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Series: Silence Hardcover Lena Shamshurina 9781773217307 $24.95 JUVENILE FICTION Grade (CAN) from P - 1 Sep 27, 2022

A debut picture book that investigates where in the world silence can be found and celebrates the unexpected sounds revealed along the way. In this beautifully designed high-concept picture book, an unnamed narrator invites readers on a journey to find the secrets held by silence. Whether it’s the echoes in an underground cave, whales singing in the ocean, or even your own stomach gurgling – readers will discover the secret sounds surrounding us, and how even the places where we might expect to find silence are not quiet at all. As the initia... + Read More
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Series: My Name Is Saajin Singh Hardcover Kuljinder Kaur Brar 9781773217055 $22.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 7 Aug 16, 2022

A debut picture book that explores the importance of pronouncing names properly and celebrates cultural identity. Saajin, which means "loving friend", loves his name—he loves it so much that he sees it spelled out in the world around him in his snacks, in the sky and sometimes he even sings it aloud. On his first day of school, Saajin is excited to meet his new classmates, but things take a turn when the teacher mispronounces his name as Say-jin and he is not sure how—or if he should—correct her. After trying to live with the different version... + Read More
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Series: The Nguyen Kids The Secret of the Jade Bangle Hardcover Linda Trinh 9781773217154 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 6 - 9 Oct 18, 2022

“Engaging and empowering.” —STARRED review, Nonstop ReaderA charming early chapter book series that explores Vietnamese culture and identity through the eyes of the Nguyen siblings, with elements of the supernatural, spirituality, and social justice woven in. Organized and introspective nine-year-old Anne Nguyen misses her Grandma Nội, a lot. But even though Grandma Nội passed away, it doesn’t mean she’s disappeared.When Anne and her younger siblings Jacob and Liz are given gifts passed on to them by Grandma, Anne soon realizes that hers—a beau... + Read More
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Series: The Nguyen Kids The Secret of the Jade Bangle Paperback Linda Trinh 9781773217161 $8.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 6 - 9 Oct 18, 2022

“Engaging and empowering.” —STARRED review, Nonstop ReaderA charming early chapter book series that explores Vietnamese culture and identity through the eyes of the Nguyen siblings, with elements of the supernatural, spirituality, and social justice woven in. Organized and introspective nine-year-old Anne Nguyen misses her Grandma Nội, a lot. But even though Grandma Nội passed away, it doesn’t mean she’s disappeared.When Anne and her younger siblings Jacob and Liz are given gifts passed on to them by Grandma, Anne soon realizes that hers—a beau... + Read More
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Series: The Nguyen Kids The Power of the Pearl Earrings Hardcover Linda Trinh 9781773217109 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 6 - 9 Oct 18, 2022

A charming early chapter book series that explores Vietnamese culture and identity through the eyes of the Nguyen siblings, with elements of the supernatural, spirituality, and social justice woven in.I touch my earrings and feel a rush of wind. I can almost hear Grandma Nội’s laughter through them. Spontaneous and energetic Liz, the middle Nguyen sibling, grew up hearing stories from her Grandma Nội about the fantastically fierce Trung Sisters, freedom fighters in ancient Vietnam. And with a new school year about to start, Liz is determined th... + Read More
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Series: The Nguyen Kids The Power of the Pearl Earrings Paperback Linda Trinh 9781773217116 $8.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 6 - 9 Oct 18, 2022

A charming early chapter book series that explores Vietnamese culture and identity through the eyes of the Nguyen siblings, with elements of the supernatural, spirituality, and social justice woven in.I touch my earrings and feel a rush of wind. I can almost hear Grandma Nội’s laughter through them. Spontaneous and energetic Liz, the middle Nguyen sibling, grew up hearing stories from her Grandma Nội about the fantastically fierce Trung Sisters, freedom fighters in ancient Vietnam. And with a new school year about to start, Liz is determined th... + Read More
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Series: The Wolf Suit Hardcover Sid Sharp 9781773217208 $22.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 6 - 11 Oct 04, 2022

“Gorgeous.”—The New York Times • Best Books of 2022 lists: NYPL, School Library Journal, The Globe and Mail, Indigo • JLG Gold Standard Selection • Moonbeam Children's Book Award Winner • Kids Indie Next PickBellwether Riggwelter is, once again, out of blackberries. This time, rather than tiptoe through a forest full of predators, he comes up with a new plan. He will keep himself safe by blending in—he will sew a Wolf Suit! The disguise works perfectly . . . sort of. Bellwether realizes he can’t enjoy the forest in a bulky suit, and he may not ... + Read More
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Series: A House Unsettled Hardcover Trynne Delaney 9781773216959 $24.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 14 Oct 11, 2022

