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A River Captured

A River Captured

The Columbia River Treaty and Catastrophic Change - Revised and Updated
by Eileen Delehanty Pearkes
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tagged : environmental conservation & protection, rivers, natural resources

A River Captured explores the controversial history of the Columbia River Treaty and its impact on the ecosystems, Indigenous peoples, contemporary culture, cross-border politics and recent history of the Pacific Northwest.

 

Long lauded as a model of international co-operation, the Columbia River Treaty governs the storage and management of the wate …

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Herbal Materia Medica

Medicinal and Herbal Uses of Northwest Native Plants
by Torey Lee
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Herbal Materia Medica of the Northwest is a comprehensive, well-researched volume of medicinal plants found in the Northwest, covering all of British Columbia, southern Alaska and the Yukon as well as Washington and into Oregon. Going beyond identification, this volume covers not only the herbal and ethnobotanical uses of each species but extends t …

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Gold, Grit, Guns

Gold, Grit, Guns

Miners on BC's Fraser River in 1858
by Alexander Globe
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tagged : pre-confederation (to 1867)

The first book to reveal the 1858 mining milieu by those who witnessed it firsthand.

"An extraordinary book." - The Tyee

Only four extensive miners' journals are known to have survived from 1858. Quoting generously from the diaries, Alexander Globe focuses on the miners' actual words providing an engaging authenticity and bringing the miners' distinc …

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A Home Away from Home

A Home Away from Home

True Stories of Wild Animal Sanctuaries
by Nicholas Read
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age: 12 to 18
Grade: 7 to 12
tagged : animal welfare, apes, monkeys, etc., hippos & rhinos

An informative book for middle-grade readers about sanctuaries across North America that rescue wild animals and provide them with safe places to live.

Years ago, most major cities in North America had zoos full of exotic or wild animals in tiny cages. It was also not uncommon for wild animals to be kept as pets or trained to perform in circuses. To …

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Northern Stone

Northern Stone

50 of Canada’s Best Rock Climbs
by Brandon Pullan & David Smart
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A stunning, full-colour climbing guide that focuses on 65 of Canada’s best rock climbs.

With over 50 years of combined climbing experience between them, authors Brandon Pullan and David Chaundy-Smart have spent countless hours debating and reviewing Canadian climbs to settle on the routes chosen for this book. In order to make the list, the route: …

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Northwest Indigenous Arts: Creative Colors 1

Northwest Indigenous Arts: Creative Colors 1

by Robert E. Stanley Sr.
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tagged : native american studies, techniques, native american

Northwest Indigenous Arts: Creative Colors 1 i the first in the Northwest Indigenous Arts Series and is a compelling exploration of the rich artistic traditions of the Northwest Indigenous communities. Authored by Robert E. Stanley Sr., this coloring book serves as both an educational tool and a creative outlet, featuring 27 templates and line draw …

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Northwest Indigenous Arts: Basic Forms

Northwest Indigenous Arts: Basic Forms

by Robert E. Stanley Sr.
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Northwest Indigenous Arts: Basic Forms by Robert E. Stanley Sr. is a distinctive instructional guide that opens a window to the traditional art forms of the Northwest Indigenous peoples. This book, infused with over 80 instructional drawings, invites readers to embark on a journey of learning and creativity, offering step-by-step guidance to master …

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The Grand Melee

The Grand Melee

by Michel Tremblay, translated by Sheila Fischman
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tagged : literary, family life, historical, sagas

The fifth novel in the Desrosiers Diaspora series from Québécois national treasure Michel Tremblay.

It’s May 1922, and preparations are in full swing for the marriage of Nana and Gabriel, which will take place the following month. There’s just one problem: Nana’s wedding dress has yet to be bought. Nana’s mercurial mother, Maria, torn bet …

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O Canada Crosswords Book 22

O Canada Crosswords Book 22

by Gwen Sjogren
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age: 1 to 13
Grade: p to 8
tagged : puzzles, trivia

Over 250,000 O Canada Crosswords books sold in twenty years!

O Canada Crosswords rides again with the twenty-second instalment of this popular series, which features large-sized puzzles split between Canadian and other themes. With over 20 per cent of the clues focusing on Canadiana, you’ll be chomping at the bit as author Gwen Sjogren harnesses h …

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What Do You See?

What Do You See?

by Sarah N. Harvey, illustrated by Jane Heinrichs
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age: 0 to 2
Grade: p to 12
Reading age: 0 to 2
tagged : new experience, new baby, senses & sensation

What's it like to see the world through the eyes of a child?

