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Notes from a Children's Librarian
Carefully selected books according to curriculum and theme.

Notes from a Children's Librarian: Books for Pride
Quick Hits
The best books are timeless, and they deserve to find readers whenever and wherever.

Quick Hits: 9 Books Well Worth Your While
The Chat
Great writers sit down with us to talk about their books—and the stories behind them.

The Chat with Michelle Porter
Inspiration Zone
Check out the books that inspire other books.

On Rereading: Books that Bowled Me Over and Blew My Mind
The Latest Interviews, Recommendations, and More

8 Books Where the Women Take Up Space
A recommended reading list by author of the new novel The Lost Chapter.

14 Can't-Miss Middle Grade Books
I just finished reading two middle grade books that I loved so much, I would say they could be the best books I’ve read in a long time, and I read a …
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Dad Bod
Portraits of Pop Culture Papas

Likeness
Fathers, sons, a portrait

Measuring Up
A Memoir of Fathers and Sons

Umbilical Cord

The Home Stretch
A Father, a Son, and All the Things They Never Talk About

Dad Up!
Long-Time Comedian. First-Time Father.

Reading the Water
Fly Fishing, Fatherhood, and Finding Strength in Nature

Bread & Water
Essays
Food To Grow On

Menno-Nightcaps
Cocktails Inspired by that Odd Ethno-Religious Group You Keep Mistaking for the Amish, Quakers or Mormons

Mrs Dalgairns's Kitchen
Rediscovering "The Practice of Cookery"

The Distilleries of Vancouver Island
A Guided Tour of West Coast Craft and Artisan Spirits

Fast Easy Cheap Vegan
101 Recipes You Can Make in 30 Minutes or Less, for $10 or Less, and with 10 Ingredients or Less!

Hearth & Home
Cook, Share, and Celebrate Family-Style

Maman: The Cookbook
All-Day Recipes to Warm Your Heart

Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead
A Novel

An Embarrassment of Critch's
Immature Stories From My Grown-Up Life

The Prairie Chicken Dance Tour

Hana Khan Carries On
A Novel

All Over the Map
Rambles and Ruminations from the Canadian Road

Talking to Canadians
A Memoir

The List of Last Chances

Call Me Stan
A Tragedy in Three Millennia