Gifts with shelf life. Books they'll read again and again (and again)

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Ruth and Barbara are on their way home from school when Ruth falls and scrapes her knee. Luckily an ambulance is driving by, picks and takes them to the hospital. Once there, the girls are left to wait, and wait . . . and WAIT. They are so bored that they...
A hilarious collection filled with six bestselling Munsch tales and exciting bonus material!Stories included are:Down the Drain!Put Me In a Book!Too Much Stuff!Moose!Give Me Back My Dad!
By Onome Ako, Illustrated By Ken Daley
RI Racialized Identities IS Indigenous Stories
It’s Kikelomo’s first day of school and she is excited! But when it’s time to share in her classroom circle, Kikelomo is surprised and saddened when other children make fun of her name. When Kikelomo comes home that night, her mother and father remind her how carefully t...
ND Neurodivergence
Through her trademark quirky monster characters, author Elise Gravel shows the amazing things that our brains can do. They work with our senses and control our bodies. Brains do our thinking and are where our emotions live. And just like no two bodies are alike, no two brains ...
By Julia Donaldson, Illustrated By Axel Scheffler
Jonty the gentoo penguin longs to find his true home at the South Pole. One night, he sneaks out of the zoo and sets off on an amazing adventure, all the way to Antarctica (with an accidental detour to the North Pole!) Readers will be cheering as Jonty fi...
Get ready for another unforgettable book in the #1 worldwide bestselling series from acclaimed graphic novelist and award-winning illustrator Dav Pilkey. AND coming soon, the Dog Man movie from DreamWorks Animation and Universal Pictures!For more heartfelt and humor...
"I wish I'd had these books as a kid. Hilarious!" -- Dav Pilkey, creator of Captain Underpants and Dog Man They may look like Bad Guys, but these wannabe heroes are doing good deeds... whether you like it or not in this New York Time...
By Ann M. Martin, Illustrated By DK Yingst
When Karen adopts a grandmother from Stoneybrook Manor, she has more grandmas than anyone she knows -- five! Karen thinks that is very special. But Karen's new grandmother is so different! Grandma B makes Karen listen to old music, and she teaches Karen funny dances, like the ...
By Tracey West, Illustrated By Matt Loveridge
Kids love reading all about the Dragon Masters' adventures in Tracey West's New York Times bestselling Dragon Masters early chapter book series. Now fans can own the official guide to Dragon Masters. This epic, 256-page, full-color special edition features maps, informatio...
In the Magic Forest, ordinary girls transform into powerful dragons. As Dragon Girls, they can soar above the treetops, breathe magical bursts of fire, and roar loud enough to shake the ground.Rani the Enchanted Dragon is facing one of the biggest challenges the Mag...
Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl has captivated and inspired readers for decades. Published posthumously by her bereaved father, Anne's journal, written while she and her family were in hiding during World War II, has become one of the central texts of the Jewish ...
London feels stuck. His school friends think he’s this confident kid who likes video games and will kick your butt if you get on his bad side. His high-achieving parents think he’s a genius coder and are pushing him to pursue that as a future career. None of this is true. Lon...
SJ Social Justice
Leon and Eloise are 13-year-old twins from Matimekush, an Innu community in Northern Quebec. The entire Mckenzie family has moved to Wendake, near Quebec City. Leaving Matimekush, nature, their friends and their school is quite a challenge for Eloise and ...
Clay has lived his whole life under the mountain. The MudWing dragonet knows that war is raging between the dragon tribes in the world outside -- a war that he and four other dragonets are destined to end, according to the mysterious Prophecy they've been taught. The five "cho...
By Suzanne Collins, Illustrated By Nicolas Delort
Even at the age of sixteen, Katniss Everdeen knows it takes hard work, keen observation, and inner fortitude to survive in the world. Her home, District 12, is under the merciless rule of the Capitol, continually forced to pay after losing a long-ago civil war in the nation of...
IE Immigrant Experiences RI Racialized Identities RP Read with Pride
Goodbye, old life... Lia and her family are waiting to board a flight across the Atlantic, leaving behind family, friends, and Romania -- the only home Lia has ever known. But Lia's heartache is overshadowed by the discomfort of her first period. As if th...
Created By Osamu Tezuka, By Samuel Sattin, Illustrated By Gurihiru
UNICO tells the incredible story of a young unicorn who, after enraging the evil goddess Venus, is banished from the heavens and forgets all he once was. Saved from oblivion by the kindhearted West Wind, Unico continues to help others, before having to escape Venus again and b...
After her confrontation with Ikol, Emily finally understands the stone's power and what she must do to defend Alledia from the shadows. As she travels to Typhon to help her mom and Navin, Prince Trellis returns to the Kingdom of the Elves to save his countrymen -- and confront th...
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For over 20 years, kids across Canada have delighted in the spooky stories of the Haunted Canada series! And now, for the first time, four of these tales from award-winning author Joel A. Sutherland have been adapted into chilling graphic novellas and bro...
RP Read with Pride IS Indigenous Stories
Ten-year-old Anang wants to make a ribbon skirt, a piece of clothing typically worn by girls in the Anishinaabe tradition, for an upcoming powwow. Anang is two-spirit and nonbinary and doesn't know what others will think of them wearing a ribbon skirt, but they're determined to f...

