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A captivating look at how a child, fits into the great, big universe around us. Big sky, big sky, what is bigger than the sky? In this clever concept book for young readers, award-winning author Jo Ellen Bogart explores the size of animate and inanimate objects and their place in... the universe. She introduces children to the concept of we -- that humans are a big part of the world, but a small part of existence. In the vastness of the universe, with galaxies swirling through space, the book begins with simple words printed on the darkness. Moving closer to our world, we see the solar system, our sun at the center. Closer still, we see the huge ball of fire, which is the sun, and the third planet out from it -- our blue Earth. From Earth looming huge on the page, young readers view smaller and smaller objects, from mountain to tree to man to child to kitten to mouse to flea to microscopic beings, amazing in their complexity. Accompanied by artist Gillian Newland's lavish watercolor paintings, Big and Small, Room for All places the immensity and wonder of space in perspective so young readers comprehend they are part of creation, but a small part of all that exists.
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See below for English description. Irene, huit ans et ses deux fr?res sont forc's de quitter leur famille pour aller dans un pensionnat loin de chez eux. C'est la loi! Dans cet endroit aust?re, on les emp?che de parler leur langue et on leur donne un num?ro en guise de nom. ? la ...fin de l'ann?e scolaire, les enfants rentrent ? la maison et informent leurs parents des conditions ex?crables dans lesquelles ils doivent vivre au pensionnat. Trouveront-ils un moyen de cacher les enfants afin qu'ils n'y retournent jamais? Inspir? de la vie de la grand-m?re de Jenny Kay Dupuis, Je ne suis pas un num?ro met en lumi?re une sombre partie de l'histoire du Canada de mani?re ? sensibiliser les enfants et ? leur permettre d'en tirer une le?on humaine et historique. When eight-year-old Irene is removed from her First Nations family to live in a residential school she is confused, frightened, and terribly homesick. She tries to remember who she is and where she came from despite the nuns' efforts to force her to do otherwise. When she goes home for summer holidays, her parents decide to never send her away again, but where will she hide and what will happen when her parents disobey the law? Based on the life of Jenny Kay Dupuis' own grandmother, Je ne suis pas un num?ro is a must-read book that brings a terrible part of Canada's history to light in a way that children can learn from and relate to. Original title: I Am Not a Number
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Irene must remember who she is when everything is taken away from her.
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A young boy's life is changed thanks to the Magician of Auschwitz.
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An incredibly important book that explains how Indigenous children were removed from their homes and taken to residential schools. This book will help start discussions with children about residential schools and the reconciliation process.
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A secret spot and a hole in the fence lead Abby into some difficult situations before she makes a new friendship and forges an old one anew.
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