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The Slippers' Keeper

Go, stories by Deborah Ellis. The background is pale green. Clockwise from the top are six illustrations: A purple basket of various home items, two floor cushions around a wood Go game board covered in black and white pieces; an upside-down dog bowl surrounded by dog kibble and broken glass; an orange shirt, white towel, bar of soap and a toothbrush; a shovel in front of a gravestone; a white chair and a pink purse by a potted tree; and a pair of shoes, red cup and a race bib with the number forty-four.

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Go

Dark blue vines curl along the sides of a light blue background. At the bottom of the vines are two small circles made by the branches, each with a rose. In the left circle is a man’s face and in the right circle is a woman’s face. In between the two is a girl with earphones. All three people have light skin tone and black hair. At the top of the vines are pink roses. In between them is the silhouette of a woman on stage in front of many seats. Text: Operatic. Kyo Maclear. Byron Eggenschwiler.

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Operatic

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Rooster / Gallo

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The Breadwinner: A Graphic Novel

Two pairs of legs face each other. The rest of the bodies are out of frame, but they are laying back and their feet are on the ground. One person wear jeans with holes in the legs with red high-top canvas sneakers. The other person wears yellow pants with pink socks and blue sneakers that have a hole in one toe. Small doodles on the cover show a flower, a crown, and an eight-pronged star. Text: A Boy Named Queen. Sara Cassidy.

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A Boy Named Queen

Cover: A girl with green skin tone looks at a yellow envelope that she holds in her hands. The letters “R.S.V.P.” are written on the envelope’s flap. The girl has leafy hair and skirts that trail off the edge of the image. Text: The Invitation. Stacey May Fowles and Marie Lafrance.

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The Invitation

Maggie Lou, Firefox. By Arnolda Dufour Bowes. A girl with medium skin tone and curly brown hair is flanked by two dogs: one brown, the other black and white. She wears boxing gloves around her neck, a yellow sweater, blue vest, green shorts and mismatched knee socks. There is a white bandage around one knee. She stands on grass against a purple sky and a pink and orange sun.

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Maggie Lou, Firefox

Cover: In a Land Without Dogs the Cats Learn to Bark by Jonathan Garfinkel. Black and white text of the title is set in a Soviet-era propaganda font. A small black illustration of a cat walking is in the middle-right of the page. The background is red.

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In a Land without Dogs the Cats Learn to Bark

Cover: Momma’s Going to March. By Jennifer Maruno and Vivian Rosas. A woman holds up a white banner, with two children following her against a green background. The woman has medium-light skin tone, brown hair and is wearing a pink crop top. Her banner shows the title text. Behind her, a boy with light skin tone and short brown hair holds his fist up, with his other hand cupped around his mouth. Beside him, a girl with medium skin tone and brown hair in pigtails holds up a sign with a pink heart on it.

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Momma's Going to March

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Between Sisters

Cover: Birds on the Brain. By Uma Krishnaswami. Three kids stand on an apartment building rooftop. The girl on the left has medium-dark skin tone, wears her black hair in pigtails and holds a book called "Birds." The girl in the middle has medium skin tone, black hair in looping breads and holds a pair of binoculars. The boy on the right has medium-light skin tone, short black hair and wears a karate uniform. He does a karate pose. Birds of varying species fly in the sky over them.

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Birds on the Brain

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Northwest Passage

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Let the Elephants Run

Cover: “Burying the Moon. By Andrée Poulin and Sonali Zohra.” A girl with medium-dark skin tone stands in a field, facing away from us. The girl wears sandals and a blue dress over a white shirt, and her dark hair is braided. She holds a pick and stares at the big full yellow moon. There is a hole in the ground beneath the moon. The field and sky are shades of purple, blue and pink. There are swirls in the sky behind the moon.

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Burying the Moon

This image is in shades of black and white. A child with light skin tone stands in front of a public transit stop in front of a few short buildings. They are in winter clothes with a red hat. The stop has a sign over it written in a Slavic language. Text: A Year Without Mom. Dasha Tolstikova.

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A Year Without Mom

A photograph shows soft waves on water. The sky overhead is blue with a few big clouds. Thin, yellow lines cover the image in a graphic pattern. In front of the pattern is a black and brown circle that resembles a burn mark in paper. It covers the center of the image. Text: Island. Patrick Downes.

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Island

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Sita's Ramayana

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West Coast Wild Peek into the Rainforest

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Read Me a Story, Stella

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Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress

An open door shows the view into a living room with a bookshelf, a sitting chair, and a side table with cookies and milk on it. A girl with light skin tone and brown hair looks around the open door from inside the living room. She wears purple glasses, purple headphones, and a yellow-striped sweater. She carries a book with a yellow flower between the pages as a bookmark. When the title has a letter “I” it is dotted with this yellow flower. Text: Violet Shrink. Christine Baldacchino. Pictures by Carmen Mok.

