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Additions to the RSGC Guild Library as of April 1, 2008

Junior School Resources

*Boys Rock! Series

  • Making Comic Books
  • UFO Mysteries

*Holidays, Festivals, & Celebrations Series by Trudi Strain Trueit

  • Chinese New Year
  • Easter
  • Halloween
  • Hanukkah

*International Organizations Series

  • The ASPCA
  • Peace Corps
  • Save the Children
  • The United Way

*Popular Rock Superstars of Yesterday and Today Series

  • Bruce Springsteen
  • Led Zeppelin
  • Pink Floyd

*Full Throttle Series

  • Beetle
  • Jeep
  • Lamborghini
  • Landrover
  • Lotus
  • Hummer
  • Mustang
  • Viper

*Race Car Legends Series

  • Dale Earnhardt
  • Famous Finishes
  • The Jarretts
  • Lowriders
  • Mark Martin
  • Jeremy Mayfield
  • The Need for Speed
  • Off-Road Racing
  • Tony Stewart
  • The Unsers
  • Rusty Wallace

*Torque: Action Sports Series by Jack David and Hollie Endres

  • Mountain Biking
  • Rock Climbing
  • Skateboarding
  • Wakeboarding
  • Snowboarding
  • Moto-x Free Style
  • Big Air Skateboarding
  • Motocross Racing
  • BMX Racing

*Sporting Championships Series by David Whitfield

  • The NBA
  • World Cup
  • Super Bowl

*The Magic of Language Series by Ann Heinrichs

  • Prefixes and Suffixes
  • Punctuation
  • Sentences
  • similes and Metaphors
  • Spelling Rules
  • Synonyms and Antonyms

*Meet the Puncs: A Remarkable Punctuation Family Series by Barbara Cooper

  • Alan Apostrophe
  • Christopher Comma
  • Emma Exclamation Point
  • Hannah Hyphen-Hyphen
  • Peter Period
  • Quincy Question Mark

*Major World Leaders Series

  • Pervez Musharraf
  • Kim II Sung and Kim Jong II

*People at the Center of: Series

  • Prohibition
  • The Vietnam War
  • The War of 1812


  • Maps and Symbols by Susan Lomas

Senior School Resources

  • The Football Book: Sports Illustrated

*Environment & Climate Change

  • Silence of the Songbirds by Bridget Stutchbury
  • An Explorer's Notebook: essays on life, history and climate by Tim Flannery

*Curiosities and Wonders

  • Ghosts of the World by Diane Canwell & Jonathan Sutherland
  • Witches of the World by Diane Canwell & Jonathan Sutherland
  • Witches: history of a persecution by Nigel Cawthorne
  • The Giant Book of Ghosts Stories: great stories of the supernatural by Henry James, Robert W. Chambers, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and many more..
  • The Complete Book of Ghosts: a fascinating exploration of the spirit world, from apparitions to haunted places by Paul Roland
  • The Giant Book of Magic: everyday practical magic from around the world: Gypsy Love Cards, casting runes, the I Ching, Native American medicine-wheels and much more... by Cassandra Eason
  • Is There Life after Death? The extraordinary science of what happens when we die by Anthony Peake
  • Crop Circles: signs, wonders and mysteries by Steve and Karen Alexander

*The Unexplained Series

  • Historic Realms of Marvels and Magic: between myth and materiality by Karl Shuker
  • We are not Alone: searching the heavens by Hilary Evans

*Religion & Modern Culture Series

  • Jesus, Fads, & the Media: the passion & popular culture by Michael Evans
  • Lost Gospels & Hidden Codes: new concepts of scripture by Kenneth McIntosh

Additions to the RSGC Guild Library as of February 1, 2008

Junior School Resources

  • Swindle by Gordon Korman
  • Hurricane Gold : Young Bond Series, bk. 4 by Charlie Higson
  • The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica Series, books 1 & 2 by James Owen
  • Here, There be Dragons
  • The Search for the Red Dragon

Graphic Novels

  • Jellaby by Kean Soo

Senior Fiction

  • A Journeyman to Grief by Maureen Jennings
  • Grotesque: a novel by Natsuo Kirino

Additions to the RSGC Guild Library as of January 30, 2008

Junior School Resources

  • Spy Force Series: mission Hollywood by Deborah Abela & George O'Connor
  • Firegirl by Tony Abbott
  • The Nobodies by N.E. Bode
  • Shakespeare's Secret by Elise Broach
  • Glory Gardens Cricket Club Series: the big test by Bob Cattell
  • Glory Gardens Cricket Club Series: glory in the cup by Bob Cattell
  • Glory Gardens Cricket Club Series: World Cup fever by Bob Cattell
  • Viking Magic bk. 2: Wolfspell by Anna Ciddor
  • Airman by Eoin Colfer
  • Gregor and the Marks of Secret by Suzanne Collins
  • Before I Die: a novel by Jenny Downham
  • Peril at Pier Nine by Penny Draper
  • The Homework Machine by Dan Gutman
  • Alex Rider Series: Snakehead by Anthony Horowitz
  • Children of the Lamp Series: the Cobra King of Kathmandu by P.B. Kerr
  • The Charioteer of Delphi by Caroline Lawrence
  • Mr Gum and the Goblins by Andy Stanton & David Tazzyman
  • Mr Gum and the Biscuit Billionaire by Andy Stanton & David Tazzyman
  • U-Boat Hunter: Peter Rogers, HMS Arum 1939-1945 by Bryan Perrett
  • I Found a Dead Bird: the kids' guide to the cycle of life & death by Jan Thornhill
  • Ulysses Moore Series: the door to time

