WELCOME TO BOOKS OF THE SEASON 2014
Every year we celebrate an author/illustrator in our holiday Books of the Season catalogue. This year we are pleased to feature the delightful and charming work of Andrea Lynn Beck's on the cover and on the "Kids and Babies” title page. Andrea is the creator of the Pierre le Poof book series, and the popular Elliott Moose TV series is based on her books and characters. Her books have received numerous awards and honours including being shortlisted for the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award, the OLA Blue Spruce Award and the Shining Willow Award. Her latest books are Goodnight, Canada (2012) and the recently published Good Morning, Canada. ANDREA LYNN BECK (For a full description of Good Morning, Canada, see page 60.) Born in Rosemère, Quebec, Andrea now lives in Unionville, Ontario. Please visit her at www.andreabeck.com.
Copyright notice: All Andrea Lynn Beck artwork used to illustrate the 2014 Books of the Season is from Good Morning, Canada, copyright © 2014 by Andrea Lynn Beck. Published by North Winds Press, an imprint of Scholastic Canada Ltd. Used by permission.
CONTENTS
The West 2 Film 49 GIFTWARE: Canada 3 Books on Music 50 Please look for examples of our unique giftware items throughout First Nations 5 Music CDs 52 the catalogue. Reader Reward Card Canadian Fiction 5 DVDs & Blu–ray 56 applies to all giftware purchases. Poetry 6 Bargain Books 58 Fiction 7 A NOTE ABOUT PRICES: Mystery 13 FOR KIDS & BABIES 59 Prices are announced by publishers and are subject to change. Andrea Lynn Beck 60 Science Fiction & Fantasy 14 Prices on titles listed at 30% off Graphic Novels 15 Christmas 61 are valid to December 31, 2014 Biography 17 Board Books 64 unless otherwise specified. Board Games 18 A Bear Called Paddington 65 History 20 Picture Books 66 Reference 21 Hanukkah 67 Issues & Politics 22 Beginning Readers 69 Art 24 National Geographic For Kids 74 Photography 27 Tales & Myths 75 Nature 29 Intermediate Novels 76 Travel 30 Books Have Birthdays Too 78 Hockey 32 Arts & Crafts 79 Sports 33 Teen Fiction 80 'Tis the Season 33 Humour 34 EVENTS Cooking 44 Winnipeg Events 35 International Cooking 46 Saskatoon Events 37 House & Home 46 Television 48
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Legacy of Worship: Sacred Places in Rural Saskatchewan Margaret Hryniuk & Frank Korvemaker, photographs by Larry Easton. $39.95. Hardcover. Coteau Books. Reader Reward Price $35.96 The companion volume to the best-selling Legacy of Stone combines brilliant colour images of the buildings people worship in with the fascinating stories of those places and people. Legacy of Worship profiles over 60 rural churches in Saskatchewan, representing 15 spiritual Vikings on a Prairie Ocean denominations that illustrate how beauty in any form inspires and nurtures Glenn Sigurdson. the soul. (September) $29.95. Softcover. Great Plains Publications. Reader Reward Price $26.96 Sigurdson blends personal memoir, Haunted Winnipeg family history and Icelandic lore in Matthew Komus. a unique and wide-ranging auto- $19.95. Softcover. Great Plains Publications. biography. Vikings on a Prairie Ocean Reader Reward Price $17.96 focuses on the year-round fishing Unexplained footsteps at Seven Oaks House. A woman enterprises of the Sigurdson family vanishing into thin air at the Hotel Fort Garry. Spirits on the unpredictable and unforgiving reaching out from beyond the grave at the Pantages Lake Winnipeg as a background for Playhouse Theatre. Just what is happening in Winnipeg’s exploring the Icelandic settlement heritage buildings at night? Hear about the people who of Manitoba. (May) may be haunting these historic sites while learning about the buildings’ unique and creepy history. (October)
The Patriotic Consensus Jody Perrun. $27.95. Softcover. University of Manitoba Press. Reader Reward Price $25.16 When WWII broke out, Winnipeg was Canada’s fourth largest city: culturally diverse, with strong class divisions and a vibrant tradition of political protest. Perrun explores the wartime experience of ordinary Winnipeggers and argues that unity was enhanced by shared hardships and the effectiveness of both official and unofficial information management. (September) The Showman and the Ukrainian Cause Orest T. Martynowych. $27.95. Softcover. University of Manitoba Press. Reader Reward Price $25.16 A quixotic figure, Vasile Avramenko “History will be (1895-1981) used folk culture and modern media in a life-long crusade kind to me, for I to promote Ukraine’s struggle for independence to North American intend to write it.” audiences as well as to help Ukrainian immigrants sustain their identity. —Winston Churchill Martynowych has written a fascinating portrait of how culture can become a political tool in a diaspora community. (September)
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Canadian Geographic: Mike on Crime Biggest and Best Mike McIntyre of Canada $11.95. Softcover. Great Plains Publications. Aaron Kylie. Reader Reward Price $10.76 $24.95. Softcover. Firefly. Justice reporter, national radio show Reader Reward Price $22.46 host, and best-selling author Mike Canada's landscape, its McIntyre reflects on 20 years of mountains, seas and lakes, its Canadian crime coverage by offering people and its achievements up some of his most memorable true mark it as one of the greatest tales from the police blotter and and most beautiful countries in the world. Featuring more court docket. From the lighter side of the law to the worst than 500 photographs and listing a thousand fascinating society has to offer, Mike McIntyre has pretty much seen facts, figures and feats,Canadian Geographic: Biggest and and heard it all. (November) Best of Canada presents "the true north strong and free" as the irreplaceable and special place it is. (October)
Vinyl Cafe: The Auto Pack Herstory 2015 Stuart McLean. Sask Collective. $28.99. 4 CD Pack. Outside Music. $15.95. Softcover. Coteau. Reader Reward Price $26.09 Reader reward Price $14.36 Stuart McLean is a best-selling Herstory 2015 carries on the Calendar author, award-winning journalist Collective’s tradition of reflecting the and humourist, and host of the CBC lives and achievements of the women Radio program, The Vinyl Cafe. who help to create and shape our Hear him performing 15 of his country by presenting their stories funniest stories on his latest cd collection. The Auto Pack along with the calendar pages that began with the first offers five hours of stories on four CDs to listen to in the Herstory calendar in 1974. The striking 2015 cover features car or at home. (September) the work of prominent Saskatoon artist Iris Hauser. (June)
Saskatchewan 2015 $16.99. Wyman Publishing.
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Atlas of Indian Playing the White Nations Man’s Game Anton Treuer. Don Marks $46.00. Hardcover. National $24.95. Softcover. J. Gordon Shillingford. Geographic. Reader Reward Price $22.46 Reader Reward Price $41.40 Marks tells the tales of Native This comprehensive atlas tells American athletes who overcame the story of North America’s tremendous obstacles to dominate First Nations through maps, the NFL, CFL, PGA, Olympic Games, photos, art and archival NHL and professional wrestling. cartography. Organized by region, this encyclopaedic These colourful characters recall Native American heroes reference details the First Nations peoples in the areas not only for their exploits on the field, but for their efforts of beliefs, sustenance, shelter, alliances, animosities, key to enhance native history, culture and lifestyle with pride historical events and more. (October) and dignity away from the competition. (September)
CANADIAN FICTION
Wiseman's Wager Mr. Jones Dave Margoshes. Margaret Sweatman $21.95. Softcover. Coteau Books. $32.95. Hardcover. Goose Lane Editions. Reader Reward Price $19.76 Reader Reward Price $29.66 A doctor's efforts to investigate the Adrift and riddled with guilt, mental state of a patient named Emmett Jones is drawn to John Zan are constantly stymied by Zan’s Norfield, a former POW who has misfiring memory, his wry delivery, found his focus in communism. But and his novelist's tendency to as the nuclear arms race heats up, embellish. From the streets of his relationship with Norfield makes Strike-era Winnipeg to Calgary in the 1980s, Zan delivers a him a target of security forces. Set in a time of rampant compelling meditation on aging, family ties, faith and the paranoia, Mr. Jones peels back the veneer of Canadian liquid concept of the truth. (September) politics to reveal a nation willing to sacrifice its own. (September)
The Evolution of Alice Quartet for the David A. Robertson. End of Time $18.95. Softcover. Portage & Main Press. Johanna Skibsrud Reader Reward Price $17.06 $32.95. Hardcover. Hamish Hamilton. Reader Reward Price $29.66 Enter the world of Alice, a single mother raising her three young From the Siberian Expedition of daughters on the rez where she World War I to the underground grew up. Alice has never had an world of a Soviet spy in the 1920s easy life, but has managed to get and 1930s, to the occultist circle by with the support of friends and of P. D. Ouspensky during the her family. When an unthinkable loss occurs, Alice is forced London Blitz, to the German prison camp where Messiaen onto a different path that challenges her belief in herself originally composed and performed his famous “Quartet and the world she thought she knew. (August) for the End of Time,” Skibsrud examines an act of personal betrayal against a sweeping backdrop of historical conflict. (September)
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Consumed Adult Onset David Cronenberg Ann-Marie MacDonald. $32.00. Hardcover. Hamish Hamilton. $32.00. Hardcover. Knopf. Reader Reward Price $28.80 Reader Reward Price $28.80 In the book-filled, artfully messy As a child, successful YA author Paris apartment of the famous Mary Rose suffered from an French intellectuals Celestine and illness, long since cured. But her Aristide Arosteguy, an astonishing frustrations mount as she tries to discovery is made: the grisly, balance work and parenthood, butchered remains of Celestine, causing her to experience a partially eaten. Her husband, sought by police for flare-up of once forgotten symptoms which compel her questioning, is nowhere to be found. Cronenberg’s to rethink the memories of her own childhood. A powerful sexually charged debut novel reminds us that the drama about the dark undercurrents that hold families boundaries of lover and beloved aren’t always together and the pressures of love. (October) clearly defined. (October)
Family Furnishings The Guardian Alice Munro. Jack Whyte. $32.95. Hardcover. McClelland & Stewart. $34.95. Hardcover. Viking. Reader Reward Price $29.66 Our 30% Off Price $24.47 A selection of twenty-five stories In the spring of 1297, Wallace the by the recipient of the 2013 Braveheart and Robert Bruce Nobel Prize in Literature, Family meet in Ayr determined to defy Furnishings gathers Munro’s most the ambitions of England. From accomplished and powerfully Jack Whyte, the master of the affecting stories from collections sweeping historical epic, comes of the last two decades. Subtly honed with precision, the continuing story of two heroes who reshaped and grace and compassion, these stories illuminate the reconfigured the entire destiny of Scotland, destroying extraordinary in the ordinary lives of men, women England’s military power for decades in the process. and children. (November) (November)
Punishment Linden MacIntyre. $32.00. Hardcover. Random House. Reader Reward Price $28.80 Former corrections officer, Tony Breau, returns to the village where he grew up, only to find a young con he’d had dealings with in prison is back there too, and once again in trouble. In his first novel since completing his Long Stretch trilogy, the Scotiabank Giller prize-winner delivers a powerful exploration of justice and vengeance and the peril that ensues when passion replaces reason. (November)
POETRY
Burning Daylight Christine Fellows. $17.95. Softcover. ARP. Reader Reward Price $16.16 Musical theatre meets the written word in this debut poetry collection by the acclaimed Winnipeg singer/songwriter as she draws together the Yukon Gold Rush of the early 20th century and the Arctic iron ore mining mega-projects of the modern day. Through a feminist lens, Fellows examines dislocation, isolation, family and frailty as reflected in our relationship with the ever-changing northern landscape. (September)
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Lila Marilynne Robinson. Hardcover. $29.99. HarperCollins. Reader Reward Price $26.99 Lila, homeless and alone after years of roaming the countryside, steps inside a small-town Iowa church and ignites a romance that reshapes her life. Robinson revisits the characters and setting of her Pulitzer Prize-winning novels Gilead and Home to give a moving expression of the mysteries of existence as Lila tries to make sense of The Bone Clocks the days of suffering that preceded her newfound security. (October) David Mitchell. $34.00. Hardcover. Knopf. Reader Reward Price $30.60 Mitchell is a consummate craftsman The Children Act as he weaves together the stories Ian McEwan. of teenage runaway Holly Sykes, $29.95. Hardcover. Knopf. her former schoolmate-turned-war Reader Reward Price $26.96 reporter Ed Brubreck, unprincipled undergraduate Hugo Lamb, novelist Fiona Maye is a High Court judge in London. She is fiercely Crispin Hershey and a whole string of intelligent and well respected. But Fiona's professional characters who shape-shift to appear success belies her domestic strife. Her husband, Jack, and re-appear in a kaleidoscopic, wants an open marriage, and after an argument, moves serpentine novel that navigates out of their house. But Jack doesn't leave her thoughts, between characters, eras and realms and the pressure of work and her crumbling marriage of possibility. (September) tests Fiona in ways she had not expected. (September)
Let Me Be Frank With You Richard Ford. $32.99. Hardcover. HarperCollins. Reader Reward Price $29.69 Set in the aftermath and amid the calamitous circumstances of Hurricane Sandy, this quartet of novellas takes the reader on a moving odyssey through the layered consciousness of one of contemporary fiction’s most compelling incarnations. Here Ford returns to the territory that The Taxidermist's Daughter sealed his reputation as a modern master: the life of Frank Bascombe, Kate Mosse. hero of his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Independence Day. (November) $22.99. Softcover. Orion. Reader Reward Price $20.69
Sussex, 1912. In a churchyard, Nora Webster villagers gather on the night when Colm Tóibín. the ghosts of those who will die $32.95. Hardcover. McClelland & Stewart. in the coming year are thought to Reader Reward Price $29.66 be seen. But Constantia Gifford, the taxidermist’s daughter, doesn’t Set in a small town in Ireland in the 1960s, a mother believe in fate. She struggles against of four and recent widow moves from grief, fear and superstition to discover who is longing to unexpected discovery. In detailing the lives responsible for the grisly murders of one small family, Tóibín gives us a portrait of a time which rock her village. Is the answer and an intricately woven tapestry of a small town where hidden among the bell jars of her everyone knows everyone's business, and where well- father's workshop? (September) meaning gestures often have unforeseen consequences. (October)
