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Plants Vs. Zombies #11: Greatest show unearthed, The

Tobin, Paul


Duel to the death with the Vulture -- The uncanny threat of the Terrible Tinkerer! It's wall-to-wall mayhem in the Mighty Marvel Manner with four original tales of everybody's favorite teenage wall-crawler! Featuring the villainy of the Vulture, Midnight and Bullseye -- plus ninjas, mobsters and more! Guest-starring Wolverine and Shang-
Date Published:2017

Assassination classroom (13)

Matsui, Yusei 1981-


Originally published in Japan in 2012 by Shueisha Inc., Tokyo. Reads from right to left and back to front. The Grim Reaper sets up a lethal trap that buries Mr. Karasuma and Ms. Vitch alive. Will Mr. Karasuma’s repressed feelings surface before he and Ms. Vitch do? And how will Mr. Karasuma face Death? Then, despite his vow to destroy the planet in March, Koro Sensei offers career counseling to his students. Nagisa’s professional goal raises some serious issues. And finally, it’s time for the next school festival showdown. Class A and Class E compete for the most customers. If they build it, will they come…to the top of 3-E’s remote mountaintop?
Date Published:2018

Originally published in Japan in 2012 by Shueisha Inc., Tokyo. Reads from right to left and back to front. The Grim Reaper sets up a lethal trap that buries Mr. Karasuma and Ms. Vitch alive. Will Mr. Karasuma’s repressed feelings surface before he and Ms. Vitch do? And how will Mr. Karasuma face Death? Then, despite his vow to destroy the planet in March, Koro Sensei offers career counseling to his students. Nagisa’s professional goal raises some serious issues. And finally, it’s time for the next school festival showdown. Class A and Class E compete for the most customers. If they build it, will they come…to the top of 3-E’s remote mountaintop?

Date Published:2018

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) : Grade 9-12


Description: Four books on Missing and Murdered Indigneous Women and Girls are included in this bin. These books can help begin the meaningful and tough dialogue needed around this topic. Also included is a teacher guide for Betty and a student and youth engagement guide from MMIWG. Contains: Missing Nimama by Melanie Florence #NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale If I Go Missing by Brianna Jonnie with Nahanni Shingoose Betty: The Helen Betty Osborne Story by David Alexander Robertson and Scott B. Henderson Betty Teacher Guide Their Voices Will Guide Us Red River Girl by Joanna Jolly = Recently added
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Description: Four books on Missing and Murdered Indigneous Women and Girls are included in this bin. These books can help begin the meaningful and tough dialogue needed around this topic. Also included is a teacher guide for Betty and a student and youth engagement guide from MMIWG. Contains: Missing Nimama by Melanie Florence #NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale If I Go Missing by Brianna Jonnie with Nahanni Shingoose Betty: The Helen Betty Osborne Story by David Alexander Robertson and Scott B. Henderson Betty Teacher Guide Their Voices Will Guide Us Red River Girl by Joanna Jolly = Recently added

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Sexual Health and Puberty Kit : Suitable for Upper Elementary/Middle Years


This kit is to be used as a supplementary resource for your sexual health education lessons regarding puberty. It also has some samples and information on safer sex practices, STI’s and birth control. (A separate kit regarding more detailed information about STI’s and birth control is also available - Sexual and Reproductive Health Kit). This kit includes: • Binder containing: - Always Changing Program (grades 5/6 and 7/8) - STI’s at a Glance - Information on HPV - Effectiveness Rate of Birth Control Methods - Sex and Contraception quick guide - Puberty Tool Kit – teachingsexualhealth.ca - Information about menstrual cups - Information about period underwear • Pads • Tampons • Birth control pill samples • External condoms • Internal condoms • Condom demonstrator (wooden penis)
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This kit is to be used as a supplementary resource for your sexual health education lessons regarding puberty. It also has some samples and information on safer sex practices, STI’s and birth control. (A separate kit regarding more detailed information about STI’s and birth control is also available - Sexual and Reproductive Health Kit). This kit includes: • Binder containing: - Always Changing Program (grades 5/6 and 7/8) - STI’s at a Glance - Information on HPV - Effectiveness Rate of Birth Control Methods - Sex and Contraception quick guide - Puberty Tool Kit – teachingsexualhealth.ca - Information about menstrual cups - Information about period underwear • Pads • Tampons • Birth control pill samples • External condoms • Internal condoms • Condom demonstrator (wooden penis)

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SOGI Engagement Kit : Secondary


