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  • When the Sky Turned to Dust

    A sister and brother fight for their family, their land, and their lives.On April 14, 1935, a day that would become known as Black Sunday, the largest storm ever recorded sweeps through Kansas. When twelve-year-old Caroline is separated from her nine-year-old brother, Daniel, she braves the treacherous conditions to save both their lives.During America's Great Depression, devastating drought and ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Word Gobblers

    A Handbook for Parents Working With Children Struggling to Read

    Millions of children and adults around the world cope with reading, writing, or depth perception problems, such as dyslexia. For one in every six, this problem is a result of a condition called Irlen Syndrome--the inability of the brain to process certain light waves or colors. Symptoms can include headaches and stomachaches when reading, sensitivity to light, poor sports performance, inability to ... Read more

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  • The Berenstain Bears Trick or Treat

    A Halloween Book for Kids and Toddlers

    Series series First Time Books
    Come for a visit in Bear Country with this classic First Time Book® from Stan and Jan Berenstain. It’s Halloween and Brother and Sister can’t wait to go trick-or-treating with all of their friends, but when someone in the group encourages the kids to play a trick, things don’t go as planned. This beloved story is a perfect way to celebrate Halloween, all the while teaching children about the ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Dear Canada: Days of Toil and Tears

    The Child Labour Diary of Flora Rutherford, Almonte, Ontario, 1887

    by Sarah Ellis ...
    Series series Dear Canada
    An eleven-year-old orphan is reconnected to her mother's family, but her courage and strength are tested as she is put to work in a textile mill.Flora is a young, imaginative girl who has dreamt of having a family to call her own since her parents died from pleurisy when she was three. She dreams of family dinners. She dreams of friends. But mostly she dreams of leaving the orphanage. As the diary ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • A Day No Pigs Would Die

    Series series A Day No Pigs Would Die
    Originally published in hardcover in 1972, A Day No Pigs Would Die was one of the first young adult books, along with titles like The Outsiders and The Chocolate War. In it, author Robert Newton Peck weaves a story ofa Vermont boyhood that is part fiction, part memoir. The result is a moving coming-of-age story that still resonates with teens today. ... Read more

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  • Miracle's Boys

    From a three-time Newbery Honor author, a novel that was awarded the 2001 Coretta Scott King award and the Los Angeles Times Book PrizeFor Lafayette and his brothers, the challenges of growing up in New York City are compounded by the facts that they've lost their parents and it's up to eldest brother Ty'ree to support the boys, and middle brother Charlie has just returned home from a correctional ... Read more

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  • Belle Prater's Boy

    by Ruth White ...
    Around 5:00 a.m. on a warm Sunday morning on October 1953, my Aunt Belle left her bed and vanished from the face of the earth.Everyone in Coal Station, Virginia, has a theory about what happened to Belle Prater, but twelve-year-old Gypsy wants the facts, and when her cousin Woodrow, Aunt Belle's son moves next door, she has her chance. Woodrow isn't as forthcoming as Gypsy hopes, yet he becomes ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Song of the Trees

    Another powerful story in the Logan Family Saga and companion to Mildred D. Taylor's Newbery Award-winning Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.With the depression bearing down on her family, there isn’t much that Cassie Logan can count on anymore.But there is one thing that hasn’t changed—the whispering trees outside her window. Cassie’s trees, which have stood for centuries, are a great source of ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Prairie Evers

    by Ellen Airgood ...
    This charming, coming-of-age story is perfect for fans of Joan Bauer and Sheila Turnage.Prairie Evers is finding that school isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. She’s always been homeschooled by her grandmother, learning about life while they ramble through the woods. But now Prairie’s family has moved north and she has to attend school for the first time, where her education is in a classroom and ... Read more

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  • Whistle-Stop West

    Series Book 2 - Beyond the Orphan Train
    Nine-year-old Ethan Cooper has managed to keep his family together for a year in a Pennsylvania orphanage. Now he and his siblings are boarding a train headed west. He can’t help but worry: Mr. and Mrs. Rush in Nebraska have agreed to adopt all four Cooper children, but what if they change their minds?In the meantime, Ethan and his siblings encounter their first dust storm, explore train cars, and ... Read more

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  • The Berenstain Bears Values and Virtues Treasury

    Series series Berenstain Bears/Living Lights: A Faith Story
    Calling all Berenstain Bears fans! Young readers will enjoy this collection of 8 stories in this addition to the Living Lights™ series of Berenstain Bears books. Children will learn about kindness, patience, love, respect, and much more alongside Brother, Sister and Honey Bear.Join the Berenstain Bear cubs as they explore the values of community, kindness, and paying it forward in The Berenstain ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Memories of Mississippi

    Growing up in the South

    Advance Praise for MEMORIES OF MISSISSIPPI “A must-read... Wanda Jackson’s compelling account is more than a description of life in the South. It is a window into an era where there is love, trust, and strong family values. People took time to enjoy, even in the midst of hard times and adversity, the simple and pure things of life. Reading Jackson’s well-written book provided me the opportunity to ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD