Boy of the Deeps
A Smithsonian Notable Children's Book
James is following his father's footsteps, and today for the first time he will descend deep into the caves below the Atlantic Ocean to begin to learn the coal miner's work. But a sudden calamity puts James and his father in terrible danger. Only by working together can they escape.
Beautifully illustrated in an …
Canadian Railroad Trilogy
Nominee for the 2012 Silver Birch Express Award in the Ontario Library Association's Forest of Reading Program
This lavishly illustrated book brings Gordon Lightfoot's heart-stirring song, "Canadian Railroad Trilogy," to readers young and old.
The song was commissioned by the CBC in 1967 to mark Canada's centennial year and it has been a classic ever …
Chin Chiang and the Dragon's Dance
Winner of the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator Award
From the time Chin Chiang stood only as high as his grandfather's knees, he dreamed of dancing the dragon's dance. Now the first day of the Year of the Dragon has arrived, and Chin Chiang is so scared that he wants to melt into his shoes.
Chin Chiang is a most appealing small boy, whose pli …
Denise Hawrysio
Art operating at the overlap zone between printmaking and conceptual art by Denise Hawrysio.
Duncan's Way
For seven generations Duncan's family has fished off the coast of Newfoundland. Now, the fish are gone and with them, the old way of life. Duncan notices that his father is spending the days staring out to sea, watching television and baking bread and pies. Many families have left town in search of work elsewhere. Even Duncan's mother is beginning …
Just So Stories, Volume I
Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories is one of the best-loved story collections ever written for children. Now Ian Wallace, one of Canada's most accomplished children's book illustrators, reinterprets the famous tales with his vibrant art, bringing Kipling to a whole new generation of young readers.
Kipling wrote the stories for his young daughter, who …
Mavis and Merna
Winner of the IODE Toronto Chapter Jean Troop Book Award and the IODE Violet Downey Award
Merna and Joe Gully are the owners of the busiest store in Fortune's Cove. Mavis is a young girl who loves everything about the store and dreams of buying all the wonderful things she sees But then Joe dies suddenly and Merna closes the store, sparking rumors t …
The Huron Carol
The Huron Carol is a beautiful and unusual Christmas song with a rich history.In the early 1600s, Father Jean de Brebeuf came to Canada from his native France as a Jesuit missionary. He settled among the Huron, or Ouendat, people near what is now Midland, Ontario. Despite his missionary zeal, Brebeuf was sensitive to the people with whom he lived. …
The Man Who Walked the Earth
Blowing dust is about all you can see from a farm on the prairies in the 1930s. Even worse, Andre and Elise's father has gone in search of work and it looks as though he won't be home for Christmas. The day he left their mother set an extra place at the table in case a stranger should come by looking for a meal. Wherever your father is, I hope some …
The Mummer's Song
New edition with CD!On a cold, clear Newfoundland night shortly after Christmas, several outlandishly costumed mummers appear, and Granny's house suddenly erupts in a burst of joking and tomfoolery, raucous singing and exuberant dancing. Granny and her two young charges are instantly caught up in the merriment. When the evening's festivities come t …
The Name of the Tree
Winner of the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Award and the Mr. Christie's Book Award
A well-known Bantu tale brought to dramatic life by extraordinary pictures depicting Africa in an uncliched way.
The Sleeping Porch
On a hot, steamy summer night, young Brando and his parents move out onto the porch to sleep, hoping they might catch a hint of the breeze. They soon fall asleep, but around midnight Brando stirs. And in the flicker of a firefly, the cat from the nearby graveyard lands on his cot . . . and so begins an amazing adventure.Together, Brando and the Gra …
Very Last First Time
Eva's journey is a very special one. Today, she will walk on the bottom of the sea alone. She will go into the cave that is under the ice when the tide is out. She will search for mussels as her people have done for centuries. She will find herself in darkness. She will find too she has brought what she needs with her. She will come again into the …
Year of Fire
When the time comes each Spring to make maple syrup, an old grandfather reminisces with his granddaughter about the time when the whole county caught fire and burned for a year. Only the snow finally seemed able to smother the fire. Now a new forest has grown over the scar, but the grandfather can still see traces of the fire and show them to his g …