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Paperback. Condición: Fair. Nadia is playing for her local soccer team, and they have made it all the way to the national tournament--against some very determined opposition. Unfortunately, Nadia's challenges don't just come from her opponents but from her teammates as well. After their coach is injured in a suspicious accident and the threats against the team mount, it is up to Nadia and her younger brother Devin to pull the team together and take a run at the championship. Another wild ride. Deas, Mike (ilustrador).…

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. Where can you find animal babies? Why, nearly everywhere! Perfect for babies and toddlers, this adorable board book features a wide variety of baby animals and explores all of the places they live, from bays to burrows and beyond. With colorful, easy-to-turn pages, this book is an essential addition to any little one's library. Upbeat, rhyming text from award-winning poet Lorna Crozier creates a joyful reading experience, and warm, cheerful illustrations are sure to make the book a favorite. Watson, Laura (ilustrador). …

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Danny and his friends, Anita, Petou and Marcel, are typical youngsters--hockey mad. Danny's disability means that he can't wear skates, but his leather moccasins work just fine and earn him the name "Moccasin Danny." When a town team is formed, the friends are overjoyed, but only Marcel is picked for the team. Will Danny get the chance to prove that even though he can't wear a pair of skates, he can still play the game? Originally released over a decade ago, The Moccasin Goalieis the first of three books in a well-loved series that includes The Final Gameand Victory at Paradise Hill.…

Hardback. Condición: Good. Award-winning poet Lorna Crozier's soothing lullaby delights in kisses for baby from head to toe. Combined with beautiful photographs, Lots of Kissesis the perfect board book for parents and caregivers to snuggle up and read with their oh-so-kissable little ones.

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. Award-winning poet Lorna Crozier's soothing lullaby delights in kisses for baby from head to toe. Combined with beautiful photographs, Lots of Kissesis the perfect board book for parents and caregivers to snuggle up and read with their oh-so-kissable little ones.

Paperback. Condición: Good. The climate crisis is the issue of our time. Scientists have warned for over 100 years that burning fossil fuels and destroying nature will warm the earth's atmosphere and affect the climate in adverse ways: more severe and intense storms, prolonged heat waves, drought, flooding, wildfires, rising sea levels and ocean acidification. Urgent Message from a Hot Planet: Navigating the Climate Crisis outlines the science behind global heating and its root causes, provides ways to take action and honors the efforts of the millions of youth and adult allies from around the world working tirelessly to make a difference. Their powerful message: do something now! The epub edition of this title is fully accessible. Wuthrich, Belle (ilustrador). …

Paperback. Condición: Good. Key Selling Points A middle-reader graphic novel about a military family coping with the effects of PTSD. The visual format explores the complicated issues of trauma and mental health in a safe, accessible manner. From the author of the successful pandemic picture book We Wear Masks, which won the Alice Kitts Memorial Award for Excellence in Children's Writing. AWOL is based on the author's own family's journey with PTSD. The author wanted to create relatable characters so children in similar circumstances wouldn't feel so alone.…

Hardback. Condición: Good. Key Selling Points Play With Jay! contains twenty-one fun activities that promote curiosity and imagination. Monsters, magic and mazes. there's something for everyone in this creative conversation starter. Early learning concepts include letters, numbers, shapes, comparisons and feelings. With no answer key, the open-ended prompts leave room for discussion and creativity. …

Paperback. Condición: Good. After moving into a dank and drafty basement suite in West Edmonton with her truck-driving father, nasty stepmother, and Ash, her taciturn twin brother, seventeen-year-old Greta doesn't have high expectations for her last year of high school. When she blacks out at a party and is told the next day that she's had sex, she thinks things can't get any worse. She's wrong. While Greta deals with the confusion and shame of that night, her stepmother and father choose that moment to disappear, abandoning Ash and Greta to the mercy of their peculiar landlord, Elgin, who lives upstairs. Even as Greta struggles to make sense of what happened to her, she finds herself enjoying her new and very eccentric family, who provide the shelter and support that has long been absent from her life. Much to Greta's surprise, she realizes there is still kindness in the world--and hope.…

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Shostak, Peter (ilustrador).

