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In the cafe, I watch as a woman takes a photo of her plate - an impressive, glossy lime-coloured dessert with shards of chocolate perched on top. I want to feel that ease and confidence, too.

"Adaptées au cinéma, les Lettres de mon moulin doivent autant à Marcel Pagnol qu'à Alphonse Daudet. Aussi, les oeuvres sonores présentées dans ce coffret sont-elles doublement originales.

In 1966, twelve-year-old Chanie Wenjack froze to death on the railway tracks after running away from residential school.

By Dr. Sharon Blackie's definition, enchantment is a vivid sense of belongingness to a rich and many-layered world, a profound and whole-hearted participation in the adventure of life.

Set on five continents and spanning decades, We Two Alone traces the arc and evolution of the Chinese immigrant experience.

In the 2020 CBC Massey Lectures, bestselling author and renowned technology and security expert Ronald J.

Four sisters and their mother explore their fears while teeny ghost people dress up in fragments of their children's clothes. A somewhat-ghost tends the family garden.

The seated child. With a single powerful image, Deborah Ellis draws our attention to nine children and the situations they find themselves in, often through no fault of their own.

<p>Coyote Columbus story: Thomas King uses a bag of literary tricks to shatter the stereotypes surrounding Columbus's voyages.

When the grownup virus hits, kids who live in the same apartment building must cope with strange new rules and extended time at home with parents and siblings.

Simple text and supportive images introduce beginning readers to the physical characteristics of volcanoes.

Simple text and full color photographs introduce beginning readers to the characteristics of tornadoes. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade.

The inspiring true story of how one African woman began a movement to recycle the plastic bags that were polluting her community. Plastic bags are cheap and easy to use.

Simple text and full color photographs introduce beginning readers to the characteristics of ice storms. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade.

Simple text and full color photographs introduce beginning readers to the characteristics of hurricanes. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade.