Most Searched Titles

The practical guide to drawing animals

Gray, Peter, 1969-.

Includes index. Introduction -- Body structure -- Basic materials and equipment -- Drawing basic form -- Checks and measures -- Pencil rendering -- Mark making -- New viewpoints -- More materials -- Charcoal and pastel studies -- Watercolour studies -- Toned paper -- Close observation -- Drawing from life -- Motion and dynamism -- Character and expression -- Stylization -- Cartooning.

Date Published:2009

The knife of never letting go

Ness, Patrick, 1971-.

Pursued by power-hungry Prentiss and mad minister Aaron, young Todd and Viola set out across New World searching for answers about his colony's true past and seeking a way to warn the ship bringing hopeful settlers from Old World.

Date Published:2008

Alice in Wonderland & Through the looking-glass

Mason, Eva.

An abridged version of the stories that tell of Alice, who falls down a rabbit hole and steps through a mirror, thereby experiencing unusual adventures with a variety of nonsensical characters.

Date Published:2009

Elizabeti's doll

Stuve-Bodeen, Stephanie, 1965-

When a young Tanzanian girl gets a new baby brother, she finds a rock, which she names Eva, and makes it her baby doll.

Date Published:1998

Garbage and recycling

Miller, Debra A.

Introduction: Our hidden garbage -- Garbage : yesterday and today -- The recycling solution -- Dealing with hazardous waste -- Waste management : a global challenge -- New waste management strategies for the future. Discusses the problems of refuse and effective refuse disposal, recycling as a possible solution, hazardous waste, the international dimension, and possible future developments.

Date Published:2010

Canada : the people.

Kalman, Bobbie.

Includes index. Faces of Canada -- The first people -- History and heritage -- From around the world -- Canadian families -- City life -- Country life -- School -- Haley's skating lesson -- Canadian cuisine -- Sports and leisure -- Canada's future. In this new second revised edition of Canada the People, candid photos feature Canadian families and how they live. Updated facts and statistics support this fascinating portrayal of a nation built on immigration. Important issues that must be resolved with the Native peoples are sensitively portrayed.

Date Published:2010

Dragons

Malam, John, 1957-.

Includes index. From Fafnir the wingless dragon to Rinjin the dragon king of Japan, learn about the many legends and mysteries surrounding dragons.

Date Published:2009

Private Peaceful

Morpurgo, Michael.

"Michael Morpurgo 2003-2005 Children's Laureate"--Cover. When Thomas Peaceful's older brother is forced to join the British Army, Thomas decides to sign up as well, although he is only fourteen years old, to prove himself to his country, his family, his childhood love, Molly, and himself.

Date Published:2003

Life as we knew it

Pfeffer, Susan Beth, 1948-.

"This edition is available for distribution only through the school market"--Cover. Originally published: Orlando : Harcourt, c2006. Through journal entries sixteen-year-old Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.

Date Published:2006

Robinson Crusoe

Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.

During one of his several adventurous voyages in the 1600s, an Englishman becomes the sole survivor of a shipwreck and lives for nearly thirty years on a deserted island.

Date Published:1998

Ma nouvelle école

Hall, Kirsten.

Une collection de courts récits de 25 à 60 mots destinés à l'apprentissage de la lecture. Sous ce titre, un garçonnet présente à sa petite soeur sa nouvelle école, cet endroit où il joue, dessine, s'exerce à compter, fait la lecture, etc. -- Un récit simple, animé de peintures naïves aux couleurs vives. Tous les mots du texte sont regroupés sous forme de liste sur la première page.

Date Published:2007

Stolen

Christopher, Lucy.

Sixteen-year-old Gemma, a British city-dweller, is abducted while on vacation with her parents and taken to the Australian outback, where she soon realizes that escape attempts are futile, and in time she learns that her captor is not as despicable as she first believed.

Date Published:2010

Clockwork angel

Clare, Cassandra.

Prequel to the Mortal instruments series. "When sixteen-year-old orphan Tessa Fell's older brother suddenly vanishes, her search for him leads her into Victorian-era London's dangerous supernatural underworld, and when she discovers that she herself is a Downworlder, she must learn to trust the demon-killing Shadowhunters if she ever wants to learn to control her powers and find her brother." --From the publisher.

Date Published:2010

The chosen one

Williams, Carol Lynch.

In a polygamous cult in the desert, Kyra, not yet fourteen, sees being chosen to be the seventh wife of her uncle as just punishment for having read books and kissed a boy, in violation of Prophet Childs' teachings, and is torn between facing her fate and running away from all that she knows and loves.

Date Published:2009

Hockey chronicle : year-by-year history of the National Hockey League

Includes index.

Date Published:2007

Heroes, gods and monsters of the Greek myths

Evslin, Bernard.

Retellings of the ancient Greek myths, arranged in four sections: the Gods, Nature Myths, Demigods, and Fables. Includes a brief section on words from the Greek myths which are part of the English language.

Date Published:1975

Say what

Haddix, Margaret Peterson.

When their parents begin saying the wrong thing every time six-year-old Sukey and her older brothers misbehave, the children discover that it is a plot and fight back with their own wrong phrases.

Date Published:2004

Little Dorrit.

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.

Date Published:1953

Discovering Canada : developing a nation

Kirbyson, Ronald C., 1937-.

Vols. 2 & 3 by R.C. Kirbyson ... [et al.]. [v. 1] Settling a land -- [v. 2] Developing a nation -- [v. 3] Shaping an identity.

Date Published:1983

Elf help : http://www.falala.com

Palatini, Margie.

When Alfred E. Elf decides to use a computer to prepare the list of good boys and girls for Santa, he causes quite a mix-up.

Date Published:1998