"[A] thoughtful reflection on how bigotry of the past informs the hauntings of the present."—STARRED review, The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (CCBC)Ghosts aren’t the only thing that can haunt a house. With her dad’s incarceration, escalating fights with her mom, and an overbearing stepdad she’s not sure she can trust, Asha is desperate for the fresh start promised by a move to the country. Her great aunt Aggie’s crumbling, pest-ridden house isn’t exactly what she had in mind, but the immediate connection she makes with her new ne... + Read More
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Series: More Than Money How Economic Inequality Affects EVERYTHING Hardcover Hadley Dyer 9781773217000 $23.95 YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION Age (years) from 12 Oct 11, 2022

Economic inequality affects everybody.No matter how rich or poor you are, economic inequality impacts every aspect of your life—the place where you live, the opportunities you experience, the healthcare you get, the education you receive. More Than Money breaks down why the rich seem to be getting richer while the rest of us are struggling to just get by. With vivid, energetic illustrations, the use of graphs and charts, and tips for how to investigate topics of interest, readers learn the most important issues and ideas in economics to better ... + Read More
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Series: More Than Money How Economic Inequality Affects EVERYTHING Paperback Hadley Dyer 9781773217017 $14.95 YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION Age (years) from 12 Oct 11, 2022

Economic inequality affects everybody.No matter how rich or poor you are, economic inequality impacts every aspect of your life—the place where you live, the opportunities you experience, the healthcare you get, the education you receive. More Than Money breaks down why the rich seem to be getting richer while the rest of us are struggling to just get by. With vivid, energetic illustrations, the use of graphs and charts, and tips for how to investigate topics of interest, readers learn the most important issues and ideas in economics to better ... + Read More
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Series: Searching Beyond the Stars Seven Women in Science Take On Space's Biggest Questions Hardcover Nicole Mortillaro 9781773216256 $23.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 10 Nov 01, 2022

Are we alone in the cosmos? Could we one day live on a different planet? How is life formed? What other secrets does the universe hold? Through profiles of seven remarkable women scientists and their achievements in their respective fields, Searching Beyond the Stars takes us deep into space, looking at once to the distant past and the distant future to capture the awe and intrigue of some of the biggest questions we can possibly ask.Making connections across astronomy, chemistry, physics, history, and more, Nicole Mortillaro draws on her own e... + Read More
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Series: Searching Beyond the Stars Seven Women in Science Take On Space's Biggest Questions Paperback Nicole Mortillaro 9781773216249 $14.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 10 Nov 01, 2022

Are we alone in the cosmos? Could we one day live on a different planet? How is life formed? What other secrets does the universe hold? Through profiles of seven remarkable women scientists and their achievements in their respective fields, Searching Beyond the Stars takes us deep into space, looking at once to the distant past and the distant future to capture the awe and intrigue of some of the biggest questions we can possibly ask.Making connections across astronomy, chemistry, physics, history, and more, Nicole Mortillaro draws on her own e... + Read More
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Series: She Holds Up the Stars Hardcover Sandra Laronde 9781773210667 $19.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 10 - 14 Aug 16, 2022

A young Indigenous girl searching for a sense of home finds strength and courage in her gifts, her deepening connection to the land, and her own cultural awakening in this moving coming-of-age story.The last thing that twelve-year old Misko wants to do is to move away from the city to spend time on the rez with her grandmother. And yet she feels strangely compelled to go, drawn by a pull that she feels in her dreams. Maybe she can finally find out what happened to her mother, who mysteriously disappeared when Misko was four years old.Misko’s re... + Read More
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Series: She Holds Up the Stars Paperback Sandra Laronde 9781773210650 $11.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 10 - 14 Aug 16, 2022

A young Indigenous girl searching for a sense of home finds strength and courage in her gifts, her deepening connection to the land, and her own cultural awakening in this moving coming-of-age story.The last thing that twelve-year old Misko wants to do is to move away from the city to spend time on the rez with her grandmother. And yet she feels strangely compelled to go, drawn by a pull that she feels in her dreams. Maybe she can finally find out what happened to her mother, who mysteriously disappeared when Misko was four years old.Misko’s re... + Read More
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Series: Salma the Syrian Chef Paperback Danny Ramadan 9781773213743 $10.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 7 Aug 16, 2022