Boxsets and Activity Books

Get ready to fly into the world of the Magic Forest, where ordinary girls transform into powerful dragons.Dragon Girls can soar above the treetops, breathe magical bursts of fire, and roar loud enough to shake the ground. Read the first six books in this clawsome se...
Ari Avatar is just your average Roblox kid living in a blocky world! In this exclusive set, read the first five books in the action-packed series that has Ari battling monsters, running from zombies, escaping a not-so-dormant volcano, and more! Included i...
This beautiful paperback box set includes all three books in Suzanne Collins's internationally bestselling Hunger Games trilogy together with The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a sh...
After tragedy strikes their family, Emily and Navin move with their mother into the old, mysterious home of their great-grandfather. On their first night in the strange house, Emily and Navin's mom is kidnapped by a tentacled creature. Determined to rescue her, Emily and Navin ar...
Color, stack, and squeeze! It's super simple to make 3D puffy stickers with Klutz's nifty, tried-and-true sticker press. Simply layer the sticky back with the foam insert and the artwork. When you press on the handheld sticker maker, the custom plates squish everything into a nea...
Assemble a high-quality foot-and-a-half tall chipboard gravity drop tower full of LEGO contraptions. Unleash a pack of 6 wood balls from the starting gate and watch them race through a maze of twists and turns, sliding down ramps, flipping spinners, and whirling down a funnel, be...
It's an itty-bitty beaded bonanza! With over 3,500 seed beads in 9 different colors, you can make 24 oh-so-small designs, including: watermelon, mushroom, lizard, flamingo, rainbow, and one seriously small strawberry. Did we mention the rubber chicken? This kit comes with everyth...
Shake things up! From trendy boba tea to over-the-top milkshakes, this kit includes everything you need to make non-edible versions of your favorite slurpable drinks. Custom molded cups, clay, stickers, straws, and realistic-looking squeezable "whipped cream clay" help you craft ...
Created By Scholastic
Explore the Wizarding World in this awesome sticker collection featuring more than 1,000 Harry Potter stickers inspired by the films! This book includes 25 sheets of stickers in more than twenty different art styles. Choose your favorite designs for characters including Harry,...
Create delicious recipes inspired by the Harry Potter films in this beautiful, two-book box set. This official collection includes hardcover copies of The Official Harry Potter Baking Book and The Official Harry Potter Cookbook. Each book is packed with full-colo...
For over 30 years, kids (and their parents) have looked forward to Paul Romanuk’s annual Hockey Superstars books! Sixteen of the NHL’s superstars are profiled, with full-colour photos, bios, stats and pull-out interview quotes. Hockey Superstars also ...
Gotta catch 'em all! This revised and updated edition of the mega-bestselling Essential Handbook and Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook has all the stats and facts fans need about the world of Pokémon. Need-to-know info on more than 1,000 Pokémon is jam-pack...

