Canadian books

Mallory knows she's a good baby-sitter. She's been looking after her seven younger brothers and sisters for years. So when Kristy offers her a steady job baby-sitting for the Arnold twins, Mal thinks it'll be easy money.The twins sure are cute in their matching outf...

With almost 90 big pages of creative fun based on the bestselling Nutshimit: In the Woods, written by Melissa Mollen Dupuis and illustrated by Elise Gravel, this activity book encourages children to learn and have fun with nature. Includes colourin...

Picture a tree, from every season, and from every angle. These wondrous beings give shade and shelter. They protect, and bring beauty to, any landscape.Now look again. Look closer.A tree's colours both soothe and excite. Its shape can ignite the imaginati...

Emma's dog Ruff is the best dog ever. Emma wants to be the best ever too. So she explores some new activities. She tries the violin but discovers she’s not the best musician ever. She tries soccer, but she’s not the best soccer player ever. Could she be the best student ev...

Kaz, Dante, Adriana, and Star aren't the best divers in the world. But they've been chosen to spend the summer exploring the depths of the sea.There are only a few problems. First, the sharks. Killer sharks. And then the fact that the people running the progr...

What lies in the deep? Not just coral and sand. Not just undersea creatures that have never seen the light. No, the deep holds something even more mysterious and valuable. Kaz, Dante, Adriana, and Star started the summer thinking they were going to study marine life...

In 1665, a British vessel named the Griffin sank with a priceless amount of gold on board.Now, centuries later, four kids are trying to raise the Griffin's treasure from the sea. Kaz, Dante, Adriana, and Star must take the biggest risks of their lives....

Hi! I’m Charlie, and there is NO WAY I’m having a bath tonight. To be extra safe, I’m keeping this book FAR away from my bathtub. In fact, maybe you should just put it down and walk away. Whatever you do, do NOT turn the page!

Dexter is twelve years old and lives at The Pines Retirement Village with his grandmother. He’s been home-schooled by the residents since he was six — until the day the truant officer shows up and announces that Dex has to go to the local public school.Dex does ...

Aaron grows his hair long to look like his father. When it starts to annoy him, he says, "Hair I hate you!" The hair jumps off his head and runs away. With Aaron in frantic pursuit, it attaches itself to just about everyone and everything, resulting in a huge traffic jam.

Dive into an interactive retelling of one of the most popular FNAF stories, and the basis for the hit video game "Into the Pit”! You the reader are Oswald, and after using the ball pit at Jeff’s Pizza to travel back in time to 1985, you've brought a sadistic animatronic ba...

Yash is the best athlete at Robinette Middle School. So good, in fact, that he’s already been playing on the high school’s JV sports teams. Imagine his shock when he learns that his JV practices have kept him from earning a board-mandated credit for eighth-grade PE. To gra...

Thirteen-year-old Asher Doyle is no stranger to misfortune. Bullied at school and struggling with problems at home, he dreams of the day he can leave it all behind him. That's when he receives an unexpected opportunity: an invitation to join the Factory -- a top-secret researc...

12-year-old twin sisters Rada and Dariia Popkova couldn’t be more different. Dariia is outgoing and chatty while Rada is a quieter and artsy. But what they have in common is their love for each other and their home. The family lives in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, which i...

Maya Amir of Washington, DC, can't catch a break. Not only has she lost her bedroom to visiting relatives, she's also lost out on being president of the environmental club to her best friend. Ugh.When Maya receives a magic, wish-granting bracelent in the mail, she w...

"Raw, candid, moving, and full of heart." -Betty C. Tang, creator of the award-winning bestseller Parachute Kids"Gorgeous, heartfelt, and hilarious." -Sarah Mlynowski, New York Times bestselling author of the Whatever After series"Soontornva...

Lucy Usathorn of Fort Worth, Texas is super excited for her class trip to the Natural History Museum, where her dad works. Sure, Ms. Brock, the strict school librarian who happens to be dating Lucy's dad (awkward) is chaperoning, but it'll still be the best day ever, right?

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 ...

If the hardest part is getting started, here’s a great shortcut to creative genius! In this original activity book, celebrated author and illustrator Elise Gravel invites all budding creatives to complete drawings and stories with their own touch of gen...

Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read text, a short-story format, plenty of humor, and full-color artwork on every page, these books will boost reading confi...