Commissioned by International Geographic to write an article about the Kingdom of the Golden Dragon, writer Kate Cold decides to invite her 15-year-old grandson, Alex, and his Brazilian friend, 13-year-old Nadia, to accompany her to the fabled and inaccessible kingdom nestled high in the Himalayas. Alex and Nadia are delighted to be reunited after [...]
You love it; so do I. Robert Munsch’s The Paper Bag Princess is one of the great classics of Canadian children’s literature. This fairytale about Princess Elizabeth who sets off to find and rescue Prince Ronald, after a dragon destroys her castle and carries away the prince, has been read and enjoyed by [...]
Casey has spent the summer pet sitting to earn enough money to buy her favourite horse, Lightning, from the riding stable at which she takes lessons. Zelda, the owner of the stable, needs the money and can’t wait much longer for the $1500 she’s asking for Lightning.
When Casey learns that Geronimo Patchett, the wealthy [...]
London, 1945. When their house is bombed, 10-year-old Peggy, along with her mum and baby brother Tommy, go to live with her granddad, a difficult old man whom Peggy doesn’t know very well, and who doesn’t seem happy to have them stay. Peggy must go to a new school, where she is ignored [...]
New Auckland is a small town perched on the rocky coast of British Columbia. The houses and other buildings of the town are squeezed into a narrow strip of land between the mountains and the pebbled beach. The residents live with the sea at their back doors and the Rockies at the front. [...]
9-year-old Jeremy really wants a pet, but his parents are concerned that he isn’t old enough to look after one properly. Jeremy decides to offer pet-sitting services, so that he can demonstrate just how responsible he can be.
Soon friends and neighbours are dropping off their animals, and Jeremy is learning that caring for pets, [...]
TJ knows nothing about football, but he does know that he’s no good at team sports, so he’s surprised when he gets a phone call telling him when to show up for the first football practice of the season. Weirder still, he learns that his best friend Seymour, who’s a got a terrific head [...]
New this year, the Silver Birch Express program is intended for students in Grades 4, 5 and 6 who want to take part in Silver Birch, but who need fewer books, shorter books, and books that are written for less experienced readers. Strong readers in Grade 3 are also welcome to take part!
There are ten [...]
As Armenian refugees living in a Greek orphanage in 1923, 12-year-old Aram and the other boys know that food is scarce and that, as they grow into men, it will not be safe for them, even in Greece. But, when the boys are offered the chance to start new lives in Canada, Aram does [...]
Thanks to her mother’s sudden determination to connect with family, 13-year-old Norah finds herself sent to spend Christmas in rural Ontario with an elderly aunt of her dead father, a woman neither she nor her mother have ever met. While waiting for the arrival of her mother and cousins, Norah attempts to make friends [...]
