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Notes from a Children's Librarian
Carefully selected books according to curriculum and theme.

Notes from a Children's Librarian: Canadian Fairy Tales
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Notes from a Children's Librarian: Indigenous Picture Books
Meaningful reads for Kindergarten to Grade 3
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Searching for Serafim
The Life and Legacy of Serafim "Joe" Fortes

In the Light of Dawn
The History and Legacy of a Black Canadian Community

Unlike the Rest
A Doctor's Story

Black Ice
The Lost History of the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes, 1895-1925 (20th anniversary edition)

The Road to Shiloh
The Untold Story of the First Black American Community on the Saskatchewan Prairies

Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua
An Enslaved Muslim of the Black Atlantic

Whiteout
How Canada Cancels Blackness

Salvage
Readings from the Wreck

Storm the Ballot Box
An Insider's Guide to a Voting Revolution

No Second Chances
Women and Political Power in Canada

Women Winning Office
An Activist’s Guide to Getting Elected

Too Dumb for Democracy?
Why We Make Bad Political Decisions and How We Can Make Better Ones

Spin
Politics and Marketing in a Divided Age

Shopping for Votes
How Politicians Choose Us and We Choose Them

Winning Power
Canadian Campaigning in the Twenty-First Century

The Candidate
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail