New Titles Tuesday, April 9

Here is a diverse selection of print books recently added to the collection and ready for use.

 Cree community /by Carolee Laine. An introduction to the Cree people, the largest group of First Nations who share a language.

 Dene First Nations /by Heather C. Hudak, Robin Ridington, and Jillian Ridington ; content consultant, Robin Ridington Provides insight into the lives of the Dene people, both past and present, that includes their unique history, language, and cultural practices.

 Everyone is welcome /written by Phuong Truong ; illustrated by Christine Wei. A little girl hears that her grandma’s friend, Mrs. Lee, was pushed on her way to the Asian market. Then she learns that Asian students at her brother’s school are afraid to walk to class, and she realizes something very wrong is happening to her community. How can life be so unfair? With her mom’s support and the help of her friends, she sets out to do something kind for Mrs. Lee.

 Gods, games, and globalization: new perspectives on religion and sports /Rebecca Alpert and Arthur Remillard, editors. The focus of this volume is on the varieties of religious experiences in sports on the global stage. These essays look both within and beyond conventional frames to shine a light on the many facets of this topic and extend to developed and developing nations, from urban to rural landscapes. They examine sports with devoted followings that are underrepresented in conversations on religion and sports: mixed martial arts, fly fishing, pole dancing, youth hockey, and track and field. And they reveal sports’ connectedness to broader global forces, such as capitalism, education, philanthropy, and international conflict, providing new theoretical perspectives in the study of religion and sport.

 Graphic design theory /Meredith Davis. Davis draws on her many years’ experience teaching graphic design students to explain complex theories with total clarity, encouraging readers to evaluate existing design work critically, and to use theoretical frameworks to enhance their own studio practice.

 Grave error: how the media misled us (and the truth about residential schools) /edited by C. P. Champion and Tom Flanagan. Champion and Flanagan challenge the narrative that students were murdered by priests and nuns and then buried in graves that have yet to be investigated. In reading Grave Error: How The Media Misled Us (and the Truth about Residential Schools), we see how Canadians have been confounded by accusations of genocide and much else. Getting beyond the Grave Error and recovering a more balanced picture of residential schools is the only road to genuine reconciliation.

Haida Nation /by K̲ung Jaadee ; content consultant, Jask̲waan A. Bedard. Provides insight into the lives of the Haida people, both past and present, that includes their unique history, language, and cultural practices.

 Hot dog /Doug Salati. A summery picture book about mindfulness, featuring an overheated–and overwhelmed– canine in need of sea, sand, and fresh air.

John the theologian and his Paschal Gospel: a prologue to theology /John Behr. John the theologian and his Paschal Gospel brings three different kinds of readers of the Gospel of John together with the theological goal of understanding what is meant by Incarnation and how it relates to Pascha, the Passion of Christ, how this is conceived of as revelation, and how we speak of it

 On the trail: 50 years of engaging with nature /written by Anthea Farr, Lilianne Fuller, Lisa Dreves, John Gordon, Anne Gosse, Phil Henderson, Gareth Pugh, Bob Puls, Sheila Puls, Joanne Rosenthal, Nora Truman. This book celebrates nature in Langley and the members of the Langley Field Naturalists, who for half a century, have sought to preserve it. We hope that the pioneering work of the LFN will serve as an inspiration and an invitation to young people to ‘know nature and keep it worth knowing’.

 Salish community /by M.M. Eboch. An introduction to the Salish, a First Nations community in the southwest region of Canada.

 The boreal forest: a year in the world’s largest land biome /L.E. Carmichael ; [illustrations] Josée Bisaillon. Carmichael takes us on an year-long journey through a vast and vital wilderness. The lyrical fictional narrative tells of the species that live in the forest, paired with informational sidebars that expand on key concepts and provide further context. We also learn about the forest’s geography and history, the significant role it plays in regulating the planet’s climate and the water cycle that connects the forest all around the world. Additional material in the end matter includes a world map of the boreal forest, information about the water cycle and carbon cycle, a glossary, author’s sources, resources for kids and an index.

 The probability of everything /Sarah Everett. When an asteroid has an 84.7% chance of colliding with the Earth in four days, eleven-year-old Kemi, who loves scientific facts and probability, assembles a time capsule to capture her family’s truth as she tries to come to terms with saying goodbye.

 The series: what I remember, what it felt like, what it feels like now /Ken Dryden. Dryden celebrates the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Summit Series: an entirely improbable, near-month-long series of hockey games that became more and more riveting, until on a weekday, during work and school hours all across the country–the nation stopped for the final game. Dryden, a goalie in the series  tells the story in you-are-there style, as if he is living it for the first time

 The sockeye mother /by Hetxw’ms Gyetxw (Brett D. Huson) ; illustrated by Natasha Donovan. To the Gitxsan people of Northwestern British Columbia, the sockeye salmon is more than just a source of food. Over its life cycle, it nourishes the very land and forests that the Skeena River runs through and where the Gitxsan make their home. The Sockeye Mother explores how the animals, water, soil, and seasons are all intertwined.

 The stone age: a social history of curling on the Prairies /Vera Pezer. The Stone Age chronicles the sport’s development from a crude game played by fur traders on a frozen river, to the sophisticated Olympic sport it is today. Pezer’s long and outstanding involvement in the game,  brings her personal stories of the events, players, and reporters who brought curling from the Prairies to the world stage. She explores the impact of the sport on the cultural and social life of the Canadian Prairies and why it developed in a substantially different direction here than in its native Scotland or even Eastern Canada.

 The Witness Blanket: truth, art and reconciliation /Carey Newman and Kirstie Hudson. This book for middle-grade readers, illustrated with photographs, tells the story of the making of the Witness Blanket, a work by Indigenous artist Newman which includes items from every residential school in Canada and stories from the survivors who donated them.

 Wanted!: criminals of the animal kingdom /written by Heather Tekavec ; illustrated by Susan Batori. In this hilarious nonfiction book, readers will meet 13 badly behaved creatures and the detective who’s on the hunt to restore order to the animal kingdom. Each animal is wanted for a particular crime — and spitting, lying, stealing and destruction of property are just a few of the ways these creatures cause trouble. Take a peek into Detective X’s case files to learn more about these sneaky animal criminals, including a monkey who cries wolf, crabs that create chaos, and more!.

 Watercress /Andrea Wang ; pictures by Jason Chin. Embarrassed about gathering watercress from a roadside ditch, a girl learns to appreciate her Chinese heritage after learning why the plant is so important to her parents.