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Finalist for the 2014 Silver Birch Express Award Danny finds himself stranded at the bottom of a giant construction hole, armed with nothing but his school backpack, his wits — and the co

When Ethan arrives at summer camp for the first time, he has just three modest goals. First, to survive. Second, not to be hated. Third, not to be the worst at anything.

These thirty-five brief stories — and the found photographs that inspired them — are by turns realistic and surreal, bloody and tender, delightful and appalling.

Shortlisted for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, and selected as an Amazon.ca Best Book.

"The wild folk in Pleasant Valley were whispering strange stories to one another. If the stories were true, they were most amazing.

When Jeremiah Birnbaum becomes obsessed with the banjo, his best friend, Luella, convinces him to learn how to play despite his parent forbidding him from it.

Arthur Scott Bailey (1877 – 1949) was the author of more than forty children’s books. “Mr.

Have you ever seen a LadyBug and wondered what the cute little bug with the dots on her back was thinking? And why she seemed in such a rush?

Mr.

One of Bailey's "Sleepy-Time Tales," this is the story of Timothy Turtle, a grumpy old turtle trying to live his life alongside Black Creek.

Arthur Scott Bailey (1877 - 1949) was author of more than forty children's books. Bailey's writing has been described thusly by the Newark Evening News: "Mr.

This volume in the series, Sleepy-Time Tales, follows the adventures of Master Meadow Mouse as he moves his home to various (safer) places, and tells how he cleverly avoids creatures such as Fatty

Arthur Scott Bailey (1877 to 1949) was the author of more than forty children's books. Bailey's writing has been described thusly by the Newark Evening News: "Mr.