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How Canada Became Canada

Bercuson, David



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Secret path

Downie, Gordon.


"Secret Path is a ten song digital download album by Gord Downie with a graphic novel by illustrator Jeff Lemire that tells the story of Chanie ""Charlie"" Wenjack, a twelve-year-old boy who died in flight from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School fifty years ago. Chanie, misnamed Charlie by his teachers, was a young boy who died on October 22, 1966, walking the railroad tracks, trying to escape from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School to return home. Chanie's home was 400 miles away. He didn't know that. He didn't know where it was, nor how to find it, but, like so many kids--more than anyone will be able to imagine--he tried. Chanie's story is Canada's story. We are not the country we thought we were. History will be re-written. We are all accountable. Secret Path acknowledges a dark part of Canada's history--the long suppressed mistreatment of Indigenous children and families by the residential school system--with the hope of starting our country on a road to reconciliation. Every year as we remember Chanie Wenjack, the hope for Secret Path is that it educates all Canadians young and old on this omitted part of our history, urging our entire nation to play an active role in the preservation of Indigenous lives and culture in Canada. The next hundred years are going to be painful as we come to know Chanie Wenjack and thousands like him--as we find out about ourselves, about all of us--but only when we do can we truly call ourselves, ""Canada."" Proceeds from Secret Path will be donated to The Gord Downie Secret Path Fund for Truth and Reconciliation via The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) at The University of Manitoba. " paperback - large book - school board donation.
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"Secret Path is a ten song digital download album by Gord Downie with a graphic novel by illustrator Jeff Lemire that tells the story of Chanie ""Charlie"" Wenjack, a twelve-year-old boy who died in flight from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School fifty years ago. Chanie, misnamed Charlie by his teachers, was a young boy who died on October 22, 1966, walking the railroad tracks, trying to escape from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School to return home. Chanie's home was 400 miles away. He didn't know that. He didn't know where it was, nor how to find it, but, like so many kids--more than anyone will be able to imagine--he tried. Chanie's story is Canada's story. We are not the country we thought we were. History will be re-written. We are all accountable. Secret Path acknowledges a dark part of Canada's history--the long suppressed mistreatment of Indigenous children and families by the residential school system--with the hope of starting our country on a road to reconciliation. Every year as we remember Chanie Wenjack, the hope for Secret Path is that it educates all Canadians young and old on this omitted part of our history, urging our entire nation to play an active role in the preservation of Indigenous lives and culture in Canada. The next hundred years are going to be painful as we come to know Chanie Wenjack and thousands like him--as we find out about ourselves, about all of us--but only when we do can we truly call ourselves, ""Canada."" Proceeds from Secret Path will be donated to The Gord Downie Secret Path Fund for Truth and Reconciliation via The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) at The University of Manitoba. " paperback - large book - school board donation.

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Yes

Alborough, Jez.


A young chimpanzee preparing for bedtime learns to say "Yes" when things suit him and "No" when they do not.
Date Published:2006

Dragon tide

Lee, Ingrid.



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So Few of Me

Peter H. Reynolds


"After wishing there were two of him to complete all the items on his ""to do"" list, Leo discovers that the real problem is not the number of Leos, but the length of the list"
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"Uncomplicating Fractions to Meet the Common Core Standards in Math, K-7 /"

Small, Marian,



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More than a Play

ETFO


"9 plays for dramatizing or reading aloud - includes topics on immigration, plays written in both french and english and social justice issues"
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The last kids on Earth

Brallier, Max,


"Starring in their own epic adventure, dynamic duo Quint Baker and Dirk Savage encounter new monsters and embark on a post-apocalyptic quest for the ages. "
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Schooled

Korman, Gordon



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Under the Sea

Patchett, Fiona



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The Bad Beginning

Snicket, Lemony



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When I grow up, I will win the Nobel Peace Prize

Pin, Isabel.


Originally published: Germany : Carl Hanser Verlag, 2005. Translated from the German. A young boy thinks of what he can do to fight injustice in the world.
Date Published:2006

No Excuses! How What You Say Can Get In Your Way

Dr. Wayne W. Dyer with Kristina Tracy



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"Thank you, Mr. Falker"

Polacco, Patricia


"At first, Trisha loves school, but her difficulty learning to read makes her feel dumb, until, in the fifth grade, a new teacher helps her understand and overcome her problem." Making Connections.
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The Cats in Krasinski Square

Hesse, Karen



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The Three Questions

Muth, Jon



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Luck

George, Jean Craighead, 1919-2012.


Compact disc. Track 1: narration with page turn signals (14:24); track 2: narration with no page turn signals (14:12). A young sandhill crane, Luck, finds his place in the ancient crane migration from northern Canada to the Platte River.
Date Published:2007

Behind the mask

Choi, Yangsook.


"Frances Foster books." Kimin, a young Korean-American boy, has trouble deciding on a Halloween costume, but as he looks through an old trunk of his grandfather's things, he suddenly unlocks a childhood mystery.
Date Published:2006

Is there really a human race?

Curtis, Jamie Lee,


"While thinking about life as a race, a child wonders whether it is most important to finish first or to have fun along the way."
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Bashful Bob and doleful Dorinda

Atwood, Margaret



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