Find Your Holiday Cheer

Little Dreidel, made of clay, at last is dry and ready!She wants to whirl and swirly-spin, but she’s a bit…unsteady! Little Dreidel is ready to spin and celebrate Hanukkah with all her older cousins. But as soon as she ...
By Sarah Mlynowski, Illustrated By Ariel Landy
On the first night of Hanukkah, my parents gave me a dragon...So begins Hannah's holiday adventure, as she receives eight magical presents -- one for each night. There's a playful dragon, a gleaming treasure chest, a time travel machine, some rowdy uni...
By Giles Andreae, Illustrated By Guy Parker-Rees
"Jingle bells, jingle bells, join Gerald as he grooves.He sways his neck, he shakes his tail,he high-kicks with his hooves."Join Gerald and his festive jingle-jungle friends as they ring the bells this holiday season with
Grandma is baking Christmas cookies, so she asks Lincoln and Georgia to decorate the tree. They put on the lights, and the garlands, and the balls, and the candy canes. Then Olivia runs upstairs and brings back a toy bird. She puts it on a branch, turns it on and it goes TWEET...
By Jean Marzollo, Photographs By Walter Wick
Toddlers and preschoolers can search classic photos from the bestselling I Spy series for festive objects!Simple picture clues and rhyming riddles guide the youngest readers through 13 interactive, fun-filled spreads.Find more bestselling I SPY paperbacks here...
It's the most magical time of the year, and Peppa makes a wish: to have an adventure with an elf from Santa's workshop!When mysterious things start happening all around her, Peppa thinks it's the work of a mischievous elf! Can Peppa find out what's really going on?
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Sing your way through the season with Porcupine, Beaver, Moose and the gang!This special gift edition contains all three bestselling holiday favourites: A Porcupine in a Pine Tree, Dashing Through the Snow and Deck the Halls. Get ready for mer...
By Johnny Marks, Illustrated By Louis Shea
You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen, but do you recall the most famous reindeer of all?Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer always felt different because of his bright, shiny nose. But when Santa can’t fly his sleigh ...
Award Winner
Barbara Reid's brilliant Plasticine art breathes new life into the classic poem — with a Canadian twist!'Twas the night before Christmas,When all through the house,Not a creature was stirring,Not even a mouse....
By Mary Shaw, Illustrated By Chuck Temple
The tree is tinseled, the cookies are baked and the Zamboni machine is decorated. Brady loves Christmas almost as much as he loves hockey! But this year, between the holiday rush and the rink, he forgets to send Santa a letter.At the Christmas Eve game, Brady blows his ...
Jingle shells, Jingle shells, jingle all the waves! Oh, what fun it is to dive in a sea horse-driven sleigh!While humans may count the days until Santa Claus arrives, deep in the ocean, Edgar, a goofy, toothy young shark prepares for the arrival of Santa S...
By Valérie Fontaine, Illustrated By Mika
It takes a lot to prepare for Christmas day, and the elves are working hard. They can't wait to show off their achievements to Santa. But suddenly there is not just one Santa but two, three, four... dozens of them, each insisting that he is the real one. Can the elves find the...
Have a magical Christmas with Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, and all your other favorite characters from the Wizarding World in this official Harry Potter advent calendar. This gorgeous illustrated book unfolds to reveal 24 pockets -- each with its own holiday su...
By Micol Ostow, Illustrated By Keiron Ward
"You can't have Thanksgiving without turkey. That's like Fourth of July without apple pie, or Friday with no two pizzas." - Joey TribbianiCelebrate all your favorite Friends holiday moments i...
By J. K. Rowling, Illustrated By Jim Field
Jack loves his childhood toy, Dur Pig. DP has always been there for him, through good and bad. Until one Christmas Eve something terrible happens -- DP is lost. But Christmas Eve is a night for miracles and lost causes, a night when all things can come to life... even toys. And J...

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