Books from Scholastic Canada

  • Foul Play
    By Karen Edwards

    Sometimes, we find friendship in the most unexpected places.

  • Love and Chicken Nuggets
    By Annie Kelsey

    DI BURROWS: (waving at the young boy, who waves back) We don't recruit fiveyear-olds. ME: (refusing to be fobbed off that easily. The young boy might be a decoy) What time did you leave the house? DI BURROWS: (smiling) Oh nine hundred ...

  • Maps and Mapping for Canadian Kids
    By Laura Peetoom, Paul Heersink

    Map reading--Canada--Juvenile literature. 2. Maps--Juvenile literature. 3. Cartography--Juvenile literature. I. Heersink, Paul II. Title. GA105.6.P44 2011 j912.01'4 C2011—901360—6 Credits: Cover background: © Tim Pohl/iStockphoto.

  • Dear Canada: A Time for Giving
    By Carol Matas, Karleen Bradford, Norah McClintock

    During Father Clement's sermon, I thought of how Mary and Joseph had travelled so far and were looking for a safe place to rest that long-ago Christmas. No one wanted them. And yet everything worked out somehow. My New Year's resolution ...

  • Brothers at War
    By Don Cummer

    Corporal Porter from Government House stands tall above me. “Is your father at home?” he asks. I nod. “Is Joe Willcocks with him?” What to say? Could Corporal Porter be spying for Henry's brother as well? “What's the matter, boy?

  • Cher Journal : Le temps des réjouissances: Dix récits de Noël
    By Sharon Stewart, Carol Matas, Karleen Bradford

    Les dix récits rassemblés dans ce roman relatent les événements qui sont survenus durant la période des fêtes, après que les héroïnes des romans de la collection Cher Journal eurent terminé d'écrire leur journal intime.

  • A Time for Giving: Ten Tales of Christmas
    By Carol Matas, Karleen Bradford, Norah McClintock

    A Time for Giving includes ten tales of Christmas, following the most recent Dear Canada diarists "the Christmas after" their diary ends.

  • Par Ici, la Pluie!
    By Karen Hesse

    Karen Hesse. — On s'est bien fait tremper, maman, dis-je. Apaisées et fraîches comme la rosée, nous rentrons à la maison, offrant notre visage aux premiers rayons du soleil. Une pluie de remerciements à Mark Breen du musée Fairbanks,

  • Activités Au Fil des Saisons: Fiches à Reproduire - Septembre à Décembre
    By Karen Sevaly

    "Ce livre d'activités est un incontournable pour la salle de classe avec d'adorables motifs, des idées créatives, des prix de motivation, des signets, des bricolages, des affiches de babillard, et plus encore!

  • Les amphibiens en questions
    By Karen Carr, Melvin Berger, Gilda Berger

    Qu'est-ce qui distinguent les grenouilles des crapauds?

  • Nova Scotia
    By Carrie Gleason

    Acadia, Acadians 16–19, 20, 21, 35, 37 Annapolis Valley 8, 31 area 11 Atlantic Ocean 2, 4, 5, 9, 10 Bay of Fundy 3, 4, 6, 7, 8,13,15,17, 26, 30 Bell, Alexander Graham 40 Black Loyalists 21, 34 Bluenose 42 BluenoseII 1 Bras d'Or Lake 4, ...

  • Au Canada... : Combats en Plein Ciel: Premire Guerre Mondiale, Paul Townend, Pilote de Chasse,1916
    By David Ward

    Ce livre fait le récit de certaines des plus féroces batailles aériennes menées par un jeune pilote de chasse durant la Première Guerre mondiale.

  • Sight Unseen
    By David Carroll

    ... knee was throbbing from the fall the night before. And I was wishing I'd brought along some food. Even one of Mom's gluten-free granola bars would've been okay. As I paddled, I kept wondering what Mrs. Coley had said to my parents.

  • Animal totem: Les Bêtes Suprêmes
    By Victoria Schwab

    See below for English description.

  • I Am Canada: Defend or Die: The Siege of Hong Kong, Jack Finnigan, Hong Kong, 1941
    By Gillian Chan

    The English was perfect and the accent Canadian, but I knew it wasn't a buddy because of the anger I heard in it. I spun round, looking to see who had addressed us so rudely. There were some prisoners sitting outside huts, ...

  • Moi, je m'aime!
    By Karen Beaumont, David Catrow, Hélène Pilotto

    Une fillette bien dans sa peau, et ne se souciant guère de ce que pensent ou disent ses voisins, exprime sa joie de vivre et son estime d'elle-même dans un texte rimé et joyeusement rythmé : "J'aime mon nez, mes yeux et mes oreilles. / ...

  • Dear Canada: Exiles from the War: The War Guest Diary of Charlotte Mary Twiss, Guelph, Ontario, 1940
    By Jean Little

    When Dad came home, he called Dr. Steiner, who said to keep her drinking and he'd be right over. She is in her bed and I am staying with her even though she seems asleep most of the time.

  • Une Mise en Échec
    By Karen Edwards, Hélène Rioux

    Jordi est très déçu après que son quartier a été vandalisé par des adolescents.

  • Rocket Blues
    By David Skuy

    Rocket loved to deke when he was going this fast, especially on his forehand where he could slip it in the five-hole or roof it stick side. This situation screamed for a shot, however. “Bring it,” he said under his breath.

  • Where the River Takes Me: The Hudson's Bay Company Diary of Jenna Sinclair
    By Julie Lawson

    Suzanne is getting impatient , she has been calling and calling , Viens vite , toi ! C'est Papa et mes frères ! So I must hurry , because it is the first time Emile and François have been with the brigade and I cannot wait to see them ...