SOGI Engagement Kit These books and other resources have been gifted to all secondary schools in SD22. They are to be used freely by all staff and students, instead of being barcoded for the school library learning commons. Each school’s SOGI Lead can help people access this kit. Each year, the SOGI District Advisory Group will add new books and materials to the existing kits. Several books regarding gender identity, same-sex families, LGBTQ+ inclusivity, and self-identity. Contains: Who Are you? The kid's guide to gender identity by Brook Pessin-Whedbee This is Your Brain on Stereotypes by Tanya Lloyd Kyi and Drew Shannon Pride by Robin Stevenson Full-Metal Indigiqueer by Joshua Whitehead Queer 2nd Edition by Kathy Belge and Marke Bieschke A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns by Archie Bongiovanni & Tristan Jimerson Who Are You?: The Kid’s Guide to Gender Identity by Brook Pessin-Whedbee This brightly illustrated children’s book provides a straightforward introduction to gender for anyone aged four and up. It presents clear and direct language for understanding and talking about how we experience gender: our bodies, our expression, and our identity. Queer: The Ultimate LGBTQ Guide for Teens by Kathy Belge Teen life is hard enough, but for teens who are LGBTQ, it can be even harder. When do you decide to come out? Will your friends accept you? And how do you meet people to date? Queer is a humorous, engaging, and honest guide that helps LGBTQ teens come out to friends and family, navigate their social life, figure out if a crush is also queer, and challenge bigotry and homophobia. Pride: The Celebration and the Struggle by Robin Stevenson Pride: The Celebration and the Struggle celebrates the LGBTQ+ community's diversity and the incredible victories of the past 50 years―but it also has a larger focus on activism, the need to keep fighting for equality and freedom around the world and the important role that young people are playing. This is Your Brain on Stereotypes: How Science is Tacking Unconscious Bias by Tanya Lloyd Kyi An essential overview of the science behind stereotypes: from why our brains form them to how recognizing them can help us be less biased. From the time we're babies, our brains constantly sort and label the world around us—a skill that's crucial for our survival. But, as adolescents are all too aware, there's a tremendous downside: when we do this to groups of people it can cause great harm. Here's a comprehensive introduction to the science behind stereotypes that will help young people make sense of why we classify people, and how we can change our thinking. It covers the history of identifying stereotypes, secret biases in our brains, and how stereotypes affect our sense of self. Most importantly, it covers current research into how science can help us overcome our biases, offering hope for a future where stereotypes are less prevalent and the world is more fair for everyone. A Quick and Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns by Archie Bongiovanni and Tristan Jimerson Archie, a snarky genderqueer artist, is tired of people not understanding gender neutral pronouns. Tristan, a cisgender dude, is looking for an easy way to introduce gender neutral pronouns to his increasingly diverse workplace. The longtime best friends team up in this short and fun comic guide that explains what pronouns are, why they matter, and how to use them. They also include what to do if you make a mistake, and some tips-and-tricks for those who identify outside of the binary to keep themselves safe in this binary-centric world. A quick and easy resource for people who use they/them pronouns, and people who want to learn more! Full-Metal Indigiqueer by Joshua Whitehead This poetry collection focuses on a hybridized Indigiqueer trickster character named Zoa who brings together the organic (the protozoan) and the technologic (the binaric) to re-beautify and re-member queer Indigeneity. A Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer invention, Zoa infects, invades, and infests as a virus inside canonical and popular works in order to re-centre the lives of Two-Spirit individuals. In their fierce defence, Zoa takes on the likes of Shakespeare, Spenser, Dickens, and Milton, romps through the fields of cyberpunks and biopunks, takes notes from popularized horror icons, and emulates contemporary pop-culture phenomenons like Lana del Rey, RuPaul's Drag Race, X-Men, Grindr, and Peter Pan—all to build new territories in literature, pop culture, and oral storytelling. Full-Metal Indigiqueer works tirelessly to create coalition among Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer folk who have been ghosted in policy, page, tradition, and history—the very lives of Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer youth are rarely mentioned; they find themselves made spectral in settler and neocolonial Indigenous nationalisms. For those who have, as Donna Haraway once noted, 'been injured, profoundly', Full-Metal Indigiqueer is a sex-positive project that sparks resurgence.
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SOGI Engagement Kit These books and other resources have been gifted to all secondary schools in SD22. They are to be used freely by all staff and students, instead of being barcoded for the school library learning commons. Each school’s SOGI Lead can help people access this kit. Each year, the SOGI District Advisory Group will add new books and materials to the existing kits. Several books regarding gender identity, same-sex families, LGBTQ+ inclusivity, and self-identity. Contains: Who Are you? The kid's guide to gender identity by Brook Pessin-Whedbee This is Your Brain on Stereotypes by Tanya Lloyd Kyi and Drew Shannon Pride by Robin Stevenson Full-Metal Indigiqueer by Joshua Whitehead Queer 2nd Edition by Kathy Belge and Marke Bieschke A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns by Archie Bongiovanni & Tristan Jimerson Who Are You?: The Kid’s Guide to Gender Identity by Brook Pessin-Whedbee This brightly illustrated children’s book provides a straightforward introduction to gender for anyone aged four and up. It presents clear and direct language for understanding and talking about how we experience gender: our bodies, our expression, and our identity. Queer: The Ultimate LGBTQ Guide for Teens by Kathy Belge Teen life is hard enough, but for teens who are LGBTQ, it can be even harder. When do you decide to come out? Will your friends accept you? And how do you meet people to date? Queer is a humorous, engaging, and honest guide that helps LGBTQ teens come out to friends and family, navigate their social life, figure out if a crush is also queer, and challenge bigotry and homophobia. Pride: The Celebration and the Struggle by Robin Stevenson Pride: The Celebration and the Struggle celebrates the LGBTQ+ community's diversity and the incredible victories of the past 50 years―but it also has a larger focus on activism, the need to keep fighting for equality and freedom around the world and the important role that young people are playing. This is Your Brain on Stereotypes: How Science is Tacking Unconscious Bias by Tanya Lloyd Kyi An essential overview of the science behind stereotypes: from why our brains form them to how recognizing them can help us be less biased. From the time we're babies, our brains constantly sort and label the world around us—a skill that's crucial for our survival. But, as adolescents are all too aware, there's a tremendous downside: when we do this to groups of people it can cause great harm. Here's a comprehensive introduction to the science behind stereotypes that will help young people make sense of why we classify people, and how we can change our thinking. It covers the history of identifying stereotypes, secret biases in our brains, and how stereotypes affect our sense of self. Most importantly, it covers current research into how science can help us overcome our biases, offering hope for a future where stereotypes are less prevalent and the world is more fair for everyone. A Quick and Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns by Archie Bongiovanni and Tristan Jimerson Archie, a snarky genderqueer artist, is tired of people not understanding gender neutral pronouns. Tristan, a cisgender dude, is looking for an easy way to introduce gender neutral pronouns to his increasingly diverse workplace. The longtime best friends team up in this short and fun comic guide that explains what pronouns are, why they matter, and how to use them. They also include what to do if you make a mistake, and some tips-and-tricks for those who identify outside of the binary to keep themselves safe in this binary-centric world. A quick and easy resource for people who use they/them pronouns, and people who want to learn more! Full-Metal Indigiqueer by Joshua Whitehead This poetry collection focuses on a hybridized Indigiqueer trickster character named Zoa who brings together the organic (the protozoan) and the technologic (the binaric) to re-beautify and re-member queer Indigeneity. A Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer invention, Zoa infects, invades, and infests as a virus inside canonical and popular works in order to re-centre the lives of Two-Spirit individuals. In their fierce defence, Zoa takes on the likes of Shakespeare, Spenser, Dickens, and Milton, romps through the fields of cyberpunks and biopunks, takes notes from popularized horror icons, and emulates contemporary pop-culture phenomenons like Lana del Rey, RuPaul's Drag Race, X-Men, Grindr, and Peter Pan—all to build new territories in literature, pop culture, and oral storytelling. Full-Metal Indigiqueer works tirelessly to create coalition among Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer folk who have been ghosted in policy, page, tradition, and history—the very lives of Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer youth are rarely mentioned; they find themselves made spectral in settler and neocolonial Indigenous nationalisms. For those who have, as Donna Haraway once noted, 'been injured, profoundly', Full-Metal Indigiqueer is a sex-positive project that sparks resurgence.

