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6) Migrant
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Anna, the daughter of migrant farm workers, feels like different animals as she follows her family as they travel looking for work.
10) The hockey song
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In this illustrated version of the Stompin' Tom Connors song, a father carefully laces up his son's skates before joining a pick-up game on a city rink. Soon they're joined by skater after skater of every age, color, gender, and team alliance, until the game ends and "the home team wins."
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A day in Chinatown takes an unexpected turn when a bored little girl makes a connection with her grandpa. May isn't having fun on her trip through Chinatown with her grandfather. Gong Gong doesn't speak much English, and May can't understand Chinese. She's hungry, and bored with Gong Gong's errands. Plus, it seems like Gong Gong's friends are making fun of her! But just when May can’t take any more, Gong Gong surprises her with a gift that reveals...
12) Shi-shi-etko
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Shi-shi-etko, a Native American girl, spends the last four days before she goes to residential school learning valuable lessons from her mother, father, and grandmother, and creating precious memories of home.
16) The snow bear
Author
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
A lifelong friendship develops between a polar bear and Bruun, an Inuit boy. After Bruun saves her from starvation and she, in turn, saves him from a blizzard, eventually they are separated and don't meet again until Bruun is a man.
17) The way home
Author
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Late in October, Samuel and his father rescue an injured Canada goose and nurse her back to health on their farm, hoping that she will be able to fly south with her mate and that they will return in the spring.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Nadia L. Hohn's prose, written in a blend of standard English and Caribbean patois, tells a warm story about the importance of family, especially when adjusting to a new home. Readers of the first Malaika book will want to find out what happens when she moves to Canada, and will enjoy seeing Malaika and her family once again depicted through Irene Luxbacher's colorful collage illustrations.--Provided by Publisher.
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