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Grandmother’s Visit

Because I Already Loved You. Written by Andrée-Anne Cyr and illustrated by Bérengère Delaporte. A child clutching a small stuffed animal stands in the middle of the page. Behind him is a baby, drawn in whites and blues.

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Because I Already Loved You

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Viola Desmond Won't Be Budged!

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The Substitute

The Remembering Stone by Carey Sookocheff. A girl and an older man with light skin tone, and a white and brown dog, stand on the edge of a body of water, facing us. A stone the man has just thrown skips toward us. The girl has shoulder-length brown hair with a hair bow, and wears blue overalls, a long-sleeved white and grey striped shirt, and tan shoes. The man is bald with grey hair on the side of his head, and wears a brown cardigan over a white collared shirt, grey checked pants, and grey shoes.

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The Remembering Stone

A brown owl flies through mist. Its eyes are yellow. Its feathers are spotted and striped with different shades of brown. Text: An Owl at Sea. Susan Vande Griek. Ian Wallace.

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An Owl at Sea

Water laps a sandy shore. On the sand are two children. We can see their rain boots and their clothes. One wears overalls and a shirt and the other wears a pink tutu and sweater. They both hold branches like walking sticks. In the water we can see the children’s reflection. They both have light skin tone and red hair. A boy wears the overalls. A girl wears the tutu. A flower floats on the water. Text: The Biggest Puddle in the World. Mark Lee. Nathalie Dion.

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The Biggest Puddle in the World

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The Funeral

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Spirit Bear

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Buddy and Earl Meet the Neighbors

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Arroz con leche / Rice Pudding

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I Found Hope in a Cherry Tree

A long bridge crosses over water toward a city skyline. Boats are on the water below it. A woman with light skin tone and dark hair stands in the foreground in an 19th century style dress. She has her hands on her hips. The sky is red. Text: How Emily Saved the Bridge. The Story of Emily Warren Roebling and the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge. Frieda Wishinsky. Natalie Nelson.

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How Emily Saved the Bridge

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The Withdrawal Method

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Amos's Sweater

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Tales from Gold Mountain

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Once Upon a Northern Night

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A Storytelling of Ravens

A photograph shows a close-up of a woman’s face. We see the bottom right corner of her face showing the side of her mouth, her cheek, and a part of her nose. She has light skin tone and short, curly, dark hair. She wears a pink lip colour and blush. Around her neck is a short, yellow pearl necklace and she is wearing a fine-knit, teal sweater. Text: Marie-Renée Lavoie. Autopsy of a Boring Wife. “True to life and wildly entertaining.” – Huffington Post.

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Autopsy of a Boring Wife

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

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Three Wishes

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Chin Chiang and the Dragon's Dance

A small yellow house is between two tall, forested mountains. A crooked ladder rises from the house into the sky and off the page. A person in a red jacket is most of the way up the ladder. The person’s shadow is large on the ground. Text: Climbing Shadows. Poems for Children. Shannon Bramer. Pictures by Cindy Derby.

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Climbing Shadows

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

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The Hollow under the Tree

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The White Cat and the Monk

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

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If You Want to Visit a Sea Garden

Bright red background. Text is in yellow and black. Text: China and the West. Speakers H.R. McMaster. Michael Pillsbury. Versus Kishore Mahbubani. Huiyao Wang. The Munk Debates.

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China and the West

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Kisimi Taimaippaktut Angirrarijarani / Only in My Hometown

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Friend or Foe?

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

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Africville

A grassy ridge looks out over a series of tree-covered hills and mountains. A person stands on the ridge looking out over the edge. They wear a heavy jacket and pants. Text: Ridgerunner. Gil Adamson. Award-winning author of The Outlander. Scotiabank Giller Prize Finalist. WritersÕ Trust of Canada Winner. WritersÕ Trust Fiction Prize. ÒA brilliant literary achievementÉ I loved every page.Ó Scotiabank Giller Prize Winner Michael Redhill.

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Ridgerunner

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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Stella, Star of the Sea

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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Ancient Thunder

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Un saumon pour Simon

Cover: The Last Last. Written by Wendy J. Whittingham and illustrated by Brianna McCarthy. A young girl floats in bright blue water, smiling with her arms spread wide. Four small, brightly colored fish swim around her. She has dark skin tone with black tight-curly hair parted into twisted pigtails on either side of her head and secured by pink bobbled hair ties. Her eyes are closed as she floats, and her cheeks are a deep rosy color. She wears a pink one-piece swimsuit that has light purple polka-dots.