Senior School Resources

  • If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin
  • Go Tell it on the Mountain: a novel by James Baldwin
  • The 39 Steps by John Buchan
  • Bomb Scare: the history & future of nuclear weapons by Joseph Cirincione
  • Alice Cooper, Golf Monster: a rock 'n' roller's 12 steps to becoming a golf addict by Alice Cooper with Keith and Kent Zimmerman
  • Five Days in August: how World War II became a nuclear war by Michael D.Gordin
  • Noogie's Time to Shine: a novel by Jim Knipfel
  • The Columbia Guide to Hiroshima and the Bomb by Michael Kort
  • For the Soul of Mankind: the United States, The Soviet Union, and The Cold War by Melvyn P. Leffler
  • Gun, with Occasional Music: a novel by Jonathan Lethum
  • Hiroshima in History: the myths of revisionism edited with an introduction by Robert James Maddox
  • The Top 100 Canadian Albums by Bob Mersereau
  • Guernica and Total War by Ian Patterson
  • The Specter of Munich: reconsidering the lessons of appeasing Hitler by Jeffrey Record
  • Running for My Life: on the extreme road with adventure runner Ray Zahab. by Ray Zahab

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Additions to the RSGC Guild Library as of January 7, 2008

  • Empire of Debt: the rise of an epic financial crisis by William Bonner & Addison Wiggin
  • Shakespeare: the world as stage by Bill Bryson
  • Reconciling our Priorities: Environmental Commissioner of Ontario Annual Report 2006-2007.
  • Baptism of Fire: the second battle of Ypres and the forging of Canada, April 1915 by Nathan Greenfield
  • Omnivore's Dilemma: a natural history of four meals by Michael Pollan
  • In Defense of Food: an eater's manifesto by Michael Pollan
  • A Brief History of Canada by Roger Riendeau
  • Unstoppable Global Warming Fred Singer & Dennis Avery

Intermediate Fiction

  • Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer
  • Death in Kingsport: a mystery by Curtis Parkinson
  • How to Save the Universe Again by Rob Payne
  • Cirque Du Freak Series: volumes 5,6,7,8,9,11,12 by Darren Shan
  • Jack's Run by Roland Smith
  • Boot Camp by Todd Strasser

Junior Fiction

  • Very Serious Children by Caroline Adderson
  • The Further Adventures of Eddie Dickens: book three: final curtain by Philip Ardagh
  • Ulysses Moore: the long-lost map by Pierodomenico Baccalario
  • Spygear Adventures Series: book 6: the omega operative by Rick Barba
  • I Left my Sneakers in Dimension X by Bruce Coville
  • The Scarlet Cross by Karleen Bradford
  • A Herculeah Jones Mystery: the black tower by Betsy Byars
  • The New Heroes Series: absolute power by Michael Carroll
  • Dog Watch: extreme stunt dogs by Mary Casanova
  • Glory Gardens Cricket Club Series: Bound for Glory by Bob Cattell
  • My Friend the Enemy by J.B. Cheaney
  • Stormriders by Anna Ciddor
  • Benny and Babe by Eoin Colfer
  • How to Twist a Dragon's Tale by Cressida Cowell
  • Gatty's Tale by Kevin Crossley-Holland
  • Outriders Series: expedition to Pine Hollow by Ed Decter
  • Corydon & the Island of Monsters by Tobias Druitt
  • Sacred Lead by Deborah Ellis
  • Stumptown Kid by Carol Gorman & Ron J. Findley
  • Nightrise: book three of the gatekeepers by Anthony Horowitz
  • The Dragon Detective Agency Series: the case of the missing cats by Gareth P. Jones
  • The Dragon Detective Agency Series: the case of the wayward professor by Gareth P. Jones
  • The Adventures of a Notorious Youth: Capt. Hook by J.V. Hart
  • Dead Reckoning: a pirate voyage with Captain Drake by Laurie Lawlor
  • The Slave-Girl from Jerusalem by Caroline Lawrence
  • Trimalchio's Feast and other Mini-Mysteries by Caroline Lawrence
  • The Youngest Spy by Barry McDivitt
  • Klutzhood by Chris McMahen
  • Burn my Heart by Beverley Naidoo
  • The King of Mulberry Street by Donna Jo Napoli
  • Boys Rock! by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
  • Dancing Carl by Gary Paulsen
  • The Scarecrow and his Servant by Philip Pullman
  • Larklight by Philip Reeve
  • The Heretic's Tomb by Simon Rose
  • Villainology: fabulous lives of the big, the bad, and the wicked by Arthur Slade
  • Billy Hooten Owlboy: the girl with the destructo touch by Thomas Sniegoski
  • There's a Girl in my Hammerlock by Jerry Spinelli
  • Too Ghoul for School Series by B. Strange
  • Hybrids by David Thrope
  • Camp X: fool's gold by Eric Walters
  • The Executioner's Daughter by Laura Williams

