As a young boy, Rick Hansen was never still. He took part in all kinds of sports, and loved fishing. At fifteen, however, Rick’s life changed when he was thrown from a truck in an accident and became a paraplegic.
For a while, Rick figured he would never enjoy his favourite activities again, but his dad [...]
Growing up on the Toronto Islands in the 1860s, Ned Hanlan dreamed of rowing. The son of a poor Irish immigrant, he had neither the well-to-do background nor the big, bulky physique of most rowers of his day, but Ned possessed natural athletic ability and the will to win.
Ned Hanlan won his first big race, [...]
Born in 1948, Normee Ekoomiak lived in a snow house in the winter and in a tent made of animal skins during the summer months. With his family, he followed the animals, moving to the sea ice in the winter to hunt seal, to the river in the spring to fish for Arctic char, [...]
Step into Margriet’s backyard and take a look at some of the many animals and plants found there. From snakes and wasps to mice, spiders and bats, in winter, spring, summer and fall, Margriet helps the reader to explore her garden and its visitors at all times of the day and night, and in all [...]
In recent years the community of Parkdale, in Toronto, has become home to many immigrants from Tibet. In 2006, with the help and encouragement of their school principal and some teachers as well as adults from the Tibetan community, a group of students at Parkdale formed the Tibetan Book Club and set out to [...]
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 [...]
Written by G. Brian Karas, On Earth is a terrific non-fiction text about Earth’s rotation and its voyage around the Sun. With colourful illustrations and simple but clear text, Karas explains day and night, the seasons, and the changing length of day and night as the Northern Hemisphere tilts toward and then away from [...]