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The Love Song of Miss Us A Sudden Light Queenie Hennessy David Nicholls. Garth Stein. Rachel Joyce. $22.99. Softcover. HarperCollins. $32.50. Hardcover. Simon & Schuster. $29.95. Hardcover. Bond Street Books. Reader Reward Price $20.69 Reader Reward Price $29.25 Reader Reward Price $26.96 The new novel by the author of A legacy of family secrets is From the author of The Unlikely One Day follows Douglas Petersen’s uncovered in the new novel by the Pilgrimage of Harold Fry comes a efforts to salvage his marriage — author of The Art of Racing in the unique love story alongside that of and repair his relationship with his Rain. When Trevor Riddell’s father Harold Fry about Queenie Hennessy, teenaged son — during the course of gives his fourteen-year-old son his the remarkable friend who inspired a trip around Europe. Narrated from first glimpse of Riddell House, the Harold's incredible journey. When Douglas’s endearingly honest point legendary family mansion, it is not Queenie discovers that Harold is of view, it is an authentic meditation a fortuitous visit. Trevor’s bankrupt walking the length of England to save on the demands of marriage and parents have a plan to dispatch the her, and all she has to do is wait, she parenthood, and the complicated elderly Grandpa Samuel to a nursing is shocked. Her note had explained relationship between the heart and home and sell off the property for she was dying. How can she wait? the head. (November) development. (September) (October)
The Heart Has Its Reasons The Boston Girl María Dueñas. Anita Diamant. $22.00. Softcover. Atria Books. $32.00. Hardcover. Scribner. Reader Reward Price $19.80 Reader Reward Price $28.80 Blanca Perea is a college professor Addie Baum is The Boston Girl, in Madrid who seems to have it all. born in 1900 to immigrant parents But her perfect career and marriage who were unprepared for and start to unravel when her husband of suspicious of America and its effect twenty years suddenly leaves her for on their three daughters. Growing another woman. Declared “a writer up in the North End, then a teeming to watch” (Publishers Weekly), the multicultural neighbourhood, Addie’s bestselling author of The Time in intelligence and curiosity take her to Between delivers a powerful story a world her parents can’t imagine in about a woman who discovers the this fascinating look at a generation power of second chances. (November) of women finding their places in a changing world. (December)
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Edge of Eternity Deadline Prince Lestat Ken Follett. John Sandford. Anne Rice. $42.00. Hardcover. Dutton. $32.95. Hardcover. Putnam. $34.00. Hardcover. Knopf Our 30% Off Price $29.40 Our 30% Off Price $23.07 Our 30% Off Price $23.80 Ken Follett’s Century Trilogy follows In Southeast Minnesota, down Old vampires, roused from slumber the fortunes of five intertwined on the Mississippi, a school board in the earth, are doing the bidding families — American, German, meets behind closed doors to vote of a Voice commanding that they Russian, English and Welsh — as they on whether to authorize the killing indiscriminately burn vampire- make their way through the twentieth of a local reporter. The vote is four mavericks in cities from Paris to century. Edge of Eternity, the finale, to one in favour. Meanwhile, not far Mumbai and Hong Kong to San covers one of the most tumultuous away, Virgil Flowers is helping out a Francisco. At the book's centre, the eras of all: the 1960s through the friend by looking into a dognapping seemingly absent, the great hope 1980s, encompassing civil rights, when he receives a call from Lucas of the Undead, the dazzling Prince assassinations, Vietnam, the Berlin Davenport: the body of a local Lestat, awaits, as Rice returns to the Wall, presidential impeachment, reporter has been found. (October) extraordinary world of the Vampire revolution — and rock and roll. Chronicles. (October) (September)
Shopaholic to the Stars Revival The Escape Sophie Kinsella. Stephen King. David Baldacci. $32.00. Hardcover. Dial Press. $36.00 Hardcover. Scribner. $31.00. Hardcover. Grand Central Publishing. Our 30% Off Price $22.40 Our 30% Off Price $25.20 Our 30% Off Price $21.70 Becky and her two-year-old daughter In a small New England town, a John Puller (Zero Day, The Forgotten) join Becky’s husband, Luke, in L.A. young boy, Jamie Morton, is as is a combat veteran and special agent Luke is there to handle PR for famous taken by the striking figure of the with the U.S. Army. He’s the man they actress Sage Seymour. Becky can’t new minister, Charles Jacobs, as call to investigate the toughest crimes wait to start living the A-list lifestyle, everyone else. When tragedy strikes facing the nation. But all his training, but what she really wants is to the Jacobs family, however, the all his experience, all his skills do not become Sage’s personal stylist. Then, charismatic preacher curses God and prepare him for his newest case, one unexpectedly, Becky is offered the is banished from the town. Years later, that forces him to hunt down the chance to dress Sage’s archrival, and a desperate Jamie, now in his mid- most formidable and brilliant prey suddenly Becky has everything she’s thirties, meets Jacobs again, and their he has ever tracked: his own brother. ever wanted. Or does she? (October) bond becomes a pact beyond even (November) the Devil’s devising. (November)
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Blue Labyrinth Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child. $30.00. Hardcover. Grand Central Publishing. Our 30% Off Price $21.00 When one of Aloysius Pendergast's most implacable enemies shows up dead on his doorstep, one enigmatic clue — a piece of turquoise lodged in the stomach of the deceased — leads him deep into a family's sinister past. But Pendergast soon discovers he is not investigating a ghastly episode of family history, he is It Started With Paris caught up in a wickedly clever plot, and he may be the Cathy Kelly. target. (November) $22.99. Softcover. Orion. Reader Reward Price $20.69
At the top of the Eiffel Tower, a young Desert God man proposes to his girlfriend, Wilbur Smith. cheered on by delighted tourists. In $24.99. Softcover. William Morrow. that second, everything changes, Our 30% Off Price $17.49 not just for the happy couple, but for the family and friends awaiting their The young Pharaoh Tamose rules a divided Egypt while return in Ireland. With her warmth Hyksos invaders control the lower Nile. Tamose, however, and insight, Kelly weaves a delightful has a secret weapon: Taita. A eunuch and former slave, tale from a once-in-a-lifetime he is also an expert strategist who develops a plan that moment, drawing together a cast of will destroy the Hyksos army and form an alliance with characters who feel like old friends. Crete. But there are many obstacles in the way, not the (October) least of which are the Pharaoh’s two teenage sisters. (October)
Hope to Die Burn James Patterson. James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge. $32.00. Hardcover. Little, Brown & Company. $31.00. Hardcover. Little, Brown & Company. Our 30% Off Price $22.40 Our 30% Off Price $21.70 Stalked by a psychotic genius, Detective Alex Cross Now working the Outreach Squad in Harlem, Bennett is being forced to play the deadliest game of his receives a report about a group of well-dressed men career. Terrified and desperate, Cross must give this holding a bizarre party in a condemned building. mad man what he wants if he has any chance of At first Bennett dismisses the report. But when a saving the most important people in his life — his charred body is found in the building, he is forced to entire family. The stakes have never been higher: take the caller seriously and soon finds himself drawn what will Cross sacrifice to save the ones he loves? into a criminal underground of terrifying depravity. (December) (October)
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Peter James was educated at Charterhouse, then at film school. He lived in North America for a number of years, working as a screenwriter and film producer before returning to England. His novels, including the Sunday Times bestselling series featuring Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, have been translated into thirty-six languages, with worldwide sales of fourteen million copies. Three novels have been filmed. All his books reflect his deep interest in the world of the police, with whom he does in-depth research, as well as his fascination with science, medicine and the paranormal. He has also produced numerous films, including Al Pacino'sThe Merchant of Venice. He divides his time between his homes in Notting Hill, London, and Sussex. In the latest novel in the Roy Grace series, Want You Dead (now available as a pocket book), Red Westwood meets handsome, charming and rich Bryce Laurent through an online dating agency. There is an instant attraction, but as their love blossoms, the truth about his past and his dark side begin to emerge. Within a year, and under police protection, she evicts him from her flat and her life. But Red's nightmare is only just beginning. (Softcover $21.99/$11.99. HarperCollins)
A Twist of the Knife Peter James. $21.99. Softcover. PAN Macmillan. Reader Reward Price $19.79 Just out is James’s latest story collection. Combining every twisted tale from the ebook bestsellers Short Shockers One and Short Shockers Two, and with a never-seen-before collection of new material, A Twist of the Knife shows Peter James as one of the grandmasters of storytelling with this sometimes funny, often haunting, but always shocking collection. (November)
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The Beat Goes On: The Burning Room Flesh and Blood The Complete Rebus Michael Connelly. Patricia Cornwell. Short Stories $31.00. Hardcover. Little, Brown & Company. $32.99. Hardcover. HarperCollins. Ian Rankin. Our 30% Off Price $21.70 Our 30% Off Price $23.09 $28.99. Hardcover. Orion. When a man succumbs to In the 22nd Scarpetta novel, the Reader Reward Price $26.09 complications from being shot by a master forensic sleuth finds herself There is no detective like DI Rebus. stray bullet nine years earlier, Harry in the unsettling pursuit of a serial Brilliant, irascible and endlessly Bosch and his new partner, rookie sniper. The victims appear to have frustrating to both his friends and his Detective Lucia Soto, are tasked with had nothing in common, and there long-suffering bosses, he has made solving what turns out to be a highly is no pattern to indicate where the the dark places of Edinburgh his charged, politically sensitive case. killer will strike next. Only when comfort and his home for over two Beginning with the bullet that's been Scarpetta investigates a shipwreck decades. The Beat Goes On combines lodged for years in the victim's spine, off the coast of South Florida does Rebus classics with previously they discover that the shooting may she stumble upon evidence that unpublished gems from other media, have been anything but random. brings the case uncomfortably close and includes two brand-new stories (November) to home. (November) written specifically for this collection. (October)
Abattoir Blues Peter Robinson. $29.95. Hardcover. McClelland & Stewart. Our 30% Off Price $20.97 A stolen tractor hardly seems a job for DCI Banks, but the new police commissioner has put rural crime high on her agenda. At the same time, an apparent crime scene is discovered at an abandoned WWII airfield. Then two local lads go missing. Is there a connection? The Girl Next Door In the 22nd Inspector Banks novel, even the investigators are not safe as they soon find themselves in a race Ruth Rendell against time. (October) $22.95. Softcover. Doubleday. Reader Reward Price $20.66 Before the Second World War, beneath the meadows of Essex, a The Cinderella Murder network of tunnels has been dug. Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke. A group of children discover them. $32.50. Hardcover. Simon & Schuster. They play there. It becomes their Our 30% Off Price $22.75 secret place. Seventy years later Clark and Burke team up to deliver a new series about a the bones of two severed hands are TV program featuring cold case murders. When Susan discovered. An investigation into a Dempsey, a multi-talented UCLA student was found dead long buried crime of passion begins, (sans one shoe), her murder raised numerous questions. while the group of friends who played With suspects that include Hollywood’s elite and tech together as children begin to billionaires, TV producer Laurie Moran knows the case will question their past. (November) attract great ratings, but is Cinderella’s murderer ready for a close-up? (November)
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The Slow Regard of Silent Things Patrick Rothfuss. $21.95. Hardcover. DAW. Reader Reward Price $19.76 Deep below the bustling halls of the University lies a cavernous maze of abandoned rooms and ancient passageways. At the heart of it all lives Auri. Formerly a student at the University, Auri now spends her days tending the world around her. No longer fooled by the rationality so treasured by the University, she sees beyond the surface of things Doctor Who: The Secret and has learned that some mysteries are best left alone. (November) Lives of Monsters Justin Richards. $55.50. Hardcover. HarperCollins. Reader Reward Price $49.95 Star Wars Costumes This fully illustrated colour Brandon Alinger. compendium is packed with $75.00. Hardcover. Chronicle Books. photographs, eyewitness accounts, Reader Reward Price $67.50 diagrams and illustrations that reveal proof of the existence of alien Who can forget Darth Vader in his black cape and mask? life out there and among us, all Or the white hard-body suit of the stormtroopers? Or packaged with removable artwork Leia's outfit as Jabba's slave? These costumes, like so commissioned exclusively for the many others from the Star Wars universe, have become book. A unique, in-depth look into iconic. In over 200 photographs, sketches and notes, fans the hidden lives and mysteries of get a fresh perspective on the creation of the clothes and costume props that the monsters from the hit BBC series brought the characters to life. (November) Doctor Who. (November)
The World of Ice & Fire George R.R. Martin. $58.00. Hardcover. Bantam. Reader Reward Price $52.20 This comprehensive history of the Seven Kingdoms provides accounts of the epic battles, bitter rivalries, and daring rebellions that lead to the events of A Song of Ice and Fire. Includes full-colour artwork and maps with more than 170 original pieces, full family trees for the Houses Stark, Lannister, and Targaryen, and in-depth explorations of the history and culture of Westeros.(November) The Damnation of Pythos David Annandale. $17.50. Softcover. Games Workshop. Reader Reward Price $15.75
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The Musical Monsters of Turkey Hollow Jim Henson. $31.00. Hardcover. HarperCollins. Reader Reward Price $27.90 Everyone thought it was just an old meteorite until young Timmy Henderson was practicing his guitar one day and found himself accompanied by strange, unearthly, musical sounds. It turns out that meteorite wasn’t a rock at all but an egg holding seven furry, goofy monsters, each with a unique musical sound. This Batman: A Visual History long-lost Jim Henson TV special has been adapted and Matthew Manning. illustrated by Roger Langridge. (November) $52.00. Hardcover. Dorling Kindersley. Reader Reward Price $46.80