This beautifully illustrated board book celebrates the point of view of children who are too small to tell you what they see but not too small to experience the joy of small things such as a colorful mobile, a favorite teddy, an older brother's Lego castle or a trip to the park. Young read …

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Birding for Kids

Birding for Kids

A Guide to Finding, Identifying, and Photographing Birds in Your Area
by Damon Calderwood & Donald E. Waite
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age: 9 to 12
Grade: 4 to 7
tagged : birds, environmental conservation & protection

An interactive full-colour field guide that teaches kids the fun, safe, and educational way to observe birds in their natural habitat.

Join expert bird photographers Damon Calderwood and Donald E. Waite, and their young friends, as they highlight all the basics of birding. Birding for Kids is filled with full-colour photos, fascinating facts, and fu …

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Explore the Eelgrass Meadow with Sam and Crystal

Explore the Eelgrass Meadow with Sam and Crystal

by Gloria Snively & Karen Gillmore
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age: 8 to 11
Grade: 3 to 6
tagged : marine life, imagination & play, environment

With beautiful, scientifically accurate illustrations, this fascinating story teaches children about the many fish, crustaceans, marine mammals, and micro-organisms that live in and feed off the eelgrass meadows of the north Pacific coastal region.

“Recommended for school and public libraries regardless of their proximity to the west coast. Althou …

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Popular Snowshoe Trails of the Canadian Rockies

Popular Snowshoe Trails of the Canadian Rockies

by Andrew Nugara
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tagged : winter sports, outdoor skills, western provinces

The perfect resource for planning a quick snowshoeing adventure in the heart of Canada’s glittering Rocky Mountains.

Snowshoeing continues to be one of the fastest growing sports in North America. Each season thousands of winter-loving individuals and families venture into the stunning winter landscape for a quick getaway or an extended tour in ar …

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Bikepacking in the Canadian Rockies

Bikepacking in the Canadian Rockies

by Ryan Correy
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The first full-colour guidebook introducing backcountry cyclists to the exciting and increasingly popular world of bikepacking.

On the morning of June 13, 2008, seventeen amateur cyclists converged on the YWCA in Banff, Alberta, for the inaugural grand départ of the Tour Divide. They had committed to race 4418 kilometres unsupported along the Great …

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Vertical Reference

Vertical Reference

The Life of Legendary Mountain Helicopter Rescue Pilot Jim Davies
by Kathy Calvert
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An exciting and heart-pounding look at one of Western Canada’s most adventurous individuals, known as a pioneer pilot of the heli-ski industry and as the first mountain-rescue pilot in the Canadian National Parks system.

Jim Davies is an icon of competence and courage as the first heli-skiing pilot in Canada. But it is his groundbreaking work as a …

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Little You / Gidagaashiinh

Little You / Gidagaashiinh

by Richard van Camp, illustrated by Julie Flett, translated by Angela Mesic & Margaret Noodin
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age: 3 to 5
Grade: p to k
Reading age: 3 to 5
tagged : poetry (see also stories in verse), diversity & multicultural

★ "Van Camp composes a lyrical ode to a newborn child, which is matched in its loveliness by Flett's exquisite, collage-like images of a young one with his or her parents.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review

Richard Van Camp, internationally renowned storyteller and bestselling author of Welcome Song for Baby and We Sang You Home, has partnered …

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My Heart Fills With Happiness / Nijiikendam

My Heart Fills With Happiness / Nijiikendam

by Monique Gray Smith, illustrated by Julie Flett, translated by Angela Mesic & Margaret Noodin
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Grade: p to k
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tagged : emotions & feelings, native canadian

★ "A quiet loveliness, sense of gratitude, and—yes—happiness emanate from this tender celebration of simple pleasures." — Publishers Weekly, starred review

The sun on your face. The smell of warm bannock baking in the oven. Holding the hand of someone you love. What fills your heart with happiness? This beautiful book, with illustrations fro …

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Tu es là pour moi

Tu es là pour moi

by Monique Gray Smith, illustrated by Danielle Daniel, translated by Rachel Martinez
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age: 3 to 5
Grade: p to k
Reading age: 3 to 5
tagged : emotions & feelings, friendship

Principaux arguments de vente :

  • Un album aux illustrations vibrantes qui met en valeur les différentes façons dont nous pouvons nous soutenir dans le respect et la dignité.
  • L’autrice dédie cet album aux enfants, à leurs familles et au personnel des Programmes d’aide préscolaire aux Autochtones.
  • L’illustratrice Danielle Daniel a re …
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You Hold Me Up / Gimanaadenim

You Hold Me Up / Gimanaadenim

by Monique Gray Smith, illustrated by Danielle Daniel, translated by Angela Mesic & Margaret Noodin
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Encourage children to show love and support for each other and to consider each other’s well-being in their everyday actions.