“Sure to become a favorite book about overcoming hardships and helping others. This is truly one story not to be missed.” --Provo Library Children’s Book Reviews Over 17 awards, nominations, and other distinctions! Newcomer Salma and friends cook up a heartwarming dish to cheer up Mama. All Salma wants is to make her mama smile again. Between English classes, job interviews, and missing Papa back in Syria, Mama always seems busy or sad. A homemade Syrian meal might cheer her up, but Salma doesn’t know the recipe, or what to call the vegetables ... + Read More
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Series: Munsch Early Readers 50 Below Zero Early Reader Hardcover Robert Munsch 9781773216553 $19.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 6 - 8 Sep 06, 2022

Classic stories from Robert Munsch in an early reader format kids will love! Text has been adapted from the originals so beginner readers can proudly say “I read this myself!” Colorful and fun, Robert Munsch’s zany stories and Michael Martchenko’s illustrations will grab kids’ attention and keep them interested as they practice their reading skills. Munsch Early Readers are packed with extras, including phonics introduction and activity, getting ready to read activities, comprehension activities, reading tips for kids, and an inspirational note... + Read More
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Series: Munsch Early Readers 50 Below Zero Early Reader Paperback Robert Munsch 9781773216454 $5.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 6 - 8 Sep 06, 2022

Classic stories from Robert Munsch in an early reader format kids will love! Text has been adapted from the originals so beginner readers can proudly say “I read this myself!” Colorful and fun, Robert Munsch’s zany stories and Michael Martchenko’s illustrations will grab kids’ attention and keep them interested as they practice their reading skills. Munsch Early Readers are packed with extras, including phonics introduction and activity, getting ready to read activities, comprehension activities, reading tips for kids, and an inspirational note... + Read More
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Series: Munsch Early Readers Angela's Airplane Early Reader Hardcover Robert Munsch 9781773216508 $19.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 6 - 8 Sep 06, 2022

Classic stories from Robert Munsch in an early reader format kids will love! Text has been adapted from the originals so beginner readers can proudly say “I read this myself!” Colorful and fun, Robert Munsch’s zany stories and Michael Martchenko’s illustrations will grab kids’ attention and keep them interested as they practice their reading skills. Munsch Early Readers are packed with extras, including phonics introduction and activity, getting ready to read activities, comprehension activities, reading tips for kids, and an inspirational note... + Read More
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Series: Munsch Early Readers Angela's Airplane Early Reader Paperback Robert Munsch 9781773216409 $5.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 6 - 8 Sep 06, 2022

Classic stories from Robert Munsch in an early reader format kids will love! Text has been adapted from the originals so beginner readers can proudly say “I read this myself!” Colorful and fun, Robert Munsch’s zany stories and Michael Martchenko’s illustrations will grab kids’ attention and keep them interested as they practice their reading skills. Munsch Early Readers are packed with extras, including phonics introduction and activity, getting ready to read activities, comprehension activities, reading tips for kids, and an inspirational note... + Read More
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Series: Munsch Early Readers I Have to Go! Early Reader Hardcover Robert Munsch 9781773216515 $19.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 6 - 8 Sep 06, 2022

Classic stories from Robert Munsch in an early reader format kids will love! Text has been adapted from the originals so beginner readers can proudly say “I read this myself!” Colorful and fun, Robert Munsch’s zany stories and Michael Martchenko’s illustrations will grab kids’ attention and keep them interested as they practice their reading skills. Munsch Early Readers are packed with extras, including phonics introduction and activity, getting ready to read activities, comprehension activities, reading tips for kids, and an inspirational note... + Read More
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Series: Munsch Early Readers I Have to Go! Early Reader Paperback Robert Munsch 9781773216416 $5.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 6 - 8 Sep 06, 2022

Classic stories from Robert Munsch in an early reader format kids will love! Text has been adapted from the originals so beginner readers can proudly say “I read this myself!” Colorful and fun, Robert Munsch’s zany stories and Michael Martchenko’s illustrations will grab kids’ attention and keep them interested as they practice their reading skills. Munsch Early Readers are packed with extras, including phonics introduction and activity, getting ready to read activities, comprehension activities, reading tips for kids, and an inspirational note... + Read More
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Series: Munsch Early Readers Mud Puddle Early Reader Hardcover Robert Munsch 9781773216584 $19.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 6 - 8 Sep 06, 2022

Classic stories from Robert Munsch in an early reader format kids will love! Text has been adapted from the originals so beginner readers can proudly say “I read this myself!”Colorful and fun, Robert Munsch’s zany stories and Dušan Petričić’s illustrations will grab kids’ attention and keep them interested as they practice their reading skills.Munsch Early Readers are packed with extras, including phonics introduction and activity, getting ready to read activities, comprehension activities, reading tips for kids, and an inspirational note to k... + Read More
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Series: Munsch Early Readers Mud Puddle Early Reader Paperback Robert Munsch 9781773216485 $5.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 6 - 8 Sep 06, 2022