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Syllabus Lynda Barry. $19.95. Softcover. Drawn & Quarterly. Reader Reward Price $17.96 For the past decade, Barry has run a popular writing workshop for nonwriters called Writing the Unthinkable. Syllabus takes the course plan for Barry's workshop and runs wild with it in her densely detailed signature style. Collaged texts, ballpoint-pen doodles, and watercolour washes adorn the yellow lined pages, as she offers advice on finding a creative voice and using memories to inspire. (October)
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I Must Say Martin Short. $33.50. Hardcover. HarperCollins. Reader Reward Price $30.15 Short tells the tale of how a showbiz-obsessed kid from Canada transformed himself into one of Hollywood’s favourite funnymen. But there is another side to Short’s life that he has long kept private. He lost his eldest brother and both parents by the time he turned twenty, and, more recently, his wife of thirty years to cancer. An Who We Are entertaining yet surprisingly moving self-portrait of a Elizabeth May. comedy legend. (November) $29.95. Hardcover. Greystone Books. Reader Reward Price $26.96
May believes that Canadians must Lady Parts rescue our threatened democracy, Andrea Martin. return to our traditional role as a $29.99. Hardcover. HarperCollins. world leader, develop a sustainable Reader Reward Price $26.99 economy, and take immediate action to address the climate crisis. In this A recipient of the Canada Walk of Fame and Women in marriage of memoir and manifesto, Television and Film awards, Martin shares her fondest the leader of the Green Party reflects remembrances of a life in show business, motherhood, on her extraordinary life and the relationships, no relationships, family, chimps in tutus, people and experiences that have squirrels, and why she flies to Atlanta to get her hair cut. formed her beliefs. (September) A series of always entertaining and often moving essays by a woman with a truly storied life. (September)
Common Ground Justin Trudeau. $32.50. Hardcover. HarperCollins. Reader Reward Price $29.25 Covering the years from his childhood at 24 Sussex to his first campaign in Papineau to his role as Liberal leader “Man does today, Trudeau captures the signal moments that have formed him and his vision for the future of Canada. Filled not live by with anecdotes, personal reflections, and never-before- seen photographs from his own collection, Common words alone, Ground shows Justin's personal side as well as the political. (October) despite the fact that Hope Richard Zoglin. sometimes $36.00 Hardcover. Simon & Schuster. Reader Reward Price $32.40 he has to Bob Hope is a household name. Born in 1903, he was
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Montcalm & Wolfe Roch Carrier. $34.99. Hardcover. HarperCollins. Reader Reward Price $31.49 In September 1759, a small band of British troops led by James Wolfe scaled the cliff overlooking a farmer's field owned by Abraham Martin and overpowered the French garrison. The battle that ensued would forever shape the geography and politics of Canada. Written by one of our country's finest writers, this epic battle is told through the lives of the two great generals, Wolfe and Montcalm. (November) Victoria: A Life A.N. Wilson. $42.00. Hardcover. Penguin. Reader Reward Price $37.80
Rise to Greatness: More than just the stock image of The History of Canada an unsmiling widow in mourning, Wilson’s complete immersion Conrad Black. in Victoria’s letters and journals $50.00. Hardcover. McClelland & Stewart. reveals a carefully nuanced portrait Reader Reward Price $45.00 of a monarch possessed by family Black recounts the story of Canada from colony to immigrant insecurities, a mother who dominion to country. He persuasively reveals that, while hated pregnancy, and a reluctant many would argue that Canada was never destined public figure who nevertheless for greatness, the opposite is true: the emergence of a harnessed royalty with British foreign magnificent country, against all odds, was a remarkable policy to become the figurehead achievement. Brilliantly conceived, this major re-examination of our country's of military and economic world history is a riveting tour de force. (November) domination. (November)
How We Got to Now Steven Johnson. $34.95. Hardcover. Riverhead. Reader Reward Price $31.46 Filled with surprising stories of accidental genius and brilliant mistakes — from the French publisher who invented the phonograph before Edison but forgot to include playback, to the Hollywood movie star who helped invent the technology behind Wi-Fi and Bluetooth — How We Got to Now investigates the secret history behind the everyday objects of contemporary life. (October) Canada’s Great War Album Edited by Mark Collin Reid. $39.99. Hardcover. HarperCollins. Reader Reward Price $35.99
Forgotten Victory Two years ago, Canada's History Society invited Canadians to tell their Mark Zuehlke family stories from World War I. The $37.95. Hardcover. Douglas & McIntyre. overwhelming response has been Reader Reward Price $34.16 assembled in this book for the first On February 8, 1945, First Canadian Army attacked the time. Here are their personal stories west bank of the Rhine. A victory here would give the and photographs that together form Allies a launching point to drive into Germany’s heart- a compelling and moving account of land. The German forces resisted fanatically, however, the war. Guest contributors include for 38 gruelling days. The Canadians who fought there Peter Mansbridge, Charlotte Gray, would forever remember the heroism, endurance and J.L. Granatstein, Christopher Moore, the tragic sacrifices that have been largely lost to our common national history. Jonathan Vance and Tim Cook. (September) (November)
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Valour Road John Nadler $33.95. Hardcover. Penguin. Reader Reward Price $30.56 When WWI ended on November 11, 1918, the people of Pine Street, a sleepy avenue on the outskirts of Winnipeg, came to realize that three young men from their street had each received the Victoria Cross, the highest award for bravery at that time. John Nadler pays fitting tribute to their story and how their street came to The Necessary War be renamed Valour Road, an act of remembrance that continues to resonate to Tim Cook. this day. (September) $39.95. Hardcover. Allen Lane. Reader Reward Price $35.96 From the sweltering heat of Sicily Into the Blizzard to the frigid North Atlantic, and Michael Winter. from the urban warfare of Ortona to $32.95. Hardcover. Doubleday. the dark skies over Germany, Cook Reader Reward Price $29.66 chronicles how Canadian soldiers, Part unconventional history, part memoir-travelogue, airmen and sailors fought against the part philosophical inquiry, Winter captures the lives and skilled enemy whom they confronted the landscapes, both in Europe and in Newfoundland, in the battlefields of WW II from 1939 that were scarred by the First World War, a conflict that to 1943. Cook also examines how the is just now slipping from living memory. In subtle and war changed Canada, and largely surprising ways, he also reflects upon the hidden story shaped national development for entangled in the very act of remembering itself. (November) decades to come. (September)
REFERENCE
Top 10 of Everything 2015 Paul Terry. $24.95. Hardcover. Firefly. Reader Reward Price $22.46 Packed with unusual comparisons, special features, breathtaking photographs, holographic foil histories, engineering feats and thousands of facts and pictures, the Top 10 of Everything 2015 reveals jaw-dropping facts about machines, animals, sport, music, space, epic structures and more. New for this edition are detailed magnifications that zoom in on all the fantastic detail and 'Danger' boxes showcasing the really scary stuff. (October) Ripley's Believe It or Not! Reality Shock! $32.95. Hardcover. Ripley Publishing. Our 30% Off Price $23.07 The 2015 edition is filled with more Guinness World Records 2015 of the amazing facts, unbelievable $34.95. Hardcover. Guinness Publishing. stories and extraordinary Our 30% Off Price $24.47 photography that makes the series so popular. Read all about the Inspired by innovations in tablet technology, the latest amazing things that people all Guinness World Records book presents thousands over the world have done, from of new and updated records, along with hundreds insane stunts to crazy traditions. of never-before-seen photographs. The 2015 edition Crystal clear photography is paired showcases the very best of the most recent world with zany stories, amazing facts records, with new subjects as diverse as castles, 3D and figures that are undeniably printing, the search for alien life and the latest developments in AI and true but incredibly hard to believe. robotics. (September) (September)
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Belonging: The Paradox of Citizenship Adrienne Clarkson. $19.95. Softcover. House of Anansi. Reader Reward Price $17.95 Never has the world experienced greater movement of peoples from one country to another, from one continent to another. These seismic shifts in population have brought about huge challenges for all societies. In this year’s Massey Lectures, Canada’s twenty-sixth Governor General and bestselling author Adrienne Clarkson argues Party of One that a sense of belonging is a necessary mediation between an individual and a Michael Harris. society. (September) $33.95. Hardcover. Viking. Reader Reward Price $30.56
Michael Harris closely examines Fields of Blood Stephen Harper’s majority Karen Armstrong. government, essentially unchecked $32.00. Hardcover. Knopf. by the opposition since the general Reader Reward Price $28.80 election of 2011. Against the backdrop of a Conservative commitment to Armstrong lays the Christian and the Islamic way of war transparency and accountability, side by side, along with those of Buddhism, Hinduism, Harris exposes the ultra-secrecy, non- Confucianism, Daoism and Judaism. Each of these faiths compliance, and dismissiveness of arose in agrarian societies with plenty of motivation for this prime minister to reveal the often violence. Within each tradition, however, communities breathtaking gap between his stated arose to protest the injustice and violence. Armstrong political principles and his practices. explores the two impulses and its development as these faiths came of age. (October) (October)
The Human Age Diane Ackerman. $32.99. Hardcover. HarperCollins. Reader Reward Price $29.69 We tinker with nature, we garden the planet with our preferred species of plants and animals, and we have even altered the climate sufficiently to threaten our own survival. With her gift for making scientific discovery intelligible to the layperson, Ackerman introduces us to many of the people and ideas now creating — and perhaps saving — our future and that of our fellow creatures. (September) World Order Henry Kissinger. $42.00. Hardcover. Penguin. Reader Reward Price $37.80
This Changes Everything Henry Kissinger has travelled the world, advised presidents, and been Naomi Klein. a close observer and participant in $36.95. Hardcover. Knopf. the central foreign policy events of Reader Reward Price $33.26 our era. Now he offers his analysis of Forget everything you think you know about global the 21st century’s ultimate challenge: warming. The really inconvenient truth is that it’s not how to build a shared international about carbon — it’s about capitalism. Klein, author order in a world of divergent historic of The Shock Doctrine and No Logo, tackles the most perspectives, violent conflict, profound threat humanity has ever faced: the war proliferating technology, and our economic model is waging against life on earth. ideological extremism. (September) It is no longer about changing the light bulbs, it’s about changing the world. (September)
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All the Way Jordan Tootoo & Stephen Brunt. $32.95. Hardcover. Viking. Reader Reward Price $29.66 When Tootoo made the Nashville Predators in 2003, he became the first player of Inuk descent to suit up in the NHL. But the stress of competing in the NHL, the pressure to be a role model for his culture, and family tragedy took its toll. In 2010, Tootoo checked himself into rehab for alcohol addiction. It seemed a promising career was over. Hockey Confidential But that’s not the way Tootoo saw it. (October) Bob McKenzie. $32.99. Hardcover. HarperCollins. Reader Reward Price $29.69
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Mr. Hockey Gordie Howe. $32.00. Hardcover. Viking. Reader Reward Price $8.80 Big, skilled, mean and nearly indestructible, Howe dominated the game and the record books for decades. Despite his unyielding ferocity on the ice, his name has long been a byword for decency, generosity and honesty off it. Howe revisits his Depression-era roots to tell the story of his Hall of Fame career, his enduring marriage to Colleen, his extraordinary relationship with his children, and life Straight Up & Personal into the present. (October) Don Cherry. $29.95. Hardcover. Doubleday. Our 30% Off Price $20.99
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'TIS THE SEASON Does Santa Exist? Eric Kaplan. $23.00. Hardcover. Dutton. Reader Reward Price $20.70 Metaphysics isn’t ordinarily much of a laughing matter. But in the hands of Eric Kaplan, scholar and co-executive producer of The Big Bang Theory, a search for the truth about old St. Nick becomes a deeply insightful, laugh-out-loud discussion of the way some things exist but may not really be there. Just like Santa Christmas: The and his reindeer. (October) Sacred to Santa Tara Moore. $36.00. Hardcover. Reaktion Books. Reader Reward Price $32.40 From shopping malls and Fox News to movie theatres, Christmas no longer solely celebrates the birth of Christ. Considering the holiday in its global context, Christmas journeys from its historical origins to its modern incarnation as a global commercial event, stopping along the way to look at the controversies and traditions of the celebratory day. (October)
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Chef Karen Nielsen in the Winnipeg Prairie Ink and Chef Todd Leedahl in Saskatoon are proud prairie chefs who believe in exploring our regional cuisines. Throughout the year they prepare delicious in-house specials using recipes culled from their favourite cookbooks. This year they’ve celebrated our boreal heritage with dishes from The Boreal Feast by Michele Genest; indulged our taste buds with recipes featured in Cooking with Cherries from the Prairies that are made with cherries developed at the University of Saskatchewan; and offered the comforting family recipes found in My Prairie Cookbook by Little House on the Prairie star Melissa Gilbert. IN THE KITCHEN
Port-Style Bread Forms These unglazed Terracotta Bread Forms are perfect for creating delicious freshly baked bread. Prices range from $40.00 to $45.00. Bread Proving Baskets are ideal for home bread baking. The coil design produces a professional looking loaf every time. Prices range from $16.00 to $20.00.
