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RR Religion and Religious Identity
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Joseph's grandfather made him a beautiful blanket when he was a baby, but now it's frazzled and worn, and Joseph's mother says it is time to throw it out. Joseph doesn't want to part with his special blanket, and he's sure that his grandfather can fix it. Sure enough, Grandfat...
By Tracey West, Illustrated By Graham Howells
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Pick a book. Grow a reader. This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these b...
By Elizabeth MacLeod, Illustrated By Mike Deas
PD Physical Disability
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The award-winning Scholastic Canada Biography series highlights the lives of remarkable Canadians, whose achievements and legacies have inspired and changed the lives of those that followed them.In Meet Terry Fox, the legendary story of how Terry Fox came to ru...
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Munsch and Martchenko turn their creative attention on a moose — with hilarious results!Luke gets up early one Saturday morning and finds a moose in the backyard. He wakes up his dad, and then his mom, and each declares that "mo...
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Kristy, Mary Anne, Claudia, and Stacey are best friends and founding members of The Baby-sitters Club. Whatever comes up -- cranky toddlers, huge dogs, scary neighbors, prank calls -- you can count on them to save the day. Baby-sitting isn't always easy, and neither is dealing...

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RI Racialized Identities
Winner, Governor General's Award for Young People's Literature - Illustration 2023
In this exploration of what it truly means to swim, expansive vignettes introduce sandpipers, tannin-soaked lakes, and the feeling of a small waterfall on sun-soaked shoulders. But what about those who are afraid of the water’s mysterious ways and resist learning to swim? Paint...
Winner, Diamond Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice) 2025
It’s the start of a new school year and Oliver is looking forward to a seventh-grade year full of spitballs, jokes and pranks with his friend Nathan. And their new homeroom teacher, Mr. Aidact, looks like a prime target. He’s an odd duck — with a weird, stilted vocabular...
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By Swapna Haddow, Illustrated By Minky Stapleton
Marg, Zeb and Barry found a way to make their unconventional superpowers special. But now there’s been a disaster at the Superheroes Café! Marg seems to have lost her ability to make Mac ’n’ Cheese... and it’s the only thing on the menu. Getting ...
Donovan Curtis, Noah Youkilis and their friends from the Academy for Scholastic Distinction have graduated from middle school, so it's on to ninth grade for everyone . . . well, everyone except Noah. Because of his super-genius status, and much to his dismay, he's been graduated ...
By Jay Odjick, Illustrated By KC Oster
When we meet Zack, he’s being looked after by his super-cool Auntie Jess and dreaming of one day being like his hero, slick business tycoon Konstantin Pierce. Zack’s parents are away — yet again — for their important careers in “refrigerator sales.” Little does Zack k...
By Lauren Tarshis, Adapted By Georgia Ball, Illustrated By Cassie Anderson
All across California, deadly wildfires rage . . .Still reeling from the life-changing challenges that propelled him and his mother across the country, Josh finds solace in the California wilderness and in the newfound friendship with his cousin Hol...
Join Georgia as she chases her dreams! Georgia has started training in a new, ELITE squad, and it is a whole new challenge for her. New friends, new coaches and new skills to learn! On top of that, she is competing in her first TEAM COMP, and the squad is relying on her beam rout...