chi miigwech, grand merci

Cet album aux illustrations très colorées exprime de la gratitude pour la nature, la nourriture, les toits sur nos têtes, les émotions, les expériences, ainsi que les Sept enseignements sacrés.

Down in the Blue Ocean

This illustrated nonfiction book dives into the mysteries of the ocean, from its surface to the bottom of the Mariana Trench, showcasing marine life, currents and conditions at various depths, in a unique format that will have readers feeling like they are descending deeper and deeper with each page.

Fémi et Lou et le trésor perdu

Dans ce miniroman illustré, Fémi et son ami Lou aident une voisine à désherber son terrain et à recueillir des œufs de papillons en vue de gagner assez d’argent pour s’acheter un détecteur de métal et ainsi retrouver un coffret à bijoux qu’ils ont perdu à la plage.

Izzy Wong’s Drama Disaster

In this middle-grade novel, Izzy Wong has found a new mystery to investigate for her podcast when someone uses AI to create insulting memes of a classmate. Izzy will have to risk losing her new classmates' trust to sleuth out the culprit before her parents make her give the principal the information she's gathered.

Springtime in Kitkatla

In this beautiful picture book, Walaas and her dzi'i (grandmother) take a fishing boat to their family’s reserve, Kitkatla, for spring break, where Walaas enjoys spending time with family, eating traditional foods and wandering the shoreline. Even though she’ll have to leave, she knows she’ll always belong there.

Time for School

Part of the nonfiction Orca Timeline series for middle-grade readers, this illustrated book examines the past, present and future of schools around the world and the who, what, where, when and how we learn.

Tiny Hiker

In this rhyming picture book, the tiny hiker is excited for her first backpacking trip to camp on the beach, but when the trail is longer, steeper and much more difficult than she expected, she has to find a way to keep going—even when she wants to give up.

The Water You're Swimming In

In this moving middle-grade novel, Noah tries to be the perfect kid to keep his parents happy and his anxiety at bay after his teenage brother runs away, but he finds himself floundering and sets off to find his brother himself.

Werewolves Don't Keep Diaries

In this funny, partially illustrated early chapter book, Lou can't seem to do anything right. His body seems to be against him too—growing hair on his feet, sprouting claws and making him want to howl. But just as he thinks he has to run away, he learns about his family legacy and realizes he's exactly who he's meant to be.

When the Clouds Came

In this lyrical picture book about a Chinese family, the sky tries to hold in the clouds just like the boy holds in his worries about his grandmother's health. When she passes away, the sky lets out all the rain—and helps the boy finally express his grief.

thankful / miigwechiwendam

This colorfully illustrated picture book expresses gratitude for the natural world, food and shelter, feelings, experiences and the Seven Grandfathers Teachings.

Last Known Address

Thirteen stories of Holocaust victims who are memorialized by Stolpersteine—stumbling stones—to mark their last known address.

Briarwood

Callie Garcia thought she would finally get to experience summer camp — campfires, kayaking, and crafts. But Camp Briarwood has other plans. Thrown into a perilous game of cat and mouse between inventors and frauds, Callie’s scientific mind is the only thing that can save the camp.

Reflection

Hedy Bohm is a Jewish teenager from Oradea, Romania, who survives Auschwitz-Birkenau and the Fallersleben concentration camp, where she is a forced laborer at the Volkswagen factory. After liberation, Hedy, now an orphan, escapes from Communist Hungary to Canada, where she starts a family and becomes involved in Holocaust education.

The Right to Be Wrong

The allure of us-versus-them fundamentalism is not unique to any single political persuasion or ideological viewpoint. But what do we lose if we all lose the freedom to disagree and learn from our mistakes? The Right to Be Wrong is a vigorous defence of independent thinking in an increasingly intolerant world.

The Winter Vault

Peter's family life has been devastated by tragedy. Picking up what is left, he has to contend with family secrets also.

Busted

In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, Jonah inadvertently records a video of two of his hockey teammates play fighting. When one of them is seriously hurt, Jonah is conflicted about what to do.

Checked Out

In this high-interest accessible novel for middle-grade readers, queer seventh-grader Seth finds himself taking a stand when his conservative classmate sabotages the Pride display in his middle-school library.

Color in Nature

Part of the nonfiction Orca Wild series for middle-grade readers and illustrated with color photographs throughout, this book examines how animals use color for survival.