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Joy, Angela Kinew, Wab Macdonald, Fiona Reynoso, Naibe Schultz Nicholson, Lorna Wells, JoeMacdonald, Fiona
Summary: Traces the history of the samurai castles of medieval Japan with information on the role of samurai, shogun, and women in feudal Japanese society, on religious beliefs, and on arms and armor of the period.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Peter Bedrick Books 1995
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 952 MACMacdonald, Fiona
Summary: Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe what it would require to launch a voyage of discovery, what shipboard life would be like, and what the rewards would be using the voyages of Columbus as an example.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Franklin Watts, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2014
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970 MACWells, Joe
Summary: "Covering the spectrum of neurodiversity, the book features a range of inspirational people, from actors and entertainers, to athletes and activists, and it shows young neurodiverse readers that often what makes you different can be your key to success. The chapters feature biographies that expand out on to a theme, such as the importance of lived experience in discussions of neurodiversity,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 920 WELJoy, Angela
Summary: "The story of the mother of Emmett Till, and how she channeled grief over her son's death into a call to action for the civil rights movement"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TILCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TILReynoso, Naibe
Summary: Brief biographies in rhyme of 11 notable Latinas.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Con Todo Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 REY1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J SPANISH 920 REY
Reynoso, Naibe
Summary: Brief biographies in rhyme of 11 notable Latinos.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Con Todo Press 2020
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 REYCall number: J SPANISH 920 REY
Schultz Nicholson, Lorna
Summary: "The biography of Canadian Joey Moss, a man born with Down syndrome who worked with the NHL Edmonton Oilers hockey team, and was an inspiration for neurodiverse people and an advocate for inclusivity"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2022
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB MOSS SCHCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SCHKinew, Wab
Summary: "Using rhyming lyrics from a previously written rap song, Midewin author, Manitoba politician, and creator Kinew tells the stories of diverse Indigenous heroes both historical and contemporary from the U.S. and Canada" --
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers 2018