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Seamus would give anything to be taller! One day, while playing dress-up in his mother's closet, he finds a way to reach new heights.
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As Peter Such tells it, he noticed a young man in a cheap coat several sizes too large for him, a man “staring straight ahead, looking at somewhere else completely.” Whatever he saw out there, he wrote it down on the back of a TTC transfer. On a hunch, Such asked the young man if he was a writer; he said, yes, I am. Such invited him to see Erindale, and with the help of an equally impressed registrar, Harold Ladoo found himself enrolled as a mature student at the new Mississauga campus of the University of Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe calendar said 1970 but it was still the sixties, and the talk in his corner of the student cafeteria was of Marx and Fanon, Lenin and Mao, Che Guevara and Angela Davis. Ladoo joined the battle as if he had been waiting for it his whole life (because he had), arguing about anything and everything, vigorously, intensely, to win. The other students called him Plato, partly out of respect, partly to mock him. He liked it. 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Arrival
Acclaimed critic Nick Mount delves into Canada’s literary history and the era that produced some of our most internationally acclaimed authors.
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Things Are Good Now
Things Are Good Now explores the scars of violence and the weight of love and guilt on the soul.
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Loon
Loon is a gorgeously illustrated, lyrical non-fiction picture book about the life cycle and habitat of loons.
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Your Turn, Adrian
A graphic novel about feeling vulnerable and struggling to meet expectations, and about friendship and the power of the imagination.
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The Mostly True Story of Pudding Tat, Adventuring Cat
The delightful adventures of a visually impaired barn cat and his annoying flea, as they set off on an adventure to experience the world.
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Young Tommy and Baby Bridget, the girl with the trillium-shaped eyes, discover that living, healing and dying are not always what they seem.
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ages 12
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Jump at Home: Grade 7
Give your child the tools and the confidence to master math with John Mighton's revolutionary JUMP at Home Math workbook for Grade 7.
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Jump at Home: Grade 1
Give your child the tools and the confidence to master math with John Mighton's revolutionary JUMP at Home Math workbook for Grade 1.
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Based on a True Story
A hilarious look at what happens when a washed-out celebrity and a tabloid reporter go on a wild road trip in search of revenge on an ex-boyfriend.
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ages 4
to 8
/ grades K
to 3
Grant and Tillie Go Walking
I realized that all the really good ideas I’d ever had came to me while I was milking a cow. So I went back to Iowa. — Grant Wood
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ages 3
to 7
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to 2
The Day the Rain Moved In
In this beautiful picture book, the wondrous merges with the ordinary when it starts to rain … inside the house!