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Violet Shrink

Eight blue butterflies with a strip of black around their wings fly against a light blue background. Each butterfly has their wings flat, and they vary in size. A solar flare shows through one butterfly’s wing. Text: Flannery. Lisa Moore. “Smart, bold, heartbreaking.” Kirkus, starred review.

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Flannery

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Big Lonely Doug

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Good Night, Commander

It is snowing. An up-close view of the corner of a bus window shows a child with light skin tone sitting inside right next to the window. They wear a hat and scarf. Inside the window are the silhouettes of people standing and holding on to the bus railings. A busy city street with cars stopped at a red light and tall buildings are in the reflection of the window. Text: Small in the city. Sydney Smith.

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Small in the City

Cover: Cats and Us. Written and illustrated by Marta Pantaleo. Translated by Debbie Bibo and Yvette Ghione. On a vibrant red background is a line of people of different ages and skin tones in clothes suggesting they come from different eras in history with different breeds of cats.

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Cats and Us

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Buddy and Earl Meet the Neighbors

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The Lost Words

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It is nighttime in a forest. A full moon is in the sky. The moon has a face and looks down on a fox, who looks up. The forest is red and blue. Text: Moon Wishes. Guy and Patricia Storms. Milan Pavlović.

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Moon Wishes

Afikomen by Tziporah Cohen. Art by Yaara Eshet. The cover is divided into two panels. Panel 1: Three children peek out from under a blue cloth. They include a young girl in a yellow dress, an older boy in a white shirt and an even older girl in a green dress. They all have medium-light skin tone and brown hair. The boy holds a small gray dog. Panel 2: In the foreground is a river where five black birds swim. Reeds grow on the far side of the river, and palm trees and pyramids are in the desert beyond.

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Afikomen

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No Safe Place

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Louis Undercover

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Un saumon pour Simon

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Three Wishes

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The Hollow under the Tree

Alone. The Journeys of Three Young Refugees. By Paul Tom and Mélanie Baillairgé. A woman and girl embrace. The girl rests her head on the woman’s shoulders, and the woman wraps her hands around the girl’s body. The woman’s upper body appears to be fading, ghostlike, into the background. Both have dark skin tone and black hair. The woman wears a red dress with long sleeves, and white hoop earrings. The girl appears to be teen age and has a green shirt, black skirt and a black backpack.

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Alone

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Chin Chiang and the Dragon's Dance

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The Water Rat of Wanchai + The Dragon Head of Hong Kong

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Night Walk

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Queen of Hearts

Cover: Eyes on the Ice. By Anna Rosner. Two boys depicted in red play hockey on an ice rink at night. They wear knit sweaters, caps and gloves. In the background there are buildings with lit-up windows and an illuminated street lamp. Rising above and behind the scene looms a man wearing a coat, hat and glasses that reflect the white snow.

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Eyes on the Ice

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Mnoomin maan’gowing/The Gift of Mnoomin. Written by Brittany Luby, illustrated by Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley, translated by Mary Ann Corbiere. A field of mnoomin plants grow in the water, where a canoe holds three people. A man stands in the canoe holding a long pole that extends down into the water. Two ducks swim in the foreground, where ripe seed heads of mnoomin appear. An eagle soars against a background of pink and gold clouds. A faint brushstroke flows across the scene.

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Mnoomin maan'gowing / The Gift of Mnoomin

Small glittering, gold shapes are against a light blue background. The shapes appear to drop from the top of the cover, where they fall into place to form mandala-like patterns at the bottom of the cover. Text: Breaking the Ocean. A Memoir of Race, Rebellion, and Reconciliation. Annahid Dashtgard. “A profound and candid reflection on the realities of race today.” – Waubgeshig Rice, author of Moon of the Crusted Snow.

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Breaking the Ocean

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Deep Underwater

Cover: “Marie-Noëlle Hébert. My Body in Pieces ” A young woman kisses the head of a black cat in her arms. The image is sketched in grayscale with graphite pencils.

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My Body in Pieces

Cover: Blanket by Ruth Ohi. A white cat with grey fur around each eye is named Cat. Cat wears a pajama shirt and pants that are yellow with red polka dots. Cat sits and holds their knees to their chest under a blue blanket. Across from Cat sits a white dog with grey fur around the eyes and floppy ears. Their name is Dog. They wear a blue sweater with green stripes and white pants. Dog rests their hands on their knees and touches their forehead to Cat’s. They both smile.

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Blanket

We see the back of a boy with light skin tone and blond hair. He wears a pink jacket with dark pink sketches and drawings along the bottom and sleeves. It takes up most of the cover. A girl with light skin tone and black hair stands in front of him with her hands around his neck and shoulders. One of her eyes is visible over his shoulder. Behind them are tropical plants and a power line. Text: Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me. Mariko Tamaki. New York Times Bestselling Author. Rosemary Valero-O’Connell.