Classic stories from Robert Munsch in an early reader format kids will love! Text has been adapted from the originals so beginner readers can proudly say “I read this myself!”Colorful and fun, Robert Munsch’s zany stories and Dušan Petričić’s illustrations will grab kids’ attention and keep them interested as they practice their reading skills.Munsch Early Readers are packed with extras, including phonics introduction and activity, getting ready to read activities, comprehension activities, reading tips for kids, and an inspirational note to k... + Read More
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Series: Munsch Early Readers The Fire Station Early Reader Hardcover Robert Munsch 9781773216560 $19.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 6 - 8 Sep 06, 2022

Classic stories from Robert Munsch in an early reader format kids will love! Text has been adapted from the originals so beginner readers can proudly say “I read this myself!” Colorful and fun, Robert Munsch’s zany stories and Michael Martchenko’s illustrations will grab kids’ attention and keep them interested as they practice their reading skills. Munsch Early Readers are packed with extras, including phonics introduction and activity, getting ready to read activities, comprehension activities, reading tips for kids, and an inspirational note... + Read More
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Series: Munsch Early Readers The Fire Station Early Reader Paperback Robert Munsch 9781773216461 $5.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 6 - 8 Sep 06, 2022

Classic stories from Robert Munsch in an early reader format kids will love! Text has been adapted from the originals so beginner readers can proudly say “I read this myself!” Colorful and fun, Robert Munsch’s zany stories and Michael Martchenko’s illustrations will grab kids’ attention and keep them interested as they practice their reading skills. Munsch Early Readers are packed with extras, including phonics introduction and activity, getting ready to read activities, comprehension activities, reading tips for kids, and an inspirational note... + Read More
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Series: Munsch Early Readers Thomas' Snowsuit Early Reader Hardcover Robert Munsch 9781773216577 $19.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 6 - 8 Sep 06, 2022

Classic stories from Robert Munsch in an early reader format kids will love! Text has been adapted from the originals so beginner readers can proudly say “I read this myself!” Colorful and fun, Robert Munsch’s zany stories and Michael Martchenko’s illustrations will grab kids’ attention and keep them interested as they practice their reading skills. Munsch Early Readers are packed with extras, including phonics introduction and activity, getting ready to read activities, comprehension activities, reading tips for kids, and an inspirational note... + Read More
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Series: Munsch Early Readers Thomas' Snowsuit Early Reader Paperback Robert Munsch 9781773216478 $5.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 6 - 8 Sep 06, 2022

Classic stories from Robert Munsch in an early reader format kids will love! Text has been adapted from the originals so beginner readers can proudly say “I read this myself!” Colorful and fun, Robert Munsch’s zany stories and Michael Martchenko’s illustrations will grab kids’ attention and keep them interested as they practice their reading skills. Munsch Early Readers are packed with extras, including phonics introduction and activity, getting ready to read activities, comprehension activities, reading tips for kids, and an inspirational note... + Read More
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Series: The Future Is Disabled Prophecies, Love Notes and Mourning Songs Paperback Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha 9781551528915 $22.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE Oct 04, 2022

In The Future Is Disabled, Leah Laksmi Piepzna-Samarasinha asks some provocative questions: What if, in the near future, the majority of people will be disabled - and what if that's not a bad thing? And what if disability justice and disabled wisdom are crucial to creating a future in which it's possible to survive fascism, climate change, and pandemics and to bring about liberation? Building on the work of their game-changing book Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice, Piepzna-Samarasinha writes about disability justice at the end of the wor... + Read More
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Series: Together We Drum, Our Hearts Beat as One Hardcover Willie Poll 9781551528892 $19.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 8 Oct 11, 2022

In this beautifully illustrated book, a determined young Anishnaabe girl in search of adventure goes on a transformative journey into a forest on her traditional territory. She is joined by a chorus of her ancestors in red dresses, who tell her they remember what it was like to be carefree and wild, too. Soon, though, the girl is challenged by a monster named Hate, who envelops her in a cloud of darkness. She climbs a mountain to evade the monster, and, with the help of her matriarchs and the power of Thunderbird, the monster is held at bay. To... + Read More
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Series: Holden After and Before Love Letter for a Son Lost to Overdose Paperback Tara McGuire 9781551528939 $24.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 27, 2022