Le Creuset Cookware Respect for tradition and authenticity has been Le Creuset’s guiding principle since 1925 when Armand Desaegher, a casting specialist, and Octave Aubecq, an enameling expert, recognized an opportunity to improve the versatility of cast iron cookware by coating it in a porcelain enamel glaze. Basting Brushes $20.00. Ramekins $20.00. Baking Dishes $60.00 to $90.00. French Oven $345.00. TEA TIME
ForLife Tea Sets All ForLife teapots are designed for a The ForLife Tall Tea Mug, complete simple, easy and clean way of brewing with an extra fine 0.3 mm infuser and a fresh pot of tea. The lid is designed lid, is designed to brew just one fresh to stay in place when you tilt the teapot cup of tea in your own cup. The lid to pour tea. The extra fine tea infuser helps maintain tea temperature and enables you to brew fine teas such as can also be used as an infuser holder. Rooibos tea to large whole-leaf teas The stylish and colourful Forlife tea like Oolong tea. cups match with all types of teapots. $32.95. $26.95. (Did you know McNally Robinson’s Prairie Ink Winnipeg location serves a very popular High Tea every Tuesday afternoon using the ForLife teapots?) COOKING
Best of Bridge Holiday Classics The Editors of Best of Bridge $29.95. Spiral Bound. Robert Rose. Reader Reward Price $26.96 A mixture of time-honoured recipes from Best of Bridge, as well as new ones, make this an instant holiday classic. The best holiday-worthy roasts and other special entrees for celebrations are here, along with fabulous recipes for holiday brunches and lunches, buffets and pot lucks. As well, the folks My Prairie Cookbook at Best of Bridge have a whole chapter devoted to turning those leftovers into Melissa Gilbert, photographs something delicious. (October) by Dane Holweger $27.95. Hardcover. Stewart, Tabori & Chang. Reader Reward Price $25.16 Jamie's Comfort Food Melissa Gilbert, star of Little House Jamie Oliver. on the Prairie, offers comforting $37.99. Hardcover. HarperCollins. family recipes and childhood Our 30% Off Price $26.59. favorites. From prairie breakfasts and picnic lunches to treats inspired Jamie Oliver treats cooks to an enticing array of by Nellie’s restaurant, the 80 simple new and signature dishes that embody his inspiring and delicious dishes — crispy fried cooking style: to make delicious and healthy meals chicken, pot roasts, corn bread, apple that are as much a pleasure to prepare as they are to pie, and more — present Bonnet serve. With his soul-satisfying recipes, Oliver reminds Heads (die-hard Little House fans) us of the inherent happiness to be found in enjoying with the chance to eat like the Ingalls homey meals with those we love. (September) family. (September)
The New Classics Donna Hay. $49.99. Hardcover. HarperCollins. Reader Reward Price $44.99 Featuring more than 300 recipes on more than 400 pages, The New Classics is the ultimate best-of collection from Donna Hay Magazine. The hand- picked collection of classic recipes, freshened up with modern flavours, is designed to give you new inspiration and ideas in the kitchen. Old favourites are paired with new and seasonal ingredients to help you build your cooking Family Meals repertoire. (October) Michael Smith. $32.00.Paperback. Penguin. Reader Reward Price $28.80 Prune An advocate for simple, healthy Gabrielle Hamilton. cooking, Michael Smith knows that $52.00. Hardcover. Random House. his most important job is family cook. Reader Reward Price $46.80 In his latest book, he shares 100 easy- to-make recipes that he loves to cook Gabrielle Hamilton opened Prune on New York’s for his own family, along with tips on Lower East Side 15 years ago. Unconventional how to make cooking together fun. and honest, the Prune cookbook is an inspired Turn your kitchen into a gathering replica of the restaurant’s kitchen binders. place for your whole family while you It features more than 250 recipes that reflect the approach and philosophy prepare and share meals. (August) that make them distinctively Prune’s. (November) Enjoy in-house specials made from selected Prune recipes at Prairie Ink throughout November.
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Make it Ahead Ina Garten. $41.00. Hardcover. Clarkson Potter. Our 30% Off Price $28.70 Whether you’re hosting a party or making dinner on a hectic weeknight, Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa, gives you lots of amazing recipes that taste just as good — or even better!—when they’re made in advance. Each recipe includes clear instructions for what you can do ahead of time, and how far Handmade Gifts in advance, so you can cook with confidence and from the Kitchen eliminate last-minute surprises. (October) Alison Walker. $24.95. Hardcover. Appetite. Reader Reward Price $22.46 Saveur: The New Classics From homemade cookies to from the editors of SAVEUR Magazine. marshmallow hearts, flavoured oils $45.00. Hardcover. Weldon Owen. and spirits to panforte and spice kits, Reader Reward Price $40.50 Alison Walker presents more than 100 gift ideas in easy-to-follow recipes Offering authentic, from-the-source recipes for that are accompanied by inspirational virtually every type of dish (from tapas and cocktails ideas for presentation. Whether to salads, dumplings, one pot meals, and more), you're baking for a friend's birthday essential techniques, and practical advice, this or bringing a thank-you gift, this collection of more than 1000 global recipes from book is your guide to creating elegant the pages of SAVEUR represents a comprehensive and tasty treats for any celebration. foundation for any home cook looking for a go-to guide and daily inspiration (September) from a trusted source. (October)
Plenty More Yotam Ottolenghi. Hardcover. $39.95. Appetite. Reader Reward Price $35.96 In this highly anticipated follow-up to Plenty, “All you need Ottolenghi continues to explore the diverse realm of vegetarian food with a wholly original approach. is love. But a Organized by cooking method, the more than 150 recipes emphasize spices, seasonality and bold little chocolate flavours. From inspired salads to hearty main dishes and luscious desserts, Plenty More is a must-have for vegetarians and omnivores now and then alike. (October) doesn't hurt.” —Charles M. Schulz Bread Revolution Peter Reinhart. $35.00. Hardcover. Ten Speed Press. Reader Reward Price $31.50 Renowned baking author Peter Reinhart features 50 recipes and formulas that use sprouted flours, whole and ancient grains, alternative grains (such as corn and grape skin flour), nut and seed flours, and allergy-friendly approaches. Includes interviews with intrepid bakers — such as Craig Ponsford, Keith Giusto, Mike Pappas — who are developing new wheat processing and baking techniques. (October)
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French Roots Jean-Pierre Moullé & Denise Lurton Moullé. $41.00. Hardcover. Ten Speed Press. Reader Reward Price $36.90 Jean-Pierre and Denise Moullé met on a street corner in Berkeley, California, in 1980; six months later they were married. French Roots is the story of their lives told through the food they cook. It begins with the dishes of old-world France, the couple’s birthplace, moves on to the distinctive California cuisine of the Jewish Soul Food 1970s, before returning to the classic dishes of their native country. (September) Janna Gur. $41.00. Hardcover. Schocken. Reader Reward Price $36.90 Janna Gur’s premise is that the only way to preserve traditional cuisine for future generations is to cook it. Gur gives us recipes that continue to charm with their practicality, relevance and deliciousness. Here are recipes from a diverse food culture to enrich your own cooking repertoire and preserve a valuable element of the Jewish heritage and of its collective soul. (October)
Chicken with peppers and goat cheese and delicious balsamic beets. — A Winnipeg Prairie Ink Favourite.
HOUSE & HOME
Sarah Style Sarah Richardson. $32.00. Hardcover. Gallery Books. Reader Reward Price $28.80 Ever wondered how to transform your laundry room from drab to fab? Your kitchen from prison to paradise? Your bedroom from boring to beautiful? In this comprehensive interior design tome, design maven Sarah Richardson walks you through each room in your home, from the master bedroom to the kitchen and everywhere in between, showing you how to turn a house into a home — Sarah style. (November)
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Yes, Please Amy Poehler. $32.99. Hardcover. HarperCollins. Our 30% Off Price $23.09 Amy Poehler, an actress and comedian famous for her work on Saturday Night Live and Parks and Recreation, offers up a big juicy stew of personal stories, funny bits on sex and love, friendship and parenthood, and real life advice (some useful, some not so much), like when to be funny and when to be serious, all powered by Poehler’s Not That Kind of Girl charming wisdom and biting voice. (November) Lena Dunham. $32.00. Hardcover. Doubleday. Reader Reward Price $28.80
Dunham, the creator, producer and A Year in the Life of Downton Abby star of HBO’s Girls, illuminates the Jessica Fellowes. experiences that are part of growing $34.50. Hardcover. St. Martin’s Press. up in this hilarious and fiercely candid Reader Reward Price $31.05 collection of personal essays. She writes about falling in love, feeling Explore the seasonal events and celebrations of the great alone, being ten pounds overweight estate — Christmas, Easter, the debutante season, the despite eating only health food, and hunt and more — in the pages of this beautiful book that having to prove yourself in a room full takes us on a fascinating journey through a year in the life of men twice your age. An exuberant of Downton Abbey. At the same time, learn more about the lives of your favourite report from the frontlines of life. characters, the actors who play them, and the creators who work behind the (October) scenes. (November)
You Might Remember Me: The Life and Times of Phil Hartman Mike Thomas. $32.50. Hardcover. St. Martin’s Press. Reader Reward Price $29.25 Phil Hartman is best known for his eight brilliant seasons on Saturday Night Live. But his seemingly charmed life was cut short when he was fatally shot by his troubled third wife, Brynn. Mike Thomas celebrates Hartman’s multi-faceted career in an exhaustively reported, warts-and-all Adventure Time: examination of his often intriguing and sometimes The Art of OOO complicated life. (September) Chris McDonnell. $40.00. Hardcover. Abrams. Reader Reward Price $36.00 Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography Adventure Time: The Art of Ooo is the first book to take fans behind the Neil Patrick Harris. scenes of Finn the Human’s and Jake $31.00. Hardcover. Crown. the Dog’s adventures in the post- Reader Reward Price $27.90 apocalyptic, magical land of Ooo. Tired of memoirs that only tell you what really happened? Packed to the seams with concept In this Joycean experiment in celebrity narrative, Harris art and storyboards, this lavishly lets you, the reader, live his life. Choose correctly and illustrated tome offers an all-access you’ll find fame, fortune and true love. Choose incorrectly pass into the process of the Emmy and you’ll find misery, heartbreak and a hideous death by Award-winning show's creative team. piranhas. All this, plus magic tricks, cocktail recipes, and embarrassing pictures (October) from your time as a child actor. (October)
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Brick Flicks Warren Elsmore. $21.99. Softcover. Barron’s. Reader Reward Price $19.79 Master modeller Warren Elsmore takes us to the movies as he recreates iconic scenes from the world's most famous films. Chapters are organized by movie genre and cover action/adventure, sci-fi/horror, drama, the classics, as well as musicals and comedy. With more than 100 full-colour photos of his creations, They Came From Within, Elsmore provides commentary on how they were made along with facts about second edition the movies themselves. (October) Caelum Vatnsdal. $24.95. Softcover. ARP. Reader Reward Price $22.46 In this tenth anniversary edition, Vatnsdal unwinds the history of “If my films don't show Canadian horror films to learn “why we fear what we fear and how it a profit, I know I'm came to be that way.” From the early Canadian infiltration of Hollywood doing something right.” in the thirties to the “tax-shelter” ventures of the eighties and —Woody Allen beyond, Vatnsdal shows how the Canadian horror film industry has created a complex social, economic and political portrait of a nation. (November)
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Rumours of Glory Bruce Cockburn. $34.99. Hardcover. HarperCollins. Reader Reward Price $31.49 Legendary Canadian singer and songwriter Bruce Cockburn delivers his long-awaited memoir, a chronicle of faith, fear and activism that also serves as a lively cultural and musical tour through the late 20th century. Cockburn invites us into his private world, sharing his Christian convictions, his music, his personal Jerry Lee Lewis relationships, and the social and political activism that has defined him. Rick Bragg. (November) $34.99. Hardcover. HarperCollins. Reader Reward Price $31.49
Jerry Lee Lewis galvanized the world Special Deluxe with hit records like “Whole Lotta Neil Young. Shakin’ Goin’ On” and “Great Balls of $37.00. Hardcover. Blue Rider Press. Fire,” caused riots with his incendiary Reader Reward Price $33.30 performances, and nearly scuttled his career by marrying his thirteen-year- Through the framework of the many vehicles he’s old second cousin. And that’s just the collected and driven, Neil Young explores his love for beginning. Pulitzer Prize-winning the well-crafted vintage automobile, and examines author Rick Bragg tracks down the his newfound awareness of his hobby’s negative great rock-and-roller to get the whole environmental impact. A candid amalgam of memories, story directly from the man himself. artwork and political ponderings from one of the most (November) genuine and enigmatic artists of our time. (October)
Where I Belong Alan Doyle. $32.95. Hardcover. Doubleday. Reader Reward Price $29.66 Singer-songwriter and front man of the great Canadian band Great Big Sea, Doyle paints a heartwarming portrait of a curious young lad born into the small coastal fishing community of Petty Harbour, Newfoundland, and how everything he learned there prepared him for that pivotal moment when he sailed away on what would be the greatest musical adventure of his life. (October)
The History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs Greil Marcus. $33.50. Hardcover. Yale University Press. Reader Reward Card $30.15 Marcus selects ten songs recorded between 1956 and 2008 and then dramatizes them to show how each embodies rock ’n’ roll as a thing in itself. The songs tell the story of the music, which at bottom is the story of the desire for freedom. Slipping the constraints of chronology, he shows how the songs fall through time and circumstance by upending our presumptions and our prejudices. (September)
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Elliott Brood: Hey Rosetta!: Second Sight Jenn Grant: Compostela Work and Love CD 14.99. Vinyl $27.99. Sonic Records. $15.99. Outside Music. CD $15.99. Vinyl $23.99. Paper Bag Records. Reader Reward Card Applies Reader Reward Price $14.39 Reader Reward Card Applies The fourth studio album from the There is an element of space on the For their fifth album, Elliott Brood Newfoundland-based alt-rock new album by the ECMA-winning wanted to break the mould. For the collective is the band’s most spacious singer/songwriter from P.E.I. Teetering first time the Juno Award-winning and experimental record to date. between psychedelic folk and melodic Ontario roots trio decided to work Referring to the title, Frontman Tim ballads, Compostela offers a warmth in with an outside producer, Ian Blurton Baker explains that second sight is the intricate layers of instrumentation (the Weakerthans, Skydiggers, “an alternative way of seeing your life. reminiscent of tape that help to carry Cursed). At the same time, the A way of seeing with your intuition, this new collection of songs right group's two songwriters decided to with your body, with your faith (in from the edges of the earth to the mine the bare histories of their own whatever) as opposed to seeing only compostela, or the field of stars, from lives. The result is nine new tracks with your eyes, your rationality, your which they came. (October) that feature their most personal everyday brain.” (October) recorded work to date. (October)
