Willow Dawson

Susan Hughes

Concentrating on seven historical figures, a graphic novel based on legends, poems, letters, and first-hand accounts shows how women through the ages and across cultures have disguised themselves as men for various reasons. Simultaneous.

Tales of Daring Women Dressed as Men for Love, Freedom and Adventure

No Girls Allowed

Aaron Cushley

Kraft Heinz

A HEINZ Thanksgiving Story

Grace and the Gravy Pirates

Piper's First Show

"In Walking in the City with Jane, award-winning author Susan Hughes tells the fictionalized story of Jane Jacobs through a celebration of city life and grassroots activism. Even as a young girl, Jane was an independent thinker with an extraordinary imagination and sense of wonder. She was known to challenge her teacher and was often found playing with her imaginary friends, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and Cedric the warrior. Always curious and engaged by her surroundings, Jane grew up to be an exceptional woman who cared deeply about her city. When urban planner Robert Moses proposed an expressway to cut across Manhattan, Jane rallied the local community to save the neighbourhood and even got arrested for standing up for her beliefs. Gorgeously illustrated by Valérie Boivin, Walking in the City with Jane offers a glimpse into the mind of one of our greatest urban thinkers whose influence on cities is still felt today."--

A Story of Jane Jacobs

Walking in the City with Jane

Around the world, little ones are carried in many different ways: in slings, on shoulders, in backpacks, on hips, in baskets, and in loving arms. Up!depicts ten places around the world, from Afghanistan to northern Canada, Peru to West Africa. In each place, a mom, dad, grandparent, aunt, uncle, cousin, or sibling lovingly carries a baby. With various family configurations and settings ranging from a busy outdoor market to a high-rise apartment kitchen, the book wholeheartedly celebrates diversity. Gorgeous cut-paper collage art adds warmth and brightness, and brings the lyrical text to life. Repetition of the phrase "Upsy-daisy" on each spread lends familiarity, and reminds readers that love for a little one is a universal feeling.

How Families Around the World Carry Their Little Ones

Amber, Vicky and Melanie are three young, fun-loving girls working on the reception desk at Lockards Construction Company in Bath. They're inseparable, both in and out of work. The wildest of the three, Melanie's life revolves around sex with casual partners. That is, until the owner of a popular local wine bar comes along. Vicky is single and happy to be so, while Amber's love life is turbulent--to say the least. After being engaged to her partner, Phil, for just one day, she discovers, at their engagement party, that he's been doing the dirty on her. She's heartbroken and decides that men are firmly off the agenda for a long time. That is until a series of mishaps bring her closer to her hunky new boss, Tom Tranter. Amber does everything in her power to deny their obviously mutual attraction, but her colleagues are determined to seal their fate.

Not Quite Cinderella

This fictional story propels the reader right into the action. How does it do that? Also, think about how we know, from the very first page, the story's setting, the situation between the characters, and something important about the main character. As you read on, decide how the character changes, and why, in this adventure story. Reading Level 29/F&P Level S

Runaway

Susan Hughes tells of her struggle with understanding Ryan's unusual behaviors, of getting a diagnosis, and of struggling with her own feelings of guilt. Her message is written in the ultimately understandable language of parent to parent. Written so others need not feel so alone or struggle through so many years of uncertainty.

Ryan--a Mother's Story of Her Hyperactive/Tourette Syndrome Child

Is it flexible or rigid? Is it heavy or light? Is it hot or cold? Is it magnetic or nonmagnetic? Is it smooth or rough? Is it transparent or opaque? Book jacket.

Is It Heavy Or Light?

Meet all kinds of puppies in this sweet illustrated series, perfect for newly independent readers! Maya, Kat, and her new friend Grace are all set to help Aunt Jenn with a new puppy. Murphy is a shy little sheltie pup with lots of energy, so the girls agree to walk him and help him get used to being around people. While on their walk in the park, the girls find an older cocker spaniel named Tawny that seems to be lost. They manage to reunite Tawny with her owner, but when they later find Tawny wandering the streets once more, the girls wonder if her owner deserves the responsibility of caring for the lovely little dog. Maya, Kat, and Grace can't agree on what's best for Tawny. Can Murphy help them sort it all out?

