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Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A two-year journey exploring the lives of Canadians in every province and territory who have made the choice to disconnect. Life Off Grid is a film about people who have chosen to build their lives around renewable energy, with beautiful, inspiring, and often challenging results.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The best things in life are really not that fancy--time with family, hard work, and a good bowl of beans and cornbread. Come on in, kick off your boots (or leave them on, I don't care), and let's have some fun"--
In Not That Fancy, GRAMMY-award winning singer and actress Reba McEntire shares life lessons, behind-the-scenes stories and photos, and her favorite comfort food recipes to inspire you to enjoy the simple things in life.
4) Jungle cat
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In this playfully illustrated picture book, a group of neighbors come together to help their much-loved apartment cat when his outside adventure goes awry."--
Bob visits everyone in the apartment building. When he decides he wants an adventure, Bob runs outside to play that he's a fierce jungle cat! He gets in trouble, and the neighbors come together to help their much-loved apartment cat! - from perusal of book
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Go on a tour of eco-friendly farms around the globe! From urban gardens to farms under the sea, discover the many different sustainable ways people have been growing food for centuries, and new innovations that are battling the effects of climate change on farming. Rhyming text and inset boxes with definitions for new vocabulary words make the topic accessible to young learners. End matter includes detailed information about each country's farming...
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This powerful video scrutinizes what Juliet Schor calls "the new consumerism" - a national phenomenon of upscale spending shaped and reinforced by a media system driven by commercial interests. Illustrated with hundreds of media examples, The Overspent American draws attention to the costs (both financial and social) of the relentless search for happiness and identity through spending.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Three families meet up in front of their high-rise apartment building, all with the same idea. The children can't wait to stimp-stamp-stomp through the muddy puddles until their boots overflow -- then snuggle with the grown-ups on the couch as their soggy socks dry"--
8) Our pool
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
It is pool day in the city and everyone is welcome.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Ember Lumen works at her family's shop in Firetown. One day, she receives a request for a special delivery that will take her deep into Element City. There's just one problem: Element City. As a Fire Element, Ember does not always fit in within the busy--and very flammable--city. But Ember is ready for the challenge and sets out on her journey. She encounters unexpected obstacles, meets friends both old and new, and discovers beautiful parts of the...
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In 1934, eleven-year-old Terpsichore's father signs up for President Roosevelt's Palmer Colony project, uprooting the family from Wisconsin to become pioneers in Alaska, where Terpsichore refuses to let rough conditions and first impressions get in the way of her grand adventure.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Delphine Denise Debreaux loves everything about the New Orleans Mardi Gras celebration, especially riding bikes with her friends in the parade, but this year she is determined to win the prize for best float, with or without them. Includes notes about Mardi Gras and New Orleans.
12) On the trapline
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
A picture book celebrating Indigenous culture and traditions. The Governor General Award-winning team behind When We Were Alone shares a story that honors our connections to our past and our grandfathers and fathers. A boy and Moshom, his grandpa, take a trip together to visit a place of great meaning to Moshom. A trapline is where people hunt and live off the land, and it was where Moshom grew up. As they embark on their northern journey, the child...
14) Lost cities
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Who lived in our world's ancient places? How did they survive? Travel back to the lost cities of Babylon, Karnak, Herculaneum, Mesa Verde, Angkor Wat, Great Zimbabwe, Easter Island (or Rapa Nui), Tenochtitlan, Machu Picchu, Fatehpur Sikri, Jamestown, Caughnawaga, and Akrotiri. See why these civilizations were lost--and how they were found! -back cover.
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