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CurrentCAN YOU BELIEVE IT? HOW TO SPOT FAKE NEWS AND FIND THE FACTS"Six chapters, each six to eight pages long, delve into ways kids can separate facts from falsehoods. ... A valuable—and entertaining—guide to an important subject." -Kirkus Reviews, 2022✯ Winner: Most Innovative Nonfiction, Best of 2022 - Bookstagang✯ Nominee: Yellow Cedar Award, Forest of Reading, 2022GABBY picture book seriesWhen smart, quirky Gabby drops her picture book all the letters fall out. By putting the letters together, she is able to create whatever she spells! Illustrated by Jan Dolby, published by Fitzhenry & Whiteside.✯ Winner, Rainforest of Reading Award (Montserrat 2015), ✯ Top 10 Best Bets picture book by the Ontario Library Association in 2013✯ Best Books for Kids and Teens by the Canadian Children's Book Centre in 2013✯ Recommended Read by the Canadian Toy Testing Council in 2014.✯ Nominated, Rainforest of Reading Award (St. Lucia, Grenada 2014), GABBY: DRAMA QUEEN, 2013GABBY: WONDER GIRL, 2015SLIDING HOME, 2018Middle-Grade baseball novel for reluctant readers; Lorimer Publishing. Miguel hasn’t missed El Salvador since arriving in North America with his mother and sister. But with his father still in El Salvador and gangs shaking down the old neighbourhood, life isn’t easy for Miguel. As the team learns about the hard realities some new immigrant kids face, Miguel and his family learn to trust their neighbours and teammates.✯ Winner – CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens – 2018TAGGED OUT, 2015Middle-Grade baseball novel for reluctant readers; Lorimer Publishing. TAGGED OUT is a baseball novel set in Christie Pits in mid-town Toronto. When a new, all-star player from the States decides to join their team, they're thrilled. But when the new kid is bullied because he's gay, will the players on the Blues have his back?
