Leaving Fletchville

As the school bully, Brandon is perceived as being dumb, which he uses to his advantage to learn about those around him and decides to help the new family in town when he learns their secrets.

Brandon is the biggest and toughest kid in his small-town school. He is feared as a bully, but he only pretends to be "dumb as a bag of hammers," so he can learn as much as possible about the people around him. When Leon, his sister Winnie, and their lively little brother Sam, arrive in Kingsville, they are the only black people in town. Everyone is curious about them -- where they came from, what their parents do -- but when Brandon discovers the truth about their situation, he decides to do what he can to protect them from harm.

When Frank goes looking for a magical adventure to share with his friend Henry, it has both hilarious and transforming consequences for both children. Join these two friends as they scramble through a series of misadventures and narrow escapes in their journey of discovery of just how magical a friendship can truly be.

Academic study of children's literature has explored various aspects of diversity; however, little research has examined Canadian books that portray characters with disabilities. This relevant and timely text addresses the significant dearth of research by exploring the treatment of disability in Canadian literature for young people. Engaging and highly accessible, this text will assist teachers, teacher educators, and teacher candidates in finding and using books about characters where disability is a part of their characterization, supporting the development of curricula that reflect critical literacy and social justice issues. Stories for Every Classroom explores the historical patterns and trends, theoretical frameworks, and critical literacy methods used to understand and teach children's literature and its portrayal of characters with disabilities. It provides educators with curriculum ideas and enriches the body of resources shared with children in K-12 settings for the purposes of developing imagination, empathy, and understanding of self and others. Featuring author portraits, comprehensive annotated bibliographies of contemporary Canadian children's books that depict characters with disabilities, and read-on bibliographies that provide connections with other books in the field, this unique text will be an invaluable resource for educators.

"The purpose of Teaching Diversity in Rural Schools is to assist secondary English Language Arts rural educators and students regarding diversity education by facilitating the development of understanding, tolerance, and respect toward those different from oneself through the use of rural, small town-themed young adult literature"--

This fascinating compilation of more than 30 Canadian disasters ripped straight from the headlines is now updated with 15 new stories! "Disasters can occur anywhere and to anybody. You could be involved in a disaster today or tomorrow." This book provides fascinating, documentary-style accounts about famous Canadian tragedies, such as the sinking of the Titanic in Canadian waters, the Springhill Mine disasters, the Saguenay flood, the Slave Lake fire in 2011, the listeriosis outbreak of 2008 - and many others! The stories chronicle not only the disasters, but also how people struggled to survive or tried to help others. Updated with a dramatic new cover and 15 brand-new high-stakes stories, this non-fiction favourite has a proven track record of striking a chord with young readers.