Holden After and Before is a moving meditation on grief in the same vein as Helen Macdonald's H is for Hawk: a stunning book that traces Tara McGuire's excavation and documentation of the life path of her son Holden, a graffiti artist who died of an accidental opioid overdose at the age of twenty-one. Beginning with Holden's death and leaping through time and space, McGuire employs fact, investigation, memory, fantasy, and even fabrication in her search for understanding not only of her son's tragic death, but also of his beautiful life. She na... + Read More
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Series: Postcards from Congo A Graphic History Paperback Edmund Trueman 9781551528953 $22.95 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Oct 27, 2022

The Democratic Republic of Congo, the second-largest country in Africa by area, has a fractured and bloody history, variously undone by decades of colonialism, civil war, corruption, and totalitarian rule. The country has played a crucial role in the economic growth of the Global North, but in doing so, has suffered immensely. So many seminal advances in technology were possible only through the extraction of materials from Congo, from rubber to copper to uranium to coltan. In each case, the Congolese people paid a great price exacerbated by th... + Read More
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Series: Tsqelmucwilc The Kamloops Indian Residential School - Resistance and a Reckoning Paperback Celia Haig-Brown 9781551529059 $22.95 HISTORY Sep 27, 2022

In May 2021, the world was shocked by news of the detection of 215 unmarked graves on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School (KIRS) in British Columbia, Canada. Ground-penetrating radar confirmed the vestiges of children as young as three on this site of the infamous residential school system, which systematically removed children from their families and brought them to the schools. At these Christian-run, government-supported institutions, they were subjected to physical, mental, and sexual abuse while their Indigenous la... + Read More
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Series: Cold Case BC The Stories Behind the Province's Most Sensational Murder and Missing Person Cases Paperback Eve Lazarus 9781551529073 $22.95 HISTORY Oct 25, 2022

In her BC bestseller Cold Case Vancouver, crime historian and reporter Eve Lazarus used investigative skills to shine a light on the city's most baffing unsolved murders. In Cold Case BC, Lazarus casts her gaze more widely on long forgotten and unsolved murder cases throughout British Columbia. These include teenager Molly Justice, who was murdered on the outskirts of Victoria after taking the bus home from work, and a follow-up to the tragic 1953 Babes in the Woods story of two children found murdered in Stanley Park, whose names were finally ... + Read More
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Series: The Lost Century Paperback Larissa Lai 9781551528977 $24.95 FICTION Oct 18, 2022

Lambda Literary Award winner Larissa Lai (The Tiger Flu) returns with a sprawling historical novel about war, colonialism, love, and loyalty during Japan's occupation of Hong Kong in World War II. On the eve of the return of the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong to China in 1997, young Ophelia asks her peculiar great-aunt Violet about the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong during World War II, the disappearance of her uncle Raymond, and whether her grandmother, Emily, was a murderer. Emily's marriage - three times - to her father's mortal enem... + Read More
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Series: Magodiz Paperback Gabe Calderon 9781551528991 $22.95 FICTION Oct 04, 2022

Magodiz (Anishinabe language): a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of their country. Everything that was green and good is gone, scorched away by a war that no one living remembers. The small surviving human population scavenges to get by; they cannot read or write and lack the tools or knowledge to rebuild. The only ones with any power are the mindless Enforcers, controlled by the Madjideye, a faceless, formless spiritual entity that has infiltrated the world to subjugate the human pop... + Read More
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Series: Queer Little Nightmares An Anthology of Monstrous Fiction and Poetry Paperback David Ly 9781551529011 $21.95 FICTION Oct 04, 2022

The fiction and poetry of Queer Little Nightmares reimagines monsters old and new through a queer lens, subverting the horror gaze to celebrate ideas and identities canonically feared in monster lit. Throughout history, monsters have appeared in popular culture as stand-ins for the non-conforming, the marginalized of society. Pushed into the shadows as objects of fear, revulsion, and hostility, these characters have long conjured fascination and self-identification in the LGBTQ+ community, and over time, monsters have become queer icons. In Qu... + Read More
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Series: In the Key of Dale Paperback Benjamin Lefebvre 9781551529035 $18.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 14 Oct 11, 2022

For fans of the Netflix series Heartstopper (based on the bestselling graphic novels by Alice Oseman): a disarming coming-of-age novel about a queer teen music prodigy who discovers pieces of himself in places he never thought to look. Sixteen-year-old Dale Cardigan is a loner who's managed to make himself completely invisible at his all-boys high school. He doesn't fit with his classmates (he gives them funny nicknames in his head), his stepbrother (nobody at school knows they're related), or even his mother (she never quite sees how gifted a... + Read More
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Series: Big Men Fear Me Paperback Mark Bourrie 9781771964937 $24.95 HISTORY Oct 18, 2022