Junior Non-Fiction

  • Do Not Open: an encyclopedia of the world's best-kept secrets by John Farndon
  • Monster Chronicles Series by Stephen Krensky
  • Bigfoot
  • Dragons
  • Frankenstein
  • Mummy
  • Vampires
  • Werewolves
  • How to be the Funniest Kid in the Whole Wide World (or just in your class by Jay Leno
  • Micro Spies: spy planes the size of birds! by Lisa Jo Rudy
  • Gold Medal for Weird by Kevin Sylvester
  • Transformers: the ultimate guide by Simon Furman

Additions to the RSGC Guild Library as of November 27, 2007

Junior Fiction

  • Rise of the Golden Cobra by Henry Aubin
  • Things are Looking Grimm, Jill by Dan Bar-el
  • Never to be Told by Becky Citra
  • Benny and Omar by Eoin Colfer
  • Stolen Away by Christopher Dinsdale
  • Odd Man Out by Sarah Ellis
  • The Secret of Grim Hill by Linda DeMeulemeester
  • Pigboy by Vicki Grant
  • The Big Snapper by Katherine Holubitsky
  • Shadows on the Train: a Dinah Galloway Mystery by Melanie Jackson
  • Baboon: an novel by David Jones
  • Gemini Summer by Iain Lawrence
  • Lucky's Mountain by Dianne Maycock
  • The Vampire's Visit by David Poulsen
  • Yossi's Goal by Ellen Schwartz
  • Danger at Mason's Island by Tom Schwarzkopf
  • Sarah's Legacy by Valerie Sherrard
  • Endymion Spring by Matthew Skelton
  • Grumpy Bird by Jeremy Tankard
  • Safe as Houses: a novel by Eric Walters
  • Where Soldiers Lie by John Wilson

Picture Books - Fiction

  • The Farm Team by Linda Bailey & Bill Slavin
  • The List by Hazel Hutchins & Maria van Lieshout
  • Yetsa's Sweater by Sylvia Olsen
  • Fox Walked Alone by Barbara Reid
  • Lily and the Paper Man by Rebecca Upjohn & Renne Benoit
  • A Sack Full of Feathers by Debby Waldman & Cindy Revell
  • Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend by Melanie Watt
  • Jeffrey and Sloth by Kari-Lynn Winters & Ben Hodson
  • Please Louise! by Frieda Wishinsky & Marie-Louise Gay

Junior Non-Fiction

  • Secret Agent Y.O.U.: the official guide to secret codes, disguises, surveillance, and more by Helaine Becker & Dave Whamond
  • Jurassic Poop: what dinosaurs (and others) left behind by Jacob Berkowitz & Steve Mack
  • Kids who Rule: the remarkable lives of five child monarchs by Charis Cotter
  • Fire! the renewal of a forest by Celia Godkin
  • Factory Girl by Barbara Greenwood
  • Best Joke Book Ever by Jeff Sinclair
  • Best Riddle Book Ever by Charles Keller & Jeff Sinclair
  • Baby Sea Turtle by Aubrey Lang & Wayne Lynch
  • In My Backyard by Margriet Ruurs & Ron Broda
  • Face Off! hockey games, facts and fun by Jeff Sinclair
  • Find it Canada! a search and find activity book by Jeff Sinclair
  • Wacky Canada: fun facts and activities! by Jeff Sinclair
  • One Well: the story of water on earth by Rochelle Strauss & Rosemary Woods
  • Tale of a Great White Fish: a sturgeon story by Maggie de Vries & Renne Benoit

Intermediate Fiction

  • The Space Between: a novel by Don Aker
  • The End of the World as We Know It by Lesley Choyce
  • Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen by Glen Huser
  • The Song of Kuhunsha by Anosh Irani
  • Another Kind of Cowboy by Susan Juby
  • Katurah & Lord Death by Martine Leavitt
  • Grist: a novel by Heather Waldorf

Senior Fiction

  • Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay

Senior Non-Fiction

  • The Unexpected War: Canada in Kandahar by Janice Gross Stein & Eugene Lang
  • Blood and Soil: a world history of genocide and extermination from Sparta to Darfur by Ben Kiernan.

Additions to the RSGC Guild Library as of November 20, 2007

  • Let's Find Pokemon! : special complete edition by Kazunori Aihara
  • The Great Tree of Avalon : book 1: child of the dark prophecy by T.A. Barron
  • Fantastic Paper Airplanes by Jack Botermans
  • Samuel Taylor Coleridge: the major works
  • How to Draw Manga by Katy Coope
  • How to Draw More Manga by Katy Coope
  • John Keats: the complete poems edited by John Barnard
  • The Boys' Book: how to be the best at everything by Dominique Enright
  • Step-by-step Manga by Ben Krefta
  • Where's Waldo? The Great Picture Hunt! by Martin Handford
  • Where's Waldo? The Wonder Book by Martin Handford
  • Ralph Masiello's Dragon Drawing Book by Ralph Masiello
  • The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats edited by Richard J. Finneran