Consultant, international speaker and award-winning author Monique Gray Smith wrote You Hold Me Up to prompt a dialogue among young people, their care providers and educators about reconciliation and the importance of the c …

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Munro vs. the Coyote

Munro vs. the Coyote

by Darren Groth
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age: 12 to 18
Grade: 8 to 12
Reading age: 12 to 18
tagged : disabilities & special needs, siblings, australia & oceania

Since the sudden death of his younger sister, Evie, sixteen-year-old Munro Maddux has been having flashbacks and anger-management issues.

He has a constant ache in his right hand. And there's a taunting, barking, biting voice he calls "the Coyote." Munro knows a six-month student exchange will not be the stuff of teenage dreams, but in Brisbane, he …

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The Street Belongs to Us

The Street Belongs to Us

by Karleen Pendleton Jimenez
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age: 8 to 12
Grade: 3 to 7
tagged : hispanic & latino, prejudice & racism, lgbt, self-esteem & self-reliance

A sweet middle-grade chapter book about two best friends who transform their torn-up street into a world where imaginations can run wild.

In 1984 Los Angeles, Alex is a tomboy who would rather wear her hair short and her older brother's hand-me-downs, and Wolf is a troubled kid who's been wearing the same soldier's uniform ever since his mom died. T …

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Nye, Sand and Stones

Nye, Sand and Stones

by Bree Galbraith, illustrated by Marion Arbona
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age: 3 to 5
Grade: p to k
Reading age: 3 to 5
tagged : girls & women, self-esteem & self-reliance

Somewhere off the coast and around the corner there are two islands. One island is made mostly of stones and the other mainly of sand, and that’s where the problem began.

Young Nye doesn’t understand why the people on her Island of Sand work so hard to build beautiful sandcastles every day if they are destined to be ruined by the stones catapult …

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Grandmother School

Grandmother School

by Rina Singh, illustrated by Ellen Rooney, read by Kirstie Hudson
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age: 6 to 8
Grade: 1 to 3
Reading age: 6 to 8
tagged : school & education, girls & women, non-classifiable

Every morning, a young girl walks her grandmother to the Aajibaichi Shala, the school that was built for the grandmothers in her village to have a place to learn to read and write.

The narrator beams with pride as she drops her grandmother off with the other aajis to practice the alphabet and learn simple arithmetic. A moving story about family, wo …

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When We Are Kind

When We Are Kind

by Monique Gray Smith, illustrated by Nicole Neidhardt, read by Kirstie Hudson
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Grade: p to 12
Reading age: 0 to 2
tagged : emotions & feelings, multigenerational, friendship

"Notably centering Indigenous families and characters of color in personal and communal activities—and encouraging readers to evaluate their actions toward others.”—Publishers Weekly

When We Are Kind celebrates simple acts of everyday kindness and encourages children to explore how they feel when they initiate and receive acts of kindness in t …

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The One with the Scraggly Beard

The One with the Scraggly Beard

by Elizabeth Withey, read by Kelly Nakatsuka
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Grade: p to k
Reading age: 3 to 5
tagged : homelessness & poverty, city & town life, emotions & feelings

A child tries to understand the life of a man he has seen sleeping under a bridge.

The boy’s mother patiently answers his questions and explains how people’s life paths can be so different. The child observes the things he has in common with the man and wonders where his own path will lead.

The One With the Scraggly Beard is defined by a simple n …

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Slow Moe

Slow Moe

by Deborah Kerbel, read by Kelly Nakatsuka
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age: 3 to 5
Grade: p to k
Reading age: 3 to 5
tagged : siblings, humorous stories, imagination & play

Life moves oh-so-slow when your little brother is a snail.

It takes forever to do anything! Really, it’s enough to test the patience of even the most understanding big sister. But is Moe just slow or is there something else going on? With charming illustrations by Marianne Ferrer, award-winning author Deborah Kerbel has written a delightful story …

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Nye de l’île de Sable

Nye de l’île de Sable

by Bree Galbraith, illustrated by Marion Arbona, translated by Rachel Martinez
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Quelque part au large, mais pas trop loin, se trouvent deux îles. Une est en grande partie faite de pierres tandis que l’autre est couverte de sable. C’est là que les problèmes commencent.

