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Chasing the Sun

An Arctic tern can fly as many as 50,000 miles in its annual migration, and as this bird chases summer across the hemispheres, it sees more sunlight than any other living thing. In this luminous celebration of such astonishing aerial feats, author and visual artist Timothy Musso charts the migratory path of an Arctic tern family with intricately designed woodcut illustrations that propel the reader along as a partner on a most incredible journey. Back matter expands on the poetic text with addit

Chicagoland Detective Agency

Raf Hernandez knows Megan is odd from the moment she walks into his mom's pet supply store asking for a tarantula. But there's one thing you can count on in Chicagoland: Weird things happen several times a day.

Children During Conflicts (Crabtree Forest)  

Children in conflict zones experience life-threatening situations and witness violence. They are killed or injured; some are forced to fight; many are orphaned. This important series helps show the significant ways in which conflicts shape and change children's lives, impacting their families, their physical and mental health, and their futures. Extension questions encourage readers to think critically, make connections, and reflect. Perspectives boxes feature people affected by conflict. Each b

Children in History

While many books retell history by describing what life was like for adults, this series explores the past through the eyes of a child. Each title focuses on an exciting time in world history, with fascinating details about family life, school, games, pets, and much more. Interesting and varied activities (including recipes, crafts, and word-writing and numerals in foreign languages) help reinforce learning; a time line, and websites are included.

Children in History (Voyager)

Children in History explores eight major periods in history through the stories of children that lived them. Complete with true accounts of real children from the past, the books in this eye-opening set illustrate what it was like to live during times of war, revolution, and social and economic change.

Children of the Past: Archaeology and the Lives of Kids

Footprints on cave floors. Fingerprints on clay pots. A tiny horse made from lead. These are all clues about the lives of kids long ago. Archaeologist Lois Miner Huey pieces together these clues to show readers how children's lives differed throughout time. She examines cave-roaming kids in Western Europe in 18,000 BCE; hunter-gatherer kids in Europe in 6,000 BCE; Iroquois kids in North America in 1,000 CE; colonial kids in Jamestown, Virginia, in the early 1600s; and free African American kids

China: Land, Life and Culture

Choose Your Own Career Adventure (Bright Futures Press)

The Choose Your Own Career Adventure series puts readers right in the middle of some of their favourite places to explore the things that people do there.

Choosing Democracy (Crabtree Forest)  

U.S. President Abraham Lincoln described democracy best, as Ìgovernment of the people, by the people, and for the people.Ê Choosing Democracy examines the development of this form of government and how it has transformed the world over time. Developed to engage, each title explores how democracy functions and dives deep into the concepts of freedom, justice, and the rule of law. Students are challenged to involve themselves in protecting rights and discerning threats to democracy from reasonable

Christmas Carol, A

This perennial Dickensian favourite about a miser’s startling change of heart is illustrated by Italian artist Roberto Innocenti and reissued for the readers of all the Christmases Yet To Come.