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Enfant, John Freund aimait le football et l'ecriture. La fin du printemps raconte avec des details authentiques comment l'enfance joyeuse de John Freund a bascule apres l'invasion en 1939 par les nazis de son pays d'origine, la Tchecoslovaquie.

Two girls, both without a voice. One refuses to speak, the other is trapped in a body that won't let her.

Short biographies of ten inspirational women teachers, from educational pioneer Maria Montessori to Helen Keller and her miracle worker, Annie Sullivan.

When Poppy's supply teacher disdainfully calls her a "bird brain, " Poppy turns into an imaginary bird. But the neighborhood cat soon threatens! Go on a bird's-eye journey of the imagination in this captivating fifth book in the series. When Poppy's supply teacher disdainfully calls her a "bird brain, " Poppy turns into an imaginary bird. But the neighborhood cat soon threatens! Go on a bird's-eye journey of the imagination in this captivating...

Jeremy is shocked to find that the theater mannequins of elderly women his mother has put together are not what they seem. They are really adventure-loving characters who come alive, but only in front of him.

By the prizewinning author of the classics Red is Best, The Bare Naked Book and Big or Little, this chapter book is about a man who spends every day in a school but who cannot read. Mr. Elliot has a job he loves. He is the custodian in a primary school. He is so useful to everyone that sometimes he sees himself as the king of the castle. But Mr. Elliot has a secret. He can't read. Using many excuses like pretending not to have his glasses, he ...

Faye Schulman was a happy teenager learning to become a photgrapher when the Nazis invaded her small town on the Russian-Polish border. She had a loving family, good friends and neighbours, most of whom where soon lost in the horrors of the Holocaust. But Faye survived, and the photographs she took testify to her experiences and teh persecution she witnessed. Decorated for heroism by several governments, Schulman, now in her eighties, tells an...

Between Myself and Them is a book about disability like you've never heard it discussed before. Gutsy, frank, provocative and even confrontational, the 23 contributors to this first-person anthology trace the myriad feelings and experiences that go along with growing up disabled across different genders, cultures, classes, and sexualities.

From the award-winning author of Sudden Blow and Bad Date comes another compelling mystery featuring Jane Yeats, a crime journalist with a passion for hard-boiled, Harleys and hops. Overnight, Jane is forced to confront the nightmare that has haunted her for years -- the chance murder of her lover, Pete. Only the certainty that William Shortt had been imprisoned for life has kept her clinging to sanity. When Shortt is silenced by another inmat...

This short story collection features the writing of women from many backgrounds. All are immigrants with unique heritages who have come to North America in search of a new life.

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Not satisfied by the established roles assigned to them, Jewish women have begun to uncover their history, religion and culture using tradition and memory to inspire and transform their lives. In From Memory to Transformation, women activists, rabbis, scholars, writers and artists explore the themes of Jewish women's history, feminism, activism and social change, religion, ritual and spirituality, personal identity, and Jewish women's creativi...

Using personal accounts from star players, interviews with sport insiders and striking photographs, On the Edge provides a dramatic look into the business and politics of women's hockey.

On the Road to Vegetarian Cooking is for everyone: the beginner, the committed vegetarian who is keen to try new and wonderful culinary delights, and the basic "meat and potatoes" cook wanting to incorporate healthy dishes into the family diet.

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Maddy's trip to Africa was an experience she will never forget, and for reasons that might surprise you. This book presents the true story of Maddy, who was given a once-in-a-lifetime gift for her tenth birthday - to visit Tanzania with her photographer uncle, Alessandro.

Barbara is big. She has big hands and big feet and she is taller and weighs more than any of her friends. She is so big that normal-kid running shoes don't fit. Learning how Barbara comes to accept herself and to like how she looks will be fun and instructive for young readers.

There were books in dressers and drawers and desks, in wardrobes, cupboards and chests. Meena hates all of them, as does her cat Max, who is shakily balanced on a giant stack of them. As Meena tries to rescue Max, the books come crashing down, freeing a wonderland of characters and animals who take Meena on a fanciful and funny romp.

Profiles ten children, including Canadian Ryan Hreljac, who founded an organisation that builds wells in Africa, and Sam Levin from the USA, who helps connect kids with their food through an organic school vegetable garden. This title also includes animal rights activists Fang Ming-he from China and Janine Licare from Costa Rica.

Charlotte has travelled across the ocean with her mother and father to their new home in France, where she discovers she has a lot to adjust to. Her feelings of being different and left out are made worse when Colette, a girl in her class at school, calls her 'the stranger'.