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The Family That Dwelt Apart


Cartoon animation of a story by E.B. White, first published in the New Yorker magazine. This is a tall Yankee tale about a family of seven fisherfolk who are living quite happily as the sole inhabitants of a small island in Barnetuck Bay until word somehow gets to the mainland that they are in distress. What happens when rescue attempts are launched makes an amusing story, illustrated with wit and verve by the film animation.
Date Published:2009

Cartoon animation of a story by E.B. White, first published in the New Yorker magazine. This is a tall Yankee tale about a family of seven fisherfolk who are living quite happily as the sole inhabitants of a small island in Barnetuck Bay until word somehow gets to the mainland that they are in distress. What happens when rescue attempts are launched makes an amusing story, illustrated with wit and verve by the film animation.

Date Published:2009

Kids in the Know - Grade 7 : Personal Safety Program


This Grade 7 lesson book is a part of the Kids in the Know comprehensive safety educational program for increasing the personal safety of children and reducing their risk of sexual exploitation. Kids in the Know is the Canadian Centre for Child ProtectionÕs interactive safety education program designed for students from Kindergarten to Grade 9. The purpose of the program is to help educators teach children and youth effective personal safety strategies in an engaging, age-appropriate and interactive way that builds resiliency skills and reduces their likelihood of victimization in the online and offline world. It is research and evidence-based, balances empowerment with protection, communicates without value statements, builds from past experiences, involves activity-based learning, and facilitates important discussions about personal safety without the use of fear.
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This Grade 7 lesson book is a part of the Kids in the Know comprehensive safety educational program for increasing the personal safety of children and reducing their risk of sexual exploitation. Kids in the Know is the Canadian Centre for Child ProtectionÕs interactive safety education program designed for students from Kindergarten to Grade 9. The purpose of the program is to help educators teach children and youth effective personal safety strategies in an engaging, age-appropriate and interactive way that builds resiliency skills and reduces their likelihood of victimization in the online and offline world. It is research and evidence-based, balances empowerment with protection, communicates without value statements, builds from past experiences, involves activity-based learning, and facilitates important discussions about personal safety without the use of fear.

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Pokemon: An Electric Secret

Barbo, Maria S.,


Kids can practice their reading skills with some of their favorite PokÃ©mon in this Level 2 reader. Includes stickers! Join Ash and Pikachu on an adventure in this Level 2 reader! Someone has been stealing electricity in Vermilion City. Pikachu is the prime suspect, but it's innocent! Can Ash and his PokÃ©mon find the real thief? Includes stickers!
Date Published:2023

Minecraft : :stories from the overworld

Larson, Hope,


Chiefly illustrations. Griefer / Hope Larson and Meredith Gran -- Birthday boy / Kevin Panetta and Savanna Ganucheau -- A creeper's tale / Ryan North and Cheryl Young -- The witch and the pillager / Rafer Roberts and Ryan Maniulit -- A pig's tale / Stephen McCranie -- A strange shore / Ian Flynn, Jenn St-Onge, and Triona Farrell. "With tales of witch and pillager rivals finding common ground, a heartless griefer who bit off more than they could chew, and valiant heroes new (or not!) to the Overworld, this anthology tells tales that span the world of Minecraft. Featuring stories from star writers Hope Larson, Kevin Panetta, Rafer Roberts, and Ian Flynn and exciting artists Meredith Gran and more, this collection brings together stories from all realms, leaving no block unturned!"--
Date Published:2019

Chiefly illustrations. Griefer / Hope Larson and Meredith Gran -- Birthday boy / Kevin Panetta and Savanna Ganucheau -- A creeper's tale / Ryan North and Cheryl Young -- The witch and the pillager / Rafer Roberts and Ryan Maniulit -- A pig's tale / Stephen McCranie -- A strange shore / Ian Flynn, Jenn St-Onge, and Triona Farrell. "With tales of witch and pillager rivals finding common ground, a heartless griefer who bit off more than they could chew, and valiant heroes new (or not!) to the Overworld, this anthology tells tales that span the world of Minecraft. Featuring stories from star writers Hope Larson, Kevin Panetta, Rafer Roberts, and Ian Flynn and exciting artists Meredith Gran and more, this collection brings together stories from all realms, leaving no block unturned!"--

Date Published:2019

Sarah, plain and tall

MacLachlan, Patricia.



