Trottier, Maxine

Marietta, the daughter of a Venetian artist, lives in disguise as a boy in order to wander the city and learn to paint like her father, and she comes to realize the real value of her freedom when she meets an equally talented young boy who is the slave of a sea captain.

Life is difficult for a family on the prairie, but Emily has her weeping willow to lift her spirits.

When Van and his family are forced out of their homeland of Vietnam, the walking stick that he keeps always at his side serves as a life-long reminder of the customs and people he left behind.

Make your own beautiful crafts, using materials and designs found in nature, the way the first peoples of North America did.

A monk flees from Tibet to Nepal with the help of a little dog named Moon.

True stories of five adventurers who explored Canada including Jacques Cartier, Samuel de Champlain, Pierre de la Verendrye, Samuel Hearne, and David Thompson.

Mary, too young to fully understand war, promises her friend Mr. Hiroshi she will care for his garden when he is taken from his home during World War II, and she keeps her word faithfully until new people move into his house and she realizes Mr. Hiroshi is not coming back.