Scot Ritchie
Author
Series
Exploring our community volume 6
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A gentle and engaging look at honeybees and how they live in urban spaces. In this sixth book in the Exploring Our Community series, the five friends help their neighbor look after his backyard beehive. Along the way, they learn about how bees feed and pollinate; how bees build their hive; what happens inside a bee colony; how and why some bee populations are currently at risk; and much, much more. The book concludes with fun ideas for how to attract...
Author
Series
Exploring our community volume 5
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"This gentle and engaging introduction to physical and health education will help children to understand how keeping their bodies and minds healthy can enhance their lives. In this fifth book in the series, the five friends are members of their school's swim team and are training for an upcoming meet. Along the way, they learn about: the benefits of physical fitness, setting goals, teamwork, safety, coping skills, respect for others, nutrition as...
3) Federica
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Federica's busy family can't keep their house clean! To get away from the buzzy, buggy mess, she escapes to the peaceful park where she can spend time with her animal friends--which gives her an idea."--
Author
Publisher
Distributed in the U.S. by Publishers Group West
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Six children who have won a geography competition travel around the world in a hot-air balloon and it is up to the reader to find all six children in spreads of each of their twelve destinations, including a Bollywood film set, a bustling Beijing market,and Lake Titicaca in Bolivia.
Author
Series
Exploring our community volume 7
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"In the seventh book in the Exploring Our Community series, the five friends learn all about how to reduce plastic pollution. It's Nick's birthday, and he wants to celebrate by challenging his friends to a No Plastics Day. While going a whole day without using single-use plastic, the five friends learn about how much plastic surrounds us in our daily lives; the garbage patch gyres in the oceans; plastic in our food chain; what plastic is made of (science...
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"It's a busy morning in the park. All along the boulevard, families are picnicking and people are napping, playing checkers and reading on the grass. But Owen and his dad are hard at work, raking and mowing the grass. And today, Owen gets to do the best job all on his own. With his dad's encouragement, Owen gathers his courage and goes around to everyone in the park. He tells the families, the checkers players and the readers what he has to do, and...
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
What's that noise? Explore the strange sounds houses make - especially when it's dark outside! Introduces readers to basic scientific concepts involving energy, structures, and matter that explain all those things that go bump, bang, and creak in the night.
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"It's the day of the first salmon ceremony, and P'ésk'a is excited to celebrate. His community, the Sts'ailes people, give thanks to the river and the salmon it brings by commemorating the first salmon of the season. Framed as an exploration of what life was like one thousand years ago, P'ésk'a and the First Salmon Ceremony describes the customs of the Sts'ailes people, an Indigenous group who have lived on the Harrison River in British Columbia...
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In this book, five young friends -- Nick, Yulee, Pedro, Sally and Martin -- spend the day traveling around their neighborhood and participating in activities designed to raise money for their local library. Along the way, they learn about the people and places that make up their community and what it means to be a part of one.
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"The book opens with Nick, Yulee, Pedro, Sally and Martin -- the five friends from Follow That Map! (2009), Look at That Building! (2011) and Look Where We Live! (2015) - about set off for Yulee's Aunt Sara's farm for some apple-picking. Their plan is to pick some apples to use in a dessert they will take to their neighborhood's potluck celebrating the fall harvest. While on their agricultural adventure, they discover how food is grown and produced...
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Milly Zantow wanted to solve the problem of her town&#x;s full landfill and ended up creating a global recycling standard &#x; the system of numbers you see inside the little triangle on plastics. This is the inspiring story of how she mobilized her community, creating sweeping change to help the environment."--Amazon.com
13) Slowpoke
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
After pokey Fiona attends Speed School, where she learns to wash dishes, brush her teeth, and clean her room at the same time, she decides to demonstrate to her family the value of sometimes doing things more slowly.
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In this full-color, nonfiction resource, profiles of twenty-five diverse individuals share how each person got interested in their field, how they studied or trained for it, how others typically study or train for it, and their experience in their career. Informative sidebars share spin-off jobs, fun facts, pro tips about how readers can try out the field, and spotlight features about children who are doing just that. The book includes a table of...
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In this unique kids' guide to careers, be inspired by real people doing all sorts of jobs. You'll also find: Spotlights about real kids exploring cool career paths. Spin-off jobs you may not have thought of. Fun facts and pro tips for trying the things that interest you!"--
16) Dinos driving
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Now in board book format! In a smart and silly picture book enriched with preschool-friendly facts, Lynn Leitch and the acclaimed Scot Ritchie propose the perfect modes of transport for eight charismatic dinosaurs.
17) Zander stays
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press, Incl
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Zander the goose decides not to go south for the winter with the rest of his flock. Having to adapt to his new snowy environment, Zander asks for advice from forest animals. When Zander is about to give up, a little girl finds him and brings him home. Finally finding a perfect "adaptation" in the little girl's house, Zander spends the winter with his new friend. When the other geese return, they humorously move into the house as well."--