Date Published:1985

Kids in the Know - Grade 5 : Personal Safety Program


This Grade 5 lesson book is a part of the Kids in the Know comprehensive safety educational program for increasing the personal safety of children and reducing their risk of sexual exploitation. Kids in the Know is the Canadian Centre for Child ProtectionÕs interactive safety education program designed for students from Kindergarten to Grade 9. The purpose of the program is to help educators teach children and youth effective personal safety strategies in an engaging, age-appropriate and interactive way that builds resiliency skills and reduces their likelihood of victimization in the online and offline world. It is research and evidence-based, balances empowerment with protection, communicates without value statements, builds from past experiences, involves activity-based learning, and facilitates important discussions about personal safety without the use of fear.
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This Grade 5 lesson book is a part of the Kids in the Know comprehensive safety educational program for increasing the personal safety of children and reducing their risk of sexual exploitation. Kids in the Know is the Canadian Centre for Child ProtectionÕs interactive safety education program designed for students from Kindergarten to Grade 9. The purpose of the program is to help educators teach children and youth effective personal safety strategies in an engaging, age-appropriate and interactive way that builds resiliency skills and reduces their likelihood of victimization in the online and offline world. It is research and evidence-based, balances empowerment with protection, communicates without value statements, builds from past experiences, involves activity-based learning, and facilitates important discussions about personal safety without the use of fear.

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Wonder /

Palacio, R. J.


Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.
Date Published:2012

Tales of B.C. : For 50 years and over the course of 100,000 kilometres of travel, he sought the province's best stories

Wood, Daniel


For 50 years and over the course of 100,000 kilometres of travel, he sought the province's best stories.
Date Published:2021

Talking about touching: a personal safety curriculum Grades 1-3


Includes: Teacher's guide, DVD "What do I say Now?, big book, book and CD "Sam's Story, 14 lesson cards (Grade 1), 14 lesson cards (Grade 2), 13 lesson cards (Grade 3), 1 poster. TALKING ABOUT TOUCHING program for Grades 1Ð3 helps adults build safety awareness in a variety of environments. Together, teachers and parents learn how to provide children with rules, encouragement, and skill practice. This research-based program begins with common safety rules for cars, traffic, fire, and guns, then moves on to the "always ask first rule" and lessons about abusive situations and touching safety. Fully scripted photo-lesson cards also teach assertiveness skills to use in any unsafe situation, and children enjoy getting to know the characters in Sam's Story. Grade 1 Lessons 1 – Learning Bicycle Safety: Wearing Your Helmet 2 – Learning Gun Safety: Never Playing with Guns 3 – The Always Ask First Rule 4 – Identifying Touches: Safe Touch/Unsafe Touch 5 – Dealing with Unsafe Touch 6 – Physical Abuse: Telling an Adult 7 – Saying “No” to Unwanted Touch 8 – The Touching Rule 9 – Learning the Safety Steps 10 – Using the Touching Rule 11 – Standing Up for Yourself by Saying “No” 12 – Getting Help If You Are Bullied 13 – Sam’s Story Grade 2 Lessons 1 – Fire Safety: Creating a Family Safety Plan 2 – Gun Safety: Never Playing with Guns 3 – Home Safety: Answering the Phone 4 – The Always Ask First Rule 5 – Identifying Touches: Safe Touch/Unsafe Touch 6 – Unsafe Touch: Preventing Physical Abuse 7 – Unwanted Touch 8 – The Touching Rule 9 – Learning the Safety Steps 10 – Secrets About Touching: Telling a Grown-Up 11 – Using the Touching Rule with Peers: Asking for Help 12 – Finding Support: Talking to a Grown-Up 13 – Standing Up for Yourself If You Are Bullied 14 – Speaking Out Against Bullying Grade 3 Lessons 1 – Walking Safety 2 – Fire Safety: Never Playing with Fire 3 – Gun Safety: Never Playing with Guns 4 – The Always Ask First Rule 5 – Identifying Touches: Safe Touch/Unsafe Touch/Unwanted Touch 6 – Physical Abuse: Telling Secrets 7 – The Touching Rule and the Safety Steps 8 – Using the Touching Rule 9 – Telling Touching Secrets 10 – Learning to Be Assertive: Standing Up for Yourself 11 – Solving a Problem: Talking It Out 12 – Dealing with Bullying: Asking for Help 13 – Harassment: Knowing What to Do
Date Published:2001

