Canada

Books in Canada

A Chanukah Noel

A Christmas at Chanukah? Charlotte and her family have just moved to a small town in France. There is a lot to get used to - a new language, new friends, a new school. Even the milk tastes differe... more

A Long Way From Home

An Afghan girl, an American boy, and the resilient residents of a small town are thrown together on 9/11. Thirteen-year-old Rabia, her mother, and her younger brother have escaped Afghanistan and ... more

Bobbie Rosenfeld

Sportswriters and broadcasters in this country agree that Bobbie Rosenfeld may be Canada's greatest female athlete of the twentieth century.A Sports Hall of Famer, Bobbie was born in 1904 in a smal... more

Branded by the Pink Triangle

A time when your sexuality could be your death sentence Before the rise of the Nazi party, Germany, especially Berlin, was one of the most tolerant places for homosexuals in the world. Activists, ... more

Child of Dandelions

Sabine has a happy life in Uganda, until the "countdown monster" changes everything - ordering her and everyone like her to leave their home and their country. It is 1972, and fifteen-year-old Sab... more

Clara's War

From the Silver Birch Award-winning author of The Secret of Gabi's Dresser... It's a dangerous time for thirteen-year-old Clara and her family. They have just been imprisoned in Terezin (Terezinst... more

Courageous Women Rebels

Women who rocked the world for freedom, justice, and equality Ten biographies of women reformers from around the world who have made a difference in the realms of politics, social equality, disabi... more

Daughters of the Ark

An adventure story based on true events, real characters and legends... This historical-fiction novel features two girls, separated in time by thousands of years, who are forced to leave the... more

Dear Baobab

Maiko knows what it is like to be small and to feel planted in the wrong place... Maiko has left his village in Africe far behind, moving to North America to live with his aunt and uncle. When he... more

Great Writers from our First Nations

A celebration of ten writers who have challenged stereotypes, told history from a perspective often silenced, and entertained millions of readers. Included is author Louise Erdrich, whose novel Lo... more

Hana's Suitcase - Book and Audio CD

"Hana's Suitcase should be required reading." - Quill and Quire. "Like the documentary, the book is a treasure for children and adults." - The Toronto Star. In the spring of 2000, Fumiko Ishioka,... more

Hana's Suitcase Anniversary Album

On the 10th anniversary of the publication of Hana's Suitcase, the beloved story now in a new book with over 60 pages of added materials. Also available as a Multi-Touch Enhanced eBook exclusively... more

Hana's Suitcase on Stage

Since its publication in 2002, the story of Hana Brady, a little girl who wanted to become a teacher, has captured hearts and minds of schoolchildren and adults around the world. Since its 2006 wor... more

Hiding Edith

The true story of Edith Schwalb, a young Jewish girl who was saved from the Nazis by the courage of the entire French village of Moissac. Edith's story is remarkable not only for her own bravery, ... more

June Callwood

This biography is the first ever for young readers on the inspiring life of June Callwood, one of Canada's greatest journalists and humanitarians. Filled with images and details of June's life from... more

Laura Secord's Brave Walk

Laura Secord was a true heroine. In 1812, she lived with her husband and children near Niagara Falls when war was declared between the United States and the British forces in the country now known ... more

Morning Star

The Underground Railroad links two girls living more than a century apart... Flower, her parents, and her baby brother have escaped from the plantation where they were kept as slaves and are makin... more

Our Rights

Kids have the power to make social change A girl who spoke out against her government for the rights of aboriginal children, a boy who walked across his country to raise awareness of homelessness,... more

Phenomenal Female Entrepreneurs

Shanghai Escape

The Contest

A GUTSY GIRL BOOK My name is Rosy, and I'm going to be the first half-Mohawk to win an Anne of Green Gables look-alike contest... When Helen, my favorite librarian, told me about the contest, I wa... more

The First Nations Series for Young Readers Teacher Resource

This comprehensive teacher's guide is designed to accompany Second Story Press' First Nations Series for Young Readers. This resource has been developed around the First Nations/Native American hol... more

The Kids' Power Series Teacher Resource

This comprehensive teacher's guide is designed to accompany Second Story Press' Kid's Power Series. Just as the series tells the stories of children who have taken action on issues that are importa... more

To Hope and Back

An ocean-liner carrying Jewish passengers can find no safe harbour... Lisa and Sol board the luxury ship St. Louis in Hamburg, Germany on May 13, 1939 with mixed feelings. Lisa and her family are... more

We Are Their Voice

Do young people today find meaning in the Holocaust? This question prompted a writing project that brought heartfelt responses from students from across North America and abroad. Their voices &nda... more

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