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{"id":6818884812859,"title":"Vaudeville!","handle":"vaudeville","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew York, at the end of the 1920s. Xavier X. Mortanse, a seventeen-year-old apprentice demolition man, who claims to be an immigrant from Hungary, falls into a hole -- the beginning of myriad bizarre humiliations he suffers, only to be shown mercy by a hairdresser named Peggy Sue who will later suffer a grotesque fate.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Xavier loses his job, he and his singing frog are hired to perform in a vaudeville show, where freakish and sordid acts attempt to outdo each other. Violence and ugliness blend cartoonishly with comedy and music as Gaetan Soucy dares us to look into the darkest sides of human experience. No one in this fascinating tableau is who he or she appears including Xavier himself, who is, as his mother says, too many people and no one.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-30T11:55:59-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-30T10:45:44-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["By (author) Soucy Gaetan","House of Anansi Press","Literary Fiction","pub date: 2003-09-26"],"price":1695,"price_min":1695,"price_max":1895,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40248563204155,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780887847820","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Vaudeville! - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1895,"weight":472,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780887847820","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40248567332923,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770890671","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Vaudeville! - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770890671","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40248568873019,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770897922","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Vaudeville! - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770897922","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_fc4bc578-c317-4d0b-aac1-babc38bbb08e.jpg?v=1678600488"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_fc4bc578-c317-4d0b-aac1-babc38bbb08e.jpg?v=1678600488","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23324554821691,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.625,"height":2397,"width":1497,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_fc4bc578-c317-4d0b-aac1-babc38bbb08e.jpg?v=1678600488"},"aspect_ratio":0.625,"height":2397,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_fc4bc578-c317-4d0b-aac1-babc38bbb08e.jpg?v=1678600488","width":1497}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eNew York, at the end of the 1920s. Xavier X. Mortanse, a seventeen-year-old apprentice demolition man, who claims to be an immigrant from Hungary, falls into a hole -- the beginning of myriad bizarre humiliations he suffers, only to be shown mercy by a hairdresser named Peggy Sue who will later suffer a grotesque fate.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Xavier loses his job, he and his singing frog are hired to perform in a vaudeville show, where freakish and sordid acts attempt to outdo each other. Violence and ugliness blend cartoonishly with comedy and music as Gaetan Soucy dares us to look into the darkest sides of human experience. No one in this fascinating tableau is who he or she appears including Xavier himself, who is, as his mother says, too many people and no one.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Vaudeville! is an enchanted tale on the scale of New York itself, overflowing with puzzles and horrors.
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{"id":6818795585595,"title":"Revolver","handle":"revolver","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe highly anticipated follow-up to the award-winning poetry collection drift, Kevin Connolly's \u003cem\u003eRevolver\u003c\/em\u003e is a daring marriage of brilliant technical skill and explosive imagination. Each of the poems in this extraordinary collection is written in a different vocal register -- revolving through poetic voices with precise control and sharp wit. Connolly reveals himself to be one of the few poets in Canada who can pull off such a high wire act, and make it both thrilling and meaningful.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-30T10:30:45-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-30T09:10:54-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Poetry","By (author) Connolly Kevin","House of Anansi Press","pub date: 2008-04-01"],"price":1695,"price_min":1695,"price_max":1895,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40247942774843,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780887847950","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Revolver - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1895,"weight":136,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780887847950","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40247944118331,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780887849350","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Revolver - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9780887849350","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40247944773691,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770897441","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Revolver - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770897441","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_811118b5-f8f9-4f35-992a-8233293db9b2.jpg?v=1678600516"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_811118b5-f8f9-4f35-992a-8233293db9b2.jpg?v=1678600516","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23324555214907,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"width":1650,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_811118b5-f8f9-4f35-992a-8233293db9b2.jpg?v=1678600516"},"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_811118b5-f8f9-4f35-992a-8233293db9b2.jpg?v=1678600516","width":1650}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eThe highly anticipated follow-up to the award-winning poetry collection drift, Kevin Connolly's \u003cem\u003eRevolver\u003c\/em\u003e is a daring marriage of brilliant technical skill and explosive imagination. Each of the poems in this extraordinary collection is written in a different vocal register -- revolving through poetic voices with precise control and sharp wit. Connolly reveals himself to be one of the few poets in Canada who can pull off such a high wire act, and make it both thrilling and meaningful.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Revolver
The poems of Revolver are a daring marriage of brilliant technical skill and explosive imagination.
