareness of our need to protect nibi for future generations an
Rachel Fletcher is nine years old when she, her mother and sister are crammed on board theExodus, a dilapidated vessel smuggling 4500 refugees of the Holocaust to their biblical homeland, Israel, know
An award-winning children's playwright tells all for kids. Using several of her plays, which have toured in Canada and the United States, as the centerpiece, Kathleen McDonnell talks about the histor
