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Browse a selection of titles handpicked by our knowledgeable staff. Explore books that inspire, captivate, and entertain across genres and topics.

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Climate Action Week

For Climate Action Week (Nov. 1-7), explore books that examine our changing planet and the people working to protect it. From climate science and sustainability to environmental stewardship and innovation, these reads encourage us to think about the future and the role we can all play in creating positive change.
A Better World Is Possible: Global Youth Confront the Climate Crisis
Meera Subramanian
What a Waste: 9 Ways to Fight Climate Change
Karen Tam Wu; illustrated by Bithi Sutradhar
World Without End: An Illustrated Guide to the Climate Crisis
Jean-Marc Jancovici
Gone Forever?: Places to See (and Save) Before They Disappear
Erin Silver; illustrated by Xulin Wang
Mother Earth Is Our Elder: A Northern Indigenous Perspective on the Climate Crisis
Catherine Lafferty
Simone
Viet Thanh Nguyen; illustrated by Minnie Phan
Hope Dies Last: Visionary People Across the World, Fighting to Find Us a Future
Alan Weisman
What Poo Can Do: How Animals Are Fighting the Climate Crisis
Yolanda Ridge
Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet
Hannah Ritchie
Solar Bear
Beth Ferry; illustrated by Brendan Wenzel
The Climate Book
Greta Thunberg
How to Explain Climate Science to a Grown-Up
Ruth Spiro; illustrated by Teresa Martínez
We Are Eating the Earth: The Race to Fix Our Food System and Save Our Climate
Michael Grunwald
The First Rule of Climate Club
Carrie Firestone
Close the Divide
Lying, Stealing, and Other Ways to Save the Planet
Curtis Campbell
The Lost Cause
Cory Doctorow
Gracie Under the Waves
Linda Sue Park
Camp Zero
Michelle Min Sterling
Change Is in the Air: Carbon, Climate, Earth, and Us
Debbie Levy
The Story and Science of Hope
Andrea Curtis; illustrated by Ana Suárez

Remembrance Day

In honour of Remembrance Day, explore stories that highlight those who served and reflect on the impact of war. Through personal accounts, historical perspectives, and inspiring acts of courage, these books help keep important stories and lessons alive.
Marching North
Yolanda T. Marshall; illustrated by Daria Lavrova
Into the Breach: A Soldier's Journey
Wayne D. Eyre
The Messenger
Lyndsay Roberts Rayne
A Footnote to Freedom: Reclaiming the Life and Legacy of a Black Battalion Soldier
Lance B. Dixon
Where the Poppies Blow: The Life and Lessons of John McCrae
Paul Keery; illustrated by Mike Wyatt
By the Ghost Light: Wars, Memory, and Families
R. H. Thomson
Remembrance Day
Heather C. Hudak
Till We Meet Again: A Canadian in the First World War
Brandon Marriott
The Eleventh Hour
Jacques Goldstyn
The Riveter
Jack Wang
War Stories
Gordon Korman
Everyday Heroes: Inspirational Stories from Men and Women in the Canadian Armed Forces
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Words Matter: The Story of Hans and Sophie Scholl, and the White Rose Resistance
Anita Fitch Pazner; illustrated by Sophie Casson
An Accidental Villain: A Soldier's Tale of War, Deceit and Exile
Linden MacIntyre
Girl Takes Drastic Step!: How Molly Lamb Bobak Became Canada's First Official Woman War Artist
Jillian Dobson; illustrated by Genevieve Simms
Lifesavers and Body Snatchers: Medical Care and the Struggle for Survival in the Great War
Tim Cook
Black Canadians in Canada's World Wars
Brian D'Souza
Bluebird
Genevieve Graham
Muhammad's Recipe for Remembering
Maidah Ahmad; illustrated by Shruti Prabhu
Through Their Eyes: A Graphic History of Hill 70 and Canada's First World War
Matthew Barrett

Believe It Or Not

Some stories are so incredible they seem impossible to believe. Discover remarkable true tales of survival, adventure, mystery, scientific discovery, and human determination that prove reality can be stranger than fiction.
Weird But True! Canada
National Geographic Kids
History's Mysteries: Curious Clues, Cold Cases, and Puzzles from the Past
Kitson Jazynka
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
Nat Philbrick
Brothers in Arms: A True World War II Story of Wojtek the Bear and the Soldiers Who Loved Him
Susan Hood
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
Kate Moore
Amelia Earhart
Caroline Crosson Gilpin
The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century
Kirk W. Johnson
Supergiant vs Neutron Star
Marc J. Kuchner; illustrated by Matt Schu
A Mile at a Time: A Father and Son's Inspiring Alzheimer's Journey of Love, Adventure, and Hope
Travis Macy
Hidden Wonders: A Guide to the Planet's Wildest, Weirdest Places
Nicole Maggi
Cabinet of Curiosities: A Historical Tour of the Unbelievable, the Unsettling, and the Bizarre
Aaron Mahnke
Treasure Thieves on the High Seas
Roxie Munro
The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
Jim DeFede
How Old Is a Whale?: Animal Life Spans from the Mayfly to the Immortal Jellyfish
Lily Murray; illustrated by Jesse Hodgson
Secret Mall Apartment
Untamed: The Wild Life of Jane Goodall
Anita Silvey
Looking Up
The Cat Who Ruled the Town
May Nakamura; illustrated by Rachel Sanson
The Woman Who Loves Giraffes: The Story of Anne Innis Dagg

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