Juvenile Nonfiction, Family
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Nana in the Box
by Julie Glover
This is a story of a grandmother and grandbaby who get to know each other through video calls for the first eight months of the baby's life, due to restrictions on travel as a result of the pandemic. The calls are made daily, and Nana and baby...
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Nana in the Box
by Julie Glover
This is a story of a grandmother and grandbaby who get to know each other through video calls for the first eight months of the baby's life, due to restrictions on travel as a result of the pandemic. The calls are made daily, and Nana and baby...
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Out of the Storm
A Therapeutic Activity Book for Kids who have Lost a Sibling by Joanne Marks
Out of the Storm is a therapeutic, hands-on activity book that helps children navigate the turmoil of the loss of a sibling. Siblings experience grief very deeply, and every sibling relationship is unique. When a sibling dies, the remaining...
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Bonga Bonga & Grandpa
Lucky the Hamster by Geoffrey B. Haddad
When Grandpa’s neighbour goes on holidays and asks him to take care of her pet hamster, Lucky, Bonga Bonga is beyond excited when Grandpa asks for her help. Drawing on his childhood experiences with guinea pigs and rabbits, and the neighbour’s...
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What Is Your Story?
Let’s talk about adoption and kinship by Lynn Deiulis
What is Your Story? is an engaging, colourful book that gives children permission to discover their unique journey of adoption or kinship. The book’s goal is to normalize the questions children have, while at the same time normalizing the need to...
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Worth the Wait
by Andrée Linnell
Sometimes, life doesn’t play out like a nursery rhyme. Sometimes, we have to walk through thunderstorms before we get to our rainbows. Worth the Wait is about the long, difficult road some mothers must travel on the way to the birth of a healthy...
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Eyes Different Than Mine
by Erin Johnson
A six-year-old girl gets a new baby brother. She marvels at his tiny fingers and notices the palm of his hand has different lines than hers. She looks into his sparkling eyes and notices they are a different shape than hers. She is delighted by...
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My Grandma's Doll
by Tammy Hendrickx
"My Grandma’s Doll” is a story about a loving relationship between a grandmother and her granddaughter. It’s about sharing and listening to each other. One day Grandma tells Tammy a story about getting her first doll and how it disappeared. What...
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Macsen's Magical Story
by Janet Corsaro
My name is Macsen Lee, and this is my story. After one year on Earth, God brought me home to a magical place called heaven, and he granted me the gift of being everywhere! My family misses me, but I am with them every day. I am in the flowers in...
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For You
by Robbyn Danyluk
For You is a book about what it takes for some parents to finally have a child of their own. Infertility is an all-too-common hurdle that many people must overcome when wishing to grow their family, and reproductive assistance is often needed in...