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The Last Last

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A Cage Went in Search of a Bird

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Any Questions?

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Seamus’s Short Story

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

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Taking Turns with Turtles

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

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

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Grant and Tillie Go Walking

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Peach Pit

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

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Mandaderos de la lluvia / Messengers of Rain

All That Grows. Words and pictures by Jack Wong. A close-up shows a boy’s face as he stares wide-eyed at four tiny green plants that have sprouted in a bed of soil. The boy has medium skin tone and brown eyes. The title is hand-lettered in green, and the author’s name is in pink.

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All That Grows

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The Composition

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The Lost Spells

Farming land is divided into sections. On a grassy section is a windmill, a tractor, and three chickens. A red roof looks out over the land. On the roof sits a white cat. Text: The Mostly True Story of Pudding Tat, Adventuring Cat. Caroline Adderson.

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The Mostly True Story of Pudding Tat, Adventuring Cat

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

Books of Wonder

Gwei the Hungry Ghost

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Caramba

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I Have the Right to Be a Child

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A Pond, a Poet, and Three Pests

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Go Home Bay

Cover: Sometimes I Eat with My Hands by Kid Haile, illustrated in a watercolor art style. A young girl with medium-dark skin tone and curly hair in pigtails wears a white T-shirt covered in spaghetti stains. She sits in a highchair holding out fistfuls of spaghetti. The tray in front of her is covered in noodles and an empty pink bowl. in the background there is a stuffed panda covered in noodles, and a baby crawling on the floor toward a tipped-over sippy cup. The background is green with a white border.

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Sometimes I Eat with My Hands

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Good Night, Commander

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The House Next Door

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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As Glenn as Can Be

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

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

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Who Will Bury You?

Every Wrinkle Has a Story by David Grossman and Ninamasina, translation by Jessica Cohen. A large blue hand is in the centre of the cover, covered in small wrinkles. Inside the hand, a man and a small boy stand on a sidewalk, looking at a giant bird flying over them. Three more small birds fly off in the background.

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Every Wrinkle Has a Story

A Place for Pauline by Anouk Mahiout. Illustrations by Marjolaine Perreten. A girl with light skin tone and short red hair wears a red dress. She lies on a long green cushion with eight small pillows and a white and orange cat curled up beside her. The girl, Pauline, has a book face down on her chest. Her arms are spread out on both sides as she looks up. Beside the cushion is a stack of books. Above her are two shelves with books and knickknacks, with a string of red flowers hanging between them.

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A Place for Pauline

One Goal: How Soccer Can Help Save the Planet. Heather Camlot and Drew Shannon. A boy with medium-dark skin tone, wearing a red soccer kit with black shorts, stands on a large green soccer field and winds up to kick the ball. Ahead of him, a girl with light skin tone and red hair in a ponytail, wearing the same uniform, runs toward the net where a goalkeeper in yellow stands. A crowd of people watch from the stands, andn image of the Earth, focused on North America and South America, hangs above them.

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One Goal

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Rooster / Gallo

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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Doggy Slippers

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City Streets Are for People

My Subway Runs. Written by James Gladstone and illustrated by Pierre Pratt. A group of people on a subway platform wait for the train doors to open. A little kid with light skin tone, short black hair and a blue jacket holds their mom’s hand and looks back over their right shoulder. Mom has light skin tone, long blonde hair, and wears a red coat. A hat appears to have blown away from a tall man’s head and flies over the title “My Subway Runs.”

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My Subway Runs

Bare, white trees line a small, round pond. Animals in shades of white peek out from the trees and tall grass. At the opposite end of the pond is a child and a dog standing in grass. They are in shades of black and white. Text: At the Pond. Geraldo Valério.

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At the Pond

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Layaway Child

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

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Book Uncle and Me

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Canadian Railroad Trilogy

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West Coast Wild Peek into the Rainforest

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

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Deep Underwater

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Away

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A Sweet Meeting on Mimouna Night

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My Grief, the Sun

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What Are You Doing, Sam?

An open garbage bin sits on the corner of a neighbourhood street. Behind it is a house and around are trees and bushes with flowers. A woman and a girl with light skin tone stand by the bin and pull things out of it. The woman has a shopping cart beside her that is overflowing with things. The girl holds a small robot doll. Text: Aunt Pearl. Monica Kulling. Irene Luxbacher.

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Aunt Pearl