Steve Bell: Pilgrimage Nico & Vinz: Black Idina Menzel: 4 CD Set & Book Star Elephant Holiday Wishes $39.95. Signpost Music. $14.99. Warner Music. $19.99. Warner Brothers. Reader Reward Price $35.96 Reader Reward Price $13.49 Reader Reward Price $17.99 Pilgrimage celebrates the 25 year The debut North American release The new holiday album by the Tony personal and spiritual pilgrimage of by the African-Norwegian pop duo Award-winning singer and actor the Winnipeg singer/songwriter as features 13 tracks and 7 interludes (If/Then, Wicked, Rent) features such a musical truth-teller. The package which pay homage to their parents' seasonal classics as "A Holly Jolly includes an album of new material on nationalities. Their multiplatinum hit Christmas" and "Have Yourself A the theme of discovery and journey, single "Am I Wrong" (included on the Merry Little Christmas," as well as Joni a new version of favourites, covers new album) was released in April and Mitchell’s Christmas-themed "River," by fellow musicians and a disc of by July had become a hit worldwide, one of Menzel's favourites. (October) instrumental music, as well as an reaching number one in the UK, overview of Bell’s work by Vancouver Canada and number four on the theologian John Stackhouse. Billboard Hot 100 chart. (September) (September)
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Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin IV Led Zeppelin: Blue Rodeo: A Merrie Single CD $17.99. Double CD $19.95 Houses of the Holy Christmas to You Single Vinyl $24.99. Double Vinyl $39.99. Single CD $17.99. Double CD $19.95 $19.99. Warner. Deluxe Box Set $159.99. Single Vinyl $24.99. Double Vinyl $39.99. Reader Reward Price $17.99 Atlantic/Swan Song. Deluxe Box Set $159.99. Canada’s country rock icons, Blue Reader Reward Price Applies Atlantic/Swan Song. Rodeo, want to wish you a very merry Reader Reward Card Applies Like the first three deluxe reissues by Christmas with their latest cd. The Led Zeppelin, each album includes Also available in the same remastered album includes two original tunes the original disc, newly remastered format as Led Zeppelin IV, Houses of (“Home to You This Christmas” and by Jimmy Page, alongside a bonus the Holy has been certified 11-times “Glad To Be Alive”), plus modern disc that contains unheard versions of platinum since its 1973 release. The classics by Joni Mitchell, The Band, every song, including alternate mixes deluxe edition bonus disc features Paul Simon, Merle Haggard, Big Star of “Going To California” and “Stairway rough mixes of “The Ocean,” “Dancing and Gordon Lightfoot, as well as two to Heaven.” The group's fourth album Days” and “No Quarter” alongside a uniquely Blue Rodeo interpretations has been certified 23-times platinum, piano-less version of “The Rain Song” of “O Come All Ye Faithful” and “Have making it one of the best-selling and the guitar mix backing track Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” albums in history since its release for “Over The Hills And Far Away.” (November) in 1971. (October) (October)
Pieta Brown: The Rural Alberta Lucinda Williams: Paradise Outlaw Advantage: Mended Down Where the Spirit $16.99. Red House Records. With Gold Meets the Bone Reader Reward Price $15.29 $15.99. Saddle Creek. CD $17.99, Vinyl $32.99. Highway 20 Records. Reader Reward Price $14.39 Reader Reward Card Applies. Continually revealing new layers as both a songwriter and performer, The third studio album from the big- On the first album for her own label, Pieta Brown delivers some of her most hearted Canadian indie rock trio mines Williams continues to tap into her emotionally resonant compositions the same sonic and emotional terrain southern roots on the 20 songs to date. She went into the studio as its 2011 Polaris Prize-nominated featured on this double cd or three “thinking a lot about freedom, predecessor. Whether the band is vinyl record set. Full of sweet and sour experimentation, poetry, folk songs.” exploring their heartland punk roots blues, acoustic pondering, and simple, Paradise Outlaw features twelve or experimenting with provincial bare bones rock & roll, the album is originals by Brown plus a co-write folk, there is an electricity that runs amplified by a range of musical talents duet with soulster Amos Lee (“Do You through the new album that marries that include Greg Leisz, Tony Joe White, Know”) and a cover of Mark Knopfler's the plaintive lyrics and the creative Pete Thomas, Gia Ciambotti, Bill Frisell “Before Gas And TV.” (October) arrangements that have defined the and Jakob Dylan. (September) band. (October)
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Renée Fleming: Motown Christmas Liona Boyd: Christmas in New York $14.99. Universal. A Winter Fantasy $14.99. Universal. Reader Reward Price $13.49 $14.99. Universal. Reader Reward Price $13.49 Reader Reward Price $13.49 Artists from Capitol Records, Motown Renée Fleming's first-ever holiday Gospel and Motown Records join Liona Boyd, five-time Juno award album celebrates the season in New forces on classic holiday tunes such winner, "The First Lady of the Guitar," York City. Enjoy pop, Broadway and as “Go Tell It On the Mountain,” has introduced millions around the jazz greats Chris Botti, Kurt Elling, “Have Yourself A Merry Little world to the art of classical guitar Wynton Marsalis, Brad Mehldau, Kelli Christmas,” “Silent Night” and more. through her concerts, television O'Hara, Gregory Porter and Rufus Featuring performances by India.Arie, specials, and recordings. On her latest Wainwright join Fleming as she lends Neyo, Gregory Porter, Tasha Cobbs, album, she celebrates the season her sublime voice to hits like "Central Smokie Norful, Tye Tribbett & others, by bringing her unique style to a Park Serenade," as well as a brand this is the first collection of new collection of classic Christmas songs new duet by songwriting legend Christmas recordings from Motown and melodies. (October) Diane Warren. (October) in 46 years. (October)
Suzie LeBlanc: Janina Fialkowska: Chopin, Andrea Bocelli. Opera: La Veillée de Noël The Complete Mazurkas The Ultimate Collection $18.99. Naxos. $25.99. Naxos. $14.99. Universal. Read Reward Price $17.09 Reader Reward Price $23.39 Reader Reward Price $13.49 LeBlanc has hand-picked Acadian World-renowned pianist Janina A disciple of Luciano Pavarotti folksongs that celebrate the Fialkowska returns with a two CD set and Zucchero Fornaciari, the blind, winter season, from Christmas to devoted to the complete mazurkas Tuscany-born vocalist has emerged Candlemas, known as La Chandeleur of Frédéric Chopin. This recording as one of the most exciting voices in French, one of the biggest holidays by one of the world’s great Chopin in contemporary opera. He returns of the year in Acadia. Accompanied interpreters blends vast experience to his first love in this definitive by veteran musicians with whom she with her refreshingly natural collection of the world’s best-loved has worked for years, LeBlanc takes approach. "Fialkowska has become arias. This is Bocelli’s first new a folk or Baroque approach to most an artist of rare distinction as well compilation since 2007 and his first of the songs on the new album, but as retaining all the virtuosity of her ever all-opera collection. (October) some receive a treatment influenced youth." — La Presse (September) by jazz or swing. (October)
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Measha Brueggergosman: The Bad Plus: Stefano Bollani: Christmas Inevitable Western Joy In Spite Of Everything $17.99. Warner. $14.99. Sony. $14.99. ECM. Reader Reward Price $16.19 Reader Reward Price $13.49 Reader Reward Price $13.49 Working with producer Michael The Bad Plus have a well-earned Fusing baroque, jazz and folkloric Phillip Wojewoda (Barenaked Ladies, reputation for pushing the limits influences, Bollani steers his quintet Rheostatics), the award-winning on what is expected of a jazz trio through a set of nine original Canadian soprano, described by the for whom pop, blues and folk meld compositions that run the gamut San Francisco Chronicle as “a singer with classic melodies and rhythmic from the Latin-esque "Easy Healing" of rare gifts and artistic intensity,” innovation. Their tenth studio and the idiosyncratic swing of "No has put together a gem of an album recording is comprised entirely of Pope No Party," to the delicate featuring such songs as “Little originals and continues the band’s classicism of "Alobar E Kudra" and Drummer Boy,” “The Christmas Song belief in the idea that serious music darker-hued "Las Hortensias." (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open can be as engaging and accessible Through it all, Bollani's perpetually Fire)” and Joni Mitchell’s beautiful as it is forward-thinking and uplifting music brims with an “River.” (October) provocative. (September) indefatigable lightness of his spirit. (September)
Molly Johnson: Leonard Cohen: Bob Dylan and The Band: Because of Billie Popular Problems The Basement Tapes CD $14.99. Vinyl $24.99. Universal. $14.99. Sony. Complete 6-CD Box Set $139.99. Sony. Reader Reward Card Applies Reader Reward Price $13.49 Also available in a 2 CD set $24.99 and a 3 Vinyl-2 CD set $95.99. Molly Johnson’s voice evokes the Cohen's 13th studio album takes us Reader Reward Card Applies aura of dark, smoky night clubs of a down into the avenues of our dreams bygone era. On her sixth album, the and sets a new tone and speed of Four decades after Dylan released 24 renowned Canadian chanteuse (in hope and despair, grief and joy. songs under the Basement Tapes title 2009 she received the JUNO Award Cohen here is an astonished lover — cuts he recorded with the Band for Best Vocal Jazz Album and the rocking to the human condition as in upstate New York — his label has National Jazz Award for Best Female "the soul unfolds in the chambers agreed to unveil 114 more tracks from Vocalist) takes inspiration from Billie of its longing." His legendary basso the same 1967 sessions. The six-CD Holiday as she interprets jazz and continues to resonate with a presence set incorporates alternate versions blues standards to an emotional and urgency that arises from the very of Dylan classics, covers of tunes by depth that few vocalists in any genre depths of the heart. (September) Johnny Cash and Curtis Mayfield, and ever reach. (September) at least 30 tracks that Rolling Stone claims “even fanatical Dylan fans never knew existed.” (November)
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The Shooting/Ride in the The Complete Jacques Tati Vera: Set 4 (DVD) Whirlwind (Blu–ray) Box Set (Blu–ray) $64.99. Acorn Media. $39.99. Criterion. $149.99. Criterion. Reader Reward Price $58.49 Reader Reward Price $35.99 Reader Reward Price $134.99 A sharp detective with a messy life, In the mid-sixties, maverick American In the character of the bumbling and DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” director Monte Hellman shot two eternally umbrella-toting Monsieur of northeast England, pursuing cases westerns back-to-back featuring Hulot, Tati invented a charming of murder, kidnapping and blackmail. overlapping casts and crews, symbol of humanity lost in a relent- Two-time Oscar nominee Brenda including Jack Nicholson in two of his lessly modernizing modern age that Blethyn stars in 4 new feature-length meatiest early roles. Dreamlike and ultimately raised sight-gag comedy to crime dramas based on the bestselling gritty by turns, The Shooting follows the level of high art. This set gathers crime novels by Ann Cleeves, with an assortment of loners in pursuit of his six hilarious features (Jour de fête, David Leon as her right-hand man, DS a mysterious wanted man, while Ride Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday, Mon oncle, Joe Ashworth. (October) in the Whirlwind involves a group PlayTime, Traffic, and Parade) along of cowhands hunted by vigilantes with seven delightful Tati-related for crimes they did not commit. short films. (October) (November)
Poirot: The Final Cases The Last of the Unjust Ida (DVD) Collection (DVD Set) (DVD) $28.99. Music Box Films. $199.99. Acorn Media. $39.99. Cohen Media Group. Reader Reward Price $26.09 Reader Reward Price $179.99 Reader Reward Price $35.99 In this Pawel Pawlikowski-directed Containing series 7-13 of the hit TV In this French documentary with drama set in 1960s Poland, an mysteries, The Final Cases Collection English subtitles, Claude Lanzmann orphaned teenager who is planning features David Suchet as Poirot in returns to the subject of WW II and to become a nun pays a visit to 25 episodes on 13 discs, including the Holocaust. In a series of interviews her aunt. When she learns that her the final series of the show. The with Benjamin Murmelstein, a Jewish birth parents were Jews who were set includes a behind-the-scenes man who held a responsible position at killed during the Holocaust, she sets featurette (46 min.), David Suchet Theresienstadt, considered by the Nazis off on a heart-wrenching journey on the Orient Express (47 min.), an to be the ideal death camp, Lanzmann of self-discovery that evokes the interview with David Suchet (19 min.), explores his subject’s complex feelings haunting legacy of the Holocaust and production notes by David Suchet about what he was forced to endure the realities of postwar Communism. and Tim Curry, and photo galleries. and do during that period of history. (September) (November) (September)
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Nightbreed (Blu–ray) The Wind Rises (Blu–ray) Merlin: The Complete $39.99. Shout Factory. $44.99. Walt Disney. Series (DVD) Reader Reward Price $35.99 Reader Reward Price $40.49 $141.99. BBC Canada. Reader Reward Price $127.79 The theatrical release in 1990 of a Nearsighted and unable to be a pilot, severely edited version of this tale Jiro becomes one of the world's most Featuring storylines based on the about a young man who escapes the accomplished airplane designers. Arthurian legend, white-knuckle police by hiding in the subterranean Inspired by the incredible true stunts, CGI monsters and a dragon realm disappointed the director. Now story, the film follows Jiro through voiced by the legendary John Hurt for the first time on home video, Clive his career and the major events he (V for Vendetta), Merlin: The Complete Barker’s original director’s cut with experienced, including the great Series is a perfect gift for any fantasy over 40 minutes of new footage, all depression, Kanto Earthquake, lover. Includes all five action-packed mastered in high definition from the Japan's imperialist aggressions during seasons, never before seen bonus original camera negative, is available World War II and his discovery of true material, plus a limited edition set of in this 3-disc, bonus-packed set. love with Nahoko. (November) four fridge magnets. (November) (October)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Eric Clapton: Planes, Belcea Quartet: Reindeer (Blu–ray) Trains and Eric Beethoven, The $22.99. Classic Media. $23.99. Eagle Rock. Complete String Quartets Reader Reward Price $20.69 Reader Reward Price $21.59 $89.99 5-disc DVD set; $89.99 4-disc Blue Ray set. Unitel Classica. Rudolph is shunned by the other Planes, Trains and Eric follows Reader Reward Price $80.99 reindeer because of his strange red Eric Clapton and his band on the nose, until one foggy Christmas Eve. Far and Middle Eastern leg of his Released on the occasion of their 20th The re-mastered 50th Anniversary 2014 World Tour. The film features 13 anniversary, Belcea Quartet fills a Collector’s Edition of this seasonal full-length performances blended with niche for a high definition audiovisual favourite is packed with bonus interviews with Eric Clapton and the production of Beethoven´s String features that include “My Favorite band members, rehearsal and sound Quartets. The ensemble embarked on Rudolph Memories” in which check footage, as well as “fly on the the complete cycle of the quartets, Hollywood icons share what the wall” filming of all the many aspects playing the whole program within film means to them, a “Rudolph of being on the road with Eric Clapton. twelve days. Recorded at the Wiener Video Pop Up Book,” plus sing-alongs (November) Konzerthaus in 2012, each concert of the most beloved Rudolph songs. features one work from the early, (November) middle and late quartet, including the Opus 133. (October)
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MCNALLYROBINSON.COM 59 ANDREA LYNN Guest BECK Illustrator
Andrea’s books have received numerous awards and honours including being shortlisted for the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award for Illustration for Pierre le Poof, the OLA Blue Spruce Award for Buttercup’s Lovely Day (written by Carolyn Beck) and the Shining Willow Award for Elliot’s Noisy Night. Almost every one of Andrea’s books has been selected for the Best Books for Kids by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre. Goodnight, Canada was shortlisted for the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award in 2013 and was also a Best Books for Kids and Teens selection.
