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Players: 2-4
Playing time: 45 minutes
Age: 14 and up

Game overview: Players are Egyptian nobles at the time of the pharaohs, preparing for their death and burial in the Valley of the Kings. In the Egyptian religion, when you die you can take it…

First book in a series of six, this novel follows the life of Rose Hathaway, a 17 year-old half-vampire and half-human, who studies at St Vladimir's Academy along with many others like her. They are training to become guardians of the good vampires…

Critical questions to help deepen one's understanding about the relationship between libraries and settler-colonialism. --supplied by cataloger

"In the first installment in the series, Walter the Farting Dog (North Atlantic, 2001), wherever Walter goes, a stinky cloud is sure to follow. His family has had enough until two burglars break into their house. Walter farts and the burglars run…

Montreal, Quebec

Part two of a six part co-series with Cartoonist Ed McNally about spending several weeks in Australia. The articles profiles a very profitable ‘workers club’ in Sydney called The St. George Leagues Club. The club’s official…

Land Acknowledgements often begin academic conferences, cultural events, government press gatherings, and even hockey games. They are supposed to be an act of Reconciliation between Indigenous peoples in Canada and non-Indigenous Canadians, but they…

Winnipeg, Alberta

Based around the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Over eight weeks, more than 800 refugees arrived in Winnipeg. Peter argues for an end to indifference to their issues. He wants free temporary accommodation for them. Article is…

Montreal, Quebec

An article on the increasing economic and social prosperity of West Germany. The article suggests that the total realization of West Germany’s success is attached to its desired reunification with East Germany.

"Gr 10 Up--Reid introduces readers to Jude, a gay teen who fantasizes about being a movie star. Jude, who has been given the nickname Judy by some classmates, is fairly comfortable with his sexual orientation as well as his desire to wear his…

Writing verse for children is not so easy a trick as it
seems-a fact attested by many failures. Mr. Milne's
rattling rhymes, first printed in Punch, are engaging
enough to turn the trick-one thinks that any child would
love to say them. They are…