The remarkable true story of the rise and fall of one of Canada's most influential yet unknown publishers and aspirational politicians. When George McCullagh bought The Globe and The Mail and Empire and merged them into the Globe and Mail, today still one of Canada’s preeminent daily newspapers, the 31-year-old high school dropout had already made millions on the stock market after the Crash of 1929 and the construction of his glamorous suburban Toronto estate was just the beginning of the meteoric rise of a man widely expected to one day serve... + Read More
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Series: The Power of Story On Truth, the Trickster, and New Fictions for a New Era Paperback Harold R. Johnson 9781771964876 $22.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE Oct 11, 2022

Award-winning Indigenous author Harold R. Johnson discusses the promise and potential of storytelling. Approached by an ecumenical society representing many faiths, from Judeo-Christians to fellow members of First Nations, Harold R. Johnson agreed to host a group who wanted to hear him speak about the power of storytelling. This book is the outcome of that gathering. In The Power of Story, Johnson explains the role of storytelling in every aspect of human life, from personal identity to history and the social contracts that structure our societ... + Read More
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Series: Case Study Paperback Graeme Macrae Burnet 9781771965200 $24.95 FICTION Nov 01, 2022

Shortlisted for the 2022 Gordon Burn Prize • Shortlisted for the 2022 Ned Kelly Awards • Longlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize • Longlisted for the 2022 HWA Gold Crown Award • Longlisted for the 2023 Dublin Literary Award SELECTED BY NEW YORK TIMES AS ONE OF 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2022 The Booker-shortlisted author of His Bloody Project blurs the lines between patient and therapist, fiction and documentation, and reality and dark imagination. London, 1965. 'I have decided to write down everything that happens, because I feel, I suppose, I may be ... + Read More
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Series: Field Notes On Browsing Paperback Jason Guriel 9781771965101 $15.95 LITERARY CRITICISM Oct 04, 2022

A defense of the dying art of losing an afternoon—and gaining new appreciation—amidst the bins and shelves of bricks-and-mortar shops. Written during the pandemic, when the world was marooned at home and consigned to scrolling screens, On Browsing’s essays chronicle what we’ve lost through online shopping, streaming, and the relentless digitization of culture. The latest in the Field Notes series, On Browsing is an elegy for physical media, a polemic in defense of perusing the world in person, and a love letter to the dying practice of scanning... + Read More
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Series: Man or Mango? A Lament Paperback Lucy Ellmann 9781771964951 $22.95 FICTION Nov 08, 2022

By the Booker-shortlisted author of Ducks, Newburyport, a formally madcap and prescient novel about men (and women), mangos (and bees), and modern love. Reclusive Eloïse lives with her cats and her cello in an English country cottage, privately building a case against men, women, the Queen, Nazi list-makers, fluorescent lighting, her ex-flatmate Howard, nuclear bombs, and toilet-roll-holder manufacturers. She has a real thing about giant pumpkin growers too. George is an American poet, recently arrived in the UK. Struggling to finish an epic p... + Read More
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Series: Confessions with Keith Paperback Pauline Holdstock 9781771964975 $22.95 FICTION Sep 20, 2022

An outrageously comic novel documents a middle-aged writer and mother's grappling with mid-life crisis—her husband's and her own. Preoccupied with her fledgling literary career, intent on the all-consuming consolations of philosophy, and scrambling to meet the demands of her four children, the acutely myopic and chronically inattentive Vita Glass doesn’t notice that her house and her marriage are competing to see which can fall apart fastest. She can barely find time for her writing career, and just when her newfound success in vegetable erotic... + Read More
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Series: Ordinary Wonder Tales Paperback Emily Urquhart 9781771965057 $22.95 LITERARY COLLECTIONS Nov 01, 2022

A journalist and folklorist explores the truths that underlie the stories we imagine—and reveals the magic in the everyday. “I’ve always felt that the term fairy tale doesn’t quite capture the essence of these stories,” writes Emily Urquhart. “I prefer the term wonder tale, which is Irish in origin, for its suggestion of awe coupled with narrative. In a way, this is most of our stories.” In this startlingly original essay collection, Urquhart reveals the truths that underlie our imaginings: what we see in our heads when we read, how the sight o... + Read More
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Series: Best Canadian Best Canadian Poetry 2023 Paperback John Barton 9781771964999 $22.95 POETRY Nov 15, 2022