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Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me

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The House Next Door

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Sidewalk Flowers

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Grant and Tillie Go Walking

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Almost Invisible

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A Small Madness

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The Last Wave

Cover: “Summer in the City. Marie-Louise Gay and David Homel.” Two boys peer out of a red tent, spotting a skunk with their flashlight. The tent is set up in a fenced-in yard behind a residential house. A cat stands on the top of the tent, tail raised. Tall buildings are visible in the background. Bats fly in the night sky around a full moon.

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Summer in the City

A black tree is against a yellow background. The tree has white fruit shaped like pears and black leaves. The silhouette of a girl and a chicken are in the tree sitting on a high branch. Text: How to Bee. Bren MacDibble.

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How to Bee

Maybe a Whale by Kirsten Pendreigh and Crystal Smith. From a bird’s eye view, two people are seen sitting in a yellow kayak paddling across the calm, open ocean. Their paddling creates small, white curls in the light blue water. A large silhouette of a humpback whale is visible swimming below the water, beside the kayak. The head of a second whale is seen swimming on the other side of the kayak.

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Maybe a Whale

Cover: Community Snowman. Story by Deborah Kerbel. Illustrated by Tine Modeweg-Hansen. This book is wordless and laid out in a graphic novel style. There are three snowy scenes stacked on top of each other against a blue background of people of various ages and skin tones pushing large balls of snow alone or together in colourful winter clothing.

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Community Snowman

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Dodge City

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Very Last First Time

A man with light skin tone and brown hair does a handstand. He wears a black and yellow striped sweater and black pants. In front of him is a white dog. The background is a swirl of coloured stripes. Text: Your Turn, Adrian. Helena Öberg. Kristin Lidström.

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Your Turn, Adrian

Skating Wild on an Inland Sea. Written by Jean E. Pendziwol, illustrated by Todd Stewart. Two children skate on the blue-green ice of a large lake. Their skate marks form the curves and loops of the white letters in the title. Tree-covered islands appear in the background, beneath a bright blue sky.

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Skating Wild on an Inland Sea

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Short Stories for Little Monsters

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Mermaids and Ikons

A man with medium dark skin tone stands in a doorway and holds the two doors open. Inside the space are large machines with gears. Text: Explosion at the Poem Factory. Kyle Lukoff and Mark Hoffmann.

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Explosion at the Poem Factory

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The Traveling Circus

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If You Want to Visit a Sea Garden

A girl with dark skin tone pulls a red wagon behind her against a beige background with an outline of dark beige window panels. In the wagon is a tall pile of red, yellow, blue, and green objects. They tower over her. In front of her is a yellow fire hydrant. Text: Maggie’s Treasure. Jon-Erik Lappano. Kellen Hatanaka.

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Maggie’s Treasure

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The Lost Spells

Cover: Maggie Lou Meets Her Match. By Arnolda Dufour Bowes. Two young girls stand back-to-back. One of them has medium skin tone and dark, curly hair pulled into a messy bun at the back of her head. Her T-shirt says BANNOCK SLAPPERS on the front. She has one eyebrow raised and is smirking while her arms are crossed in front of her chest. There's a band-aid on her arm. The other girl has light skin tone and her curly orange hair flows down her back. She waves while she smiles and looks over her shoulder.

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Maggie Lou Meets Her Match

Cover: “My Mad Hair Day. By Nathalie Dion.” The red title text is placed on yellow and white striped wallpaper and is surrounded by bushy, curly blonde hair that fills the page. The hair belongs to a young girl with light skin tone standing in the center of the page with her eyebrows raised and her mouth shaped like an “o.” She wears a short green dress and holds a bag in each hand, one green striped and the other a red gingham. The floor beneath her feet is red tile.

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My Mad Hair Day

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The Girl of the Wish Garden

Walking Trees by Marie-Louise Gay. A girl with pale skin tone and black hair walks while holding a leash in one hand and a watering can in the other. In the background there is a city scape depicted as white line drawings against a forest-green background. Seagulls fly across the scene. Leaves sprout from the title lettering.

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Walking Trees

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Swimming Lessons

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Viola Desmond Won't Be Budged!

Wildful. Kengo Kurimoto. A young girl sits on a fallen log in the woods, with a black dog beside her. Branches and vines tangle together to form a canopy over their heads, and the silhouette of a deer is visible behind them. The girl has light skin tone, black hair in pigtails, and wears a striped shirt and black pants.

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Wildful

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Nocturne

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Skim

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Peach Pit

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Book Uncle and Me

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Mandaderos de la lluvia / Messengers of Rain

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The Black Book of Colors

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Out of the Way! Out of the Way!

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The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches

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Step

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Travels with My Family

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Canadian Railroad Trilogy

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Letters to Kafka

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Sometimes I Feel Like a River

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A Storytelling of Ravens