{"title":"Juvenille Fiction--Places--Canada","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"baseball-bats-for-christmas","title":"Baseball Bats for Christmas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCelebrate the 35th anniversary of this beloved holiday classic with a fresh edition that preserves the magic of the original story and brings it to life with stunning new illustrations.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe year is 1955. Arvaarluk and his friends watch Rocky Parsons land his plane on the ice in Repulse Bay, a tiny community \"smack dab on the Arctic Circle.\" Having never seen trees before, the children try to guess what the six green spindly things are that Rocky delivers. One of the boys has a brilliant idea: why not use them as baseball bats?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Arvaarluk Kusugak is one of Canada's foremost storytellers.\u003cem\u003e Baseball Bats for Christmas \u003c\/em\u003ecaptures the warmth and cadence of his voice as he describes the close-knit life of his community and the ingenuity he and his friends demonstrated when faced with something wholly unfamiliar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward-winning Inuk illustrator Coco Apunnguaq Lynge draws inspiration from the iconic work of Inuk artist Germaine Arnaktauyok to immerse the reader in the beauty of the Arctic landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 1773219723\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9781773219721\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Kusugak, Michael Arvaarluk, Lynge, Coco, N\/A\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Annick Press\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Annick Press","offers":[{"title":"HardCover (Oct 2025)","offer_id":45657930268869,"sku":"9781773219721","price":16.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9781773219721.jpg?v=1768896238"},{"product_id":"good-night-vancouver","title":"Good Night Vancouver","description":"Good Night Vancouver features the 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. 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Each book stars a multicultural group of people visiting the featured area's attractions as rhythmic language guides children through the passage of both a single day and the four seasons while saluting the iconic aspects of each place.\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 1602190399\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9781602190399\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Adams, David J., Rosen, Anne\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Good Night Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Good Night Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover (Jan 2010)","offer_id":46080533397701,"sku":"9781602190399","price":8.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9781602190399.jpg?v=1776038133"},{"product_id":"canada-we-are-the-story","title":"Canada: We Are the Story","description":"\u003cb\u003eA poem by acclaimed Ojibway author Richard Wagamese is reimagined as a stunning picture book in the skilled hands of Anishinaabe artist Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley. Thoughtful, healing and hopeful, \u003ci\u003eCanada\u003c\/i\u003e is a testament to the transformative power of enduring identity and belonging.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Listen. Can you hear the voices of the Old Ones speaking to you in a language you've forgotten?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn Indigenous child struggles with a school assignment that asks, \"What makes you proud to be Canadian?\" To find the answer, they call on the strength of their ancestors. The ancestors' warm presence reminds them that we are in this together and we always have been -- \"every soul that has fallen head over heels in love with the spell of this country.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis powerful and timeless poem written by Richard Wagamese is seen through the eyes of an Indigenous child in the captivating illustrations by Anishinaabe artist Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley. 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