Includes: Teacher's guide, DVD "What do I say Now?, big book, book and CD "Sam's Story, 14 lesson cards (Grade 1), 14 lesson cards (Grade 2), 13 lesson cards (Grade 3), 1 poster. TALKING ABOUT TOUCHING program for Grades 1Ð3 helps adults build safety awareness in a variety of environments. Together, teachers and parents learn how to provide children with rules, encouragement, and skill practice. This research-based program begins with common safety rules for cars, traffic, fire, and guns, then moves on to the "always ask first rule" and lessons about abusive situations and touching safety. Fully scripted photo-lesson cards also teach assertiveness skills to use in any unsafe situation, and children enjoy getting to know the characters in Sam's Story. Grade 1 Lessons 1 – Learning Bicycle Safety: Wearing Your Helmet 2 – Learning Gun Safety: Never Playing with Guns 3 – The Always Ask First Rule 4 – Identifying Touches: Safe Touch/Unsafe Touch 5 – Dealing with Unsafe Touch 6 – Physical Abuse: Telling an Adult 7 – Saying “No” to Unwanted Touch 8 – The Touching Rule 9 – Learning the Safety Steps 10 – Using the Touching Rule 11 – Standing Up for Yourself by Saying “No” 12 – Getting Help If You Are Bullied 13 – Sam’s Story Grade 2 Lessons 1 – Fire Safety: Creating a Family Safety Plan 2 – Gun Safety: Never Playing with Guns 3 – Home Safety: Answering the Phone 4 – The Always Ask First Rule 5 – Identifying Touches: Safe Touch/Unsafe Touch 6 – Unsafe Touch: Preventing Physical Abuse 7 – Unwanted Touch 8 – The Touching Rule 9 – Learning the Safety Steps 10 – Secrets About Touching: Telling a Grown-Up 11 – Using the Touching Rule with Peers: Asking for Help 12 – Finding Support: Talking to a Grown-Up 13 – Standing Up for Yourself If You Are Bullied 14 – Speaking Out Against Bullying Grade 3 Lessons 1 – Walking Safety 2 – Fire Safety: Never Playing with Fire 3 – Gun Safety: Never Playing with Guns 4 – The Always Ask First Rule 5 – Identifying Touches: Safe Touch/Unsafe Touch/Unwanted Touch 6 – Physical Abuse: Telling Secrets 7 – The Touching Rule and the Safety Steps 8 – Using the Touching Rule 9 – Telling Touching Secrets 10 – Learning to Be Assertive: Standing Up for Yourself 11 – Solving a Problem: Talking It Out 12 – Dealing with Bullying: Asking for Help 13 – Harassment: Knowing What to Do

Date Published:2001

Les maux d'Ambroise Bukowski

Nielsen, Susin, 1964-


Roman où l'on découvre les petites et grandes mésaventures d'Ambroise Bukowski, un jeune garçon atypique ayant pris le parti de l'autodérision pour survivre au rejet qu'il essuie régulièrement en raison de sa différence, voire son intelligence. Orphelin de père depuis sa naissance et ayant plusieurs fois déménagé pour suivre sa mère chargée de cours universitaire de ville en ville, Ambroise est bien décidé à changer la donne cette fois-ci et à se refaire une réputation. Or, en trafiquant un peu la réalité (il prétend être très riche et aller à l'école publique par choix), il s'attire de nouveau les moqueries des élèves, dont celles d'un groupe de garçons qui lui font avaler une arachide à son insu alors qu'il a "prétendu" y être dangereusement allergique. Accusant ces voyous d'avoir voulu tuer son fils (puisque son allergie est réelle), Irène retire Ambroise de l'école pour qu'il poursuive sa scolarité par correspondance depuis leur petit appartement situé au sous-sol de la maison d'un gentil couple grecque. Tout semble vouloir s'améliorer, malgré la solitude qui lui pèse, jusqu'à l'arrivée de Cosmo, le fils du propriétaire. Ce dernier, qui vient de terminer une peine de prison, effraie sans le vouloir ses locataires, ce qui n'est pas sans ranimer les inquiétudes d'Irène qui interdit à Ambroise de le fréquenter. Or, il s'avère que ce grand gaillard aime, comme Ambriose, le Scrabble ... [SDM] [SDM]. Un roman miroir savoureux qui fait se rencontrer deux éclopés de la vie autour d'un jeu pour plusieurs ringard quoiqu'il souligne ici la douance de l'un et la fragilité de l'autre. La drôlerie qui se dégage de cette amitié improbable ainsi que l'imperfection des personnages qui évoluent autour d'eux nourrissent d'un humour aigre-doux et touchant ce tableau familial et social singulier. Une belle découverte saupoudrée d'amour (celui d'une mère surprotectrice, d'un "grand-frère" en réhabilitation et d'une jolie rouquine), dont les chapitres sont précédés, de manière amusante des anagrammes du héros (qui ne peut s'empêcher d'en faire!). Petite bémol qui agacera peut-être les plus tatillons: la traduction de certains dialogues en québécois populaire semble à quelques occasions décalée puisque le récit se déroule à Vancouver. [SDM] [SDM].
Date Published:2013

