Most Popular Books by Monica Hughes

A retelling of the traditional story Stone Soup.

Children love getting a close-up look at fascinating creatures in the world around them. This series allows them to get up close and personal with some of these creepy creatures that they can find in parks, gardens and even their own home. Each book identifies the main physical features of each bug including what they eat, how they change, and how they reproduce.

Illustrations and simple text describe how one family celebrates Rosh Hashanah.

Readers will explore the forest during different seasons, finding out what it looks like, feels like, and sounds like, as well as what animals live in the forest and how people use forests.

This book explains the water cycle, defining "evaporates," "water vapor," "condenses," and other terms.

This book introduces the first day of school for two students in different classrooms.

Readers will learn where rivers are found, what they look like, and how rivers change the land. In addition to exploring the depth, length and width of rivers, this book includes a discussion of who lives in a river and how people use rivers.

No matter what religious festivals a young reader may take part in, they''re sure to love reading about all of the festivals in this series. Each title celebrates diversity by detailing the preparations that go into each festival, what people wear, where it takes place, the food that is eaten, when it happens, who celebrates it, and why it''s celebrated.

Illustrations and simple text describe how one family celebrates Divali.

"A young girl is ''shipped off'' to a Scottish boarding school during the Second World War, where she uncovers a ''secret society, '' and learns about the Celtic lore of the land" Cf. Our choice, 1997-1998

Introduces the biggest, longest, and tallest dinosaurs.

Illustrations and simple text describe how one family celebrates Id-al-Fitr.

Describes the bodies, relatives, diets, and life cycles of pill bugs, and includes color photos.

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Photographs and simple text explain what a visit to the dentist is like.

Provides information about enormous reptiles who swam the seas during the dinosaur age.

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This book introduces the birth of a sister to an older brother.

Walt Elliot goes with the father he hasn''t seen for years to the planet Aqua, where he discovers that his father''s project threatens the existence of a highly intelligent native species.

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Boxer went to town to look for food. He saw fish in the fish and stole one! But because he was greedy he went hungry.

In 1897, Dawson City on the banks of the Yukon River was the scene of the greatest gold rush the world has ever known ... the Klondike Gold Rush. More than 20,000 men across rugged trails and mountains to reach this land where fortunes could be made in a day. Two adventurous children go to the Klondike, too. Their mother is dead and their father is missing somewhere along the gold rush trail. So Henry and Sarah Thorpe stow away aboard a ship and search for their father-the first of many hardships to come...

For Paula Herman, 11 going on 12, life is pretty straightforward - until the summer her mother decides to move to Edmonton. There Paula begins to unravel the mystery of her past and things begin to get complicated. Why does her mother refuse to talk about it? What has happened to the handsome man in the photograph - the man she knows must be her father? Why is his name Popowich when hers is Herman? The deeper Paula goes into solving the mystery, the more tangled her life becomes - until running away seems the only solution. Or is it?

One sad day, Grandmother died. "You cannot stay here," said the man who owned the land. "I have a family ready to move in." Young Concepcion has no choice but to move to the [barrio of the nearby city. There she meets children who, in order to survive, must steal the good they eat. But Concepcion has a plan. With back-breaking work she plants a garden amid the rubble, using her grandmother''s legacy: a handful of chili, corn and bean seeds. But her garden is destroyed. Will she have the strength to begin again? Monica Hughes''s powerful story is complemented perfectly by the paintings of Luis Garay, a young Nicaraguan artist. Sharon, Lois and Bram provide a moving introduction. Published in collaboration with UNICEF Canada, A Handful of Seeds offers a message of hope on behalf of the thirty million children worldwide who live on the streets of their cities.

Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4–11 edited by Cliff Moon. Top children’s authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that your children will love to read, banded to help you choose the right book for every child. Practical ideas for guided reading are included at the back of each book.

One of a series offering classic and contemporary fiction for schools to suit a range of ages and tastes. Set in the 1860s, this novel is based on the first Dr Barnardo boy. Penniless and alone when his mother dies, little Jim Jarvis is put in the workhouse, from which he is determined to escape.

The community of the planet of Isis, misled by power-hungry space captain Michael Joseph Flynn, moves down the path of destruction until Moira, the captain''s daughter, exposes his self-serving designs.

Unemployed after high school in the highly robotic society of 2154, Lisse and seven friends resign themselves to a boring existence in their "Designated Area" until the government invites them to play The Game.

When twelve-year-old Valerie and her brother and sister fall through a space trap and are transmitted to an alien planet, they seek ways to return to the thirty-second century.