Selected by editor John Barton, the 2023 edition of Best Canadian Poetry showcases the best Canadian poetry writing published in 2021. “My goal,” writes guest editor John Barton of his long career as a literary magazine editor, “was always to be jostled awake, and I soon realized that I was being jostled awake for two—myself and the reader … I came to understand that my job description included an obligation to expose readers to wide varieties of poetry, to challenge their assumptions while expanding their taste.” In selecting this year’s editi... + Read More
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Series: Best Canadian Best Canadian Stories 2023 Paperback Mark Anthony Jarman 9781771965019 $22.95 FICTION Nov 15, 2022

Selected by editor Mark Anthony Jarman, the 2023 edition of Best Canadian Stories showcases the best Canadian fiction writing published in 2021. A collection that takes us into a firey near-future and a notorious feminist’s personal past, from a near-drowning to a fake breakdown, through mothers who fail us to crummy jobs, to thieves, to grief, to revenge with a bottle of tabasco sauce. With work by established practitioners alongside that of lesser-known writers, this year’s Best Canadian Stories shows how the short form can evoke the experien... + Read More
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Series: Best Canadian Best Canadian Essays 2023 Paperback Mireille Silcoff 9781771965033 $22.95 LITERARY COLLECTIONS Nov 15, 2022

Selected by editor Mireille Silcoff, the 2023 edition of Best Canadian Essays showcases the best Canadian nonfiction writing published in 2021. “Our current, tumultuous age” writes editor Mireille Silcoff, “is an important time for essayists, because in moments of great change, it’s good to have chroniclers with the presence of mind to step back and assess.” Silcoff’s selections for Best Canadian Essays 2023 do just that. In examinations of identity—personal, familial, racial, and cultural—and investigations of the far-reaching shockwaves of wa... + Read More
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Series: Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories A Visit A Ghost Story for Christmas Paperback Shirley Jackson 9781771965095 $9.50 FICTION Nov 01, 2022

World-renowned cartoonist Seth returns with three new ghost stories for 2022. Margaret visits the lavish home of her friend Carla Rhodes for the summer holidays. But when Carla's brother arrives with a mysterious friend, strange occurrences cause tensions to rise within the group, and secrets hidden within the house begin to emerge.
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Series: Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories The Dead and the Countess A Ghost Story for Christmas Paperback Gertrude Atherton 9781771965071 $9.50 FICTION Nov 01, 2022

World-renowned cartoonist Seth returns with three new ghost stories for 2022. The dead sleep peacefully—until a railway is built near their cemetery. While the old priest works to keep them at rest, the count’s dying wife begs to be buried near the railway. But when her last wish is granted, the priest finds that the sound of the train leaves the countess far from at peace.
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Series: Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories The Corner Shop A Ghost Story for Christmas Paperback Lady Cynthia Asquith 9781771965088 $9.50 FICTION Nov 01, 2022

World-renowned cartoonist Seth returns with three new ghost stories for 2022. Peter Wood enters a charming antiques shop owned by two young women one stormy evening. But after he returns a second time to a strange old man and a far gloomier atmosphere, and leaves with an unusual jade frog, Peter soon discovers that his purchase was worth more than he paid.
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Series: How the Oceans Came to Be Paperback Arvis Boughman 9781939053442 $18.95 JUVENILE FICTION Grade (US) from 1 - 2 Aug 26, 2022

In this delightful Lumbee story, clever Rabbit outsmarts a selfish Great Snapping Turtle. When Rabbit discovers many animals could not find water, he sets out to solve the mystery. What he finds is the Great Snapping Turtle blocking the water of the Mother Spring. When the stubborn turtle refuses to move, Rabbit figures out a way to let the water flow. As the water flowed to all creatures, it also created the oceans of Turtle Island.
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Series: Native American Twelve Days of Christmas Hardcover Gary Robinson 9781939053459 $18.95 JUVENILE FICTION Grade (US) from 1 - 2 Jul 26, 2022

The beloved traditional English Christmas carol, The Twelve Days of Christmas, has been adapted here to reflect aspects of the richly varied cultures and traditions of twelve Native American cultural groups from different parts of the U.S. A cultural background is included for each day?s gift in an easy-to-understand manner, placing the adapted song lyrics in the context of these tribal cultures. A wonderful companion to the best- selling Native American Night Before Christmas.
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Series: Teaching Mindfulness A Guidebook for Teachers, Parents, Counselors, and Caregivers Paperback Amoneeta Beckstein, PhD 9781939053411 $19.95 EDUCATION

