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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
THE CHAT
Great writers sit down with us to talk about their books—and the stories behind them.

The Chat with Andrea Warner
The Latest Interviews, Recommendations, and More

Finding Courage, Kindness and Curiosity Through Other Points of View
A recommended reading list by the author of middle grade novel Waltraut.

Start Swooning: Love Stories for Valentines Day
A recommended reading list by the author of Only in Your Dreams.
- The Chat with Deni Ellis Béchard
- 10 Picture Books for Pony Lovers
- Something Sweet: Salted Caramel Cake
- 8 Novels and a Short Story About the Second World War
- Most Anticipated: Our 2025 Spring Fiction Preview
- Perfect Winter Mysteries
- The Chat with Ken McGoogan
- 9 Books You Can Judge by Their Covers
- New and upcoming Canadian picture books all about food!
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Searching for Serafim
The Life and Legacy of Serafim "Joe" Fortes

300 Mason Jars
Preserving History

She Won The Vote For Women
The life and times of Lillian Beynon Thomas

The Horse
A Galloping History of Humanity

Crosses in the Sky
Jean de Brébeuf and the Destruction of Huronia

Five Stalks of Grain

Atrocity on the Atlantic
Attack on a Hospital Ship During the Great War

Tina7 Cht Ti Temixw: We Come From This Land
A Walk through the History of the Squamish People

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

kā-āciwīkicik / The Move

Discovering Words: English * French * Cree

Discovering Words: English * French * Cree — Updated Edition

Discovering Animals: English * French * Cree

Discovering Numbers: English * French * Cree

Discovering People: English * French * Cree

tâpwê êkwa mamâhtâwastotin (Tâpwê and the Magic Hat, Cree edition)