Roman où l'on découvre les petites et grandes mésaventures d'Ambroise Bukowski, un jeune garçon atypique ayant pris le parti de l'autodérision pour survivre au rejet qu'il essuie régulièrement en raison de sa différence, voire son intelligence. Orphelin de père depuis sa naissance et ayant plusieurs fois déménagé pour suivre sa mère chargée de cours universitaire de ville en ville, Ambroise est bien décidé à changer la donne cette fois-ci et à se refaire une réputation. Or, en trafiquant un peu la réalité (il prétend être très riche et aller à l'école publique par choix), il s'attire de nouveau les moqueries des élèves, dont celles d'un groupe de garçons qui lui font avaler une arachide à son insu alors qu'il a "prétendu" y être dangereusement allergique. Accusant ces voyous d'avoir voulu tuer son fils (puisque son allergie est réelle), Irène retire Ambroise de l'école pour qu'il poursuive sa scolarité par correspondance depuis leur petit appartement situé au sous-sol de la maison d'un gentil couple grecque. Tout semble vouloir s'améliorer, malgré la solitude qui lui pèse, jusqu'à l'arrivée de Cosmo, le fils du propriétaire. Ce dernier, qui vient de terminer une peine de prison, effraie sans le vouloir ses locataires, ce qui n'est pas sans ranimer les inquiétudes d'Irène qui interdit à Ambroise de le fréquenter. Or, il s'avère que ce grand gaillard aime, comme Ambriose, le Scrabble ... [SDM] [SDM]. Un roman miroir savoureux qui fait se rencontrer deux éclopés de la vie autour d'un jeu pour plusieurs ringard quoiqu'il souligne ici la douance de l'un et la fragilité de l'autre. La drôlerie qui se dégage de cette amitié improbable ainsi que l'imperfection des personnages qui évoluent autour d'eux nourrissent d'un humour aigre-doux et touchant ce tableau familial et social singulier. Une belle découverte saupoudrée d'amour (celui d'une mère surprotectrice, d'un "grand-frère" en réhabilitation et d'une jolie rouquine), dont les chapitres sont précédés, de manière amusante des anagrammes du héros (qui ne peut s'empêcher d'en faire!). Petite bémol qui agacera peut-être les plus tatillons: la traduction de certains dialogues en québécois populaire semble à quelques occasions décalée puisque le récit se déroule à Vancouver. [SDM] [SDM].

Date Published:2013

Be Safe! Kit : Teaching Personal Safety/Prevent Sexual Abuse

Red Cross


This easy-to-use teaching kit helps educators and other community members comfortably and effectively deliver the Be Safe! program to children aged 5–9, in order to promote children’s personal safety by preventing sexual abuse. Content includes: (All written materials come in English and French) • carry case with handle • 16 colour lesson cards, plus 1 black and white poster illustrating the private parts of the body. • Trusty mascot fleece hand puppet • Your Body is Yours! children’s book (36 pages, colour photos) • Be Safe! Quick Start Guide, including parent/guardian communication templates and tools (51 pages, colour photos) • Keeping our Kids Safe booklets for parents (15 pages, colour photos) • Trusty sticker sheets (7 full-colour stickers per sheet) • Say “NO!” Go! Tell! colour poster • UN Convention on the Rights of the Child colour poster Lessons Include: 1. Children Have Rights 2. Who are safe friends and safe adults 3. Everyone has a body 4. What is public? What is private? 5. Your body is Yours 6. Touching can be safe or unsafe 7. Secrets can be safe or unsafe 8. Say “NO!” Go! And Tell!
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This easy-to-use teaching kit helps educators and other community members comfortably and effectively deliver the Be Safe! program to children aged 5–9, in order to promote children’s personal safety by preventing sexual abuse. Content includes: (All written materials come in English and French) • carry case with handle • 16 colour lesson cards, plus 1 black and white poster illustrating the private parts of the body. • Trusty mascot fleece hand puppet • Your Body is Yours! children’s book (36 pages, colour photos) • Be Safe! Quick Start Guide, including parent/guardian communication templates and tools (51 pages, colour photos) • Keeping our Kids Safe booklets for parents (15 pages, colour photos) • Trusty sticker sheets (7 full-colour stickers per sheet) • Say “NO!” Go! Tell! colour poster • UN Convention on the Rights of the Child colour poster Lessons Include: 1. Children Have Rights 2. Who are safe friends and safe adults 3. Everyone has a body 4. What is public? What is private? 5. Your body is Yours 6. Touching can be safe or unsafe 7. Secrets can be safe or unsafe 8. Say “NO!” Go! And Tell!

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Sexual and Reproductive Health Kit : Suitable for Secondary


This kit is to be used as a supplementary resource for your sexual health education lessons at the secondary level. This kit includes: • Binder containing: - Birth Control Fact Sheets (Options for Sexual Health) - Contraception booklet from The Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada (SOGC), sexandu.ca - Information on free contraceptives in BC (Government of BC) - Effectiveness Rate of Birth Control Methods (Health Link BC) - STI’s at a Glance (Smart Sex Resource provided by BC Centre for Disease Control) - STI Fact Sheets (Smart Sex Resource provided by BC Centre for Disease Control) - Abortion Fact Sheet (Options for Sexual Health) • Sex Ed on the Cards - fun, factual, inclusive card game with Question, Debate, and Challenge cards used to discuss real-life facts and scenarios • Speculum • sample packs of lube • Pregnancy test • Gestational wheel • Condom demonstrator (wooden penis) • Swab specimen collection system Birth Control Samples • Barriers - External Condoms (lubricated and non-lubricated) - Internal Condoms - Rubber gloves - Latex dental dam • Hormonal Contraception Samples - Oral contraceptive pills - Contraceptive Patch - Vaginal ring (ex. Nuva ring) - Intrauterine Contraception (IUC), also known as Intrauterine Device (IUD) can also be non-hormonal - Injectable Contraception (aka birth control shot) (ex. Depo Provera) - Contraceptive Implant samples not available, information sheet only* • Non-Hormonal Contraception - Contraceptive Sponge - Spermicide (foam, film) • Emergency Contraception - Plan B aka Morning After Pill - Copper IUD
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This kit is to be used as a supplementary resource for your sexual health education lessons at the secondary level. This kit includes: • Binder containing: - Birth Control Fact Sheets (Options for Sexual Health) - Contraception booklet from The Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada (SOGC), sexandu.ca - Information on free contraceptives in BC (Government of BC) - Effectiveness Rate of Birth Control Methods (Health Link BC) - STI’s at a Glance (Smart Sex Resource provided by BC Centre for Disease Control) - STI Fact Sheets (Smart Sex Resource provided by BC Centre for Disease Control) - Abortion Fact Sheet (Options for Sexual Health) • Sex Ed on the Cards - fun, factual, inclusive card game with Question, Debate, and Challenge cards used to discuss real-life facts and scenarios • Speculum • sample packs of lube • Pregnancy test • Gestational wheel • Condom demonstrator (wooden penis) • Swab specimen collection system Birth Control Samples • Barriers - External Condoms (lubricated and non-lubricated) - Internal Condoms - Rubber gloves - Latex dental dam • Hormonal Contraception Samples - Oral contraceptive pills - Contraceptive Patch - Vaginal ring (ex. Nuva ring) - Intrauterine Contraception (IUC), also known as Intrauterine Device (IUD) *can also be non-hormonal - Injectable Contraception (aka birth control shot) (ex. Depo Provera) - Contraceptive Implant *samples not available, information sheet only* • Non-Hormonal Contraception - Contraceptive Sponge - Spermicide (foam, film) • Emergency Contraception - Plan B aka Morning After Pill - Copper IUD

