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By Scholastic, Illustrated By EOne
Bestseller
Everyone's favorite little piggy now has her own five-minute storybook! This beautiful, padded POB holds eight classic Peppa Pig stories that can be read in five minutes, including four stories that have never before been published in the U.S.! A great choice for an Easter gift o...
By Robert Munsch, Illustrated By Dave Whamond
RI Racialized Identities
Bestseller
Jamaal may be the oldest kid in his family, but he somehow got stuck with the smallest room. His parents agree that it isn’t fair, but that is just how it is. But Jamaal isn’t satisfied by the answer – if his parents aren’t going to fix the house, he will use creativit...
IS Indigenous Stories
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Bestseller
The Innu word Nutshimit signifies the physical and social space to practice traditional activities and language. Join author Melissa Mollen Dupuis on a guided walk deep through the forest to learn some of the rich culture of the Innu people.Readers will discover the...
IE Immigrant Experiences RR Religion and Religious Identity
Bestseller
A New York Times bestseller! JOSEF is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world... ISABEL is a Cuban ...
By Tracey West, Illustrated By Graham Howells
Bestseller
Pick a book. Grow a reader. This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these b...

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RI Racialized Identities
Winner, Governor General's Award for Young People's Literature - Illustration 2023
In this exploration of what it truly means to swim, expansive vignettes introduce sandpipers, tannin-soaked lakes, and the feeling of a small waterfall on sun-soaked shoulders. But what about those who are afraid of the water’s mysterious ways and resist learning to swim? Paint...
Winner, Diamond Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice) 2025
It’s the start of a new school year and Oliver is looking forward to a seventh-grade year full of spitballs, jokes and pranks with his friend Nathan. And their new homeroom teacher, Mr. Aidact, looks like a prime target. He’s an odd duck — with a weird, stilted vocabular...
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Donovan Curtis, Noah Youkilis and their friends from the Academy for Scholastic Distinction have graduated from middle school, so it's on to ninth grade for everyone . . . well, everyone except Noah. Because of his super-genius status, and much to his dismay, he's been graduated ...
In this unique and captivating new book, a curious stone age hunter-gatherer child follows Grandmother on an unusual hunting expedition into a deep cave. Overcoming fear of being swallowed by the dark, the child experiences the painted animals that spring to life on the cave wall...
By Jay Odjick, Illustrated By KC Oster
PD Physical Disability IS Indigenous Stories
When we meet Zack, he’s being looked after by his super-cool Auntie Jess and dreaming of one day being like his hero, slick business tycoon Konstantin Pierce. Zack’s parents are away — yet again — for their important careers in “refrigerator sales.” Little does Zack k...
By Lauren Tarshis, Adapted By Georgia Ball, Illustrated By Cassie Anderson
All across California, deadly wildfires rage . . .Still reeling from the life-changing challenges that propelled him and his mother across the country, Josh finds solace in the California wilderness and in the newfound friendship with his cousin Hol...
By Swapna Haddow, Illustrated By Minky Stapleton
Marg, Zeb and Barry found a way to make their unconventional superpowers special. But now there’s been a disaster at the Superheroes Café! Marg seems to have lost her ability to make Mac ’n’ Cheese... and it’s the only thing on the menu. Getting ...