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A whole new look for this enduring Scholastic Canada Classic! An updated look for a classic story, written and illustrated by two of the top names in Canadian children's books! Daniel's family has a little problem. Daniel's baby sister, Louise, just won't stop crying. Everyone in the family tries to soothe her. Her mother sings a lullaby; her father rocks her in his arms; Grandma gives her a bottle; Grandpa plays a tune on his harmonica. But nothing works! Little Louise just goes on crying until big brother Daniel appears on the scene and tells her, "Oonga Boonga." Like magic, Louise's tears stop. But the funny thing is, these whimsical words don't work when the grown-ups say them. Daniel has the magic touch with his little sister!
Mabel hates her name and she tries a host of new ones. Then a TV star makes her realise it isn't so bad. When her friends tell her she looks like a tomato in her red dress she hates that too until she realises it shouldn't matter what people say.
Best friends Lenny and Lucy each have a secret fear--Lucy is frightened by a TV monster, Lenny by spiders.
Since discovering the Canadian Flyer, a magical time-traveling sled, in Emily's attic, Matt and Emily have outrun dinosaurs in the Alberta badlands, panned for gold in the Yukon, and seen the Silver Dart soar high in Nova Scotia's skies. In Pioneer Kids, Emily and Matt arrive on the Canadian Prairies in 1910. They visit a one-room schoolhouse where they try to help a new friend deal with a classroom bully. But when a raging fire erupts, it's Emily and Matt who need rescuing! In this, the sixth book in the popular Canadian Flyer Adventures series, author Frieda Wishinsky weaves well-researched and accurate historical facts into her compelling, kid-friendly storytelling, while Dean Griffith's action-packed illustrations situate readers in place and time perfectly. At the end of their adventure Emily and Matt share additional facts about pioneer days, country schools, and prairie fires, and Wishinsky gives additional facts here too, in an informative Q&A format.
A young boy is annoyed by the adoration of a girl in his class, but when she goes away, he misses her.
When Anne has to do a school project, she picks a delicious subject - chocolate! Then she gets a mysterious CD-ROM, and with a click of the mouse she's traveling in time: arguing with Columbus, sipping cocoa with the queen, tasting the world's first chocolate chip cookie. It's the greatest adventure ever!
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Since discovering the Canadian Flyer, a magical time-traveling sled, in Emily's attic, Matt and Emily have outrun dinosaurs in the Alberta badlands, evaded slave catchers on the Underground Railroad, and seen the last spike driven into the Canadian Pacific Railway. In SOS! Titanic!, Matt and Emily want to know everything about the Titanic and how it sank on April 15, 1912. And when the sled flies them to the famous ship on the afternoon of April 14, they realize they only have a few hours before the ship collides with an iceberg. Can the two friends convince Captain Smith to turn the Titanic around or change its course? Can they help their new friend Sally and her aunt survive the disaster? ...
A funny and touching tale of a cake decorator extraordinaire and his young friend, Ben, who helps rejuvenate his creative spirit.
Matt and Emily travel back in time on a magic sled and befriend Stefan, a Ukranian boy struggling with pioneer life in early twentieth century Canada.