Due to our fast-paced society, the impact of social media, and the threat of climate change, today?s children are facing challenges unique to their generation. Incorporating mindfulness as part of their curriculum?whether in a classroom or a home school setting?teaches invaluable life skills that children can apply to all aspects of learning, and later, through all stages of life. Psychologist Amoneeta Beckstein and mindfulness educator and practitioner Jana York have pooled their knowledge and experience and teamed up to compile an eight-wee... + Read More
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Series: Preventing Prostate Cancer Reduce Your Risk with Simple, Proactive Choices Paperback Benny Gavi, MD 9781570674099 $22.95 HEALTH & FITNESS Sep 05, 2022

More than half of all men will develop prostate problems during their lifetimes, while one in eight will be diagnosed with prostate cancer. Even when prostate cancer is successfully treated, the side effects from the treatments (such as urinary incontinence, erectile dysfunction, fatigue, and sepsis) can be devastating. Dr. Gavi, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Stanford University, teamed up with researcher Maya Eylon to compile more than one hundred recent, reliable, and relevant international studies on the effects of diet on pros... + Read More
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Series: We Are the Ocean Hardcover Sarah Borg 9781939053466 $19.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Grade (US) from 1 - 2 Sep 05, 2022

We Are the Ocean helps children discover a personal connection to water. The author beautifully describes the importance of the ocean in sustaining life of all living plants and animals. Through the eyes of children with their doggie companions, the question of ?what is the ocean?? is answered. Captivating illustrations and imagery show the continuous cycle of water on earth and teach young readers that water is in all the cells of plants and animals, and even in their own bodies. Readers will be surprised to find that their drinking water was... + Read More
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Series: Please Don't Step on Me Paperback Elly Kree-George 9781939053435 $18.95 JUVENILE FICTION Grade (US) from 1 - 2 Sep 05, 2022

This delightful story teaches children that many bugs are ?helpful insects? and enables the reader to develop a positive and protective attitude towards them. Willie the Worm introduces his insect friends and inspires the young reader to discover a fresh interest in ?bugs,? and to realize many of them are indeed their friends too. Included are a series of questions and recommended activities to help parents and teachers engage children to learn even more about these little helpers.
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Series: Yesterday's Rain Paperback Kim Sigafus 9781939053428 $12.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Grade (US) from 7 - 9 Sep 05, 2022

Yesterday's Rain is the second book in the Sydney's Journey Series. Sydney is still working through her guilt over being a bully at her previous school on the White Earth Reservation. When she accidentally takes a punch in the face that was aimed at her gay friend, everyone expects her to fight back, but her response is totally unexpected. Bullies can change, as Sydney proves at her new school. Can Sydney help her best friend heal an old friendship by demonstrating forgiveness?
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Series: Where the Crooked Lighthouse Shines Paperback Joshua Goudie 9781550819434 $19.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 10 - 13 Sep 01, 2022

A dark, fantastical collection of narrative poems that draw on unique elements of Newfoundland and Labrador culture and folklore. Intended to be read aloud, Where the Crooked Lighthouse Shines draws on Newfoundland and Labrador’s long tradition of lyric storytelling, making whimsical use of rhyme and rhythm. Young readers will enjoy the humour in the verse while seeing how problems (even the dark and scary ones) can be resolved without losing one’s sense of playfulness and wonder.
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Series: The Raw Light of Morning Paperback Shelly Kawaja 9781550819465 $22.95 FICTION Sep 01, 2022

The Raw Light of Morning is a powerful debut novel about women and children finding humour and love in the aftermath of domestic violence. Fourteen-year-old Laurel Long does something unimaginable. In a house at the back end of Woods Road, she commits an act of violence that alters the course of her life. Laurel finds herself living in Stephenville, a small town on Newfoundland’s west coast, trapped in a system of poverty and generational neglect, haunted by trauma. Laurel needs a fresh start, and education is her ticket out, but when her past... + Read More
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Series: The Newfoundland and Labrador Cocktail Book Paperback Peter Wilkins 9781550819489 $29.95 COOKING Sep 15, 2022

The definitive guide to cocktails in Newfoundland and Labrador from the co-founder of the popular Newfoundland Distillery, including recipes from the top mixologists and bartenders across the province. Cocktails are all about pleasure and celebrating the finer moments in life. With recipes compiled and tested by Peter Wilkins, the co-founder of the Newfoundland Distillery, this is the essential guide on how to effortlessly make classic and contemporary cocktails using the best local ingredients available. Peter introduces us to a range of delig... + Read More