In the colorful pages of this enchanting board book, young readers are treated to a personal tour of one of the most exciting cities in the world. Children quickly recognize their favorite landmarks and attractions, including English Bay, Lions Gate Bridge, Granville Island, Vancouver Aquarium, Lynn Canyon, Science World, Library Square, Stanley Park, Grouse Mountain Skyride, snowboarding, Gulf Islands, wildlife, and more.
As night falls on a soft summer evening, neighborhood children are drawn out of their houses by the sights and sounds of the world after dark. First the fireflies come sparkling past, followed by a host of domestic and wild animals, from cats and dogs to owls and skunks. Accomplished children's poet Robert Heidbreder creates a world of enchantment, while Qin Leng's illustrations conjure the harmonious interplay between our everyday domestic world and one that is just a little bit wilder. All the characters, both human and otherwise, have their moment on the nighttime stage, but eventually, the curtain falls, and sleepiness beckons.
The story of a year-long confrontation in 1972 between the Vancouver police and the Clark Park gang, a band of unruly characters who ruled the city’s east side. Corrupt cops, hapless criminals, and murder figure in this story that questions which gang was tougher: the petty criminals, or the police themselves. This publication meets the EPUB Accessibility requirements and it also meets the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG-AA). It is screen-reader friendly and is accessible to persons with disabilities. A Simple book with few images, which is defined with accessible structural markup. This book contains various accessibility features such as alternative text for images, table of contents, page-list, landmark, reading order and semantic structure.
Good Night Books explores storybooks, picture books, pop-up books, animal books, science books, school books, fairy tales, libraries, bookstores, book mobiles, big books, small books, hard- and soft-covered books, and more. This educational and enriching board book delves into the fascinating world of books, detailing everything from learning institutions to every type of book imaginable. Read on! This book is part of the bestselling Good Night Our World series, which includes hundreds of titles exploring iconic locations and exciting themes.
From Newbery Honor and National Book Award–winning author Polly Horvath is this magical middle-grade novel about a garden that grants wishes. It is World War II, and Franny and her parents, Sina and Old Tom, enjoy a quiet life on a farm on Vancouver Island. Franny writes, Sina sculpts, and Old Tom tends to their many gardens—including the ancient, mysterious night garden. Their peaceful life is interrupted when their neighbor, Crying Alice, begs Sina to watch her children while she goes to visit her husband at the military base because she suspects he’s up to no good. Soon after the children move in, letters arrive from their father that suggest he's about to do something to change their lives; and appearances from a stubborn young cook, UFOs, hermits, and ghosts only make life stranger. Can the forbidden night garden that supposedly grants everyone one wish help them all out of trouble? And if so, at what cost? The Night Garden is a poignant and hilarious story from acclaimed children's author Polly Horvath.
A bedtime book that opens children's minds to the wonders of the world around them. Award-winning Canadian author and illustrator Andrea Beck has created a unique gift for parents as they wind their little ones down for bedtime. Goodnight, Canada inspires a sense of community as a child who lives in Newfoundland lies in bed wondering about other children across the country. He quietly bids a goodnight to them all, and to Canada itself, province by province, territory by territory. From the quiet wheat fields of Saskatchewan to a fisherman's wharf in Nova Scotia, the colourful scenes celebrate the diversity of Canada's people and key features of each province. So many details brighten each page, bringing Canada to life and creating a world children will want to return to again and again!
Hockey Night in Canada has reached a great age (and for television, practically an immortal one) because it made itself into something that Canada couldn't live without. It is this surge of emotion that connected us all each week, and which connects us through the years to now. Hockey Night in Canada didn't just aim a camera at a game and observe what happened-it actively gave the country a prism through which it could see itself and its evolving diversity. We look where the eye of Hockey Night in Canada looks, and it looks at us. We remember what it remembers. We feel what it feels. That is the dynamic that has made the show much more than a long-lived TV success; it is a cultural juggernaut. Ask fans where they saw their first hockey game, and chances are it was on Hockey Night in Canada. Ask the players-male or female-what first got them into the rink, and the answer will be the same: they wanted to be like the players on Hockey Night in Canada.
NIGHTS END. As David Dane is whisked away to the morgue a stranger appears out of nowhere to shadow Kate Shamrocks every move.Nights End, the final installment in The Urban Rain Trilogy that witnesses the finality of a legend. Now, a hooded stranger has emerged from the twilight to watch over Von The Icons niece prior to one of the greatest betrayals ever witnessed by a man who was once thought of as a hero. In the seedy alley walls off of Ontario Street, one fighter must face his greatest fears as he comes face to face with his toughest challenge ever. NIGHTS END, as a seasoned fighter makes an appearance with a band of thugs, Ontario Streets only hope is the one that theyve lost to eternal darkness. NIGHTS END, the last in the trilogy about the life and death of Monica Medeiros Abbona a.k.a. Lilly Chicoine who inspired a series that has the entire world talking. NIGHTS END, bare witness as two famous Brothers(Robert and Richard Gray) from the back alleys of Grey Stone come to assist David Dane during his darkest hour. NIGHTS END, bear witness to the final chapter in one of the most popular sagas in modern history.
A disturbing literary dystopian science fiction debut set in a near-future Vancouver during a deadly insomnia pandemic for fans of The Leftovers Dawn breaks over Vancouver and no one in the world has slept the night before, or almost no one. A few people, perhaps one in ten thousand, can still sleep, and they’ve all shared the same golden dream. After six days of absolute sleep deprivation, psychosis will set in. After four weeks, the body will die. In the interim, panic ensues and a bizarre new world arises in which those previously on the fringes of society take the lead. Paul, a writer, continues to sleep while his partner Tanya disintegrates before his eyes, and the new world swallows the old one whole.
