Groundwood Books

In Geraldo Val?rio's newest vibrant and beautiful wordless picture book, a trip to the beach turns into a magical journey under the sea - exploring themes of friendship and the power of imagination...

What is genocide? Why does it happen? What can be done to prevent it from happening again? At the end of the Second World War, with the establishment of the United Nations, the holding of the...

No one knows maps like Nikki -- but can she get her family to Grandma's house in time? Nikki's family is preparing for a long road trip from Toronto to the Bronx to attend Uncle Travis's wedding...

In a world beset by anger and fear, what does it mean to protect one's home and family? Olive and Gabe -- her older brother's best friend -- are deeply in love. They want nothing more than to make a...

A finalist for the Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize A young girl delights in a visit to her grandpa's farm. She and her cousins run through the fields, explore the root cellar...

A child runs through a spectrum of emotions on the best day of their year--their birthday! Early-morning excitement gives way to shyness at the arrival of guests, hunger for cake, a craze for arts...

The amazing story of the woman who stepped in to oversee the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, which was completed in 1883. Includes fascinating facts about the Brooklyn Bridge and a further...

Selected for the IRA Notable Books for a Global Society List, selected for the Children's Literary Assembly 2013 Notable Children's Books and the USBBY Outstanding International Book List With a very...

Author: Alain Serres, Aur??Lia FrontyPublisher: Groundwood BooksPublication Date: April 06, 2021Number of Pages: 48 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: HardcoverISBN-10: 1773064878ISBN-13: 9781773064871

Follow an iceberg's seasonal life cycle as it shears, drifts, melts and moves in the Antarctic Ocean, kept company by animals, fish, birds and organisms.Author: Claire SaxbyPublisher: Groundwood...

Discover the wonder of ancient sea gardens on the Northwest Coast.Author: Kay WeismanPublisher: Groundwood BooksPublication Date: September 01, 2020Number of Pages: 32 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

A graphic novel about bullying, body image and the transformative power of fiction. H?l?ne has been inexplicably ostracized by the girls who were once her friends. Her school life is full of whispers...

Funny, fresh and very modern, this update on the fable of the lion and the mouse is a marvelous tale of a relationship between two unlikely friends.One day, the mouse marches into the lion's den...

A girl in India discovers an ancient step well in this companion book to the creators' much-loved Out of the Way! Out of the Way! When a girl discovers a slab of stone on a weedy patch of land, she...

Author Deborah Ellis travels across the continent, interviewing more than forty Native American kids and letting them tell their own stories. They come from all over the continent -- from Iqaluit to...

A gorgeously illustrated, lyrical non-fiction picture book about loons.It's summertime, and as darkness falls there is a haunting sound from the lake -- Ooh-hoo-oo, ooh-hoo-oo. It is a loon calling...

Get loopy with this playful introduction to the hopeful, transformative possibilities of circular systems! Nature works on a cycle, where everything in the loop has value and nothing is wasted. But...

A stunning graphic novel from the award-winning creators of Jane, the Fox and MeAuthor: Fanny BrittPublisher: Groundwood BooksPublication Date: October 03, 2017Number of Pages: 160 pagesLanguage:...

Maggie Lou's grandpa doesn't call her Firefox for nothing. She's always finding ways to make life more interesting - even if this means getting into big trouble. When her grandfather Mushom finally...

Malaika's mother can't buy her a carnival costume -- will she still be able to dance in the parade? It's Carnival time. The first Carnival since Malaika's mother moved to Canada to find a good job...

When Malaika moves to Canada, there's a lot to get used to, especially Carnival in the wintertime!Malaika is happy to be reunited with Mummy, but it means moving to Canada, where everything is...

Malaika learns about her father, who came to Canada as a migrant farm worker when she was a just a baby and who shared her love of carnival. Malaika dreams about a man with a basket of fruit and...

Author: Nadia L. Hohn, Irene LuxbacherPublisher: Groundwood BooksPublication Date: March 02, 2021Number of Pages: 32 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: HardcoverISBN-10: 1773062646ISBN-13: 9781773062648

Malala Yousafzai, girls' education activist, won the Nobel Peace Prize at 17. Her acceptance speech is part of the Speak Out series for young readers.Author: Malala YousafzaiPublisher: Groundwood...

Marcel was born with webbed toes and an extra chromosome in this tender exploration of a child's life with Down syndrome. When Marcel is born, the first thing the midwife notices is his webbed toes...

Mary Anning, considered the world's greatest fossilist, discovered her first big find at the age of twelve. This novel is an imaginative recreation of her childhood in early nineteenth-century Lyme...

Author: Brittany Luby, Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-SteckleyPublisher: Groundwood BooksPublication Date: March 02, 2021Number of Pages: 44 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: HardcoverISBN-10:...

We're going to a peaceful protest because ... Momma's going to march! Momma's Going to March follows several children over time as they accompany their mothers to different peaceful protest marches,...

Morris is a little boy who loves using his imagination. But most of all, Morris loves his classroom's dress-up center and its tangerine dress. Morris is a little boy who loves using his imagination...

A lyrical story of an aspen grove through the seasons, inspired by the ground-breaking work of Dr. Suzanne Simard on how trees and fungi talk to each other. In early spring, the Mother Tree wakens...