Paperback. Condición: Good. Get off! I push at him hard, with both hands. The next thing I know, he's pinned my hands over my head. Haley and Lynn are best friends. When Lynn meets Chad, Haley feels left out. She tries to be happy for her friend, but when her mother's new boyfriend starts making unwanted advances, Haley finds she has no one to tell. Not wanting to upset her mother's happiness and finding that Lynn is drifting away, Haley has to face her tormentor alone and face up to some very hard truths.…

Paperback. Condición: Good. Parkour is about movement. It's about making anything and everything in my path a part of my run. It's about overcoming obstacles by moving over or through them. Parkour is an attitude. Above all it's about being free. At least, that's what Derek used to say. More than anything, Nikki wants to be free-of the grief and rage that have engulfed her since her parent's death. But as long as her brother continues to destroy himself, she will be trapped in an endless cycle of blame and pain. In order to save her brother, Nikki must tangle with a dangerous criminal and put all her physical and mental skills to the test.…

Paperback. Condición: Good. An instant later, my mind registers this certainty: She is not of this world. My throat constricts, strangling my scream. Safira doens't believe in ghosts, but the girl in her cabin at camp was not a living person. So what was she? Her friend Trinity is convinced Safira has seen a ghost and sets out to discover the identity of the ghost girl. Safira is too busy dealing with her sister Mya to help solve the mystery. Mya is driving Safira crazy, and there seems to be no hope for friendship between the sisters. But Trinity's discoveries about the ghost girl make Safira wonder if the ghost has an important message about her own sister.…

Paperback. Condición: Good. The second riddle! said Jeremy. Jeremy was good at riddles. But Mr. Magnus looked worried. This is a tough one, he moaned. He opened the scroll and read out loud: I have twenty legs but just one wing. The sea is my kingdom and Jason my king. Who am I? Jeremy frowned. Twenty legs.one wing., he mumbled. He screwed up his face. He thought as hard as he could. It's no use, sighed Mr. Magnus. Jeremy and Aristotle the cat have been to the top of Mount Olympus and into the dark land of Hades. Now they must go to sea if they are to save Mr. Magnus's theater. Milne, Jessica (ilustrador). …

Hardback. Condición: Good. Igvillu is a little dog with big dreams. One of her favorite dreams is of becoming a sled dog. When Igvillu is adopted from her kennel by an Inuit storyteller and moves to northern Canada, she comes face-to-face with real sled dogs. Igvillu loves living in the North, chasing siksiks and dreaming about her future. She's a dog who believes anything is possible. Krykorka, Vladyana (ilustrador). …

Hardback. Condición: Good. In 1935, a nine-year-old boy's family held a forbidden Potlatch in faraway Kingcome Inlet. Watl'kina slipped from his bed to bear witness. In the Big House masked figures danced by firelight to the beat of the drum. And there, he saw a figure he knew. Aboriginal elder Alfred Scow and award-winning author Andrea Spalding collaborate to tell the story, to tell the secret of the dance. Gait, Darlene (ilustrador).…

Hardback. Condición: Good. When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. This ancient proverb of the Kikuyu people, a tribal group in Kenya, Africa, is as true today as when the words were first spoken, perhaps thousands of years ago. Its essence is simplicity--when the large fight, it is the small who suffer most. And when it comes to war, the smallest, the most vulnerable, are the children. When Elephants Fight presents the stories of five children--Annu, Jimmy, Nadja, Farooq and Toma--from five very different and distinct conflicts--Sri Lanka, Uganda, Sarajevo, Afghanistan and the Sudan. Along with these very personal accounts, the book also offers brief analyses of the history and geopolitical issues that are the canvas on which these conflicts are cast. When Elephants Fight is about increasing awareness. For the future to be better than the past, better than the present, we must help equip our children with an awareness and understanding of the world around them and their ability to bring about change. Gandhi stated, If you are going to change the world, start with the children.…

Hardback. Condición: Good. Lott, Sheena (ilustrador).

