Newly Evaluated Resources – April 2019
Check out the 30+ newly evaluated resources in the K-12 Evaluated Resource Collection. Find engaging new science resources in comic book format, such as The Incredible Plate Tectonics Comic and Plagues: The Microscopic Battlefield. New French resources and many novels for ELA have also been added.
Climate Change: a Hot Topic!
This resource focuses on climate change and divides the subject into seven …
Complete Periodic Table, The: More Elements with Style!
This resource examines each element on the periodic table and provides its …
Incredible Plate Tectonics Comic, The
This short comic book tells the story of Geo who is on his way to write an …
Plagues: The Microscopic Battlefield
This engaging comic book follows two characters – Yellow Fever and Bubonic …
Smash!: Exploring the Mysteries of the Universe with the Large Hadron Collider
Cousins Nick and Sophie visit the Large Hadron Collider at CERN and learn a…
Volcanoes: Fire and Life
Earth is experiencing another ice age and people are scrambling to find sou…
3000 Façons De Dire Je T’aime
Neville, Chloé et Bastien rêvent de devenir acteurs. Ils se retrouvent au c…
Aristote et Dante découvrent les Secrets de l’Univers
Ari a 15 ans et il s’ennuie, il n’a pas d’amis et il est rongé par une sour…
Camille
Camille et sa mère, Caroline, sont victimes de violence familiale. Elles ré…
Celle Dont J’ai Toujours Rêvé
Amanda n’est pas née Amanda, mais Andrews. Elle ne se sent pas bien dans sa…
Éloi
Ce roman est la suite de Garçon manqué. Né dans le corps d’une fille, Éloi …
Les figures de l’Ombre
Dans une Amérique des années soixante rongée par la ségrégation raciale et …
Maman veut partir
Dans ce récit tout en finesse, un petit garçon nous raconte avec un regard …
Africville
When a young girl visits the site of Africville, a community established by…
Angus All Aglow
Angus absolutely loves anything that sparkles and shines and when his grand…
At the Pond
This simple counting book explores the life of a pond and its plants and an…
Eleventh Hour, The
Friends Jules and Jim have always been inseparable so when World War I brea…
Funeral, The
When her Great-Uncle Frank dies, Norma and her family attend his funeral, b…
I’m a Girl
An energetic, loud, messy, brave, and confident little girl rabbit lives li…
Megabat
Daniel has recently moved from Toronto to a new house, he misses his friend…
Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family’s Story
Young Rama and her mother, father, brother, and grandfather are forced to l…
Too Young to Escape: A Vietnamese Girl Waits to be Reunited with Her Family
At the end of Vietnam War, four-year-old Van’s father fled with his eldest …
What Matters
When a young boy is walking through a park, he picks up a pop can from the …
When the Moon Comes
When the local beaver flood finally freezes and the ice is ripple-free, a g…
My Life with the Liars
Twelve-year-old Zylynn has been raised in a cult but her father removes her…
Escape from Aleppo
During the civil war in Aleppo, Syria, fourteen-year-old Nadia and her fami…
Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls are Used in War
Five-year-old Michel enjoys his life in the Democratic Republic of Congo un…
Alex as Well
Fourteen-year-old Alex has a very complicated life: she was born intersex, …
Girl Up
This feminist guide for young women looks at the issues women and girls fac…
Heart in a Body in the World, A
Annabelle has to run – following a traumatic event she can’t think of anyth…
Odd One Out
Neighbours and best friends Jupiter and Courtney (Coop) have their friendsh…
Price Guide to the Occult, The
Nor is the ninth generation of Blackburn women to live on Anathema Island. …
Relative Strangers
There are many gaps in eighteen-year-old Jules’ life and when she needs a b…
Strange and beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender, The
Narrated by sixteen-year-old Ava Lavender, a typical teenage girl except fo…
Eagle’s Path, The
When always happy and smiling Anna becomes withdrawn, her mother questions …
Jabber Walking
This creative resource is a blend of autobiography, poetry, and an explorat…
My Conversations With Canadians
This collection of essays, by First Nations’ author Lee Maracle, focuses on…