Murphy Helps Out

Meet Riley, a loving golden retriever puppy! Kat and her BFF Maya love playing with the puppies at her aunt Jenn's grooming business, Tails Up! The girls know that every dog has its own special personality...and problems. Luckily, Kat and Maya are always there to help a puppy in need! When a sweet golden retriever puppy named Riley is boarded at Tails Up!, Kat and Maya couldn't be more excited! Riley is supersweet and friendly. But when a new girl named Grace shows up in Kat's class, she finds herself wishing Grace was as easy to get along with as Riley. Kat is disappointed to find herself paired up with Grace, who can't seem to get that mean look off of her face! But is Grace unkind, or is she just lonely? Maybe Riley can help her figure it out!

Riley

Meet all kinds of puppies in this sweet illustrated series perfect for newly independent readers! Kat and her friends are eager to help when Aunt Jenn asks them to train a special puppy, 4-month-old Bernese mountain dog Piper, for her first puppy show. They only need to work on a few simple commands, but the girls soon find out that training a puppy is not as easy as it seems . . . Can Kat, Maya, and Grace get Piper ready for her first puppy show in time?

The Puppy Collection #5: Piper's First Show

Describes some of the different and unusual school settings around the world, from an environmentally sustainable school in India to schools within caves in China and schools for the nomadic tribes of Siberia.

Incredible and Unusual Schools Around the World

Off to Class

Steve Santini

An introduction to the history and principles of ship building explores the remarkable feats of engineering that went into the Titanic's construction and the engineering flaws that led to the disaster, and is accompanied by an historically accurate plastic model. Original.

Book and Submersible Model

The Titanic

A young boy finds a way to help his sister go to school. Victor and his twin sister, Linesi, are close. Only, now that they are eight years old, she is no longer able to go to school with him. Linesi, like the other older girls in their community, must walk to the river to get water five times a day to help their mother farm. But Victor is learning about equality in school. He’s beginning to realize how boys and girls are not treated equally. And that’s not fair to his sister. So Victor comes up with a plan to help. Can one boy make a difference in an unequal world? It turns out, he can!

How One Boy Stood Up for Gender Equality

Walking for Water

Brooke Eldridge only wants to forget what happened when she was twelve years old. But when she returns to her hometown and runs into a boy from her past, the terrible secret she's tucked away for eighteen years returns to haunt her. The grown-up Ian McCarthy is irresistible, and the closer he and Brooke become, the harder it is to keep the truth from him. Brooke has no choice but to end the deception, but revealing what she knows might mean losing Ian forever.

Secret Vow

"Ellie believes that she will live in her little village on the coast of Nova Scotia for always. But when her father gets a job on Sable Island, she must say farewell to her beloved home and her mother's final resting place. Not even the idea of seeing the wild horses that roam the island can ease her pain of leaving. And after arriving on the sandy, windswept crescent of land, Ellie feels adrift and alone ... until one afternoon when she wakens on a dune to find herself looking into the curious eyes of a wild stallion. Little by little, as the days pass, Ellie gets closer to the beautiful chocolate-colored horse. Yet she soon discovers something that could take him away from his home, his herd, and her. Ellie has lost too much already. Will she loose her island horse, too?"--P. [2] of cover.

The Island Horse

Explains the origins of notable and unusual geographical names in Canada, including terms commemorating animals, ships, physical features, the various peoples who live in Canada, famous individuals, and even names given in error.

Amazing Stories of Canadian Place Names

Let's Call it Canada

An update to Susan Hughes acclaimed Ryan, A Mothers Story of her Hyperactive/Tourette Syndrome child. It covers the very difficult adolescent years - a period when he had to be placed in a residential treatment facility - and the subsequent period of returning home and pursuing a normal life following an excellent response to the right combination of medication, family and school support. This is a hair-raising and heart rendering story that should be read by everyone who has ever interacted with a difficult child.

Susan Hughes

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