Additions to the RSGC Guild Library as of November 1, 2007

  • Skellig by David Almond
  • The Book without Words: a fable of Medieval magic by Avi
  • Peter and the Shadow Thieves by Dave Barry
  • Icebreaker by Steven Barwin
  • A Long Way Gone : memoirs of a boy soldier by Ishmael Beah
  • Earth to Nathan Blue by Matt Beam
  • Arthur and the Forbidden City by Luc Besson
  • Attack of the Mutant Underwear by Tom Birdseye
  • Hidden Roots by Joseph Bruchac
  • The Kidnapped Prince : the life of Olaudah Equiano by Ann Cameron
  • Lunch Money by Andrew Clements
  • Billy Monster's Daymare by Alan Durant & Ross Collins
  • Hamish X and the Hollow Mountain by Sean Cullen
  • Phineas L. MacGuire....Erupts! by Frances O'Roark Dowell
  • Alphabeasts by Wallace Edwards
  • The More the Merrier by Anne Fine
  • The Road of Bones by Anne Fine
  • Encyclopedia Horrifica: the terrifying TRUTH! about vampires, ghosts, monsters, and more by Joshua Gee
  • Asterix and the Vikings: the book of the film by Rene Goscinny
  • Full Moon Soup by Alastair Graham
  • Saving Finnegan by Sally Grindley
  • Slam: a novel by Nick Hornby
  • Moby-Dick: a pop-up book by Sam Ita
  • Do Unto Otters: a book about manners by Laurie Keller
  • Pirate Pete's Talk like a Pirate by Kim and Doug Kennedy
  • Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
  • The Droughtlanders by Carrie Mac
  • Tokyo: all alone in the big city by Graham Marks
  • Clancy with the Puck by Chris Mizzoni
  • Ball don't Lie by Matt de la Pena
  • The Wizard by Jack Prelutsky
  • Star Wars: a pop-up guide to the galaxy by Matthew Reinhart
  • The Body Hunters: testing new drugs on the world's poorest patients by Sonia Shah
  • The Hoopster by Alan Lawrence Sitomer
  • The Late Hector Kipling by David Thewlis
  • The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner

Additions to the RSGC Guild Library as of October 15, 2007

  • The Door : poems by Margaret Atwood
  • MAD about Star Wars: thirty years of classic parodies by Jonathan Bresman
  • Soucouyant by David Chariandy
  • The Gum Thief by Douglas Coupland
  • Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
  • The Film Club : a true story of a father and son by David Gilmour
  • Late Nights on Air: a novel by Elizabeth Hay
  • Pendragon : book eight : the pilgrims of Rayne by D.J. MacHale
  • Darkwing by Kenneth Oppel
  • The Cruellest Month by Louise Penny
  • A Secret Between Us by Daniel Poliquin
  • The End of the Alphabet by C.S. Richardson
  • What Happened Later : a novel by Ray Robertson
  • The Almost Moon : a novel by Alice Sebold
  • The Making of an Activist by Lekha Singh & Friends
  • Vampirates : bk. 1: demons of the ocean by Justin Somper
  • Vampirates : bk. 2: tide of terror by Justin Somper
  • The Assassin's Song: a novel by M.G. Vassanji
  • October: a novel by Richard B. Wright
  • Effigy by Alissa York

New Graphic Novels, October 2007

  • Laika by Nick Abadzis
  • White Rapids by Pascal Blanchet

Civil War Series

  • Iron Man
  • Peter Parker, Spider-Man
  • The Road to Civil War
  • Artemis Fowl : the graphic novel by Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin
  • The Fog Mound : volume 2 : faradawn by Susan Schade

Shazam! The Monster Society of Evil Series by Jeff Smith

  • Planetary Brigade by Keith Giffen
  • Futurama Conquers the Universe by Matt Groening

New Junior School Manga, October 2007

  • Whistle : volume 17 by Daisuke Higuchi
  • Hikaru no go: volumes 9, 10 by Yumi Hotta
  • Beet: the vandel buster: volume 11 by Riku Sanjo
  • Megaman: NT Warrior : volumes 7 & 10 by Ryo Takamisaki
  • The Prince of Tennis : volumes 19, 20, 21 by Takeshi Konomi

New Senior School Manga, October 2007

  • Fullmetal Alchmist : volumes 6, 7, 12, 13, 14 by Hiromu Arakawa
  • Tsubasa : volume 13 by Clamp
  • Xxxholic : volumes 9 & 10 by Clamp
  • GTO : Great Teacher Onizuka : volumes 11-25 by Tohru Fujisawa
  • Hellsing : volumes 3, 7, 8 by Kohta Hirano
  • Eyeshield 21 : volumes 13-15 by Riichiro Inagaki
  • Naruto : volumes 14-18 by Masashi Kishimoto
  • One Piece : volumes 14 & 15 by Eiichiro Oda
  • Death Note : volumes 11 & 12 by Tsugumi Ohba
  • Shaman King : volumes 12 & 13 by Hiroyuji Takei
  • Hunter X Hunter : volumes 14 & 15 by Yoshihiro Togashi
  • Dr. Slump : volumes 12 & 13 by Akira Toriyama
  • Ultimate Muscle : volume 17 by Yudetamago

Additions to the Junior and Intermediate Fiction Collections, September 24th, 2007