La petite Nye ne comprend pas pourquoi les habitants de son île de Sable s’acharnent à construire jour après jour de beaux châteaux de sable qui sont …

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Once Upon an Hour

Once Upon an Hour

by Ann Yu-Kyung Choi, illustrated by Soyeon Kim, read by Kirstie Hudson
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tagged : asian, date & time, bedtime & dreams

Yu-Rhee, a young Korean girl, wants to know how to tell time using a clock.

Her mother tells her a tale from her childhood based on the traditional Korean practice of timekeeping, where the 12 animals of the zodiac are assigned to 2-hour sections of the 24-hour clock. Told from the point of view of a mountain, the story follows a child as they clim …

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Shark Bait!

Shark Bait!

by Jeff Szpirglas & Danielle Saint-Onge, illustrated by Dave Whamond
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Grade: 1 to 3
Reading age: 6 to 8
tagged : marine life, computers, environment

Shark-obsessed Orly spends every summer with her family on the coast.

This year her parents have signed her up for sailing lessons, hoping to teach her some water safety while they're busy with her baby brother. Orly is excited to be on the water, but she has other ideas about how she’s going to spend her time there: rather than learning to tie kn …

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Travesia

Travesia

A Migrant Girl's Cross-Border Journey//El viaje de una joven migrante
by Michelle Gerster, illustrated by Fiona Dunnett
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age: 12 to 18
Grade: 7 to 12
tagged : girls & women, nonfiction, emigration & immigration, history

A poignant bilingual YA graphic novel about a teenage girl's harrowing experience crossing the Mexico-US border.

This compelling young adult graphic memoir, based on real events, tells the story of Gricelda, a fifteen-year-old Mexican girl who attempts to cross the border into America with her mother and younger brother in search of a better life. T …

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Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

How I Beat the Shit Out of All My Addictions
by Alex Wood
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A wildly disarming memoir by comedian Alex Wood on how he overcame his multiple addictions.

As an alcoholic, drug-addicted comedian with tendencies to over-indulge and under-achieve since he was a teenager, Alex Wood was on track for to achieve his greatest goals: to die young and drunk. At the age of twenty-eight, feeling desperate in the face of a …

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The Night Is Deep and Wide

The Night Is Deep and Wide

by Gillian Sze, illustrated by Sue Todd
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Grade: p to 12
Reading age: 0 to 2
tagged : bedtime & dreams, poetry (see also stories in verse), stories in verse

“A lovely visual lullaby to soothe youngest readers to sleep.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review
Rich imagery, gentle rhythm and soothing repetition will lull your little one to sleep as the tulips close for the night, one by one. In this bedtime story written as an Italian villanelle, poet Gillian Sze makes use of the poetic forms of cy …

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Finding Home

Finding Home

The Journey of Immigrants and Refugees
by Jen Sookfong Lee, illustrated by Drew Shannon
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age: 9 to 12
Grade: 4 to 7
Reading age: 9 to 12
tagged : emigration & immigration, prejudice & racism, diversity & multicultural

What drives people to search for new homes?

From war zones to politics, there are many reasons why people have always searched for a place to call home. In Finding Home: The Journey of Immigrants and Refugees we discover how human migration has shaped our world. We explore its origins and the current issues facing immigrants and refugees today, and …

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Riley Can't Stop Crying

Riley Can't Stop Crying

by Stephanie Boulay, illustrated by Agathe Bray-Bourret, translated by Charles Simard
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age: 6 to 8
Grade: 1 to 3
Reading age: 6 to 8
tagged : emotions & feelings, siblings, bullying, marriage & divorce

★ “Insightfully emotional…A poignant, purposeful depiction of a ­family learning to recognize, confront, and heal internal struggles with self-love and self-worth. Children in need of encouragement will find comforting ­revelations about the value of individuality.”—School Library Journal, starred review

Riley is inconsolable. He can’t …

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A Perfect Likeness

A Perfect Likeness

Two Novellas
by Richard Wagamese, foreword by Waubgeshig Rice
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Celebrated author Richard Wagamese artfully crafts these thrilling yet vulnerable stories of two young men trying to find their place in the world.

The volume brings together two previously published novellas by Richard Wagamese, Him Standing and The Next Sure Thing, with a foreword from author Waubgeshig Rice. Both stories follow the lives of young …

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Toucania

Toucania

by Marianne Ferrer & Valérie Picard, translated by Charles Simard
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Grade: p to k
Reading age: 3 to 5
tagged : travel, girls & women, imagination & play

Brimming with whimsical illustrations of imaginary animals, this delightful tale of an independent young woman is sure to encourage your own little explorers to dream of their own big adventures.

Intrepid adventurer Amelia finally gets a chance to explore the legendary island of Toucania, following in her grandfather’s footsteps. There she will ge …

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