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

Notes From a Children's Librarian: In Conversation with Nature
Quick Hits
The best books are timeless, and they deserve to find readers whenever and wherever.

Quick Hits: 9 Books Well Worth Your While
The Chat
Great writers sit down with us to talk about their books—and the stories behind them.

The Chat with Michelle Porter
The Latest Interviews, Recommendations, and More

You Can Find a Chinese Restaurant Everywhere You Go
"Madagascar is one of the last places on Earth I would expect to find Chinese settlement. And now I find out that wonton soup and rickshaws have contributed …

Magnificent Short Fiction
A recommended reading list by the author of the celebrated memoir Chasing Zebras.
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- Southern Alberta Prairie Perspectives: Theory and Practice
- The Chat with Lorna Crozier
- Bodies in Trouble
- Secret Lives of Mothers
- Shelf Talkers Spring 2022
- Bright Lights, Big City: Kids Books About Urban Life
- The Philosopher Kings
- Darn Good Books: Popular Fiction from the Past
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The Hidden Kingdom of Fungi
Exploring the Microscopic World in Our Forests, Homes, and Bodies

Canada Jay, The
The National Bird of Canada”

Worth More Standing
Poets and Activists Pay Homage to Trees

Villain, Vermin, Icon, Kin
Wolves and the Making of Canada

Bats of British Columbia

The Zone
Rediscovering Our Natural Self

Invasive Flora of the West Coast
British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest

The Kootenay Wolves
Five Years Following a Wild Wolf Pack

Looking for Jane
A Novel

We, Jane

The Abortion Caravan
When Women Shut Down Government in the Battle for the Right to Choose

My Body My Choice
The Fight for Abortion Rights

The Changing Voice of the Anti-Abortion Movement
The Rise of "Pro-Woman" Rhetoric in Canada and the United States

After Morgentaler
The Politics of Abortion in Canada

Abortion
History, Politics, and Reproductive Justice after Morgentaler

Without Apology
Writings on Abortion in Canada

My Natural History
The Evolution of a Gardener

The Way of the Gardener
Lost in the Weeds Along the Camino de Santiago

There Is A Season
A Memoir

Through the Garden
A Love Story (with Cats)

The Way of a Gardener
A Life's Journey

One Good Thing
A Living Memoir

A Victory Garden for Trying Times

Unearthed
Love, Acceptance, and Other Lessons from an Abandoned Garden