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Mel Fell
Tabor, C.R.

Mel is ready to leave the nest, spread her wings, and fly…but she plunges into...
The Door of No Return
Alexander, K.

Set in 1860 in colonial Ghana during the Atlantic slave trade, readers meet...
Nina: A Story of Nina Simone
Todd, T.N.

Born in 1933 in North Carolina, Eunice Kathleen Waymon loved playing music but...
Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
Ernshaw, S.

After her marriage to Jack, Sally is anxious about being a queen. When she...
Charming as a Verb
Philippe, B.

Seventeen-year-old Haitian American Henri is juggling a lot in his senior year...
Name She Gave Me, The
Culley, B.

Sixteen-year-old Rynn, named Scheherazade at birth by her biological mother...
Tomorrow is New Year's Day
Kim, A.

Not everyone celebrates the new year the same way. Some celebrations are based...
Le cercle de partage
Larsen-Jonasson, T.

Cet album aux magnifiques illustrations aborde les thèmes de la responsabilité...
Biographie en images : Voici Elsie MacGill
Macleod, E.

Cet ouvrage est une biographie illustrée d’Elsie MacGill, la première femme...
Biographie en images : Voici Willie O'Ree
Macleod, E.

Cet ouvrage est une biographie illustrée de Willie O’Ree, le premier joueur de...
Fashion Forward: Striving for Sustainable Style
Delisle, R.

This timely resource focuses on the fashion industry, its history, current...
Design Like Nature: Biomimcry for a Healthy Planet
Clendenan, M., Woolcock, K.R.

This timely and engaging Canadian resource introduces students to the science of...
It's Tough to be Tiny (The Secret Life of Small Creatures)
Woolcock, K.R.

This engaging, accessible book introduces students to the many adaptations and...
Hey, You!: An Empowering Celebration of Growing Up Black
Adeola, D.

This story is an inspirational celebration of growing up Black and highlights...
Carter Reads the Newspaper
Hopkinson, D.

This historical biography is about Dr. Carter G. Woodson and his importance in...
A Sky-Blue Bench
Rahman, B.

Based on the real-life experiences of Canadian author Bahram Rahman, this...
The Me I Choose to Be
Tarpley, N.A.

This picture book uses lyrical text and rich language to invoke the human spirit...
The People Remember
Zoboi, I.

Complex, socially significant conflicts have shaped the history of our world...
We Wait for the Sun
McCabe, K.

Dovey Mae and her wise grandmother venture into the woods, and Dovey learns to...
Look Both Ways
Reynolds, J.

This text tells the stories of students walking home from their middle school...
Show Us Who You Are
McNicoll, E.

Cora is autistic and used to being bullied and patronized because of it but when...
The Life And Crimes Of Hoodie Rosen
Blum, I.

Fifteen-year-old Hoodie Rosen faces the challenges of being a teenage boy...
Willie: The Game-Changing Story of the NHL's First Black Player
O'ree, W.

This compelling autobiography details the life of Willie O’Ree, a hockey player...
Almost There: A Twisted Tale
Rochon, F.

This fantasy story, full of action and adventure, is a continuation of the story...
Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Kimmerer, R W

In this engaging resource the author, an Indigenous botanist, explains that all...
Don't Stand So Close To Me
Walters, E.

Just before Spring Break, thirteen-year-old Quinn and her friends are planning a...
Those Who Helped Us: Assisting Japanese Americans During the War
Mochizuki, K.

Eleven-year-old Sumiko and her Japanese American family are rounded up and face...
Himawari House
Becker, H.

Three exchange students meet in Tokyo at the Himawari House and forge a...
One for All
Lainoff, L.

Set in seventeenth-century France, this story follows Tania, the daughter of a...
I Rise
Arnold, M.

Fourteen-year-old Ayo is torn between wanting to be a normal teenager and being...
Frankly in Love
Yoon, D.

Frank, a Korean American high school senior, faces a lot of cultural pressure...
Some Other Now
Everett, S.

The Cohens have always been Jessi’s family, even though they aren’t her real...
Things That Grow
Goldstein, M.

Lori lives with her grandma as the adults in her life are off living their own...
The Girl from Shadow Springs
Cypher, E.

Jorie and her sister Brenna live in a frozen wasteland, which attracts treasure...
We Dream of Space
Kelly, E.E.

Set in the 1980s, this is the story of three siblings who face challenges and...
The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling
Chim, W.

Anna is a Grade 11 student and daughter of immigrant Cantonese parents. She...
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team
Soontornvat, C.

This book describes the rescue of thirteen Thai soccer team members trapped in...
Call Me Indian: From the Trauma of Residential School to Becoming the NHL's First Treaty Indigenous Player
Sasakamoose, F.

In his autobiography, Fred Saskamoose, one of Canada’s first Indigenous...
The Summer of Bitter and Sweet
Ferguson, J.

Eighteen-year-old Lou, an Indigenous teen whose Métis mother was raped as a teen...
Shouting at the Rain
Hunt, L.M.

As summer rolls around, Delsie cannot wait to see her friend Brandy again, but...
The Undercover Book List
Nelson, C.

When Jane leaves a note in a library book looking for a friend, she meets Tyson...
Sneaks
Egan, K.

Ben’s best friend has moved away, and now he’s stuck doing his living history...
Living With Viola
Fung, R.

Livy has just started a new school and feels isolated and alone. Her self-doubt...
Unsettled
Faruqi, R.

Thirteen-year-old Nurah has a happy life in Pakistan but when her family moves...
Butt Sandwich & Tree
King, W.

Younger brother Green is on the Autism spectrum and his older brother Cedar is...
Salma The Syrian Chef
Ramadan, D.

This is a colourful picture book about Salma, who has started a new life in...
Alina in a Pinch
Nanji, S.

This short chapter book features Alina, a kind and empathetic girl who is having...
Some Things are Scary
Heide, F.P.

A humorous picture book that presents an illustrated list of the many situations...
Sq'éwlets: Une communauté Stó:lō-Salish de la côte vallée du fleuve Fraser
http://digitalsqewlets.ca/classroom-resources_ressources-pedagogiques/index-fra.php

Ce site internet est un musée virtuel rassemblant des informations sur le peuple...
Art Canada Institute: Art Education Teacher Resources, Grades K-7
https://www.aci-iac.ca/education/teacher-resource-guides/

This online Canadian teacher resource provides access to a variety of...

Featured Resource

Queer Heroes: Meet 53 LGBTQ Heroes From Past and Present!
Sicardi, A.
Fifty-three queer role models from around the world and from the past and present are celebrated in this collection of stories of the historical and revolutionary activist figures on the front lines of the LGBTQ human rights movement. Bright and eye-catching images complement these people’s stories of activism and accomplishment. The content is timely and is appropriate for the emotional maturity and cognitive levels of young high-school students. In the classroom, teachers may introduce a particular figure every day or week, using each selection to support reading practice, offer opportunities to develop research skills, as well as to broach an important topic and allow students to connect their understand to personal or other real-life contexts.
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Arts Education
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  • 6-12
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