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Long before Oscar Peterson became a virtuoso jazz pianist, he was a boy who loved to play the trumpet.

The Last Train is the harrowing true story about young brothers Paul and Oscar Arato and their mother, Lenke, surviving the Nazi occupation during the final years of World War II.  Living in the to

You Are Stardust begins by introducing the idea that every tiny atom in our bodies came from a star that exploded long before we were born.

Meet Myron: a third-grade detective who loves logic, facts and solving mysteries. He does not love new things.

In Where Are You, Bear?, Sophie and her best friend Bear discovered Canada from A to Z.

From the creator of the beloved Mole Sisters series comes an irresistible tale about two ravenous rodents, wanted for snacking on too many strawberries, daisies, tulips, and other vegetation.

Starting from Scratch is a manifesto on food that will help kids relate to what they eat, whether on special occasions or every day, inspiring both budding chefs and budding food lovers in the proc

Where did all these pieces of paper come from?

If discussing money is a difficult task for adults, it’s doubly so where kids are involved. Not only is the subject loaded with cryptic jargon (mortgages? Bull markets?

<p>Finalist, Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize (BC Book Prizes)</p> <p>Winner, CNFC Readers' Choice Award for "Threshold"</p> <p>In this debut collection o

<p><i>This Drawn & Quartered Moon</i> makes pre-millennial San Francisco its epicenter, and from there ranges out in time and space. Characters abound.

<p><i>The Devil You Know</i> is the follow-up volume to Farrell’s critically acclaimed debut collection, <i>Sugar Bush & Other Stories.</i></p> <p>Thes

<p>ReLit Long Shortlist, 2015</p> <p>Finalist, Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction</p> <p>Winner, National Magazine Award, Silver Medal for Humour, for the story "It

<p>Longlisted for the ReLit Award (2005)</p> <p><i>Foozlers</i> is a 24-hour “Odyssey” that runs a juggernaut through the high- and lowlands of Vancouver.

<p>Finalist, Books in Canada/Amazon.ca First Novel Award</p> <p><i>The Beautiful Dead End</i> is a visceral crime thriller that takes the reader on an existential jour