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{"id":6818431238203,"title":"The Baby Project","handle":"the-baby-project","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJessica knew that the family meeting Dad had called for that evening probably wouldn't be good news. Family meetings usually meant Mum talking a lot and then the whole family getting involved in some project that left everything in a mess until they gradually forgot about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut at school that day, Jessica forgot about the meeting. A teacher announced a new class project: They were to choose partners, pick an animal to study and present a paper. Jessica's partner would be her best friend, Margaret. And so it was Margaret whom Jessica called with the tremendous news from the family meeting: Mum was pregnant. Margaret was nearly as excited as Jessica, and very quickly the two of them decided that instead of studying the duck-billed platypus for the school project, they would study babies. But all their reading, discussions and research did not prepare Jessica or her family for the drastic changes baby Lucie would bring to their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-30T09:06:29-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-29T16:19:17-04:00","vendor":"Groundwood Books Ltd","type":"","tags":["age range 8 - 12","By (author) Ellis Sarah","Childrens Accessible ebooks","Childrens Award-Winning","Groundwood Books","pub date: 1994-08-01"],"price":995,"price_min":995,"price_max":995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40234021781563,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780888999184","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Baby Project - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":995,"weight":145,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780888999184","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40234029416507,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554980598","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Baby Project - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554980598","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40234033381435,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554985678","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Baby Project - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554985678","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_86ebe3ce-b3ae-439c-9ace-a64ffeb43bcf.jpg?v=1731046570"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_86ebe3ce-b3ae-439c-9ace-a64ffeb43bcf.jpg?v=1731046570","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24903075856443,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":2250,"width":1500,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_86ebe3ce-b3ae-439c-9ace-a64ffeb43bcf.jpg?v=1731046570"},"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":2250,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_86ebe3ce-b3ae-439c-9ace-a64ffeb43bcf.jpg?v=1731046570","width":1500}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJessica knew that the family meeting Dad had called for that evening probably wouldn't be good news. Family meetings usually meant Mum talking a lot and then the whole family getting involved in some project that left everything in a mess until they gradually forgot about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut at school that day, Jessica forgot about the meeting. A teacher announced a new class project: They were to choose partners, pick an animal to study and present a paper. Jessica's partner would be her best friend, Margaret. And so it was Margaret whom Jessica called with the tremendous news from the family meeting: Mum was pregnant. Margaret was nearly as excited as Jessica, and very quickly the two of them decided that instead of studying the duck-billed platypus for the school project, they would study babies. But all their reading, discussions and research did not prepare Jessica or her family for the drastic changes baby Lucie would bring to their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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She has written more than twenty books across the genres, and her books have been translated into French, Spanish, Danish, Chinese and Japanese. She has won the Governor General’s Literary Award (\u003cem\u003ePick-Up Sticks\u003c\/em\u003e) and the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award (\u003cem\u003eOdd Man Out\u003c\/em\u003e). Sarah is a masthead reviewer for the Horn Book Magazine, and she is a former faculty member of Vermont College of Fine Arts. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Ellis, Sarah (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJessica knew that the family meeting Dad had called for that evening probably wouldn't be good news. 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The Baby Project
A mother's new pregnancy leaves a family touched and forever changed.
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Wanting Mor
Young Afghan Jameela is finally brought together again with her father, who abandoned her in a Kabul marketplace.
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Leaving Home, Of the Fields, Lately, and Salt-Water Moon
This special one-volume edition contains the three major Mercer plays by David French: Leaving Home, Of the Fields, Lately and Salt-Water Moon.
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Broken Memory
Moments of grace and tenderness undercut the terror and pain of this powerful story of the genocidal war in Rwanda.
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O Resplandor
Erin Moure explores the idea that the act of reading is a practice of embodiment, containing all the experiences of the body itself.
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ages 9
to 12
/ grades 4
to 7
Home is Beyond the Mountains
Samira is only nine years old when the Turkish army invades Persia in 1918, and her family must flee into the mountains. Will she ever see home again?
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ages 14
and up
/ grades 9
and up
The News
This Groundwork Guide takes a critical look at the state of the news worldwide. Television, radio, newspaper and internet — who owns these sources?