  • The Blue Helmet: a novel by William Bell
  • Just Some Stuff I Wrote: stories by William Bell
  • The Worst Boy in the World by Eoin Colfer
  • The Fire Within by Chris D'Lacey
  • Icefire by Chris D'Lacey
  • Jim the Boy: a novel by Tony Earley
  • Jakeman by Deborah Ellis
  • The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer
  • The Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald
  • The Ship Between the Worlds by Julia Golding
  • Babymouse: beach babe by Jennifer and Matthew Holm
  • Babymouse: our hero by Jennifer and Matthew Holm
  • Babymouse: queen of the world by Jennifer and Matthew Holm
  • Voyage of Slaves: a tale from the castaways of the Flying Dutchman by Brian Jacques
  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid: a novel in cartoons by Jeff Kinney
  • Schooled by Gordon Korman
  • The Daydreamer by Ian McEwan
  • Click: one novel ten authors by Linda Sue Park
  • A Perfect Gentle Knight by Kit Pearson
  • Speechless by Valerie Sherrard
  • Star Wars: the rise and fall of Darth Vader by Ryder Windham

Monster Blood Tattoo Series by D.M. Cornish

  • Foundling : bk. 1

The Last Apprentice Series by Joseph Delaney

  • Curse of the Bane: bk. 2

Traces Series by Malcolm Rose

  • Double Check : bk.4
  • Final Lap: bk.5

The Time Warp Trio Series by Jon Scieszka

  • Oh Say, I can't See: no. 15

The Demonata Series by Darren Shan

  • Lord Loss: bk.1
  • Slawter: bk. 3
  • Bec: bk. 4

The TimeJumpers Series by James Valentine

  • The Past is Gone
  • The Present Never Happens
  • The Future is Unknown

Canadian Flyer Adventures by Frieda Wishinsky

  • Beware Pirates!
  • Crazy for Gold
  • Danger Dinosaurs!
  • Yikes, Vikings!

Additions to the RSGC Library as of September 1, 2007

*Automania! Series

  • Muscle Cars by Katharine Bailey
  • Sweet Rides by Katharine Bailey
  • Sport Bikes by Katharine Bailey
  • Street Bikes by Rachel Eagen
  • Nascar by Rachel Eagen
  • Trucks: pickups to big rigs by Adrianna Morganelli
  • Formula One by Adrianna Morganelli
  • Classic Cars: 1931-1980 by Norm Mort
  • Vintage Cars: 1919-1930 by L. Michelle Nielsen
  • Street Cred by John Zronik

*Cambridge History Programme Series

  • The USA: 1917-1941 by Ian Campbell
  • Industrial Britain: the workshop of the world by Christine Counsell
  • African Peoples of the Americas: from slavery to civil rights by Ron Field
  • Germany: 1918-1945 by Paul Grey & Rosemary Little
  • Revolutionary France: liberty, tyranny and terror by Greg Hetherton
  • Russia and the USSR: 1905-1991 by Philip Ingram
  • The Roman World: from Republic to Empire by Peter Mantin & Richard Pulley
  • The Arab-Israeli Conflict by Tony McAleavy
  • Superpower Rivalry: the Cold War: 1945-1991 by Tony AcAleavy
  • South Africa: 1948-1994 by Rosemary Mulholland
  • The First World War by Andrew Wrenn

*Cambridge School Shakespeare Series

  • Hamlet edited by Richard Andrews
  • King Lear edited by Elspeth Bain
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream edited by Linda Buckle
  • Romeo and Juliet edited by Rex Gibson
  • Twelfth Night edited by Rex Gibson

*Canada: A People's History Series

  • Canada's First Peoples
  • Confederation: the great enterprise
  • Emerging Loyalties
  • Explorers and Pathfinders
  • First Contact
  • Opening the West
  • Rebellions
  • Settling Canada

*Canadian Fur Trade

  • Forts and Trading Posts by Bev Cline
  • North West Company by Jennifer Nault
  • Trade Routes by Jennifer Nault
  • Hudson's Bay Company by Jennifer Nault

*Canadian Industries

  • Fishing by Graham Beehag
  • Agriculture by Heather Kissock
  • Forestry by Heather Kissock
  • Mining by Sheelagh Matthews
  • Energy by Melanie Ostopowich
  • Manufacturing by Tina Schwartzenberger

*Canadian Government Series

  • Canadian Citizenship edited by Don Wells
  • Canadian Unity edited by Don Wells
  • Canada's System of Government edited by Don Wells
  • Canada and the Global Village edited by Don Wells
  • Canada's Road to Independence edited by Don Wells
  • The Canadian Identity edited by Don Wells

*Canadian Prime Ministers Warts and All Series

  • Sir John S. D. Thompson: the pushover who died too soon by Elle Andra-Warner
  • Sir Charles Tupper: the bully who battled for Canada by Johanna Bertin
  • John Diefenbaker: the outsider who refused to quit by Lanny Boutin
  • Sir John A. Macdonald: the rascal who built Canada by Jacqueline Brown
  • Jean Chretien: the scrapper who climbed his way to the top by Nate Hendley
  • William Lyon Mackenzie King: the loner who kept Canada together by Nate Hendley
  • Lester B. Pearson: the geek who make Canada proud by Gordon Gibb
  • Pierre Elliott Trudeau: the prankster who never flinched by Sandra Phinney
  • Sir Wilfrid Laurier: the weakling who stood his ground Heather Stewart