Good Morning, Canada Andrea Lynn Beck $16.99. Hardcover. North Winds Press. Reader Reward Price $15.29 Good morning to young Canadians from coast to coast to coast! As the pages turn on bright scenes and changing seasons across the country, rhyming text cheerily greets the sights and sounds of a Canadian morning. From a pair of moose spied through an open tent flap at sunrise to a gaggle of Canada geese at a school bus stop, a morning game of shinny on an outdoor rink, and checking the sap buckets at a maple syrup farm, these inviting pages capture a familiar Canada to delight young readers. A perfect companion to Goodnight, Canada! (Ages 3-7) (September)
60 MCNALLYROBINSON.COM CHRISTMAS
The Animals' Santa Jan Brett. $19.99. Hardcover. Putnam. Reader Reward Price $17.99 When Big Snowshoe tells Little Snow that the animals’ Santa is coming with presents for everyone, Little Snow wants to know who he is. The animals say they have never seen him. Maybe he’s a badger, a moose, a polar bear, or A Child's Christmas in a wolf, they tell him. This spunky little rabbit thinks they are just fooling him. But Wales who’s fooling whom becomes clear on Christmas Eve. (Ages 3-5) (October) Dylan Thomas, with illustrations by Peter Bailey. $14.99. Hardcover. Orion. Reader Reward Price $13.49 When, When, When will it be Christmas? Dylan Thomas's lyrical account of Cathy MacLennan. his childhood Christmases in a small $18.95. Hardcover. Boxer Books. Welsh town, featuring wolves, bears, Reader Reward Price $17.06 hippos and Mrs Prothero's cat, has become deservedly famous. This Ballerina mice frosting a snowy white cake, re-designed edition celebrates the and pretty wrapping, bows, and tape. All the centenary of his birth, and features signs are in the air — it's almost that time of brand-new artwork from illustrator year. But when, when, when will Christmas be here? Celebrate with this festive Peter Bailey. A beautiful gift edition picture book from Cathy MacLennan. It's all dressed up in bright Christmas of a classic work from one of Britain's colours and filled with rhythm and rhyme to create a happy holiday experience. best-loved writers. (November) (Ages 2-5) (October)
A Little Women Christmas Heather Vogel Frederick, with illustrations by Bagram Ibatoulline. $21.99. Hardcover. Simon & Schuster. Reader Reward Price $19.79 A holiday scene from a classic comes to life in this festive picture book homage to Little Women. It’s almost Christmas and Jo March is determined that this year, unlike the last, there will be presents. But the best gift of all arrives when Papa, who has been away at war and ill, makes a surprise return home for Christmas dinner. Dashing Through the Snow (Ages 4-8) (September) Helaine Becker, with illustrations by Werner Zimmermann. $16.99. Hardcover. North Winds Press. Reader Reward Price $15.29 Santa Clauses With the same jolly rhymes that made Bob Raczka, with illustrations by Chuck Groenink. A Porcupine in a Pine Tree an instant $19.95. Hardcover. Carolrhoda Books. classic, Porcupine and his friends are Reader Reward Price $17.96 back to stir up some more Christmas You know that Santa can fly a sleigh, squeeze down mayhem. When Sasquatch upsets chimneys, and circle the globe in a night. But did you Santa's sleigh, everyone gets the know that he can write a haiku? These twenty-five wrong presents. But that doesn't short poems —composed by Santa himself — give stop them from having a great time! you a peek into life at the North Pole as the December Join in the merriment as a wild cast days tick down to Christmas. See the hustle and bustle as Santa's big night draws of Canadian characters take over the near. (Ages 4-8) (September) Christmas holidays once again. (Ages 3-7) (October)
MCNALLYROBINSON.COM 61 WEE FUN!
Baby Stella Cuddly Hedgehogs Soft fabrics, expressive smiles and fanciful embroidery These happy hedgerow friends are fond make the award-winning Baby Stella ideal for a child's of hugs and kisses. Not to worry, their first doll. From realistic sounds to her unique magnetic spines are very soft and snuggle-friendly. pacifier and adorable clothing, Stella's soft and safe Available in pale pink and pale blue. lifestyle accessories allow for a caregiving experience (Jellycat) $22.50 each. that feels like the real thing! Reader Reward Price $20.25. (Manhattan Toy) $45.00. Reader Reward Price $40.50.
Knit-Striped Knit-Striped Cat in the Hat Stroller Toy Plush Toys Jitter Toys $18.00. Reader Reward Price $16.20. Squishy and cuddly Elliot Elephant, Shiver soft, Elliot Elephant, Penguin and Geoffrey Cat in the Hat Plush Toy $29.00. Shiver Penguin and Giraffe love to jig. Just Reader Reward Price $26.10. Geoffrey Giraffe are three pull the pull to see! These This Cat knows a lot about going green! stripey sweeties that jubilant jitterbugs don’t Dr. Seuss Eco Plush Collection is made jingle, jangle the chime need batteries, and can from unprocessed, untreated and all inside their elly bellies keep on boogieing till natural cotton fibres. (Greenpoint) whenever they move. bedtime! Soft and safe for (Jellycat) $22.50 each. the smallest animal fans, Reader Reward Price $20.25. these guys are perfect playtime pals. (Jellycat) $16.00 each. Reader Reward Price $14.40. WEE FUN!
Pop! Pop! Piano 1 DIY Firetruck Press a key on the piano, hear a sound, Little handymen in the making will go wild see a star pop up! The clear arch guides the for this bold DIY Fire Truck with its brilliant shooting stars into a different pipe so when array of tools and the screws, nuts and bolts another note is played, they pop some more! to practice on. Includes 27 pieces, including 2 Ages 9 months & up. tools and 3 fire fighters. (Mirari) $30.00. (Janod) $37.00. Reader Reward Price $27.00. Reader Reward Price $33.30.
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2 Wooden Duck Racer Have great fun with this Duck car. It has a gently curved design which is easy for children to hold and push. (Plan Toys) $11.00. Reader Reward Price $9.90
3 Vehicle Puzzle This colourful puzzle comes with a vehicle theme, including spacecraft, helicopter, car and submarine. They fit neatly into their spots and are perfect for imaginative play. Made from sustainable rubber wood and coated with a non-toxic finish, all colours are made from vegetable dye. For ages 12 months & up. (Plan Toys) $25.00. Reader Reward Price $22.50. BOARD BOOKS
I Am a Zamboni Machine Kevin Viala. $5.99. Board Book. Scholastic Books. Reader Reward Price $5.39 This sturdy board book is shaped like a Zamboni and is perfect for little hands! Young hockey fans can now see this big machine in action. Featuring simple facts and colourful illustrations, the text follows a Zamboni Machine as it does its Color for Baby job to clear and resurface the rink. (Ages 1-3) (September) Yana Peel. $25.00. Board Book. Candlewick. Reader Reward Price $22.50
Let the world’s best-known artists Little Blue Truck’s Christmas introduce your baby to the joy of Alice Schertle, with illustrations by Jill McElmurry. colour in this third title in the Art $18.99. Board Book. Houghton Mifflin. for Baby series. Four mini fold-out Reader Reward Price $17.09 concertina books, themed on red, yellow, green, and blue, feature It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Little Blue famous works from Andy Warhol, Jeff Truck is spreading cheer by delivering Christmas Koons, Roy Lichtenstein, Damien Hirst, trees to his animal friends. Can you help count each Henri Matisse, and Yves Klein, among green tree? Don’t forget to save one for Blue! Beep! others. (September) Beep! With the gentle rhythm and signature illustration style that made Little Blue Truck a household name, Blue's new adventure is full of holiday warmth. (Ages 1-3) (September)
The Bunny Rabbit Show! Sandra Boynton. $8.95. Board Book. Workman Publishing. Reader Reward Price $8.06 You’ve got front-row seats to the cutest revue in town. Hop on down to The Bunny Rabbit Show! The latest addition to Sandra Boynton’s bestselling Boynton on Board series, this book stars a cast of high-kicking bunnies performing in perfect unison to a lively song all about them. (Ages 4 & up) (September) Countablock Christopher Franceschelli, illustrated by Peskimo. $18.95. Board Book. Abrams. George the Reader Reward Price $17.06 Bunny Plush Sandra Boynton. Following on the heels of a successful $16.95. Thomas Allen. abecedary, Countablock features Reader Reward Price $15.26. thick pages cut into the shape of each numeral, creating a peek-through Meet George, a cute guessing game around the number and cuddly Boynton form itself. One acorn becomes...one bunny, straight out of the oak tree! From snowmen to puddles indefatigable chorus line and eggs to chicks, quantities are of The Bunny Rabbit Show! illustrated twice both before and after Like the bunnies of the story that are “not so good at stopping,” he their “transformations.” (August) will accompany his child owner everywhere, all the time. George is a perfect baby gift for any time of year, and he is safety-tested for all ages. (September)
64 MCNALLYROBINSON.COM A BEAR CALLED PADDINGTON
Favourite Paddington Stories Michael Bond. $19.99. Softcover. HarperCollins. Reader Reward Price $17.99 This special edition brings together three favourite classic adventures: Paddington in the Garden, Paddington at the Carnival and Paddington and the Grand Tour. Whether he is gardening, walking along the canal, or seeing the sights of London, as always, there is never a dull moment when Paddington is A Bear Called Paddington around! (Ages 4-8) (October) Michael Bond. $9.99. Softcover. HarperCollins. Reader Reward Price $8.99
The Brown family first met Paddington The Paddington Treasury at Paddington station. He had Michael Bond. travelled all the way from Darkest $26.99. Hardcover. HarperCollins. Peru with only a jar of marmalade, Reader Reward Price $24.29 a suitcase and his hat. The Browns soon find that Paddington is a very For over fifty years, the stories of Paddington Bear unusual bear. Ordinary things, like have captivated generations of young readers. having a bath, travelling underground This beautiful treasury, featuring R. W. Alley's classic or going to the seaside become art, collects six stories about Paddington Bear filled quite extraordinary, if a bear called with adventure, humour and marmalade. Paddington is involved. (Ages 4-8) (Ages 4-8) (July)
More About Paddington Michael Bond. $9.99. Softcover. HarperCollins. Reader Reward Price $8.99 As he says himself, “Things happen to me, I'm that sort of bear.” With his attempts at home decorating, detective work and photography, the Brown family soon find that Paddington causes his own particular brand of chaos. (Ages 8 to 12)
A Paddington to Hug and Hold The Classic 10" Paddington Bear Plush Toy is dressed in a red felt brush hat and dark blue duffle coat, complete with working wooden buttons. For Ages 3 & up. (Yottoy) $32.50. Reader Reward Price $29.25. The 7" My 1st Paddington Plush Toy is made of the softest velvets and tactile plush, safe for babies to hug and hold. (Yottoy) $26.50. Reader Reward Price. $23.85.
