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In the land under the Northern lights, a little girl dreams of carving snow geese out of soapstone, just like her father. He promises that he'll teach her when he returns from his hunt, so Missuk goes out to play in the snow, hoping to forget her worry that she lacks his skill as a carver. Then, when a terrifying storm blows in, Missuk has something far worse to worry about: Will her father return from his hunt? This tender story, beautifully ...

Ella has every umbrella under the rainbow: spotted, striped, aquamarine, even jellybean green -- so many that they fill up the entire house. Aunt Stella from Katmandu is coming to visit and Ella's mom demands Ella get rid of her umbrellas. But Ella wants to keep her precious possessions. Will she realize that opening up one's heart during a downpour is more important -- and more gratifying -- than opening up an umbrella? Brought to life throug...

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A futuristic exploration of co-existence in an art board book format with appeal to both young children and art lovers.

This new book in the "Simply Small" series features Dotty, a little fawn. Mommy and Dotty are on their way through the field searching for strawberries. When Mommy leaps across a stream without getting wet, Dotty wants to, too. But Dotty is too small to leap as far as Mommy, and she keeps falling. Will she find a clever way to cross the stream? Of course she will -- with a little help from her imagination and the animals around her. This is an...

Nan is excited, the winter carnival is packed with fun things to do: skating, tubing, tobogganing. She wants to take part in it all! As she races around the carnival, with Pa trying to catch up, she encounters all the sounds of the alphabet like the sss of sliding down the snow and the p-p-p of the popcorn maker. Some alphabet books highlight the names of the letters. Others suggest lists of words that begin with a particular sound. This uniqu...

My aim, my joy, my pride, is to sing the glories of my own people."The story of "The Lost Island" is from The Legends of Vancouver, a book inspired by the friendship between a Mohawk poet and a Salish storyteller. Originally published to great success in 1911, it was the first collection of native legends retold in English by a native artist and has become a classic. The author, E. Pauline Johnson, was born on March 10, 1861, to George Johnson...

Gulf Islands Alphabet" flows from letter to letter, island to island, blending the charms, natural beauty, character, and unique values of this corner of the world. The inviting language and compelling illustrations take children and adults alike on an island-hopping journey through the south-western corner of British Columbia, Canada. The beautiful islands in the "Salish Sea" are explored in an enchanting manner and can be enjoyed whether in ...

This picture book is a small glimpse, from A to Z, of some of the sights and sounds of the Michif language and its speakers. The language of the Metis, Michif is a combination of French and Cree with a trace of other regional languages. Once spoken by thousands of people across the prairies of Canada and the northern United States, Michif is now so little spoken that it might disappear within a generation. This alphabet book is part of a resur...

Using illustration to tell the story, this wordless book engages its readers by way of visual clues. A lonely soul, symbolized by a white glove, is mopping a church floor when it discovers a rose under a piano bench. Picking the rose up, the glove stops to play some music, but it can't play "Hallelujah" -- two hands are needed. Will this forlorn soul find a companion? In this testament to the storytelling power of pictures inspired by a well-k...

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Originally published: (Fremantle, WA): Sandcastle Books, 2002.

A boy finds a Viewmaster that takes him on a journey.

After a boy saves his beloved hen, he is taken to an underground kingdom of little people.