Marthe Jocelyn
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Malou has just turned sixteen—hardly old enough to be out in the world on her own—and all she knows for sure is that she's of mixed race and that she was left at an orphanage as a newborn. When the orphanage burns to the ground, she finds out that she may have been born in a small town in Ontario's cottage country. Much to her surprise, Parry Sound turns out to have quite a few young brown faces, but Malou can't believe they might be related...
6) Same same
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
"Opposites do attract, especially when presented with words and images ... each image is bold, bright, and as sizzlingly colorful as a dream".
Author
Language
English
Description
One yellow ribbon unties itself from a child's hair and transforms into a winter scarf, a farmer's field, and a lion's mane, among many other magical things, in this delightful board book by celebrated paper artist Marthe Jocelyn.
Jocelyn's paper collages in this wordless search-and-find adventure will encourage little ones to look closely at the world around them and explore what they see.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Malou has just turned sixteen-hardly old enough to be out in the world on her own-and all she knows for sure is that she's of mixed race and that she was left at an orphanage as a newborn. When the orphanage burns to the ground, she finds out that she may have been born in a small town in Ontario's cottage country. Much to her surprise, Parry Sound turns out to have quite a few young brown faces, but Malou can't believe they might be related to her....
11) One red button
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"A wordless board book that follows the journey of one red button as it falls off a jacket and transforms into a doorknob and many other things along the way."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"A smart and charming middle-grade mystery series starring young detective Aggie Morton and her friend Hector, inspired by the imagined life of Agatha Christie as a child and her most popular creation, Hercule Poirot. For fans of Lemony Snicket and The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency. Aggie Morton lives in a small town on the coast of England in 1902. Adventurous and imaginative but deeply shy, Aggie hasn't got much to do since the death of her beloved...
Author
Series
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"For young detective Aggie Morton and her friend Hector, Christmas becomes a lot more exciting when a dead body is found in this second book in the Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen series, inspired by the life of Agatha Christie as a child and her most popular creation, Hercule Poirot. For fans of The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency. Aspiring writer Aggie Morton is looking forward to Christmas. Having just solved a murder and survived her own brush with...
Author
Series
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"For young detective Aggie Morton and her friend Hector, a spa stay becomes a lot more thrilling when TWO dead bodies are found in this third book in the Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen series, inspired by the life of Agatha Christie as a child and her most popular creation, Hercule Poirot. For fans of Enola Holmes. Aspiring writer Aggie Morton is ready to enjoy an invigorating trip to a Yorkshire spa, where her widowed mother can take the waters and...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
In 1901, fourteen-year-old Mable Riley dreams of being a writer and having adventures while stuck in Perth County, Ontario, assisting her sister in teaching school and secretly becoming friends with a neighbor who holds scandalous opinions on women's rights.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Unable to decide which of her many collections to take to school, Hannah surveys her collections of buttons, shells, feathers, and other wonderful objects and comes up with a unique solution.