Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography

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Little by Little

Michael might be young, but he’s got a big heart and a strong sense of right and wrong. He knows it’s right to help people when they need it—but what can he do when so many people need help?

When ...

Amazing L'nu'k

The newest installment in the celebrated illustrated series about Amazing Atlantic Canadians, featuring incredible Indigenous people.

Delve into the uplifting stories of the people of Mi'kma'ki in this ...

World Shakers

What does it take to change the world? Whether it was the rule that forced Muslim women athletes like Ibtihaj Muhammad to choose between competition and wearing hijab or Indigenous women like Mary Two-Axe ...

Samuel & the Little People

The story of the origins of the Indigenous Little People as told in the journal of Samuel White Wolf and his encounters with them.

Call Me Bill

A gorgeously illustrated historical graphic novel based on a real person who, defying gender expectations, left home in search of adventure and a more authentic life.
It was April 1, 1873. In the middle ...

I Lost My Talk

Rita Joe's powerful poem is presented anew in this children's picture book with illustrations from Pauline Young. A story of recovering what was lost in residential school, I Lost My Talk will raise conversation ...

Lucy Maud Montgomery, écrivaine

Lucy Maud Montgomery est une icône et une écrivaine dont le livre le plus célèbre est Anne… La maison aux pignons verts. Elle est née en 1874 à l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard. À une époque où ...

A Pocket of Time

Before becoming a Pulitzer-Prize winning writer, Elizabeth Bishop lived with her Gammie and Pa on a rural farm, learning to walk, to read and write, to sing hymns, and to catch bumblebees in foxglove ...

A Cave in the Clouds

Captured by ISIS, her bravery and faith became her pathway to freedom.  

Badeeah Hassan was just 18 when she witnessed firsthand the horrors of the 2014 genocide of the Yazidi people by ISIS forces. Captured ...

Joseph-Armand Bombardier

Joseph-Armand Bombardier est né le 16 avril 1907, en Estrie. Dès 13 ans, il démontre un réel talent d’inventeur. À 17 ans, le jeune homme quitte son village natal de Valcourt pour Montréal, où ...