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Manikanetish
A young teacher’s return to her remote Innu community transforms the lives of her students through the redemptive power of art.
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The Waking Comes Late special hardcover edition
This specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of Steven Heighton's poetry collection The Waking Comes Late is limited to 50 copies.
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to 7
/ grades K
to 2
Cooking with Bear
This springtime companion to Bear's Winter Party combines fifteen kid-friendly recipes with a sweet story about friendship and food.
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Malaika’s Winter Carnival
When Malaika moves to a cold northern city, there's a lot to get used to, especially Carnival in the wintertime!
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The nuns call her Martha and cut her hair. Worst of all, she is forbidden to “talk Indian,” even with her sisters and cousins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStill, Seepeetza looks for bright spots — the cookie she receives at Halloween, the dance practices. Most of all, there are her memories of holidays back at the ranch — camping trips, horseback riding, picking berries and cleaning fish with her mother, aunt and grandmother. 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The image was inspired by the end of the story where Seepeetza thinks about asking her grandmother to bead fireweed flowers on a buckskin cover for her journal. The background (pink and cream beads) was inspired by pre-contact Nlaka’pamux basket design.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003eSterling's experiences as a residential school student and her courageous spirit shine through in this autobiographical novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"CM: Canadian Review of Materials","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy Name is Seepeetza\u003c\/em\u003e is an excellent book … as an introduction to, or indeed, to learn more about the Indian residential schools and those courageous students who attended them. \u003cem\u003eMy Name is Seepeetza\u003c\/em\u003e is as valid a book today as it was when it was first published, and it is well worth in-depth study.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Miramichi Reader","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003eSterling's writing is simple yet powerful … Even more, her words act as a catalyst for deep reflection and necessary conversation about Canada's dark past regarding the residential school system.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Cloud Lake Literary","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn honest look at life in an Indian residential school in the 1950s, and how one indomitable young spirit survived it — 30th anniversary edition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","PrizeCodeText_0":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_1":"Short-listed","PrizeCode_0":"01","PrizeCode_1":"04","PrizeName_0":"Sheila A. 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It would fit well into a health curriculum for younger students.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCurriculum connections: Health \/ interpersonal relationships, anxiety; Social studies \/ community\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Previous_review_q_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREVIEW COPIES:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBooklist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHorn Book\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003eA calm, effective model for stating—and listening to—needs.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Kirkus Reviews","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003eCarmen Mok’s illustrations, rendered in gouache, color pencil and graphite pencil, add charm and provide a very detailed, fantastical addition to the story. … Books like \u003cem\u003eViolet Shrink\u003c\/em\u003e can serve as starting points for discussion with children and can serve as essential tools for parents and teachers alike in addressing anxiety.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"CM: Canadian Review of Materials","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003eRefreshingly, the book centers on a character whose shyness and anxiety are not 'overcome'; rather, they are accepted and understood.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"School Library Journal","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003eRefreshingly, the book centers on a character whose shyness and anxiety are not 'overcome'; rather, they are accepted and understood.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"School Library Journal","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"In this powerful story, a young girl navigates social anxiety at family gatherings and works with her father to find a solution.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_1":"Short-listed","PrizeCodeText_2":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_3":"Commended","PrizeCode_0":"03","PrizeCode_1":"04","PrizeCode_2":"03","PrizeCode_3":"03","PrizeName_0":"Mighty Village Spring Book Picks","PrizeName_1":"Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award","PrizeName_2":"Today's Parent Book of the Week","PrizeName_3":"OLA Best Bets Honourable Mention","PrizeYear_0":"2020","PrizeYear_1":"2021","PrizeYear_2":"2020","PrizeYear_3":"2020","ProductFormDescription":"hardcover jacket","PublicationDate":"2020-03-01","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"In this powerful story, a young girl navigates social anxiety at family gatherings and works with her father to find a solution.","Width":"8.25","WidthCode":"in"}
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Violet Shrink
In this powerful story, a young girl navigates social anxiety at family gatherings and works with her father to find a solution.
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Dual Citizens
An intimate and compelling novel about motherhood, love and the search for belonging, and what it means to be a sister.