*Disaster Alert! Series

  • Avalanche and Landslide Alert by Amanda Bishop & Vanessa Walker
  • Volcano Alert! by Paul Challen
  • Hurricane and Typhoon Alert! by Paul Challen
  • Environmental Disaster Alert! by Paul Challen
  • Drought and Heat Wave Alert! by Paul Challen
  • Global Warming Alert! by Richard Cheel
  • Flood and Monsoon Alert! by Rachel Eagen

*Discovering Canada Series

  • John Cabot by Galadriel Watson
  • Jacques Cartier by Heather Hudak
  • Samuel de Champlain by Heather Hudak
  • Simon Fraser by Galadriel Watson
  • John Franklin by Erinn Banting
  • Martin Frobisher by Erinn Banting
  • Henry Hudson by Erinn Banting
  • Henry Kelsey by Gillian Richardson
  • David Thompson by Erinn Banting
  • George Vancouver by Erinn Banting
  • Pierre de La Verendyre by Anna Rebus
  • Groseilliers and Radisson by Galadriel Watson

*Early Canada Series

  • Aboriginal Peoples
  • Acadians
  • Explorers
  • Fur Traders
  • Missionaries
  • Settlers

*Early Canadian Life Series

  • The RCMP by Erinn Banting
  • The Blacksmith by Rennay Craats
  • The General Store by Rennay Craats
  • The Schoolhouse by Jill Foran
  • The Doctor by Jill Foran
  • Family Life by Jill Foran
  • The Sawmill by Megan Lappi
  • The Church by Megan Lappi
  • The Grist Mill by Celeste A. Peters
  • The Railway by Galadriel Watson
  • The Bank by Christine Webster
  • The Post Office by Christine Webster

*Extreme Sports: No Limits Series

  • Extreme Skateboarding by John Crossingham
  • Extreme Sports by John Crossingham
  • Extreme Wakeboarding by Bobbie Kalman

*In The Footsteps of Explorers Series

  • James Cook: the Pacific Coast and beyond by R.A. Beales
  • Henry Hudson: seeking the Northwest Passage by Carrie Gleason
  • Roald Amundsen: the conquest of the South Pole by Julie Karner
  • Sir John Franklin: the search for the Northwest Passage by Anders Knudsen
  • Hernando Cortes: Spanish invader of Mexico by John Zronik
  • Jacques Cousteau: conserving underwater worlds by John Zronik

*Historic Communities Series

  • 18th Century Clothing by Bobbie Kalman
  • 19th Century Clothing by Bobbie Kalman
  • A Child's Day by Bobbie Kalman & Tammy Everts
  • Games From Long Ago by Bobbie Kalman
  • Tools and Gadgets by Bobbie Kalman
  • Travel in the Early Days by Bobbie Kalman & Kate Calder

*Hockey in Canada

  • Calgary Flames by Don Cruickshank
  • Edmonton Oilers by Don Cruickshank
  • Montreal Canadiens by Don Cruickshank
  • Ottawa Senators by Don Cruickshank
  • Vancouver Canucks by Don Cruickshank

*The Medieval World Series

  • Life on a Medieval Manor by Marc Cels
  • Arts and Literature in the Middle Ages by Marc Cels
  • Life in a Medieval Monastary by Marc Cels
  • Women and Girls in the Middle Ages by Kay Eastwood
  • Medieval Society by Kay Eastwood
  • The Life of a Knight by Kay Eastwood
  • Life in a Castle by Kay Eastwood
  • Places of Worship in the Middle Ages by Kay Eastwood
  • Food and Feasts in the Middle Ages by Lynne Elliott
  • Children and Games in the Middle Ages by Lynne Elliott
  • Medieval Medicine and the Plague by Lynne Elliott
  • Clothing in the Middle Ages by Lynne Elliott
  • Medieval Towns, Trade, and Travel by Lynne Elliott
  • Science and Technology in the Middle Ages by Joanne Findon
  • Manners and Customs in the Middle Ages by Marsha Groves
  • Medieval Projects you can do! by Marsha Groves
  • Medieval Warfare by Tara Steele
  • Medieval Myths, Legends, and Songs by Donna Trembinski
  • Medieval Law and Punishment by Donna Trembinski
  • Famous People of the Middle Ages by Donna Trembinski

*Native Nations of North America Series

  • Nations of the Northeast Coast by Molly Aloian
  • Nations of the Southeast by Molly Aloian
  • Life in a Longhouse Village by Bobbie Kalman
  • Life in a Plains Camp by Bobbie Kalman
  • Life in the Far North by Bobbie Kalman
  • Native Homes by Bobbie Kalman
  • Famous Native North Americans by Bobbie Kalman
  • Life of the Powhatan by Rebecca Sjonger
  • Nations of the Eastern Great Lakes by Rebecca Sjonger
  • Nations of the Western Great Lakes by Kathryn Smithyman
  • Native North American Foods and Recipes by Kathryn Smithyman
  • Nations of the Northwest Coast by Kathryn Smithyman
  • Native North American Wisdom and Gifts by Niki Walker
  • Life in an Anishinabe Camp by Niki Walker

