Gubby, a salmon fisherman whose boat is worn out after a long season, commissions his friend, a Japanese-Canadian boat builder, to construct a new one.
It is time to plant the rice crop in Malini’s Sri Lankan community, and the little girl is both excited and nervous to help for the first time. What if she does it wrong? Will she be responsible if th
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When Ben's best friend Peter moves away, Ben decides that he will move, too—into a "cave" under the kitchen table. Caveman Ben doesn’t need any friends except his tame (stuffed) lion
Ben was upset when his friend Peter moved away, but now the new neighbors are moving in across the street and Ben can't wait to go say hello and make friends. That is, until he notices that this famil
His sister is a big kid in grade five. His brother is a big kid in grade three. Ben is a little kid in preschool. He can’t swim; he can’t use chopsticks; he can’t even see out of the car window. If on