<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[author results for "Florence, Melanie"]]></title><description><![CDATA[author results for "Florence, Melanie"]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/yourlibrary/rss/search?query=%22Florence%2C%20Melanie%22&amp;searchType=author&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 14:24:41 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Residential Schools]]></title><link>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1419838</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1419838</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Florence, Melanie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1419838101</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Devastating Impact on Canada&apos;s Indigenous Peoples and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission&apos;s Findings and Calls for Action</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781459416758/MC.GIF&amp;client=richmondpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jazz Davies Skips A Beat]]></title><link>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1598950</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1598950</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Florence, Melanie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1598950101</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781459840959/MC.GIF&amp;client=richmondpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lo Simpson Starts A Revolution]]></title><description><![CDATA["In this middle-grade novel, Lo's best friend, Jazz, is leaving her behind for the popular crowd, makeup and boys. But when Lo finds new friends who share her love of comics and Doctor Who, she also discovers her voice -- and the confidence to speak up for what's right"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1599022</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1599022</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Florence, Melanie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1599022101</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781459838505/MC.GIF&amp;client=richmondpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kaiah's Garden]]></title><description><![CDATA[On a cold and grey day, Kaiah wakes up wishing she wasn't in this new house, in a new town. She misses her grandmother's warm kitchen and sunny garden. But Kaiah still has her treasure box of beadwork they made together ... and creates her own colourful connection to what she thought was lost. This beautiful story from award-winning author Melanie Florence celebrates the universal love between grandmother and child.]]></description><link>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1484530</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1484530</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Florence, Melanie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1484530101</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781443190251/MC.GIF&amp;client=richmondpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Benjamin's Thunderstorm]]></title><description><![CDATA[This artfully written story from award-winning author Melanie Florence celebrates both the universal joys of playing in the rain and the connections to family traditions that center and ground us. Elements of Cree powwow culture and Cree words for colours and types of weather are interwoven into the story, with a pronunciation guide in the back matter. Melanie Florence is an award-winning writer of Cree and Scottish heritage based in Toronto, ON. Hawlii Pichette is a Mushkego Cree (Treaty 9) urban mixed-blood artist and illustrator. Born and raised in the small community of Cochrane, ON, she is deeply influenced by her culture, her upbringing and the natural world. She lives in London, ON. A Dewey Diva pick. 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Autumn is, quite literally, on the other side of the tracks from him. Her home life is loving and secure, and she is "in" with the popular girls at school, even if she has a secret life as a glasses-wearing, self-professed comic book nerd at home. And even if the pressure to fit in at school requires hours of time spent making herself look "perfect." Returning home from a movie one evening, Autumn comes across Cody, face down in the laneway behind her house. All Cody knows is that he can't take another beating from his father like the one he just narrowly escaped. He can't go home, but he doesn't have anywhere else to go either. Autumn won't turn her back on him, even if they never really were friends at school. She agrees to let him hide out in her dad's art studio at night. Over the next couple of days of Autumn sneaking Cody food and bandages, his story comes out. And so does hers. Told in alternating narratives, Autumn Bird and the Runaway is a breathtaking collaboration by two of Canada's finest writers of books for young readers. Infused with themes of identity, belonging and compassion, it's a story that reminds us that we are all more than our circumstances, and we are all more connected than we think."-- Publisher's website.]]></description><link>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1450675</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1450675</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Florence, Melanie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1450675101</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781443182867/MC.GIF&amp;client=richmondpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[He Who Dreams]]></title><description><![CDATA[Juggling soccer, school, friends and family leaves John with little time for anything else. 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Between the mocking of his teammates and the hostility of the boys in his dance class, John must find a way to balance and embrace both the Irish and Cree sides of his heritage.]]></description><link>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1414479</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1414479</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Florence, Melanie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1414479101</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781459834279/MC.GIF&amp;client=richmondpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreaming in Color]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jennifer McCaffrey has been working hard on her art for years and is thrilled when she is accepted to a prestigious art school. The school is everything she always thought it would be, mostly. There is one group of kids who seem to resent her and say she only got in because of her skin color. Jen, who loves to create new pieces of artwork that incorporate her Indigenous heritage, finds herself a target when the group tells her to stop being "so Indian". The night before the big art show at school, Jen's beading art project is defaced. Jen has to find a way not to let the haters win. Orca Book Publishers is proud to offer this early ebook edition as part of our new Digital First initiative, with the release of the print edition to follow.]]></description><link>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1406216</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1406216</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Florence, Melanie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1406216101</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781459812918/MC.GIF&amp;client=richmondpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[kimotinâniwiw itwêwina / stolen words]]></title><description><![CDATA[The dual language edition, in Plains Cree and English, of Stolen Words, the award-winning story of the beautiful relationship between a little girl and her grandfather. When she asks her grandfather how to say something in Cree, he tells her that his language was stolen from him when he was a boy. The little girl then sets out to help her grandfather find his language again. This sensitive and warmly illustrated picture book explores the intergenerational impact of the residential school system that separated young Indigenous children from their families. The story recognizes the pain of those whose culture and language were taken from them, how that pain is passed down, and how healing can also be shared.]]></description><link>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1406362</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1406362</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[cre]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Florence, Melanie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1406362101</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle/><language>cre</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781772602357/MC.GIF&amp;client=richmondpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just Lucky]]></title><description><![CDATA[There's nothing lucky about your family falling apart.    Lucky loves her grandparents, and they are all the family she really has. True, her grandma forgets things … like turning off the stove, or Lucky's name. But her grandpa takes such good care of them that Lucky doesn't realize how bad things are. That is until he's gone. When her grandma accidentally sets the kitchen on fire, Lucky can't hide what's happening any longer, and she is sent into foster care. She quickly learns that some foster families are okay. Some aren't. And some really, really aren't.    Is it possible to find a home again when the only one you've ever known has been taken from you?]]></description><link>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1531123</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1531123</guid><category><![CDATA[AB_ONLINE]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Florence, Melanie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1531123101</comments><format>AB_ONLINE</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781772602975/MC.GIF&amp;client=richmondpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreaming in Color]]></title><description><![CDATA["In this high-interest novel for teen readers, a young teen is thrilled when she gets into art school but shocked to learn that some students feel she doesn't belong there"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1580794</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1580794</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Florence, Melanie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1580794101</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781459825864/MC.GIF&amp;client=richmondpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glass Gardens]]></title><link>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1264225</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1264225</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Florence, Melanie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1264225101</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Easy Terrariums, Aeriums, and Aquariums for your Home or Office</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781510719538/MC.GIF&amp;client=richmondpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stolen Words]]></title><description><![CDATA["This picture book explores the intergenerational impact of Canada's residential school system that separated Indigenous children from their families. The story recognizes the pain of those whose culture and language were taken from them, how that pain is passed down and shared through generations, and how healing can also be shared. Stolen Words captures the beautiful, healing relationship between a little girl and her grandfather. When she asks him how to say something in his language - Cree - her grandpa admits that his words were stolen from him when he was a boy. The little girl then sets out to help her grandfather regain his language."-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1277579</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1277579</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Florence, Melanie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1277579101</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781772600377/MC.GIF&amp;client=richmondpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[One Night]]></title><link>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1275878</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1275878</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Florence, Melanie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1275878101</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781459409835/MC.GIF&amp;client=richmondpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Missing Nimâmâ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Missing Nimâmâ is a story of love, loss, and acceptance, showing the human side of a national tragedy.]]></description><link>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1258270</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1258270</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Florence, Melanie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1258270101</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780993935145/MC.GIF&amp;client=richmondpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item></channel></rss>