by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Feb 18, 2025
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...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Feb 18, 2025
In 1892, the education of Indigenous children was taken on by various Canadian churches in government-sponsored residential schools. Children were taken from their families in order to erase their traditional languages and cultures. Families faced the threat of jail...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Feb 18, 2025
The first book in Deborah Ellis’s riveting Breadwinner series is an award-winning novel about loyalty, survival, families and friendship under extraordinary circumstances during the Taliban’s rule in Afghanistan. Eleven-year-old Parvana lives with her family in one...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Feb 18, 2025
Phoebe helps her dad set up telescopes on the sidewalk outside his store. It’s a special night – Saturn and Mars are going to appear together in the sky. But will Phoebe be able to see them with all the city lights? Raindrops begin to fall, followed by lightning and...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Feb 18, 2025
A cat sneaks into a small Palestinian house on the West Bank that has been commandeered by two Israeli soldiers. The house seems empty, until the cat realizes that a little boy is hiding beneath the floorboards. Should she help him? After all, she’s just a cat. Or is...