Paperback. Condición: Good. Everyone expected Leon Kline, anchor for the 4x100 sprint relay, to secure Gilburn High's spot in the record books. But a freak accident on the final stretch changes everything. Suddenly his future is gone. No more running, no scholarship, no college. But then he meets sassy and straight-talking Casey De Vries, and life doesn't look quite so bleak. She even gets him running again. He can't sprint anymore, but he can handle longer distances. As he gets to know Casey better, he realizes that something is not quite right. How can he help her if she won't tell him what's going on.…

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Bunny is in trouble. He's been kidnapped from the skating rink at City Hall in Toronto, and now he's locked in a cold basement room, still in his parka and skates. Where is he? And why do his kidnappers keep asking questions about his dead grandpa and some weird national anthem? Bunny may not always know what's going on, but he has an innocent's ability to get to the heart of things and find out what it's all about. When he manages to escape, he skates across hockey rinks and down frozen highways, always a few strides ahead of his kidnappers. He gets help along the way from an assortment of characters--some kindly, some crazy, some scary and at least one that will make your jaw drop. The Wolf and Meis the sequel to both Weerdest Day Ever!, part of The Seven Prequels and Ink Me, part of Seven (The Series).…

Hardback. Condición: Good. From squirrels to turtles to prickly porcupines, Leo Lionni's signature illustration style and a toddler-friendly text ask a simple question: Who is the animal on each page? One of four board books that celebrates the art and imagination of Leo Lionni, this book is a perfect introduction to identifying animals for busy toddlers, as well as a wonderful stepping stone into the world of one of our best-loved children's book creators. Springett, Martin (ilustrador).…

Hardback. Condición: Good. One Peacecelebrates the "Power of One," and specifically the accomplishments of children from around the globe who have worked to promote world peace. Janet Wilson challenges today's children to strive to make a difference in this beautifully illustrated, fact-filled and fascinating volume of portraits of many "heroes for today." Canadian Craig Kielburger, who started Free the Children to help victims of child labor at the age of twelve, has been nominated three times for the Nobel Peace Prize. Farlis Calle, forced to identify the body of a young friend--a victim of her country's civil war--started the Columbia Children's Movement for Peace. At age ten, Kimmie Weeks, a refugee from the Liberian civil war, came within a whisper of being buried in a mass grave. Almost miraculously he survived and vowed to make a difference in the lives of other children. At thirteen he established Voices of the Future, Liberia's first child rights advocacy group. Other portraits feature the accomplishments of children from Sarajevo, Japan, the United Kingdom, Cambodia, Afghanistan and the United States. These moving testaments to the courage and initiative of youth will inspire readers young and old. Wilson, Janet (ilustrador).…

Hardback. Condición: Good. Pierre was in training for the poodle championship. Every day after breakfast he ran on the treadmill. On Tuesdays he went to the School for Show Pups, and on Thursdays he went to Poochelli's Pet Parlor for a shampoo. While he was being puffed and fluffed, Pierre imagined running with the wind in his long tangled fur. He chased squirrels, dug holes and rolled in any stinky thing he pleased. Pierre, a pampered pooch, is torn between his love for his devoted owner, Miss Murphy, and his dreams of running wild in the park. One day, an open door beckons and Pierre escapes. However, this spunky poodle gets much more than he bargains for. Pierre Le Poof! is this charming little character's first adventure in a new series by the author-illustrator Andrea Beck. Beck, Andrea (ilustrador).…

Paperback. Condición: Good. Lizzie Lane is used to life at the top of the food chain. Her near-perfect life is ruined when Rachel, a girl she socially destroyed, exacts her revenge by getting Lizzie in trouble for cheating on a test. Friendless and facing detention, Lizzie obsesses over finding the perfect revenge. When Stella, Lizzie's strange new neighbor, teaches Lizzie about magick, Lizzie can't resist creating a revenge spell. But she forgets the "rule of three," that whatever spell you cast comes back on you three-fold, and her zit spell backfires with dramatic results. When she asks for help from Stella's Baba, the only advice she gets is to "write the lesson of the zit on her heart." Can Lizzie find a way to teach Rachel a lesson without causing permanent disfigurement to herself? This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for middle-grade readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don't like to read! The epub edition of this title is fully accessible. Also available in French as La revanche parfaite.…

