Groundwood Books

  • The Crazy Man

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    It is 1965, and twelve-year-old Emaline lives on a wheat farm in southern Saskatchewan. Her family has fallen apart. When her beloved dog, Prince, chased a hare into the path of the tractor, she chase

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    • Author: Porter, Pamela
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 176
    • Publish Date: June 30 2006
    • ISBN10: 0888996950
    • Language: English
  • My Mom Is Like a Kite

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    A child touchingly narrates the ups and downs of living with a parent who experiences mental illness.

    Sometimes Mom soars like a kite. Other times the kite turns into a sail, and she’s like a boat, b

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    • Author: Detlefsen, Lisl H.
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: April 07 2026
    • ISBN10: 1773068539
    • Language: English
  • The Burrowing Owls of the Prairie Grasslands

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    It’s spring in Grasslands National Park and burrowing owls are returning from a winter away to lay their eggs in this rare and protected habitat.

    Lush illustrations celebrate the magnificent wild prai

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    • Series: Wild by Nature #2
    • Author: Hodge, Deborah
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 36
    • Publish Date: June 02 2026
    • ISBN10: 1779460317
    • Language: English
  • Tay Naja Nitajtaketzki Achtu Tik Nawat / ]Mis Primeras Palabras En Nahuat / My First Words in Nahuat]

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    A collection of powerful poems, in Nahuat, Spanish and English, that celebrate Indigenous life and language despite efforts to eradicate them.

    These poems are a moving and eloquent description of how

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    • Author: Argueta, Jorge
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 60
    • Publish Date: April 07 2026
    • ISBN10: 1773067818
    • Language: English
  • Every Space Between

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    Playful and poetic, Every Space Between highlights the little moments tucked between beginnings and endings, between actions and reactions, between you and me — and shows how special an ordinary day

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    • Author: Hrab, Naseem
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 48
    • Publish Date: March 03 2026
    • ISBN10: 1773067109
    • Language: English
  • A Friend Is a Friend Is a Friend

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    In this companion to best-selling titles A Family Is a Family Is a Family and A Kid Is a Kid Is a Kid, a child explores how to make a friend.

    When a child arrives at summer camp, they see a lot of oth

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    • Series: Who We Are
    • Author: O’Leary, Sara
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: April 07 2026
    • ISBN10: 1779460260
    • Language: English
  • Fly Away Home

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    Driven from her nest, Little Bird crosses paths with other migrating animals, including humans, looking for a safe place to call home.

    Reading like a modern nursery rhyme, Fly Away Home begins with a

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    • Author: Quan, Betty
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 40
    • Publish Date: April 07 2026
    • ISBN10: 1773069624
    • Language: English
  • Grandma, Cho Cho and Me

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    Some families gather for big dinners, but in my house we feast at breakfast! As Grandma and I cook our favorite Jamaican dishes, I learn why that is.

    The girl in this story and her grandmother are mak

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    • Author: Christie, Morgan
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: March 03 2026
    • ISBN10: 1773067516
    • Language: English
  • The Quiet Hunt: A Poem for Young Foragers

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    In the forests and fields, beside rivers and creeks, under the earth and hidden in trees, food is waiting to be found … if you know where to look!

    Follow the footsteps of our ancestors as they head

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    • Author: Pendziwol, Jean E.
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: March 03 2026
    • ISBN10: 1773067672
    • Language: English
  • Taking Turns with Turtles: A Rescue Story

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    Turtles have been tending the ocean for millions of years. Now it’s my turn to tend to the turtles.

    One chilly morning in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, a child and their parents wake up early to search th

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    • Author: Becker, Shari
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 36
    • Publish Date: March 03 2026
    • ISBN10: 1779460120
    • Language: English
  • Leo and Ralph

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    Ever since he was in kindergarten, Leo has had a hard time making friends. He always has so much going on in his head, and his words come out so slowly that the other kids just run off to play without

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    • Author: Carnavas, Peter
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 280
    • Publish Date: February 03 2026
    • ISBN10: 1779461011
    • Language: English
  • My Subway Runs

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    For a young child, a subway journey is an eye-opening city-life experience. A story-poem from award-winning creators James Gladstone and Pierre Pratt.

    The journey begins with the roar of the subway fr

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    • Author: Gladstone, James
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: February 03 2026
    • ISBN10: 1773067540
    • Language: English
  • Up in the Tree

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    Margaret Atwood’s classic picture book is a perfect integration of words and pictures.

    This story about the adventures of two children who live up in a tree is vintage Atwood — playful, whimsical and

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    • Author: Atwood, Margaret
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: January 16 2006
    • ISBN10: 0888997299
    • Language: English
  • Caravan to the North: Misael’s Long Walk

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    An urgent and eloquent account of a boy traveling in a caravan from his beloved homeland of El Salvador to the US border.

    This novel in verse is a powerful first-person account of Misael Mart?nez, a

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    • Author: Argueta, Jorge
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: January 02 2024
    • ISBN10: 1773067400
    • Language: English
  • My Street Remembers

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    How many footsteps have walked your street in the past? My Street Remembers peels back the history of one city street in North America to reveal the greater story of the land on which we live.

    The sto

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    • Series: Better Paths
    • Author: Krossing, Karen
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 48
    • Publish Date: September 02 2025
    • ISBN10: 1773066358
    • Language: English
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