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Cree Hunters of Mistassini


Cree spoken: 3:14-4:05; 4:50-5:18; 6:00-6:15; 7:36-7:37; 8:15-8:34; 8:44-8:46; 9:11-9:22; 10:36-10:39; 11:15-11:37; 11:44-11:50; 13:11-13:13; 13:20-13:28; 14:19-14:45; 15:30-15:45; 16:15-16:45; 17:33-18:00; 19:00-19:09; 19:25-2010;20:31-21:16; 21:20-21:55; 22:56-23:25; 24:29-24:36; 25:40-26:15; 26:40-26:45; 27:10-27:48; 28:27-28:30; 29:56-30:20; 30:24-32:00; 32:02-33:00; 33:58-34:34; 36:10-36:20; 36:58-37:15; 37:29-37:31; 37:47-38:00; 41:00-41:20; 42:20-42:33 42:54-43:00; 43:10-43:24; 43:57-44:49; 44:30-44:47; 45:03-45:24; 46:02-46:17; 46:49-46:56; 48:10-48:33; 49:14-49:29; 50:33-50:37; 50:57-51:15; 51:43-52:20; 52:23-52:40; 52:55-53:27; 53:30-54:50; Singing; 54:53-55:38; 55:41-56:07. During the winter since times predating agriculture, the Cree of Mistassini have gone to the bush of the James and Ungava Bay area to hunt. Three hunting families agreed to meet an NFB crew, who filmed the building of the winter camp, the hunting, the relationship to the land, and the rhythms of Cree family life. This sensitive film expresses Cree beliefs and the ecological principles that are the foundation of their lives.
Date Published:2008

Cree spoken: 3:14-4:05; 4:50-5:18; 6:00-6:15; 7:36-7:37; 8:15-8:34; 8:44-8:46; 9:11-9:22; 10:36-10:39; 11:15-11:37; 11:44-11:50; 13:11-13:13; 13:20-13:28; 14:19-14:45; 15:30-15:45; 16:15-16:45; 17:33-18:00; 19:00-19:09; 19:25-2010;20:31-21:16; 21:20-21:55; 22:56-23:25; 24:29-24:36; 25:40-26:15; 26:40-26:45; 27:10-27:48; 28:27-28:30; 29:56-30:20; 30:24-32:00; 32:02-33:00; 33:58-34:34; 36:10-36:20; 36:58-37:15; 37:29-37:31; 37:47-38:00; 41:00-41:20; 42:20-42:33 42:54-43:00; 43:10-43:24; 43:57-44:49; 44:30-44:47; 45:03-45:24; 46:02-46:17; 46:49-46:56; 48:10-48:33; 49:14-49:29; 50:33-50:37; 50:57-51:15; 51:43-52:20; 52:23-52:40; 52:55-53:27; *53:30-54:50*; Singing; 54:53-55:38; 55:41-56:07. During the winter since times predating agriculture, the Cree of Mistassini have gone to the bush of the James and Ungava Bay area to hunt. Three hunting families agreed to meet an NFB crew, who filmed the building of the winter camp, the hunting, the relationship to the land, and the rhythms of Cree family life. This sensitive film expresses Cree beliefs and the ecological principles that are the foundation of their lives.

