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All for One
By (author): Shelley Moore
ISBN: 9781553798842
Publisher: Portage & Main
Pages: 200
Price: $29.00
All for One tells the story of how some teachers, a couple of school districts and many families, came together to change the Individual Education Plan (IEP) narrative and design a plan for learning that meets the needs of an individual student, with the goal of increasing the places where students can be meaningfully included.
Any Kind of Luck at All
By (author): Mary Fairhurst Breen
ISBN: 9781772602012
Publisher: Second Story Press
Pages: 232
Price: $24.95

A bittersweet memoir of "radical acceptance," filled with scenes of courage and activism, from a life in the shadow of four generations of mental illness and addiction.
Spílǝxm
By (author): Nicola I. Campbell
ISBN: 9781553799351
Publisher: Portage & Main Press
Pages: 200
Price: $24.99
In this extraordinary memoir, best-selling author Nicola I. Campbell deftly weaves firsthand memory, rich poetry, and vivid prose into a tapestry of what it means to be an intergenerational survivor of Indian Residential Schools and a member of the seventh generation.
Finding Edward
By (author): Sheila Murray
ISBN: 9781770866263
Publisher: Cormorant Books
Pages: 320
Price: $24.95
After migrating to Canada, Cyril Rowntree navigates the implications of being racialized in his new land as he pieces together the story of a mixed-race baby from the 1920s named Edward.
What's the Difference?
By (author): Amanda Yuill
ISBN: 9781551383484
Publisher: Pembroke Publishers
Pages: 144
Price: $24.95
Find the unique strengths and skills in every student, and integrate teaching autistic students into everyday learning.
Better Reading Now
By (author): Larry Swartz
ISBN: 9781551383491
Publisher: Pembroke Publishers
Pages: 128
Price: $24.95
A grab-bag of ready-to-use strategies and activities to inspire students and nurture lifelong readers.
Making Math Stick
By (author): David Costello
ISBN: 9781551383507
Publisher: Pembroke Publishers
Pages: 144
Price: $24.95
How to teach and foster classroom learning experiences that will assist students in retaining and applying math concepts in the long term.
Sometimes Reading is Hard
By (author): Robin Bright
ISBN: 9781551383514
Publisher: Pembroke Publishers
Pages: 160
Price: $24.95
Cultivate the skills students need to succeed and find the motivation that will make them want to read.
The Detective and the Spy
By (author): Angela Misri
ISBN: 9781770865808
Publisher: Cormorant Books
Pages: 232
Price: $22.95
Consulting detective and heir to Holmes and Watson, Portia Adams is on the run, under suspicion for the explosion that caused her to lose her hearing and speech, as the real bomber continues to wreak havoc all over 1932 London.
Chasing Painted Horses
By (author): Drew Hayden Taylor
ISBN: 9781770866089
Publisher: Cormorant Books
Pages: 288
Price: $20.00
The image of an incredibly beautiful horse, drawn by a small, fragile girl on the reserve, haunts Ralph into adulthood, until he encounters it a second time and is moved to finally figure out its significance.
A Promise of Sweet Tea
By (author): Pinchas Blitt
ISBN: 9781989719152
Publisher: Second Story Press
Pages: 248
Price: $14.95
A memoir about a childhood in a small village in Eastern Europe and its destruction by the Nazis.
A Passport to Reprieve
By (author): Sonia Caplan
ISBN: 9781989719169
Publisher: The Azrieli Foundation
Pages: 356
Price: $14.95
The memoir of a young Polish Jewish woman’s escape from the brutality of wartime Poland, right before the destruction of Jewish life in her hometown.
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