Paperback. Condición: Good. As much as life has irrevocably changed since the death of his father, much has stayed the same for Cam. He's always had a great deal of responsibility around the house, but the burden is heavier now in combination with the load of grief he's been carrying. After the man who was driving the truck that killed his father turns up at the end of the driveway, Cam feels pressure to keep his family safe as well. He starts to see the man everywhere: at his work, in stores, at his sister's school. Cam needs to know what the man wants from his family, and he starts following his father's killer in search of answers.…

Paperback. Condición: Good. Search and Rescueis the first novel in a series of mysteries featuring journalist and sleuth Claire Abbott. When a young woman goes missing on a nature trail, small-town journalist Claire Abbott is first on the scene, as usual. The clues to the woman's whereabouts are misleading, but Claire has a sixth sense--what the fire chief calls a "radar for crime." Trusting her intuition, Claire insists that the search and rescue team look elsewhere for clues to the woman's disappearance. When they fail to follow up on her lead, she pursues it on her own, embarking on a snowy chase up a mountainside that puts herself and others in danger. She's more than just a journalist chasing a story. Claire is determined to do the right thing at any cost. This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for older teen readers and adults who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don't like to read.…

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Search and Rescueis the first novel in a series of mysteries featuring journalist and sleuth Claire Abbott. When a young woman goes missing on a nature trail, small-town journalist Claire Abbott is first on the scene, as usual. The clues to the woman's whereabouts are misleading, but Claire has a sixth sense--what the fire chief calls a "radar for crime." Trusting her intuition, Claire insists that the search and rescue team look elsewhere for clues to the woman's disappearance. When they fail to follow up on her lead, she pursues it on her own, embarking on a snowy chase up a mountainside that puts herself and others in danger. She's more than just a journalist chasing a story. Claire is determined to do the right thing at any cost. This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for older teen readers and adults who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don't like to read.…

Paperback. Condición: Good. When Kyle finds a young dog almost drowned in a heap of seaweed on the beach, he claims the dog as his own and is happy for the first time in a while. He knows that his dog loves him, but whenever they walk on the beach, the dog swims out to sea and doesn't come back until Kyle calls and calls. Then one day, they run into an old man and it turns out that the dog may not belong to Kyle alone. Meissner, Amy (ilustrador).…

Hardback. Condición: Good. Maxine loves her giant tree in the Walbran Valley, but as she gazes at clearcuts from the car window, she worries. What if her tree is gone? Her family and friends trek through the old growth forest, and Maxine runs on ahead to check. Yes, her tree is there. She stands at its foot and listens, but it doesn't make its special sound, "Keer, keer." She will soon learn that "Keer, keer" is the sound a marbled murrelet (a mamu) makes. The mamu is an endangered seabird that flies far from the sea to nest in the high flat branches of the Sitka spruce. When a tree-climber confirms the presence of a mamu nest, Maxine's tree will be safe forever. Gait, Darlene (ilustrador).…

Hardback. Condición: Good. Koppel plunked the meat grinder down on the table. Tell her what you told me, he said. Yetta rolled her eyes. Oy vey, he's talking to a meat grinder. Tell her! shouted Koppel. The meat grinder was silent. Does it know any chicken jokes? Yetta giggled. It sings 'My Yiddishe Mama' maybe? Yetta laughed so hard she popped three buttons. But Koppel didn't notice. He had a faraway look in his eyes. In this fresh take on a classic tale, a magic meat grinder helps a poor Jewish couple learn a little gratitude after the three wishes it grants them go awry. A cautionary story that questions today's consumerism and excess, Kishka for Koppel, like the best folktales, can help children and adults alike to look both beyond and within. Cohen, Sheldon (ilustrador).…