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Memoirs of a Sidekick
Kids Can Press Ltd |
October 4, 2016 |
240 pages
Seventh-grader Boris Snodbuckle has a strange name, a quirky personality and no chance of beating Robert Pinsent, the most popular boy in school, to become president of the student council. Even Boris’s best friend and sidekick Adrian (the book’s narrator) thinks it’s hopeless. But Boris... More Info
$21.99
Rad Women Worldwide
September 27, 2016 |
112 pages
From the authors of the New York Times bestselling book Rad American Women A-Z, comes a bold new collection of 40 biographical profiles, each accompanied by a striking illustrated portrait, showcasing extraordinary women from around the world. In Rad Women Worldwide, writer Kate Schatz and artist... More Info
$18.95
Censored 2016
October 6, 2015 |
352 pages
The annual yearbook from Project Censored features the year's most underreported news stories, striving to unmask censorship, self-censorship, and propaganda in corporate-controlled media outlets. Censored 2016 features the top-25 most underreported stories, as voted by scholars, journalists, and... More Info
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Day I Became a Bird, The
Kids Can Press Ltd |
September 6, 2016 |
40 pages
What will a boy do for love? The day he starts school, a young boy falls in love for the very first time. He’s so in love, in fact, that Sylvia is all he can see. But Sylvia doesn’t see him. Sylvia has eyes only for birds. So in a bold gesture to get her attention, the boy goes to school... More Info
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On Our Way to Oyster Bay
Kids Can Press Ltd |
September 6, 2016 |
32 pages
A moving, fictionalized account of a march that raised awareness about child labor. Eight-year-old Aidan and his friend Gussie have joined the picket line at the cotton mill to demand the chance to go to school instead of work. But when famous labor reformer Mother Jones arrives, she has an even... More Info
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Squiggly Story, A
Kids Can Press Ltd |
September 6, 2016 |
32 pages
Who says there’s only one way to write a story? A young boy wants to write a story, but he only knows his letters, not words. His sister says, “Why don’t you start there, with a letter?” So the boy tries. He chooses an easy letter to begin with. The letter I. And to his delight, with just... More Info
$35.00
Bodily Citations
Columbia University Press |
March 25, 2019 |
311 pages
In such works as Gender Trouble and Bodies That Matter, Judith Butler broke new ground in understanding the construction and performance of identities. While Butler's writings have been crucial and often controversial in the development of feminist and queer theory, Bodily Citations is the first... More Info
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2019
26
Mar
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The Case of Windy Lake - join Michael Hutchinson to celebrate his new book
The Mighty Muskrats won’t let a mystery go unsolved!
2019
11
Apr
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Lillian and Kokomis book launch with Lynda Partridge
Lillian is a girl of mixed Indigenous and white ancestry who has been shuffled from foster home to foster home as long as she can remember. At school, she doesn’t feel like she fits in with the white kids and doesn’t fit in with the Indigenous kids either.
2019
30
May
7:00pm
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10:00pm
An evening to celebrate Libby Davies and the publication of her new book Outside In
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