*Ole Steen Hansen's The Story of Flight Series

  • Air Combat
  • Commercial Aviation
  • Modern Military Aircraft
  • Flying for Fun
  • Amazing Flights: the golden age
  • The Wright Brothers and other Pioneers of Flight
  • Weird and Wonderful Aircraft
  • Helicopters
  • Seaplanes and Naval Aviation
  • Space Flight
  • Military Aircraft of WWI
  • Military Aircraft of WWII

*Peoples of the Ancient World Series

  • Life in Ancient China by Paul Challen
  • Life in Ancient Mesopotamia by Shilpa Mehta-Jones
  • Life in Ancient Rome by Shilpa Mehta-Jones
  • Life in Ancient Greece by Lynn Peppas
  • Life in Ancient Mesoamerica by Lynn Peppas
  • Life in Ancient Africa by Hazel Richardson
  • Life in the Ancient Indus River Valley by Hazel Richardson
  • Life of the Ancient Vikingsby Hazel Richardson
  • Life of the Ancient Celts by Hazel Richardson
  • Life in Ancient Japan by Hazel Richardson
  • Life in Ancient South America by Hazel Richardson

*Reaching Readers Canadian Biographies

  • Donovan Bailey: Super Sprinter by Chelsea Donaldson
  • Catrina Le May Doan: fastest woman on ice by Dayle Campbell Gaetz
  • David Suzuki: champion of nature by Leslie Garrett
  • Tom Longboat: born to run by Leslie Garrett
  • Rick Hansen: Canadian hero by Edward O'Connor
  • Wayne Gretzky: the great one by Eric Zweig

*Remarkable Canadians Series

  • Emily Carr by Bryan Pezzi
  • Terry Fox by Bryan Pezzi
  • Craig Kielburger by Bryan Pezzi
  • David Suzuki by Bryan Pezzi

*Snapshots: Images of People, and Places in History Series

  • Eleanor Roosevelt: an inspiring life by Elizabeth MacLeod
  • The Wright Brothers: a flying start by Elizabeth MacLeod

*Sports in Action Series

  • Snowboarding in Action by John Crossingham
  • Cycling in Action by John Crossingham
  • Basketball in Action by John Crossingham & Sarah Dann
  • Lacrosse in Action by John Crossingham
  • Martial Arts in Action by Heather Levigne
  • Golf in Action by Hannelore Sotzek
  • Hockey in Action by Niki Walker & Sarah Dann

*Times Past Series

  • 1885 by Daniel Baum
  • 1900 by Daniel Baum
  • 1917 by Daniel Baum
  • 1933 by Daniel Baum
  • 1947 by Daniel Baum

*Understanding Global Issues Series

  • Land Abuse and Soil Erosion
  • Saving the Natural World
  • Terrorism
  • International Law
  • The Battle for Oil
  • Substance Use and Abuse

*Junior and Senior Non-Fiction

  • Baseball Top 10 by James Buckley Jr.
  • Ontario Rocks: three billion years of environmental change by Nick Eyles
  • Lion's Honey: the myth of Samson by David Grossman
  • Guinness World Records 2008: with glow-in-the-dark features
  • Basketball Top 10 by John Hareas
  • Great Canadian Political Cartoons 1820-1914 by Charles and Cynthia Hou
  • Great Canadian Political Cartoons 1915-1945 by Charles and Cynthia Hou
  • Coming to Canada: building a life in a new land by Susan Hughes
  • Fateful Choices: then decisions that changed the world, 1940-1941 by Ian Kershaw
  • The Shock Doctrine: the rise of disaster capitalism by Naomi Klein
  • Lights Out: the electricity crisis, the global economy, and what it means to yoy by Jason Makansi
  • Why Mexican's Don't Drink Molson: rescuing Canadian business from the suds of global obscurity by Andrea Mandel-Campbell
  • Healing our World: inside Doctor's Without Borders by David Morley
  • Two Innocents in Red China by Pierre Trudeau and Jacques Hebert
  • The Forgotten Man: a new history of the Great Depression by Amity Shlaes
  • The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
  • The Founding Moment: church, society, and the construction of Trinity College by William Westfall

*Junior and Senior Fiction

  • Tell Your Sister by Andrew Daley
  • An Abundance of Katharines by John Green
  • A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
  • On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
  • Moby-Dick, Billy Budd, and Other Writings by Herman Melville
  • Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
  • Hugh: confessions of a pot smuggler by Brian O'Dea
  • Tamar: a novel by Mal Peet
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
  • The Architects are Here by Michael Winter

