Who Wants Pizza? The Kids’ Guide to the History, Science & Culture of Food Jan Thornhill Maple Tree Press Everyone loves pizza, but there's a lot more to this gooey treat that meets the eye - or mouth! That stretchy cheese, tangy tomato sauce, zingy pepperoni all have an exciting story to tell.

Totally Human: Why We Look and Act the Way We Do Cynthia Pratt Nicolson, Dianne Eastman Kids Can Press YOU'RE SPECIAL.YOU'RE UNIQUE. There's no one else in the universe exactly like you. But guess what? In many ways, you're just like the 6 billion other people on the planet. You do weird and wonderful things simply because you're human. Like other human beings, you look and act in certain ways - partly because of your genes( coded instructions found in every cell of your body.)

Mathemagic! Number Tricks Lynda Colgan, Jane Kurisu Kids Can Press If you'er like most people you've probably been outsmarted by one of those '' human calculator'' kwon-it-alls. you kwon the type: the brainiac who can compute answers in her head before you can even say ""multiplication".

Highway of Heroes Kathy Stinson Fitzhenry & Whiteside Huddled against the wind, a boy stands stiffly with his mother on the tarmac. He wants to stamp his cold feet, but he knows he has to stand still like the soldiers and other people who have gathered at the Canadian Forces Base in Trenton. Somewhere nearby a bagpiper begins a tune that sounds like crying.

Game Day: Meet the People Who Make It Happen Kevin Sylvester Annick Press EVERY DAY,MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD SHOW UP OR TUNE IN to watch their favourite athletes compete in soccer, baseball, lacrosse, basketball, hokey- you name it. The athletes are the unquestionable, the visable face of the world of sports

Don’t Touch That Toad & Other Strange Things Adults Tell You Catherine Rondina, Kevin Sylvester Kids Can Press I'm sure you've heard a lot of weird things from your parents, your grandparents or even your teachers. you'll probably find some of these sayings here within these pages. some of the expressions will thrill you, some will make you think, others will gross you out.

Case Closed? Nine Mysteries Unlocked by Modern Science Susan Hughes, Michael Wandelmaier Kids Can Press AN EXPLORER AND HIS CREW set off to the cold reaches of the Arctic Oceans in search of the Northwest Passage -- and are never seen again. An airplane and its passengers are within twenty minutes of the runway - and never land. An ancient city, alive with traders and camel caravans, flourishes in the desert for centuries - and then is then gone in a swirl of sand.

Animals That Changed the World Keltie Thomas Annick Press What makes our world different than any other known in the universe? Birds fly in the sky, fish swim in the sea, and lots of other animals walk,run,and crawl over the land. Our world is animals' only known romping and stomping ground. What's more, as animals romp, stomp, and tromp, eat, poop, and fart-and work for people-they are changing the world as we know it

Africans Thought of It: Amazing Innovations Bathseba Opini, Richard B. Lee Annick Press My name is Bathseba and I grew up near Keroka, a small town in western Kenya. My family belongs to a cultural group called the Abagusii. As a young girl, I spent lots of time with my parents, grandparents, uncles, and aunts, who taught me about the Abagusii customs by sharing traditional tails, riddles, proverbs, and other wise sayings.

50 Poisonous Questions: A Book With Bite Tanya Lloyd Kyi, Ross Kinnaird Annick Press STOP!DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, EAT THIS BOOK Do not drink it.Do not touch it without the protection of latex gloves.every single page is coated in poison.Unidentified noxious substances might drip from the spine at any time, and the fumes have yet to be tested in reliable laboratories. While reading some chapter you may want to hold your breath.

Ghosts of the Titanic

Author: Julie Lawson
Publisher: Scholastic Canada

"Halifax?" Kevin burst into the kitchen. "No way i'm going to Halifax!" "Hello to you to," his mother said. "How did things go at the pool?"  "Fine. Everything was fine until now."

Undergrounders

Author: David Skuy
Publisher: Scholastic

BANG!BANG!BANG!

The noise scared me at first, until I turned around and saw this kid in a dark-blue hockey jersey and a black tuque staring at me through the wire mesh that went around the hockey rink. e kid was banging away on the boards with his stick. I was about to flip him the finger and take off when he called to me, "you mind getting our puck?"

Neil Flambé and the Aztec Abduction Kevin Sylvester Simon and Schuster Canada Neil Flambe looked down at his spotless, gleaming workstation. It was perfect. Of course it was-he'd prepped it himself. Neil's cooking knives spread out from the right side of his giant maple chopping block in an obsessively neat row. There were ten knives in all, each with a specific task: paring, fish de-boning, delicate slicing, chopping through huge joints of meat. All had been handcrafted an weighted for his hands, and his hands alone.

The McGillicuddy Book of Personal Records Colleen Sydor Red Deer Press Hotshots, every last one of 'em.  He'd seen it all before - kathunk, kathunk - those dorks on television - kathunk - doing any number of humiliating things just to get their names into the world book of records.

Milo: Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze
Alan Silberberg
Simon & Schuster Canada

Summer Goodman never knew what hit her.  That's because it was me, and as soon as I collided with her in the hallway-scattering every one of her perfectly indexed index cards - I disappeared into a mob of kids who'd arrived to help re-alphabetize her life.

I love Summer Goodman but she barely knows I exist, which I'm pretty okay with because when you love someone, they don't have to do anything - and Summer does nothing, so I think it's all going to work out great.

That Boy Red Rachna Gilmore Harper Trophy Canada/Harper Collins Publishers Red had just managed to get that tire rolling at fair clip between the barns when the train whistle shrilled through the air. He stopped dead in his tracks and the tire flopped to the ground in a cloud of red dust.

The Glory Wind Valerie Sherrard Fitzhenry & Whiteside when i think about all the circumstances that might have been part of our first meeting, i can't help but be glad for the way it actually happened. It was 1946 and a scorching july afternoon. I sometimes wish I sometimes wish I knew the exact date, but maybe it's best I don't

Crossing to Freedom Virginia Frances Schwartz Scholastic Canada HERES WHAT I REMEMBER of that night up til the we had a plan. up til then we were closs to freedom. we were riding close to the border crossing between new york and canada west. the three of us were tucked in the back of the wagon buried beneath a shipment of wooly horse blankets

Ghost Messages Jacqueline Guest Coteau Books "MAGIC AWAITS HERE!" CRIED THE SKELETAL MAN AS he held up a bony hand. "Fortunes told by a thirteen-year-old girl born with a second sight - the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter! One touch and madame Ailish will lift the veil to give you a glimpse of the unknown!"He waved his shillelagh at an ancient wooden caravan. "Step right up!"

Better Than Weird Author: Anna Kerz Publisher: Orca Book Publishers "Aaron!"gran called from downstairs"are you up Aaron".Aaron heard but didnt answer. "Aaron"gran called louder this time. "okay,okay im up." He flopped over and lay spread-eagled in his bed. "Aaron Stewart Waite!" Gran hollered. Get up right now!"

Silverbirch Reading Club Blog Purpose

The purpose of the Silverbirch Club Blog is to engage students in reflection and dialogue of the books they are reading during the next few months. This year we have been pleasantly surprised by having more than 50 students within the Junior Grades sign up for the Silverbirch Reading Club and we realized that hearing their thoughts, feedback and reflections on a regular basis would be challenging. This blog forum not only provides students a voice but encourages peers to provide constructive feedback, making further connections to their reading experiences and asking questions along the way. Students write about what they are reading and include reading strategies such as inferencing, making connections, summarizing and/or evaluating the text. Enjoy :o)