Scot Ritchie

When their class hosts a Heritage Festival to celebrate the customs and traditions of people from around the world, five friends share stories about their family's experiences of growing up in other countries and cultures.

Introduces young readers to basic construction concepts through the eyes of five friends keen on building a doghouse for the pet pooch, Max. An activity at the end of the book invites readers to make their own mini doghouse out of marshmallows, paper, glue and craft sticks.

Owen does small jobs helping his father, a maintenance man for the park, but Owen's favorite task is warning everyone in the park before he turns on the sprinklers.

Five friends spend the day at an apple farm, harvesting and collecting the ingredients to make an apple crisp, in a book that explores where food comes from.

Five friends prepare for the school swim meet, in a book that explores the importance of healthy minds and bodies.

It's the day of the first salmon ceremony, and P'ésk'a is excited to celebrate. His community, the Sts'ailes people, give thanks to the river and the salmon it brings by commemorating the first salmon of the season.Framed as an exploration of what life was like one thousand years ago, P'ésk'a and the First Salmon Ceremony describes the customs of the Sts'ailes people, an indigenous group who have lived on the Harrison River in British Columbia for...

Lilliana, a young nature lover, adores chorus frogs, but one night as she listens to frogs singing, she decides to bring home some real, live frogs.