Additions to the RSGC Library as of June 1, 2007

  • Jesus of Nazareth by Pope Benedict XVI
  • The Future of the Earth: an introduction to sustainable development for young readers by Yann Arthus-Bertrand
  • Intent for a Nation: what is Canada for? A relentlessly optimistic manifesto for Canada's role in the world by Michael Byers
  • Inside Hamas: the untold story of the Militant Islamic Movement by Zaki Chehab
  • Young Thugs: inside the dangerous world of Canadian street gangs by Michael C. Chettleburgh
  • The Never-Ending Days of Being Dead: dispatches from the front line of science by Marcus Chown
  • Brodeur: beyond the crease by Damien Cox & Martin Brodeur
  • Life on a Famine Ship: a journal of the Irish Famine 1845-1850 by Duncan Crosbie
  • Falling Man: a novel by Don DeLillo
  • Underworld: a novel by Don DeLillo
  • The Royal Woods by Matt Duggan
  • What is the What: the autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng: a novel by Dave Eggers
  • Why Read? by Mark Edmundson
  • American Fascists: the Christian Right and the War on America by Chris Hedges
  • The Children of Men by P.D. James
  • Jacob's Ladder by Brian Keaney
  • The Cult of the Amateur: how today's internet is killing our culture by Andrew Keen
  • Castle Waiting by Linda Medley
  • All-Star Superman by Grant Morrison
  • Rant: an oral biography of Buster Casey by Chuck Palahniuk


New All Ages Graphic Books

  • Tim Burton's the Nightmare Before Christmas
  • Cartoon Network Block Party : read all about it!
  • Cartoon Network Block Party: blast off!
  • Cartoon Network Block Party: get down!
  • The Fairly Odd Parents : let the games begin
  • The Fairly Odd Parents: father knows less
  • Manga Shakespeare Series : Hamlet
  • Manga Shakespeare Series : Romeo and Juliet
  • Futurama: the time bender trilogy by Matt Groening
  • The Real Ghostbusters: this ghost is toast!
  • The Price of Victory by Stewart Ross
  • Curse of the Crocodile God by Stewart Ross
  • Shazam! The Monster Society of Evil: chapter 3 by Jeff Smith
  • Wallace & Gromit: the bootiful game
  • Wallace & Gromit: catch of the day

Additions to the RSGC Library as of May 1, 2007

  • The Promised One by David Alric
  • Grey by Jon Armstrong
  • Cartooning for Kids by Mike Artell
  • The Future of the Earth: an introduction to sustainable development for young readers by Yann Arthus-Bertrand
  • The Thousandfold Thought by R. Scott Bakker
  • The State of the Art by Iain M. Banks
  • Only in Canada, You Say: a treasury of Canadian Language by Katherine Barber
  • Six Words You Never Knew Had Something To Do With Pigs: and other fascinating facts about the language from Canada's word lady by Katherine Barber
  • Barron's: The Basics of Drawing
  • Just Some Stuff I Wrote: stories by William Bell
  • Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card
  • The Crystal City by Orson Scott Card
  • Shadow of the Giant by Orson Scott Card
  • Life on a Famine Ship: a journal of the Irish Famine 1845-1850 by Duncan Crosbie
  • Muhammad by Demi
  • Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip Dick
  • Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow
  • Over Clocked: stories of the future present by Cory Doctorow
  • Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow
  • Directed by Kaspar Snit by Cary Fagan
  • Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
  • Smoke and Mirrors: short fictions and illusions by Neil Gaiman
  • Virtual Light by William Gibson
  • 9Tail Fox by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
  • Kids Draw Manga Shoujo by Christopher Hart
  • How to Draw Manga Urban Crew
  • How it happened in Peach Hill by Marthe Jocelyn
  • The Crimson Labyrinth: a novel by Yusuke Kishi
  • You Wish: the misadventures of Benjamin Bartholomew Piff by Jason Lethcoe
  • Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
  • The Hardy Boys Undercover Brothers Series: Malled by Scott Lobdell
  • The Call of Cthulhu and other Weird Stories by H.P. Lovecraft
  • Tales of H.P. Lovecraft
  • Marvel Comics: the Amazing Spider-Man Pop-up
  • Perdido Street Station by China Mieville
  • The Scar by China Mieville
  • Imagining Egypt: a living portrait of the time of the Pharaohs by Mark Millmore
  • Rampage: the Social Roots of School Violence: why violence erupts in close-knit communities and what can be done to stop it by Katherine S. Newman
  • 28 stories of AIDS in Africa by Stephanie Nolen
  • Blood: the last vampire : night of the beasts by Mamoru Oshi
  • Ripley's Believe it or Not!: Special Edition 2007 by Mary Packard
  • Maximum Ride: school's out-forever by James Patterson
  • The Diary of Petr Ginz : 1941-1942 edited by Chava Pressburger
  • Squirt: the most interesting book you'll ever read about blood by Trudee Romanek
  • Calculating God by Robert J. Sawyer
  • Flash Forward by Robert J. Sawyer
  • Humans by Robert J. Sawyer
  • Hybrids by Robert J. Sawyer
  • The Fog Mound Series : travels of Thelonious by Susan Schade
  • The Boy who Loved Words by Roni Schotter
  • Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
  • The Confusion: volume two of the Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson
  • The System of the World: volume three of the Baroque cycle by Neal Stephenson
  • Crane : the Five Ancestors book 4 by Jeff Stone
  • Our Game: the History of Hockey in Canada by Dave Stubbs
  • Dark Water: stories by Koji Suzuki
  • Loop by Koji Suzuki
  • The Traveler: a novel by John Twelve Hawks
  • London Revenant by Conrad Williams
  • The Complete Rhyming Dictionary: the essential handbook for songwriters, poets, students, teachers, speechmakers, and members of the performing arts by Clement Wood
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