Kid is a Kid is a Kid

Kid is a Kid is a Kid

“Being the new kid is hard,” a child in the school playground tells us. “I can think of better things to ask than if I’m a boy or a girl.” Another child is always asked why she has her nose in a book. Someone else gets asked where they come from. One after another,...
Africville

Africville

When a young girl visits the site of Africville, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the stories she’s heard from her family come to mind. She imagines what the community was once like — the brightly painted houses nestled into the hillside, the field where boys played football,...
Alego

Alego

Written and illustrated by Ningeokuluk Teevee, one of the most interesting artists in Cape Dorset, home to the great tradition of Inuit art, this is a beautifully simple story, written in Inuktitut and English, about a young Inuit girl who goes to the shore with her...
Angry Me

Angry Me

A young child tells us what makes her angry — when someone is mean and tries to take her toy away, when it feels unfair that there’s no time to go swimming, or when the kids at school leave her out, hurting her feelings . . . When she’s angry, she tries to remember to...
Arroz con Leche – Rice Pudding

Arroz con Leche – Rice Pudding

The second title of Jorge Argueta’s popular bilingual Cooking Poems series, celebrates the joys of preparing, eating and sharing food. Now available in paperback, Arroz con leche / Rice Pudding is the second title of Jorge Argueta’s popular bilingual Cooking...