MCNALLYROBINSON.COM 65 PICTURE BOOKS
Once Upon an Alphabet Oliver Jeffers. $26.99. Hardcover. HarperCollins. Reader Reward Price $24.29 Turn the pages of Oliver Jeffers’ latest picture book and discover twenty-six short stories: one for each letter of the alphabet. From Edmund the astronaut with his fear of heights to the Zeppelin that might get Edmund a little bit closer to where he needs to be, this book is packed with entertaining tales Winter Moon Song inspired by every letter of the alphabet. (Ages 4-8) (October) Martha Brooks, with illustrations by Leticia Ruifernández. $18.95. Hardcover. Groundwood Books. Reader Reward Price $17.06 Horton and the Kwuggerbug Have you ever seen the rabbit-on-the- and More Lost Stories moon? Folktales from many cultures Dr. Seuss. explain the phenomenon. When $18.00. Hardcover. Random House. award-winning Manitoba novelist Reader Reward Price $16.20 Martha Brooks heard one such tale, she was inspired to write her first With a colour palette enhanced beyond that of the picture book. The result is this lovely magazines in which the stories originally appeared, story about a little rabbit who finds this new volume of “lost” tales features familiar a special way to brighten the darkest Seussian faces and places — including Horton the month of the year. (Ages 4-8) (August) Elephant, Marco, Mulberry Street, and a Grinch — as well as an introduction by renowned Seuss scholar Charles D. Cohen. (Ages 4-8) (September)
A Bean, a Stalk and a Boy Named Jack William Joyce & Kenny Callicutt. $21.99. Hardcover. Atheneum Books. Reader Reward Price $19.79 In this fairy tale with a twist, it hasn’t rained in days and the king has dictated that something must be done. His royal pinky is getting stinky! With a little magic from a wizard, young Jack, paired with his pea pod pal, find a GIANT reason as to why there’s no water left in the kingdom, and prove that size doesn’t prevent anyone from doing something BIG. (Ages 4-8) (October) The Boy in Number Four Kara Kootstra, with illustrations by Regan Thomson. $19.99. Hardcover. Puffin. Reader Reward Price $17.99 Unnatural Selections Hard work, respect, determination Wallace Edwards. and the sheer thrill of the game $19.95. Hardcover. Orca Books. brought Bobby Orr from a small Reader Reward Price $17.96 northern town in Ontario to one of Illustrator Wallace Edwards takes us into the world of the best teams in the NHL. Using Professor I.B. Doodling, a travelling artist who takes Bobby Orr and his journey as a model, suggestions from schoolchildren in order to create The Boy in Number Four celebrates fantastical hybrid animals. The result is Unnatural the game of hockey — from backyard Selections, a collection of magnificent beasts, from rinks to the big leagues. (Ages 4-8) the stately Whalephant to the talented Lizabouboon (October) that are sure to inspire the imagination. (Ages 4-8) (October)
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Little Humans Brandon Stanton. $19.99. Hardcover. FSG. Reader Reward Price $17.99 Street photographer and storyteller Brandon Stanton is the creator of the popular blog "Humans of New York" and the author of Humans of New York. To create Little Humans, he combined an original narrative with some of his favourite children’s photos from the The Mouse Mansion blog, in addition to all-new exclusive portraits. The result is a hip, heart-warming Karina Schaapman. ode to little humans everywhere. (Ages 4-8) (October) $21.00. Hardcover. Dial Press. Reader Reward Price $18.90 Best friends Julia and Sam are mice who live in the Mouse Mansion. When “Picture books are for they’re together they find all sorts of adventures, and all kinds of trouble! everybody at any age, Come with them as they discover a secret hiding place, greet the ragman, not books to be left and learn to make pancakes. There is a shop that sells everything and a behind as we grow older.” box full of treasure. And—oh no!— —Anthony Browne there might even be a rat! (Ages 4-8) (November)
HANUKKAH
Honeyky Hanukah Woody Guthrie, with illustrations by Dave Horowitz. $21.00. Hardcover. Doubleday. Reader Reward Price $18.90 “Latkes and goody things all over town, it’s Honeyky Hanukah time!" In Woody Guthrie’s rowdy celebration of Hanukah, a young boy and his dog move merrily from house to house, gathering up family and friends for a big feast at Bubbe’s. With an accompanying CD, featuring Guthrie’s song Simon and the Bear recorded by The Klezmatics, this is a Hanukah book you can dance to! (Ages 3-7) Eric A. Kimmel, with illustrations (September) by Matthew Trueman. $17.99. Hardcover. Disney-Hyperion. Read Reward Price $16.19 I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Dreidel Before Simon sails to America, his mother reminds him to celebrate Caryn Yacowitz, with illustrations Hanukkah wherever he may be. Little by David Slonim. does either of them know that Simon $19.99. Hardcover. Scholastic Books. will spend the first night of Hanukkah Reader Reward Price $17.99 on an ice floe, the lone survivor out A family drives through the snow to visit their on the ocean after his ship sinks. bubbe, who spreads out a Chanukah supper This Hanukkah tale celebrates eight for everyone to enjoy. But when bubbe swallows a dreidel she thought was miracles: family, friendship, hope, a bagel, she develops an insatiable taste for oil, latkes, applesauce, gelt, even selflessness, sharing, faith, courage menorahs! Will they be able to bring her home for the last night of Chanukah, or and love. (Ages 3-5) (September) will her feasting in fact be fatal? (Ages 4-8) (September)
MCNALLYROBINSON.COM 67 PLUSH & PUPPETS
Meet Ania and Olga Curious George Bonny blonde Ania Owl is very proud of her perfect plumage! George is ready for winter in his festive fargo She loves to waft her fluffy wings, with their fancy tones and tints. hat! Combining the richness of tradition with the Little ones love to snuggle up to her fabulous fur and tickle her excitement of innovation, GUND is a premium squishy-soft toes. maker of cute teddy bears and plush stuffed animals that are lovable and huggable. Pinky, plumey Olga Owl would love to be in show business! (GUND) $30.00. Trouble is, she’s too shy! This blushing birdy needs a cuddle Reader Reward Price $27.00. or two before she’ll go too-whit, too-whoo! Check out her scrummy two-tone tummy and perfectly pink talons. (Jellycat) $30.00 each. Reader Reward Price $27.00.
The Fuddlewuddles Five Hand Puppets Fuddlewuddle Lion, Fuddlewuddle Panda and Frog, Lion, Dog, Dragon, Porcupine, these engaging Fuddlewuddle Giraffe are all squidgy-soft and plush hand puppets are for stage and puppet theatre, silky sweet bundles of fun, and they all just love storytelling, teaching, daycare, pre-school, pretend a good cuddle. play, role-playing, presentations, games, parties and (Jellycat) $22.50 each gifts. Constructed from high-quality materials with Reader Reward Price $20.25 each. exceptionally realistic details; easy to care for years of play, your hand controls the mouth, expressions and hands of these interactive puppets. (Folkmanis) $15.50 each. Reader Reward Price $13.95 each. BEGINNING READERS
Cat in the City Julie Salamon, with illustrations by Jill Weber $18.99. Hardcover. Dial Press. Reader Reward Price $17.09 A city savvy stray cat named Pretty Boy has always managed to make it on his own. He’s as vain as they come, and he won’t admit to being dependent on anyone. But as he discovers the pleasures of friendship, in this tender and beautifully illustrated children’s book, he learns that home really is where Princess Pistachio the heart is. Or, at the very least, home is where his Mary-Louise Gay. friends are. (Ages 8-12)(September) $12.95. Hardcover. Pajama Press. Reader Reward Price $11.66
Pistachio has always known she was a Audrey (cow) princess. She knows it’s only a matter Dan Bar-el, with illustrations by Tatjana Mai-Wyss. of time before her real parents, the $21.99. Hardcover. Tundra Books. king and queen of Papua, arrive to Reader Reward Price $19.79 take her away. In the meantime, her so-called parents still make her eat Audrey is a cow with poetry in her blood, who yearns her spinach and get up for school. Her for the greener pastures beyond Bittersweet Farms. so-called friends still laugh when she But when Roy the horse tells this bovine dreamer wears her new gold crown to class. that she is headed for the slaughter house, Audrey But what’s a princess to do? (Ages 5-8) knows that she must leave her home and friends (October) sooner than she ever imagined. A very human story about life and death, friendship, and holding on to one's dreams. (Ages 7-10) (November)
Waiting Is Not Easy! Mo Willems. $9.99. Hardcover. Disney-Hyperion. Reader Reward Price $8.99 Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to. Gerald and Piggie are best friends. In Waiting Is Not Easy!, Piggie has a surprise for Gerald, but he is going to have to wait for it. And Wait. And wait some more. (Ages 6-8) (November) Bird and Squirrel on Ice James Burks. $9.99. Softcover. Scholastic Books. Reader Reward Price $8.99
Skye Above After Bird and Squirrel crash land in the South Pole, a penguin named Eric Walters, with illustrations Sakari thinks Bird has come to rid by David Parkins. her village of a hungry Killer Whale. $6.95. Softcover. Orca Books. But when Squirrel finds out that Bird Reader Reward Price $6.26 is to be fed to the Killer Whale as a Nine-year-old Skye has always had a fascination sacrifice, they hatch a plan to escape. with flying. She’d love to be a pilot someday, but With good timing, a little luck, and she really wishes she could be a bird. When Skye’s help from Sakari, they just might parents take her to Costa Rica, she is thrilled by all make it out alive, in this latest Bird the exotic birds. What she doesn’t realize is that her and Squirrel adventure. (Ages 7-10) parents have three big surprises planned, and each (October) will offer her a different opportunity to feel what it’s like to fly. (Ages 7-9) (November)
MCNALLYROBINSON.COM 69 I CAN DO IT
Plus-Plus Plus-Plus is a new kind of construction toy. Its one simple shape produces endless possibilities. Assemble them flat to create a 2-D mosaic or work in 3-D to make more complicated structures. Even curves are possible thanks to the unique design of this deceptively simple shape. Precision crafted in Denmark, all Plus-Plus sets are compatible with each other. Safe for ages 3 and up, and endless fun. (Plus Plus) Prices range from $10.00 to $30.00. Reader Reward Card Applies. I CAN DO MAGIC
Top Hat Magic Show Grow & Glow Mega Crystal Kit Poof! In this amazing magic kit you get Creates beautiful crystals that can be displayed a collapsible magic Top Hat with hidden on multi-coloured light up bases! No boiling compartment, Rambo the Rabbit Puppet water is needed. Just stir the magic powder in assistant, a Magic Wand, plus the Magic water, add in the growing base and watch your Coloring Book which turns blank pages into crystals grow. black & white pictures and then into colour Ages 6 and up. (ALEX Toys) $29.00. right before your eyes! With over 100 cool Reader Reward Price $26.10. tricks, you are sure to steal the show! Ages 5 & up. (Schylling) $42.50. Reader Reward Price $38.25.
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LoopDeLoom Spindle Weaving Loom Kit Weaving just got fast & fun! LoopDeLoom brings fun to making woven items. An ingenious new loom design with spinning pegs makes weaving simple. It's easy to setup and easy to use. Make purses, cell phone and tablet cases, scarves, rugs, and more! Includes spinning peg loom, 120 yards of yarn to get you started, and detailed instructions. (Stortz) $37.00. Reader Reward Price $33.30. Loop Loom Bracelets $23.99. Hardcover. Klutz Press. Reader Reward Price $21.59 The Klutz one-handed loom makes bracelets from a continuous piece of stretchy cord so there's no chance of a rubber band breaking. Using 7 colours of cord and 7 colours of beads, kids can customize 11 different styles to create bracelets that are uniquely their own. Comes with a 48-page book of instructions, 84 feet of cord, 600 beads, loop loom tool, crochet hook and handy work tray. (Ages 8 & up) (September) PUZZLES
Squigz Squigz are fun little suckers! They flex. They stick. They suck people into creativity. (Fat Brain Toys) $30.00. Deluxe Set $57.00. Reader Reward Card Applies.
1 Shaped Dinosaur 2 Hello Owl 3 Robots Learn 'N Puzzle Play Puzzle 24-piece jigsaw puzzle. 36-piece rugged (Djeco) $16.50. 72-piece puzzle jumbo floor puzzle. Reader Reward Price $14.85. shaped box puzzle. (Crocodile Creek) $23.00. (Crocodile Creek) $18.00. Reader Reward Price $20.70. Reader Reward Price $16.20.
4 Gingerbread Houses 400-Piece Family Puzzle 400-piece puzzle for the whole family. (Cobble Hill) $20.00. Reader Reward Price $18.00. 2
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Word on the Street Junior CardLine Globetrotter and CardLine Animals Card Games Word on the Street Junior brings the excitement of Word on the Street to the entire family! Players challenge themselves and their friends Playtime 20 to 30 minutes. 2 to 8 players. Ages 8 & up. in testing their logic and memory skills. (Everest) $18.00. (CardLine) $16.50 each. Reader Reward Price $16.20. Reader Reward Price $14.85 each.
Petting Zoo Memo Game Aztack Christoph Niemann’s whimsical hand-drawn animals made his How will you stack up to the legend of the Aztecs? Petting Zoo App an international sensation. The broad range Players must build a temple out of inscribed stones of personalities created by the famous illustrator proved to according to divine laws. Playtime 15 minutes. be popular with children and adults alike. Now, 36 of them 2 to 4 players. Ages 7 & up. can be found on the colourful cards of this memo game. (blue orange) $30.00. (Gestalten) $21.99. Reader Reward Price $27.00. Reader Reward Price $19.79. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC FOR KIDS
National Geographic Kids: Explore My World The engaging Explore My World picture books invite kids to take their first big steps toward understanding the world around them. Ages 3-7, in softcover at $5.99 each.
National Geographic Kids: National Geographic Look and Learn Kids: Trivia The interactive Look and Learn More exciting than a video game, series is a multilayered, skill-building these boredom-busting books are approach that introduces concepts an explosion of information about with context reinforcement so sensational topics. learning sticks. Age levels range from 7-10, Ages 2-5, in softcover at $7.99 each. in softcover from $8.99 to $15.99.
National Geographic Kids: Beginning Readers These beginning readers use simple vocabulary and fun pictures to capture the interest and help develop the skills of beginning readers. Various reading levels. Ages 2-6, in softcover at $4.99 each.
