People & Places (Children's/Teenage)

This lyrical celebration of Juneteenth, deeply rooted in Black American history, spans centuries and reverberates loudly and proudly today.After 30...

The story of Queen Elizabeth II, who famously said if I wore beige, no one would know who I was, told through her clothes and jewellery. The Queens...

In 1660, at the age of thirteen, Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) began her study of butterfly metamorphosis-years before any other scientist publi...

From the intrepid efforts of Susan B. Anthony to the quiet courage of Rosa Parks, Courageous People Who Changed the World is a young child's first ...

Finalist for the 2011 Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction On behalf of the Nova Scotia government, I sincerely apologize to Mrs. ...

With the help of a wise frog, Millie learns a special skill that empowers her to help others while staying true to herself. When young Millie sees ...

Black, white, and everything in between ...Through poems, interviews, and short essays, a group of young people tell what it's like to be biracial,...

The true story of a fourteenth-century traveler, whose journeys through the Islamic world and beyond were extraordinary for his time. In 1325, whe...

A fiesta of feline facts for cat lovers everywhere! Its amazing but true: there are approximately 600 million pet cats around the world! And why no...

Featuring childrens own words and heart-warming pictures, this board book is the perfect book for children living in, or visiting Quebec. ...

In this biography, discover the inspiring story of Katherine Johnson, famed NASA mathematician and one of the subjects of the award-winning 2016 fi...

Birds were the objects of my greatest delight, wrote John James Audubon (17851851), founder of modern ornithology and one of the worlds greatest b...

A small undercover unit of hand-picked, trusted warriors is assembled to track down the thieves who have stolen the Staff held by Moses as he parte...

The official children's book to the Netflix original documentary series, Our Planet, with a foreword by Sir David Attenborough. ...

One of the most iconic characters in childrens literature Hergés classic comic book creation Tintin is one of the...

I See the Sun in Botswana is the 10th book in the award-winning series of bi-lingual picture books, each focused on one country and one day in the ...

From the authors and illustrator of I Am Smart, I Am Blessed, I Can Do Anything! comes another story about the always-inspiring Ayaan!Amazing Ayaan...

  Explore the lives of the Windrush generation in this full-colour anthology. With a foreword from Baroness Floella Benjamin, D...