Longlisted for the 2024 Giller Prize • A Globe 100 Best Book of 2024 • A CBC Best Fiction Book of the YearShort stories about disparate characters consider what it means to find happiness...Loe edasi...
Editor John Metcalf has inspired, challenged, and championed countless writers over his long career. In Off the Record, he encourages six to reveal what one rarely discusses in polite society: how they became writers instead of r...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 25-Oct-2022, Hardback, Kirjastus: Prentice Hall Press, ISBN-13: 9780735265837)
When a mysterious little girl arrives in the chaotic village of Babble armed with a question mark, quotation marks and a period, the locals slowly learn how to communicate, but when more fights ensue and disaster strikes, it’s punctuation to the res...Loe edasi...
In this witty and colourfully peopled novel, Caroline Adderson effortlessly plunges the reader into a nineteenth-century Russian tragicomedy. Aspiring painter Masha C. is blindly devoted to Antosha, her famous writer-brother. Through the years Ant...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Sep-2022, Hardback, Kirjastus: Kids Can Press, ISBN-13: 9781771387330)
When her adorable little puppy turns into a troublesome dog, causing all sorts of chaos, Isabel wonders if there is a cure for this out-of-control canine. 9,000 first printing. Illustrations. When her adorable little puppy turns into a troubl...Loe edasi...
When the &;grownup virus&; hits, kids who live in the same apartment building must cope with strange new rules and extended time at home with parents and siblings.And they survive brilliantly, each in their own way....Loe edasi...
Pierre and Paul are back for another imaginative bilingual adventure Pierre and Paul are back for another imaginative bilingual adventurePierre and Paul are back for another adventure! Pierre speak...Loe edasi...
In this witty and colourfully peopled novel, Caroline Adderson effortlessly plunges the reader into a nineteenth-century Russian tragicomedy. Aspiring painter Masha C. is blindly devoted to Antosha, her famous writer-brother. Through the years Ant...Loe edasi...
Cakes, cookies or pie? A rivalry among local bakers is the basis for this deliciously sweet, off-the-wall picture book.Monsieur Oliphants cake shop, the only bakery game in town, has long had customers lining up outside its door for O...Loe edasi...
Pierre and Paul are neighbors, friends, and explorers. Pierre speaks French and Paul speaks English, but that doesnt stop them from sharing their adventures. The boys imagine everyday situations into grand exploits--today, they are climbing the Him...Loe edasi...
Now in its 49th year, Best Canadian Stories has long championed the short story form and highlighted the work of many writers who have gone on to shape the Canadian literary canon. Margaret Atwood, Clark Blaise, Tamas Dobozy, Mavis Gallan...Loe edasi...
The delightful adventures of a visually impaired barn cat and his annoying flea, as they set off to experience the world and find themselves participants in some of the most remarkable events of the early twentieth century. Pudding Tat is...Loe edasi...
The intensity of these deeply imagined stories is stunning. In these ten short stories, Caroline Adderson adopts a brilliant array of perspectives ranging from that of a nineteenth-century prospector, to a chambermaid in WWI V...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Oct-2016, Hardback, Kirjastus: Kids Can Press, ISBN-13: 9781771380157)
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All Jasper John Dooley was trying to do was practice his reading skills. He wanted to be ready for his turn to sit in the big, comfy chair at the library on Wednesday and read to Molly the Dog. But, even though Jasper was being so so so careful, the...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Dec-2015, Hardback, Kirjastus: Kids Can Press, ISBN-13: 9781771380140)
While hes at Nans, Jasper John Dooley discovers his dads beloved old Marcel Mouse toy. Orange and plastic with big ears and big feet, the toy was based on a character in a television show from when his dad was small. Jasper loves Marcel so much he...Loe edasi...
Literary Nonfiction. Architecture. Social History. Photography. Essays by Caroline Adderson, Eve Lazarus, Kerry Gold, John Atkin, John Mackie, and Elise and Stephen Partridge, with photographs by Tracey Ayton and Caroline Adderson. Foreword by Michae...Loe edasi...
In this poem addressed to a young child, author Caroline Adderson outlines the ten things a mother loves about her little one. From his scaley elbows and knees all the way to his twitchy tail, every inch of this little "monster" is ite...Loe edasi...
Malcolm, an aging hairdresser, is reclusive and bitter. Alison, a salon apprentice, is dismissed by Malcolm for her embarrassing innocence. When their colleague is murdered by neo-Nazis, however, the two embark on an unplanned pilgrimage to A...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Aug-2015, Hardback, Kirjastus: Kids Can Press, ISBN-13: 9781554538089)
Accidentally purchasing the wrong drink from a vending machine, Jasper gains so much artificial energy that he cannot sleep and is groggy the next day, but he continues secretly buying and drinking the beverage until he is exposed by an embarrassing...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Aug-2015, Hardback, Kirjastus: Kids Can Press, ISBN-13: 9781771380133)
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Wanting to play more than eat Nonnas delicious homemade noodles each week, young Leo is spellbound by Nonnas story about the events that inspired the star-shaped noodles she served on that particular Sunday, in a tale complemented by a list of Ital...Loe edasi...
Feeling left behind when his beloved Nan leaves for a week-long cruise, Jasper John Dooley realizes that he will be less lonely if he has his own adventures, which include a stapling mishap and a hamster escape. Jasper John Dooleys beloved N...Loe edasi...
Nicolas dog, June Bug, keeps getting into trouble and she is afraid her father will send him away, so she starts volunteering with June Bug at the local nursing home to make up for the dogs bad behavior. Nicolas adorable little dog June Bu...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 09-Oct-2014, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada, ISBN-13: 9781770898318)
First published in 1970, The Honeyman Festival chronicles one night in the life of Minn Burge, a woman in her mid-thirties who is torn between affection for her family and the need for a life in which impulse and intelligence can once aga...Loe edasi...
When his mother doesnt come home from her work shift, Curtis does what he can to take care of himself and his five-year-old brother while trying to hide her absence from his teachers so that they dont have to go back to a foster home. ...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Sep-2014, Hardback, Kirjastus: Kids Can Press, ISBN-13: 9781554538034)
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Jasper John Dooley, who only wants to play knights and dragons with Ori and Leon, is disgusted to find that Isabel has a crush on him, but he continues to see her so he can play with the trampoline at her house. Isabel loves Jasper, and its...Loe edasi...
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At last, its Jasper John Dooleys turn to be Star of the Week at school. Unfortunately, nothing turns out as planned. His Show and Tell falls flat. A new baby at his friend Oris house steals his spotlight. And worst of all, the new baby has only-ch...Loe edasi...
After a family adopts a dog from a local shelter, they cannot understand why he doesnt respond to commands, until a chance encounter in the dog park reveals that their new dog only understands Chinese. A comical yet thought-provoking st...Loe edasi...
