Joanne: 1334 books

"Realistic and romantic... Kennedy's forte is in making relationships genuine and heartfelt as she exposes vulnerabilities with tenderness and good humor." —Booklist STARRED review It's going to take all of his rodeo skills to wrangle this big-city gal's heart Desperate to...

Wanted: nanny. Needed: wife.  Laurent Fletcher has to admit his life would be a whole heap better if there was woman in it. His kids are running wild, and his dog is acting crazy; he’s been finding it tough to juggle everything since his wife died, and run his successful custom-built furniture...

Twelve-year-old Kat woos the boy next door on behalf of her best friend, and in the process realizes that true beauty—and true confidence—comes from the inside in this hilarious M!X novel from the author of Small Medium at Large. Kat is already so over seventh grade. It doesn’t help that...

This gem of a novel takes place in Pittsburgh in 1952. Franny Katzenback, while recovering from polio, reads and falls in love with the brand-new book Charlotte’s Web. Bored and lonely and yearning for a Charlotte of her own, Franny starts up a correspondence with an eloquent flea named Fleabrain...

Guide pédagogique disponible Mention d’honneur du Jury Littérature Jeunesse de Communications et Société Gabrielle Roy a consacré sa vie à l’écriture. Qui était-elle? Comment a-t-elle découvert sa vocation? Comment a-t-elle vécu? À travers des extraits de ses œuvres, des dialogues...

L’histoire nous montre que les guerres ont des origines les plus diverses. Et l’assassinat en 1859, par un colon américain, d’un cochon britannique un peu trop gourmand, suffit à déclencher un conflit entre les deux pays. Il devint alors nécessaire de résoudre l’épineuse question de...

Récipiendaire du Prix Champlain 2014 Le temps des outrages, tome 2 – Histoire du Manitoba français, retrace l’époque se situant entre 1870 et 1916, au Manitoba français. En 1870, il n’y a aucun précédent pour guider les pas des uns et des autres, entre les forces en présence. Les questions...

Lorsque Samuel et Maxime passent à table, ces deux petits garçons pourtant si mignons deviennent de vrais sauvageons! Où sont passées les bonnes manières? Si la reine venait diner, elle serait tout simplement choquée! Est-ce une façon de se comporter? Monique Lacoste s’inspire de son expérience...

La vie d’Amélé Dupré est bouleversée le jour où elle découvre dans une pomme un pépin en forme de cœur. Grâce à ses soins attentifs, une tige sort de ce pépin et se transforme en arbuste qui devient, avec le temps, un arbre vigoureux, un peu capricieux, mais doté de pouvoirs extraordinaires.Au...

Demain, c’est l’anniversaire de Samuel. Et si, au lieu de jouets et de vêtements, ses parents lui offraient ce qu’il souhaite depuis si longtemps… un animal de compagnie! Mais lequel choisir? Un singe? Un lion? Un cochon? Débordant d’imagination, Samuel a de bonnes raisons de vouloir chacun...

Sally the Donkey longed for an adventure instead of carrying Joseph the Carpenters precious tools every day. Boring!! Then one day she got her adventure and more! It began with Sally carrying Josephs pregnant wife, Mary, on a long journey to Bethlehem; Hurry Hurry! How did her devotion to her master...

A prom?the climax of lively and painful high school years. Throw in the sexual revolution, a stuttering cousin for a date, and a parking valet dressed like Abraham Lincoln, and looking cool is an impossible dream. The hilarious narrator of our story tries to leave her painful past behind, and find a way to be the free spirit her friends demand. Peach tries, somehow, to be herself.

An adventure story for 5-8 year-olds. Mrs. Loot wears a peg on her nose to protest against the neighbour’s compost heap. But what is really in the compost heap? Chrispus and Elderberry know the secret.

Sam and Jasper are the best of friends since a tragedy brought them together. They feel they have all the time in the world to succeed in their goals, until their lives come to a sudden stop when they learn the devastating news that Jasper is terminally ill, diagnosed with an inoperable tumor...