Victoria and her neighbor Mrs. Kosta decide to bring a beet salad to their community potluck dinner. After planting the seeds in their garden, they spend the summer watching their beet grow and grow and grow. On potluck day, it's time to harvest so they can make their salad. But they have grown the biggest beet ever, and it stubbornly refuses to come loose. This beet won't budge! Will Victoria and Mrs. Kosta be able to make their salad? Back matter includes a beet salad recipe.

We see city workers every day. They deliver the mail, collect garbage, clean public places, and teach at school. This book shows how the COVID-19 pandemic made everyone realize just how much we rely on these workers to keep our daily lives running smoothly--and safely!

On Mavin Road, there's no time for hellos or chats--until a lonely and mysterious cookie maker's gifts bring everyone together. Benedict Stanley lives alone with his cat on a road where families hustle, joggers puff, workers scurry to the train, and no one has time for anyone else. So Benedict begins making cookies to mark moments in his neighbors' lives--a new baby, a kitten rescue, a soccer event--and quietly leaves the treats at their doors. People wonder who this secret cookie maker could be, but only young Rory knows his identity. When Benedict falls ill one day, Rory gathers the residents of Mavin Road, the recipients of Benedict's kindness, and brings them to the cookie maker's door. A beautiful, heartwarming book that celebrates community and human connection--and features a simple cookie recipe at the end that's ready to be customized for someone's special occasion.

In this title, emergent readers follow Nora as she has a checkup with her pediatrician, Dr. Ali. Along with Nora, readers will learn about doctors' many responsibilities, including giving shots, prescribing medicine, and helping injured or sick patients. Vibrant illustrations and carefully leveled text will engage young readers in a supportive educational fiction reading experience. Children can learn more about doctors using Fact Surfer, our safe online search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. This book also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a picture glossary, an index, and a table of contents.

"Young readers will enjoy learning about all kinds of delivery people in their community. Using colorful, full-page photographs alongside simple text and relevant key words, this book is perfectly designed to teach young readers about people in their community while building confidence in their reading skills. This book also includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggest guiding questions to help aid in reading comprehension"--

"Young readers will love learning about all the wonderful doctors they see in their community. Using colorful, full-page photographs alongside simple text and relevant key words, this book is perfectly designed to teach young readers about doctors in their community while building confidence in their reading skills. This book also includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggest guiding questions to help aid in reading comprehension"--

When people are sick or hurt, they go to the doctor's office! With colorful photographs alongside engaging text and relevant sight words, young readers will discover what they can see in a doctor's office, while they build confidence in their reading skills. This book also includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggests guiding questions to help aid in reading comprehension.

Elle Campbell, a non-binary tween, wants nothing more than to meet their hero, non-binary icon Nuri Grena... who just so happens to star in their favourite TV show. But Elle's dreams are dashed when an altercation with a surly substitute teacher lands Elle in Saturday detention. Elle is ready to give up until their two best friends come up with a plan to bust them out of school. A plan so outrageous, it just might work.

Early readers will have fun discovering all the things they can see on their local farm! Using full-page photographs alongside simple text and relevant sight words, early readers will have fun learning about farms, while they build confidence in their reading skills. This book also includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggests guiding questions to help aid in reading comprehension.

Young readers will love learning about the brave men and women who are firefighters in their community. Using colourful, full-page photographs alongside simple text and relevant sight words, this book shows young readers what firefighters do in their community, while helping them build confidence in their reading skills. This book also includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggests guiding questions to help aid in reading comprehension.

Many of us have been able to stay home to keep safe in the COVID-19 pandemic. This book shows how this would not be possible without food workers continuing to work to farm and produce our food, deliver it by truck, sell it to us in stores, and make sure everything is clean.

An elevator ride to a birthday party turns into a shared experience bursting with joy in this multicultural story about community, togetherness and the special feeling of belonging. Today is Olive’s birthday party, and Sophie and her dad have baked cookies. Sophie’s dad holds the platter so Sophie can push the elevator button for the tenth floor. But on the way up, the elevator stops for the Santucci brothers. Then, for Vicky, Babs, and their dog, Norman. And, as the elevator ascends, more neighbors squeeze in: the Habibs, the Flores family, Mr. Kwan. Everyone’s going to the party! Such a wonderful, close-knit building — kids will want to move right in!