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Mandaderos de la lluvia / Messengers of Rain
This bilingual (Spanish and English) Latin American poetry anthology is perfect for young readers who want to engage with a fascinating mix of established and new poets, as well as enhance their language skills.
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Roots: 40 Years of Style
Published to commemorate Roots Canada’s fortieth anniversary, Roots: The First Forty Years of Style celebrates the company’s rich history.
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Her picture books include \u003cem\u003eHana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin\u003c\/em\u003e by Chieri Uegaki (APALA Award, Governor General’s Literary Award finalist); \u003cem\u003eAway\u003c\/em\u003e by Emil Sher and \u003cem\u003eA Family Is a Family Is a Family\u003c\/em\u003e by Sara O’Leary (both USBBY Outstanding International Books); \u003cem\u003eWhen I Found Grandma \u003c\/em\u003eby Saumiya Balasubramaniam (Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award finalist) and \u003cem\u003eI Am Small\u003c\/em\u003e, which Qin has written and illustrated.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"Illustrated by","Contributor_0":"Adderson, Caroline (CA)","Contributor_1":"Leng, Qin (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNorman, Speak!\u003c\/em\u003e tells the comical yet thought-provoking story of a boy and his family who adopt a dog that just can’t seem to learn the things other dogs do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOverwhelmed by dogs in need at their local animal shelter, a young boy chooses Norman, the stray that’s been there the longest. But, upon bringing him home, the family quickly learns that Norman won’t respond to commands. He doesn’t even know his own name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring a chance encounter with another dog owner in the park, the family is very surprised to learn the reason for Norman’s confusion; he “speaks” Chinese instead of English! And so the family enrolls in a language class, determined to understand their uniquely loveable pet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe humorous text, from award-winning author Caroline Adderson, and Qin Leng’s delightful illustrations combine to create a picture book that will be enjoyed by readers (and dogs) no matter what language they speak.\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781554983223","Height":"8.75","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","MetaKeywords":"Family; Adoption; Animals; Pets; Animals; Dogs; Contemporary; Animals; Languages; Chinese; Family","NumberOfPages":"32","OtherText_Review_0":"Pet lovers will appreciate this family’s lighthearted journey toward making this relationship succeed.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Kirkus Reviews","OtherText_Review_1":"Throughout this lovely story, it is clear that the boy and his parents love Norman just as he is. Simple ink drawings set against ample white space make the endearing dog come alive on paper. This title will be a surefire hit with children.","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"School Library Journal","OtherText_Review_2":"This is a fresh and original take on the new-pet story that provides a gentle little paradigm shift along with its slight absurdity; the family’s genial embrace of their new dog’s language is both humorous . . . and offhandedly heartwarming.","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_Review_3":"Caroline Adderson and Qin Leng’s Norman, Speak! is a timeless story about a boy and his dog with a twist appropriate to today’s audience.","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"CM Magazine","OtherText_Review_4":"There are lessons here—about patience as well as intercultural understanding—but they’re very lightly worn, and the casual line of the ink-and-color illustrations reminds us that this is a warm family story most of all.","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Horn Book","OtherText_Review_5":"This is a delightful and whimsically illustrated book. Recommended.","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Library Media Connections","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"From award-winning author Caroline Adderson — what happens when a boy and his dog just don’t speak the same language?","PrizeCodeText_0":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_1":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_2":"Short-listed","PrizeCodeText_3":"Short-listed","PrizeCode_0":"03","PrizeCode_1":"03","PrizeCode_2":"04","PrizeCode_3":"04","PrizeName_0":"OLA Best Bets (Picture Books)","PrizeName_1":"USBBY Outstanding International Book","PrizeName_2":"Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize","PrizeName_3":"Chocolate Lily Book Award (Picture Book)","PrizeYear_0":"2015","PrizeYear_1":"2015","PrizeYear_2":"2015","PrizeYear_3":"2015","ProductFormDescription":"hardcover jacket","PublicationDate":"2014-04-01","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"From award-winning author Caroline Adderson — what happens when a boy and his dog just don’t speak the same language?","Width":"9.5","WidthCode":"in"}
ages 4
to 7
/ grades K
to 2
Norman, Speak!
From award-winning author Caroline Adderson — what happens when a boy and his dog just don’t speak the same language?
