Kids Book Index
Michelle Mulder
Thirteen-year-old Chloë leaves her life in Montreal, including her mother and best friend, and moves to Victoria with her father. There she must stay with Uli, her estranged grandfather, who has recently had a stroke. As she is uprooted from what she knows in order to help him, Chloë investigates the tensions within her family and uncovers their underlying truth.
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Killer Style: How Fashion Has Injured, Maimed, and Murdered Through HistoryAlison Matthews David, Serah-Marie…This illustrated history examines clothing and fashion practices that harmed both wearers and workers. Sixteen brief chapters cover risks from headwear to clothing and footwear. Cases include mercury in hat production, arsenic-containing green dye, radium products, fatal accidents involving scarves and high heels, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, and denim sandblasting linked to silicosis. Archival photographs and illustrations accompany a bibliography and index.All readersOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Two Brothers, Four Hands: The Artists Alberto and Diego GiacomettiJan Greenberg, Sandra JordanThis picture-book biography follows Swiss brothers Alberto and Diego Giacometti as artists. Alberto is recognized early for his artistic ability, while younger Diego initially supports him before becoming an artist himself. Their lives include war, poverty, and mental-health struggles, all of which inform their art. The book focuses on their creative journeys, distinct personalities, and relationship as brothers, with a timeline, glossary, bibliography, and material on looking at one of Alberto’s artworks.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Young Adventurer's Guide to (Almost) EverythingBen, Penny HewittThis outdoor-living handbook offers activities such as walking like a fox, baking bread on a stick, and using the stars for navigation. Its guidance focuses on practical experiences outdoors and on heading into the wild from city life. The book combines outdoor skills, food preparation, animal observation, and finding one’s way by the stars in a humorous handbook format.All readersOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details