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The Odyssey Rosemary Sutcliff, illustrated by Alan Lee. $24.50. Frances Lincoln Children's Books. Reader Reward Price $22.05 Rosemary Sutcliff's retelling of Homer’s epic tale is now available in an exciting new format. For this dramatic sequel to her Kate Greenaway Award-winning Black Ships Before Troy, Rosemary Sutcliff has transformed Homer's magnificent epic poem The Odyssey into an enthralling traveller's Aesop's Fables tale with a spectacular cast of men, magicians and monsters. (Ages 9-11) (July) Beverley Naidoo, illustrated by Piet Grobler. $24.50. Frances Lincoln Children's Books. Reader Reward Price $22.05 Tales from Hans Christian Andersen Selected for their wit and morals, Naomi Lewis, with illustrations here are 16 of Aesop's wise, witty and by Emma Chicester Clark. timeless fables, portrayed for the first $24.50. Frances Lincoln Children's Books. time in an African setting. This is an Reader Reward Price $22.05 exciting new interpretation of one of the world's great classics, illustrated This wonderful story collection features all the by Piet Grobler, the internationally warmth and wit of the 19th-century originals from acclaimed South African illustrator. the master storyteller Hans Christian Andersen. (Ages 5-11) (August) Emma Chicester Clark's magical, colourful images are combined with Naomi Lewis's beautiful writing to make this an anthology to treasure. (Ages 4-7) (August)
Grimms’ Fairy Tales Illustrated by Don Daily. $21.95. Hardcover. Applesauce Press. Reader Reward Price $19.76 In 1812, brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published a collection of German fairy tales widely known as Grimms’ Fairy Tales. Now five of the most popular of the tales are brought back to life with original Don Daily illustrations: The Frog Prince, Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel, The Old Woman in the Forest, Brier Rose. (Ages 9 & up) (October) Secrets of the Dragon World S.A. Caldwell. $18.95. Softcover. Carlton Kids. Reader Reward Price $17.06 The Dragon and the Knight So few have seen a dragon, yet we Robert Sabuda. all know of this elusive and mythic $35.99. Hardcover. Simon & Schuster. creature. This magnificent folio is Reader Reward Price $32.39 the next-best thing to meeting a In this brand-new pop-up adventure from a master real one. Rich in legend and lore, it pop-up artist, a Dragon and a Knight race through transports readers to the heart of a fairy tale treasury, visiting the worlds of all of your the dragon world, offering dramatic favourite stories from Rapunzel to The Three Little Pigs, details of dragon anatomy, rare and more! With characters that literally pop right off dragon memorabilia, precious the page, this tour de force will have readers young dragon secrets, and stunning images and old speeding through the book to see how this chase will end. of different species. So enter the (Ages 6 & up) (October) dragon lair...if you dare. (Ages 8 & up) (September)
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Egg & Spoon Gregory Maguire. $19.00. Hardcover. Candlewick. Reader Reward Price $17.10 Elena Rudina lives in the impoverished Russian country- side. But then a train arrives carrying a cornucopia of food and a noble family who has a girl of Elena’s age. When the two girls’ lives collide, an adventure is set in motion that includes mistaken identity, a monk locked in a tower, a prince, and Baba Yaga, witch of Russian Mister Max: folklore, in her ambulatory house perched on chicken legs. The Book of Secrets (Ages 12 & up) (September) Cynthia Voigt, with illustrations by Iacopo Bruno $23.99. Hardcover. Knopf. Reader Reward Price $21.59 Rain Reign Ann M. Martin. In the first book of the Mister Max $19.50. Hardcover. Feiwel & Friends. series, twelve-year-old Max Starling Reader Reward Price $17.55 proved that he is more than a detective, he’s a Solutioneer. Now, Rose Howard is obsessed with homonyms. But not in The Book of Secrets, someone is everyone understands her rules, and the other things breaking windows and setting fires that make her different — not her teachers, not other in the old city. But the shopkeepers kids, and not her single father. When her dog goes won’t say a word about the culprits, missing during a severe thunderstorm, however, and Max soon finds himself in a Rose has to leave her routines and safe places to race to catch up with the vandals find him. (Ages 9-12) (October) before they catch him. (Ages 8-12) (September)
A Year in the Life of a Total and Complete Genius Stacey Matson. $14.99. Hardcover. Scholastic Books. Reader Reward Price $13.49 Arthur Bean, soon-to-be a rich and famous author, has set two goals for himself: to win the school writing contest and to win the heart of his secret crush, Kennedy. But his life has had some major twists and turns lately, and the recent loss of his mother definitely complicates things. A fresh and funny story about a boy whose bad luck can't dampen his spirit Diary of a Wimpy Kid: — or his love of writing. (Ages 9-12) (September) The Long Haul Jeff Kinney $16.95. Hardcover. Amulet Books. Reader Reward Price $15.26 The Madman of Piney Woods A family road trip is supposed to be a Christopher Paul Curtis. lot of fun — unless, of course, you’re $18.99. Hardcover. Scholastic Books. the Heffleys. The journey starts off full Reader Reward Price $17.09 of promise, then quickly takes several This companion to the prize-winning novel, Elijah of wrong turns. But even the worst road Buxton, is set in the town of Buxton in 1901, about forty trip can turn into an adventure, and years after Elijah’s adventures. Through the eyes of two this is one the Heffleys won’t soon boys, Benji and Red, we discover a poignant history lesson forget. (Ages 8-12) (November) in the stories of an Irish immigrant woman desperate to escape the famine back home and a black Canadian soldier, a veteran of the American Civil War, struggling to find his place. (Ages 9-13) (October)
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Amulet Book Six: Escape From Lucien Kazu Kibuishi. $13.99. Softcover. Graphix. Reader Reward Price $12.59 Navin and his classmates journey to Lucien, a city ravaged by war and plagued by mysterious creatures, where they search for a beacon essential to their fight against the Elf King. Meanwhile, Emily heads back into the Void with Max, one of the Elf King's loyal followers, where she learns his darkest Rocket Blues secrets. The stakes, for both Emily and Navin, are higher than ever. David Skuy. (Ages 8-12) (September) $9.99. Softcover. Scholastic Books. Reader Reward Price $8.99
Bryan Rockwood (aka "Rocket") The Blood of Olympus: is cut from the Huskies, the AAA The Heroes of Olympus Book 5 hockey team he has played on for Rick Riordan. three years. With nowhere else to $19.99. Hardcover. Disney-Hyperion. go, Bryan reluctantly joins an AA Our 30% Off Price $13.99 team, the Blues. Facing the Huskies in the round robin gives Rocket Though the Greek and Roman crewmembers of the the chance to prove his skills, but Argo II have made progress in their many quests, in order to keep his hockey dreams they still seem no closer to defeating the earth (and his friends) Rocket comes mother, Gaea. Her giants are stronger than ever. to realize that while hockey is his And they must be stopped before the Feast of Spes, passion, it is not his entire life. when Gaea plans to have two demigods sacrificed in Athens. She needs (Ages 9-12) (October) their blood, the blood of Olympus, in order to wake. (Ages 10-14) (October)
Listen to the Moon Michael Morpurgo. $19.99. Hardcover. HarperCollins. Reader Reward Price $17.99 May, 1915. Alfie and his fisherman father find a girl on an uninhabited island. She has no memory of who she is or how she came to be there. Some of the islanders think she might be a German spy. The only thing they know for sure is that she loves music and moonlight. A tour de force of family, love, war and forgiveness from the author of War Horse. (Ages 8 & up) (November) The Iron Trial Holly Black & Cassandra Clare. $19.99. Hardcover. Scholastic Books. Reader Reward Price $17.99
The Accidental Highwayman Most kids would do anything to pass the Iron Trial. Not Callum Hunt. So Ben Tripp. he tries his best to do his worst, and $20.50. Hardcover. Tor Books. fails at failing. Now the Magisterium Reader Reward Price $18.45 awaits him. It's a place that's both In 18th-century England, young Christopher “Kit” Bristol sensational and sinister, with dark is the unwitting servant of notorious highwayman ties to his past and a twisty path to Whistling Jack. One dark night, Kit finds his master his future. But the Iron Trial is just the bleeding from a mortal wound and dons the man’s beginning in this pulse-pounding riding cloak to seek help. Mistaken for Whistling Jack plunge into the magical unknown. and suddenly on the run from redcoats, Kit is catapulted (Ages 8-12) (September) into a world of magic and wonders he thought the stuff of fairy tales. (Ages 11 & up) (October)
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The Hockey Sweater: 30th Anniversary Edition Roch Carrier. $21.99. Hardcover. Tundra Books. Reader Reward Price $19.79 When Roch outgrows his cherished Montreal Canadiens sweater, his mother writes away for a new one. Much to Roch's horror, he is sent the blue and white sweater of the rival Toronto Maple Leafs. One Snowy Night: How can he face the kids at the rink? The anniversary edition of this Canadian 25th Anniversary Edition classic includes original material from the author and illustrator, stills from the Nick Butterworth. animated film, and more. (Ages 7-9) (November) $21.99. Hardcover. HarperCollins. Reader Reward Price $19.79 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: 50th Percy the Park Keeper always feeds Anniversary Edition the animals in the park where he lives. Roald Dahl, with illustrations by Joseph Schindelman But one cold winter's night Percy $21.00. Hardcover. Knopf. discovers that his little friends need Reader Reward Price $18.90 more than food. They need a warm place to sleep for the night. Percy’s First published in 1964 with whimsical illustrations hut is nice and warm, but he soon by Joseph Schindelman, Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the learns that if you invite one animal in Chocolate Factory, with its mad fantasy, notions of you have to invite them all. Includes childhood justice, and the prospect of eating as much a fabulous fold-out poster! (Ages 2-6) candy as you want, became an instant classic. (November) This special 50th anniversary commemorative edition brings back Schindelman’s original illustrations. (Ages 8-12) (August)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: 50th Anniversary Edition Ian Fleming, with illustrations by John Burningham. $25.00. Hardcover. Candlewick. Reader Reward Price $22.50 The creator of James Bond loved fast cars, a passion that inspired him to write his only children’s book, penned for his young son, Caspar. Published in 1964, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang introduced the world to the thrilling adventures of the "crackpot" Pott family and the flying car with a mind of her own. The deluxe anniversary edition features John Mike Mulligan and His Burningham’s original, full-colour illustrations. (Ages 9-12) (August) Steam Shovel: 75th Anniversary Edition Virginia Lee Burton. $22.99. Hardcover. Houghton Mifflin. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: Reader Reward Price $20.69 75th Anniversary Edition Mike and his trusty steam shovel, Robert L. May, with illustrations Mary Anne, dig deep canals for boats, by Antonio Javier Caparo. cut mountain passes for trains, and $21.99. Hardcover. Simon & Schuster. hollow out cellars for skyscrapers. Reader Reward Price $19.79 When Mary Anne is destined for the Rudolph is a youthful reindeer buck who is excluded scrap heap, the duo must dig their by his peers because of his unusual luminous red nose way out of trouble in this timeless — until one stormy Christmas Eve when Santa asks tale of friendship, ingenuity and Rudolph to lead the sleigh with his shiny nose. Enjoy the tale of the most famous old-fashioned hard work. The 75th reindeer of all-time in the original poetic verses, written by Robert L. May in 1939, Anniversary Edition includes an audio with the charming new illustrations of Antonio Javier Caparo. download performed by Matthew (Ages 4-6) (September) Broderick. (Ages 4-8) (October)
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A Tiger in My Garden Arno. $21.95. Hardcover. Prestel. Reader Reward Price $19.76 Children can make their own beautiful pop-up book using this imaginative kit, a little glue, and following simple step-by-step instructions. The result is a series of magical gardens — French, Japanese, Arabian, tropical, and dreamlike — through which a mysterious tiger wanders. Brief texts introduce readers to the various types of gardens. (Ages 5 & up) (September) A Brush Full of Colour Margriet Ruurs & Katherine Gibson. $22.95. Hardcover. Pajama Press. Reader Reward Price $20.66
The Iridescence of Birds Ted Harrison’s wildly imaginative paintings set in the Yukon have Patricia MacLachlan, with become synonymous with the illustrations by Hadley Hooper. North. The authors trace Harrison’s $19.99. Hardcover. Roaring Brook Press. life and the influences that would Reader Reward Price $17.99 lead to his unique style as an artist. If you were a boy named Henri Matisse who lived in Filled with full-colour examples of a dreary town in northern France, what would your his vivid art, and with a foreword life be like? Would it be full of colour and art? Full of by Harrison himself, A Brush Full of lines and dancing figures? Find out in this beautiful, Colour provides inspiration for a new unusual picture book about one of the world's most generation of budding artists. famous and influential artists. (Ages 4-8) (October) (Ages 5 & up) (September)
The Giant Game of Sculpture Hervé Tullet. $35.00. Hardcover. Phaidon Press. Reader Reward Price $31.50 A large-size version of the successful Game of Sculpture for children to create their own piece of art. By popping out pieces of card from the book and inserting them into slots and holes, budding artists aged 5 and up can build their own work of art that unfolds more than 2-metres long. Press Here Game Interactive and fun, it also encourages creativity Hervé Tullet. by adding other materials to the sculpture. $24.99. Chronicle Books. (September) Reader Reward Price $22.49 Mix It Up! The magic of the best selling Hervé Tullet. book Press Here is now available Hardcover. $18.99. Chronicle Books. in game form! Players take turns Reader Reward Price $17.09 completing colour sequences by placing red, blue and yellow Hervé Tullet invites you to mix it up in a dazzling playing pieces on one of twenty- adventure of whimsy and wonder. Follow the five fabulously designed game artist's simple instructions, and suddenly colours boards. With two levels of play to appear, mix, splatter, and vanish in a world choose from, this engaging game powered only by the reader's imagination. Join delivers hours of entertainment Tullet as he sets readers on an extraordinary for the whole family. (Ages 4-6) interactive journey all within the printed page. (September) (Ages 3-5) (September)
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Clariel Garth Nix. $23.99. Hardcover. HaperCollins. Reader Reward Price $21.59 In this prequel to Garth Nix’s Old Kingdom series, Clariel dreams of living a simple life despite her noble birth. But her wishes are thwarted when she discovers that a dangerous Free Magic creature is loose in the city. Drawn into the efforts to capture the creature, she finds hidden sorcery within herself. Can she rise above the temptation The Death of Us of its power, escape an unwanted marriage, and save the King? (October) Alice Kuipers. $14.99. Softcover. HarperCollins. Reader Reward Price $13.49
Callie is shocked when her friend Afterworlds Ivy reappears after an unexplained Scott Westerfeld. three-year absence, but the girls pick $23.99. Hardcover. Simon & Schuster. up where they left off, and suddenly Reader Reward Price $21.59 Callie's summer is full of parties, boys and fun. Beneath the surface, things With a contract in hand, Darcy Patel arrives in New York aren't what they seem, however, and City to finish her teen novel,Afterworlds . Over the course when a handsome boy with a dark of a year, Darcy meets a ton of great people, finishes her past gets tangled up with Ivy, the book, faces critique and falls in love. Woven into Darcy’s girls' history threatens to destroy their personal story is her novel, Afterworlds, a suspenseful future. (September) thriller about a teen who slips into a place between the living and the dead. (September)
The Bane Chronicles Cassandra Claire, Sarah Rees and Maureen Johnson. $24.99. Hardcover. Margaret K. McElderry Books. Reader Reward Price $22.49 Fans of The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices can get to know your favourite warlock like never before. This collection of eleven short stories, in print for the first time with an exclusive new story and illustrated material, illuminates the life of the enigmatic Magnus Bane, whose alluring personality, flamboyant style, and sharp wit populate the pages of these bestselling series. (November) Confessions: The Paris Mysteries James Patterson & Maxine Paetro. $20.00. Hardcover. Little, Brown & Company. In Real Life Reader Reward $18.00 Cory Doctorow, with illustrations by Jen Wang. After investigating multiple $19.99. Softover. First Second. homicides and her family's decades- Reader Reward Price $17.99 old skeletons in the closet, teenage Anda loves a multiplayer role playing game called detective Tandy Angel is finally Coarsegold Online. But things get complicated when reunited with her lost love in Paris. Anda befriends a gold farmer, a poor Chinese kid who But as he grows increasingly distant, illegally sells valuable objects to other players. Anda Tandy is confronted with disturbing soon comes to realize, however, that questions of right questions about him, as well as what and wrong are a lot less straightforward when a real person's real livelihood is at really happened to her long-dead stake. (October) sister. Romance, drama and intrigue in the City of Lights. (October)
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