World War II is not long past and life is returning to normal in Cape Breton’s lovely Margaree Valley. But Jeannie Shaw is achingly lonely. Among the thirteen families in her community, there is no ...

Sneezing birds, complaining flamingos, warrior Vikings and radioactive cats! All these entertaining characters and a host of child-friendly themes are found in the pages of Floyd the Flamingo and His ...

In Mus White’s skillful adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s story There Is No Doubt About It, the news that a hen has lost a feather is blown out of proportion into an enormous scandal.

Horsy Hops is a delightful story for children in pictures and verses. It introduces eight creatures invented by Newfoundlanders to frighten young children into behaving themselves. Among them are the ...

This illustrated collection of Greek myths presents the history of the Minoan civilization. The novel connects famous myths; Zeus and Rhea, Theseus, Ariadne and the Minotaur, Icarus and Daedalus, Jason ...

Filling The Belly smashes the cliché of bourgeois attitudes and morals attributed to today’s young women. What emerges from Rosa’s haunting sexual memories, perplexing encounters with alternate reality, ...

"Sometimes it’s good to take a risk. " Twelve-year-old Jolene knows that her grandfather’s words are true, but she’s not a risk-taker like her twin brother. Frustrated, Jolene convinces herself ...

"I’m allergic to school!" Chelsea told her mother. This story, for children ages 5 to 8, is a playful, funny, touching, sensitive, groundbreaking story. It has all the elements that make a child excited, ...

Stanley’s people go out a lot. Stanley is a good dog, but one night, while they’re away, the temptation becomes too great and he sneaks up onto the couch. What a wonderful experience! Soon he’s ...