Date Published:2008

Kids in the Know - Grade K-4 : Personal Safety Program


Kids in the Know is the Canadian Centre for Child ProtectionÕs interactive safety education program designed for students from Kindergarten to Grade 9. The purpose of the program is to help educators teach children and youth effective personal safety strategies in an engaging, age-appropriate and interactive way that builds resiliency skills and reduces their likelihood of victimization in the online and offline world. It is research and evidence-based, balances empowerment with protection, communicates without value statements, builds from past experiences, involves activity-based learning, and facilitates important discussions about personal safety without the use of fear. The program is used in thousands of schools across Canada and has received the nationally-recognized Curriculum Services of Canada seal of approval. Lessons are matched to outcomes mandated by Departments of Education in all jurisdictions across Canada. Topics include healthy relationships, safe and responsible use of technology, addressing high-risk behavior, picture permanence online, as well as building capacity to handle difficult situations and knowing when to seek help. Kit includes: - Report folder containing handouts and program information - 6 puppets - 5 books that have a corresponding puppet o Baxter Bunny Brings his Buddies “Always bring a buddy along” o Hooty Knows “If asked to go and your parents don’t know – shout NO” o Teatree’s Keep and Speak Secrets “There are two types of secrets – KEEP and SPEAK” o Tulee Means Business “Shout NO! Run – Tell someone” o Cosmo Trusts His Instincts “Trust your instincts” - Billy Brings His Buddies Activity booklets and corresponding puppet, all about the buddy system - Safety Rocks Activity Book for Grades 3 and 4 - Zoe and Molly Online comic/activity booklet for Grade 3 - Zoe and Molly Online comic/activity booklet for Grade 4 - 4 Posters (7 Root Safety Strategies, Primary Emotions, Healthy Friendships, Make it a Habit) - Introduction book going over the Kids in the Know Safety Program. - Kindergarten book. Lessons include: o Feelings o Identifying a grown up who you can go to for help o Naming body parts o Okay and not okay touching o The buddy system o If asked to go and your parents don’t know, shout no o What to do when lost - Grade 1 book. Lessons include: o Feelings o A grown up you can go to for help o Boundaries – how to be safe o Keep and speak secrets o The buddy system o Trust your instincts Grade 2 book. Lessons include: o Emotions o Identifying a safe grown-up o Safety awareness o The buddy system o Crossing boundaries o Keep and speak secrets Grade 3 book. Lessons include: o Seven root safety strategies o Emotions o Identifying a safe grown-up o Personal boundaries and assertiveness o Friendship o Keep and speak secrets o The buddy system o Online safety Grade 4 book. Lessons include: o Seven root safety strategies o How we feel and how we act o Expanding the circle of protection around children o Friendship o Common lures o Home alone o Online safety
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Kids in the Know is the Canadian Centre for Child ProtectionÕs interactive safety education program designed for students from Kindergarten to Grade 9. The purpose of the program is to help educators teach children and youth effective personal safety strategies in an engaging, age-appropriate and interactive way that builds resiliency skills and reduces their likelihood of victimization in the online and offline world. It is research and evidence-based, balances empowerment with protection, communicates without value statements, builds from past experiences, involves activity-based learning, and facilitates important discussions about personal safety without the use of fear. The program is used in thousands of schools across Canada and has received the nationally-recognized Curriculum Services of Canada seal of approval. Lessons are matched to outcomes mandated by Departments of Education in all jurisdictions across Canada. Topics include healthy relationships, safe and responsible use of technology, addressing high-risk behavior, picture permanence online, as well as building capacity to handle difficult situations and knowing when to seek help. Kit includes: - Report folder containing handouts and program information - 6 puppets - 5 books that have a corresponding puppet o Baxter Bunny Brings his Buddies “Always bring a buddy along” o Hooty Knows “If asked to go and your parents don’t know – shout NO” o Teatree’s Keep and Speak Secrets “There are two types of secrets – KEEP and SPEAK” o Tulee Means Business “Shout NO! Run – Tell someone” o Cosmo Trusts His Instincts “Trust your instincts” - Billy Brings His Buddies Activity booklets and corresponding puppet, all about the buddy system - Safety Rocks Activity Book for Grades 3 and 4 - Zoe and Molly Online comic/activity booklet for Grade 3 - Zoe and Molly Online comic/activity booklet for Grade 4 - 4 Posters (7 Root Safety Strategies, Primary Emotions, Healthy Friendships, Make it a Habit) - Introduction book going over the Kids in the Know Safety Program. - Kindergarten book. Lessons include: o Feelings o Identifying a grown up who you can go to for help o Naming body parts o Okay and not okay touching o The buddy system o If asked to go and your parents don’t know, shout no o What to do when lost - Grade 1 book. Lessons include: o Feelings o A grown up you can go to for help o Boundaries – how to be safe o Keep and speak secrets o The buddy system o Trust your instincts Grade 2 book. Lessons include: o Emotions o Identifying a safe grown-up o Safety awareness o The buddy system o Crossing boundaries o Keep and speak secrets Grade 3 book. Lessons include: o Seven root safety strategies o Emotions o Identifying a safe grown-up o Personal boundaries and assertiveness o Friendship o Keep and speak secrets o The buddy system o Online safety Grade 4 book. Lessons include: o Seven root safety strategies o How we feel and how we act o Expanding the circle of protection around children o Friendship o Common lures o Home alone o Online safety

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid 11: Double Down

Kinney, Jeff


The pressure’s really piling up on Greg Heffley. His mom thinks video games are turning his brain to mush, so she wants her son to put down the controller and explore his “creative side.” As if that’s not scary enough, Halloween’s just around the corner and the frights are coming at Greg from every angle. When Greg discovers a bag of gummy worms, it sparks an idea. Can he get his mom off his back by making a movie . . . and will he become rich and famous in the process? Or will doubling down on this plan just double Greg’s troubles?
Date Published:2016

The pressure’s really piling up on Greg Heffley. His mom thinks video games are turning his brain to mush, so she wants her son to put down the controller and explore his “creative side.”

As if that’s not scary enough, Halloween’s just around the corner and the frights are coming at Greg from every angle.

When Greg discovers a bag of gummy worms, it sparks an idea. Can he get his mom off his back by making a movie . . . and will he become rich and famous in the process? Or will doubling down on this plan just double Greg’s troubles?

Date Published:2016