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This April, jump into spring with Earthy reads, home organization and gardening picks. Also this month, explore popular Canadian books from our "Elbows Up" collection. Plus, celebrate National Poetry Month and Canadian Children's Book Week later this month. 

Protect Our Planet

Adults' Birdwatching Kit cover

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Adults' Birdwatching Kit

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Nature Explorer Kit cover

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Nature Explorer Kit

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Garden Rake cover

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Garden Rake

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Camping Lantern cover

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Camping Lantern

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Ontario Parks Pass cover

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Ontario Parks Pass

Ontario Parks

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The End of This World cover

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The End of This World

Alook, Angele

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The Climate Book cover

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The Climate Book

Thunberg, Greta

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Generation Dread cover

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Generation Dread

Wray, Britt

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All We Can Save cover

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All We Can Save

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Groundswell cover

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Groundswell

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The Sixth Extinction cover

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The Sixth Extinction

Kolbert, Elizabeth

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Fresh Banana Leaves cover

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Fresh Banana Leaves

Hernandez, Jessica

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Plants, People, and Places cover

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Plants, People, and Places

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Field Notes From A… cover

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Field Notes From A…

Kolbert, Elizabeth

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Ducks cover

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Ducks

Beaton, Kate

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The Intersectional… cover

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The Intersectional…

Thomas, Leah

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A Life on Our Planet cover

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A Life on Our Planet

Attenborough, David

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As Long as Grass Grows cover

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As Long as Grass Grows

Gilio-Whitaker, Dina

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The Right to Be Cold cover

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The Right to Be Cold

Watt-Cloutier, Sheila

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There's Something in the… cover

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There's Something in the…

Waldron, Ingrid

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Tree Thieves cover

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Tree Thieves

Bourgon, Lyndsie

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Braiding Sweetgrass cover

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Braiding Sweetgrass

Kimmerer, Robin Wall

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Thinking Like A Wolf cover

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Thinking Like A Wolf

McIntyre, Rick

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Better Living Through… cover

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Better Living Through…

Cooper, Christian

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An Immense World cover

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An Immense World

Yong, Ed

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Beloved Beasts cover

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Beloved Beasts

Nijhuis, Michelle

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Elephants cover

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Elephants

Mumby, Hannah

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Tree cover

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Tree

Suzuki, David

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The Backyard Birdsong Guide cover

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The Backyard Birdsong Guide

Kroodsma, Donald

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Consumed cover

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Consumed

Barber, Aja

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The Regenerative Garden cover

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The Regenerative Garden

Rose, Stephanie

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Square Foot Gardening cover

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Square Foot Gardening

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Clean Green cover

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Clean Green

Chillingsworth, Jen

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The Zero-waste Chef cover

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The Zero-waste Chef

Bonneau, Anne Marie

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The Sustainable(ish) Living… cover

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The Sustainable(ish) Living…

Gale, Jen

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Elbows Up! Read Canadian ...

Room cover

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Room

Donoghue, Emma

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Book of Lives cover

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Book of Lives

Atwood, Margaret

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The Apprenticeship of Duddy… cover

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The Apprenticeship of Duddy…

Richler, Mordecai

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Black Ice cover

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Black Ice

King, Thomas

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The Sisters Brothers cover

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The Sisters Brothers

deWitt, Patrick

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The Stone Angel cover

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The Stone Angel

Laurence, Margaret

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Birdie cover

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Birdie

Lindberg, Tracey

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Lives of Girls and Women cover

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Lives of Girls and Women

Munro, Alice

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Do Not Say We Have Nothing cover

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Do Not Say We Have Nothing

Thien, Madeleine

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Return of the Trickster cover

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Return of the Trickster

Robinson, Eden

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The Blind Assassin cover

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The Blind Assassin

Atwood, Margaret

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A Ballet of Lepers cover

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A Ballet of Lepers

Cohen, Leonard

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The English Patient cover

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The English Patient

Ondaatje, Michael

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Permanent Astonishment cover

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Permanent Astonishment

Highway, Tomson

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Sunshine Sketches of A… cover

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Sunshine Sketches of A…

Leacock, Stephen

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After Many Years cover

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After Many Years

Montgomery, L. M.

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What We All Long for cover

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What We All Long for

Brand, Dionne

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Paper Boat cover

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Paper Boat

Atwood, Margaret

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A Complicated Kindness cover

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A Complicated Kindness

Toews, Miriam

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Barometer Rising cover

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Barometer Rising

MacLennan, Hugh

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A Tale for the Time Being cover

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A Tale for the Time Being

Ozeki, Ruth L.

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Fall on your Knees cover

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Fall on your Knees

MacDonald, Ann-Marie

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The Orenda cover

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The Orenda

Boyden, Joseph

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Still Life cover

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Still Life

Penny, Louise

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Secret Daughter cover

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Secret Daughter

Gowda, Shilpi Somaya

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Fifteen Dogs cover

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Fifteen Dogs

Alexis, Andre

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Indian Horse cover

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Indian Horse

Wagamese, Richard

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Sweetland cover

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Sweetland

Crummey, Michael

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Brown Girl in the Ring cover

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Brown Girl in the Ring

Hopkinson, Nalo

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Milk and Honey cover

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Milk and Honey

Kaur, Rupi

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Essex County cover

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Essex County

Lemire, Jeff

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Skim cover

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Skim

Tamaki, Mariko

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The Sweetness at the Bottom… cover

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The Sweetness at the Bottom…

Bradley, Alan

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We Want What We Want cover

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We Want What We Want

Ohlin, Alix

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The Bishop's Man cover

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The Bishop's Man

MacIntyre, Linden

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13 Ways of Looking at A Fat… cover

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13 Ways of Looking at A Fat…

Awad, Mona

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National Poetry Month

Bless the Blood cover

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Bless the Blood

Nehanda, Walela

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Shout cover

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Shout

Anderson, Laurie Halse

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These Are the Words cover

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These Are the Words

Gill, Nikita

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Inheritance cover

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Inheritance

Acevedo, Elizabeth

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Adultolescence cover

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Adultolescence

Hanna, Gabbie

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Mary's Monster cover

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Mary's Monster

Judge, Lita

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Call Us What We Carry cover

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Call Us What We Carry

Gorman, Amanda

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You Don't Have to Be… cover

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You Don't Have to Be…

Various Authors

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Tru Untrue cover

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Tru Untrue

Jones Smith, Rachelle

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19 Love Songs cover

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19 Love Songs

Levithan, David

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Ink Knows No Borders cover

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Ink Knows No Borders

Vecchione, Patrice

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Half the Lies You Tell Are… cover

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Half the Lies You Tell Are…

Paddon, Dave

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Ain't Burned All the Bright cover

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Ain't Burned All the Bright

Reynolds, Jason

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For Every One cover

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For Every One

Reynolds, Jason

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Letters to the Home cover

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Letters to the Home

Bulla, Michael Gray

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Somebody Give This Heart A… cover

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Somebody Give This Heart A…

Thakur, Sophia

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Say Her Name cover

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Say Her Name

Elliott, Zetta

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Long Way Down cover

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Long Way Down

Reynolds, Jason

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Bronx Masquerade cover

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Bronx Masquerade

Grimes, Nikki

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Cast Away cover

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Cast Away

Naomi Shihab Nye

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Light Filters In: Poems cover

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Light Filters In: Poems

Kaufman, Caroline

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April Featured Content

Going Green

Sikh Heritage Month

Stress Awareness Month