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And it is informed always by a sprawling curiosity and deep humanity, which make it an affirming, and deeply moving read.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Guardian","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003eKrasnostein walks a very careful line between religion and belief, with forays into both the divine and devastation. 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Krasnostein offers her own elegant version of this when she writes that ‘there is much more in the world than wind and wave.'\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_11_Auth":"Ottawa Citizen","OtherText_Review_11_Src":"Ottawa Citizen","OtherText_Review_1_Auth":"Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003eA sympathetic inquiry into the vicissitudes of faith.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Kirkus Reviews","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003eThe author has the rare combination of skills that allows her to not only build enough trust and rapport with her interview subjects that they will reveal intimate details about their lives, but to also distil a person down to their essence and put that on the page in a way that is simultaneously informative, sensitive and enthralling . . . The true strength of \u003cem\u003eThe Believer \u003c\/em\u003eis in each compellingly rendered story . . . Readers who liked \u003cem\u003eThe Trauma Cleaner\u003c\/em\u003e or Ramona Koval’s \u003cem\u003eA Letter To Layla\u003c\/em\u003e will find much to appreciate in \u003cem\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Books+Publishing","OtherText_Review_4":"This book has got me thinking far more than most. Sarah Krasnostein tells the stories of people who live in mindsets unfamiliar to her with compassion and respect … Krasnostein’s art is that she never places herself on the throne of judgment … The result is both beautiful and unpredictable. Krasnostein is neither naïve nor cynical. She is an existential adventurer.","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Sydney Morning Herald","OtherText_Review_5":"Transcendent, expansive writing that does the thing that many writers strive for but only few achieve: to show us humanity in clear and compassionate detail, to deepen our understanding of it and to reveal the mysterious and myriad ways in which we are all connected. It is nothing short of astounding!","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"WellRead","OtherText_Review_6":"Krasnostein writes beautifully, and emerges as a thoughtful and compassionate observer … The Believer is, in many ways, my favourite kind of book: one that requires a little extra attention and engagement, calling on the reader as an active participant in its project of making meaning … The result is a meditative and intensely rewarding reading experience, the impact of which lingers long after the final page.","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"West Australian","OtherText_Review_7":"\u003cp\u003eSarah Krasnostein, who blew us all away with her fantastic book The Trauma Cleaner, brings her inquisitive nature and empathetic way with people to her new book \u003cem\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/em\u003e … By seeking such disparate subjects, Krasnostein has woven the threads of their stories, and their very different belief systems, into a tapestry that is rich with life, love, and stories. I expect this will be running off the shelves, and deservedly so.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_7_Src":"Readings","OtherText_Review_8":"[Sarah Krasnostein] listens and records and keeps going back for more until she has built up a picture, complete with all the subtleties that human emotion, faith, and intellect offer …There is no judgement here, just the healthy scepticism of an inquiring mind willing to listen, even when the encounters make her uncomfortable or challenge her own theories and convictions.","OtherText_Review_8_Src":"Herald Sun","OtherText_Review_9":"A fascinating journey, with an erudite, compulsively reflective companion.","OtherText_Review_9_Src":"InDaily","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom award-winning author Sarah Krasnostein comes a book about ghosts and gods and flying saucers and certainty in the absence of knowledge.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2022-03-01","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"From award-winning author Sarah Krasnostein comes a book about ghosts and gods and flying saucers and certainty in the absence of knowledge.","Subtitle":"Encounters with the Beginning, the End, and Our Place in the Middle","Width":"5.5","WidthCode":"in"}
The Believer
From award-winning author Sarah Krasnostein comes a book about ghosts and gods and flying saucers and certainty in the absence of knowledge.
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Very Last First Time
A classic story of an Inuit girl's first experience going alone under the ice to collect mussels.
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But, by grounding her writing in the physical world, Moore shows how life's everyday tasks and encounters create a comforting continuity that allows forward movement.","OtherText_Review_13_Src":"National Post","OtherText_Review_14":"Luminous.","OtherText_Review_14_Src":"More","OtherText_Review_15":"Moore deftly weaves together the present...and the past, evoking memory and grief in pitch-perfect detail.","OtherText_Review_15_Src":"New Yorker","OtherText_Review_16":"Moore never errs on the side of sentimentality...Loneliness is hard to write about without becoming maudlin or cliched. 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This is a marvellous book.","OtherText_Review_18_Src":"Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_Review_19":"Soaring.","OtherText_Review_19_Src":"Chatelaine","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"matrix","OtherText_Review_2":"...here is writing that examines the richness of the everyday with an incredibly keen eye and renders it without sentimentality but with profound empathy.","OtherText_Review_20":"There is no one else in the country who can touch Lisa Moore's elegant rendering of language...She's distinctive, and what she does with language is nothing less than dazzling, and then there is her uncanny ability to inhabit every pore and sinew of her endearingly human characters...What she does with language is pure art.","OtherText_Review_20_Src":"Salty Ink","OtherText_Review_21":"This mesmerising book is full of tears, and is a graceful meditation on how to survive life's losses.","OtherText_Review_21_Src":"Marie Claire","OtherText_Review_22":"...a stark tale of cauterizing grief, one that left me spellbound in admiration...a well-conceived work of the imagination...","OtherText_Review_22_Src":"Sun Times (Owen Sound)","OtherText_Review_23":"[February] is what great prose should be...a work of art...a moving narrative of risk, love, loss, and surviving...","OtherText_Review_23_Src":"Newfoundland Quarterly","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"matrix","OtherText_Review_3":"...Moore has established with her second novel a distinctive voice in Canadian literature. 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February
Lisa Moore's unforgettable second novel examines the aftermath of 1982's Ocean Ranger disaster within the community of St. John's.
