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The circus at the edge of the earth: travels with the Great Wallenda Circus
By Charles Wilkins. 1998
The author travelled over three-thousand kilometres in Canada in order to get the inside story on life with a travelling…
circus. He vividly describes the seductive freedoms and horrific risks of traditional circus life. He also shares the lives of the circus performers and their motivations for becoming a member of a travelling troupe. 1998.The baby's table: over 100 easy, healthy and homemade recipes for the pickiest, most deserving eaters on the planet
By Brenda Bradshaw, Lauren Donaldson Bramley. 2004
Shadow child: an apprenticeship in love and loss
By Beth Powning. 2005
Like many young women, Beth Powning faced decisions of whether and when to start a family. At age twenty-four she…
became pregnant, but eleven days past her due date, she delivered a perfect, stillborn son. In this exploration of motherhood and loss, we're taken on a powerful journey into the heart of grief and renewal. National Bestseller. 2005.In search of sleep: straight talk about babies, toddlers, and night waking
By Bonny Reichert. 2001
In a society that equates a sleeping baby with a good baby, night waking has become one of the most…
emotionally charged parenting issues. The author, a mother of two, reviews popular sleep-training techniques and the science of sleep cycles, explores the myths that surround night waking, and offers tips for coping. 2001.I'll be the parent, you be the kid: the hot button topics in parenting
By Paul Kropp. 1998
Dad alone: how to rebuild your life and remain an involved father after divorce
By Phil Clavel. 2003
A guide to help men fulfill their role as fathers in the aftermath of a broken marriage. Helps dads deal…
with their feelings and situations, so that they may remain involved fathers following a divorce. 2003.Fresh-air fiend: travel writings 1985-2000
By Paul Theroux. 2000
A collection of essays and articles written over a fifteen year period about the author's various experiences on five continents.…
In addition to the travel pieces, Theroux also includes his reminiscences, experiences as a kayaker and cyclist, readings from books of travel, profiles and appreciations of other writers, and works on the practices of other cultures. 2000.Abel's outback: explorations and misadventures on six continents, 1990-2000
By Allen J Abel. 2001
For many years, as a news correspondent, television host, and journalist, Allen Abel has travelled to some of the world's…
most fascinating, remote, or newsworthy spots to bring back his stories. This is a collection of travel pieces about his adventures on all six continents over a ten-year period. 2001.The full Montezuma: around Central America and the Caribbean with the girl next door
By Peter Moore. 2001
Travel writer Peter Moore recently invited the new love of his life, a.k.a. the girl next door, to join him…
on a romantic sojourn through Central America. The trip would take them into an area of the world emerging from decades of civil war, an area racked with poverty, disease and natural disasters. Over the next six months they battled hurricanes, mosquitoes, uncooperative border officials and over-sexed Mexican commuters, and along the way they learnt rather more about each other than they really wanted to. 2001.In 2006 singer-songwriter Flip Grater went on an epic tour of New Zealand to promote her debut album. Traveling the…
length and breadth of the country she sang for her supper in small towns and big cities, blagging accommodation, food and most importantly recipes along the way. With a cast of unusual characters, this book is the ultimate cookbook/tour diary, and a snapshot of Kiwi subculture punctuated by 48 delicious recipes. c2007.The mother of all baby books: an all-Canadian guide to your baby's first year
By Ann Douglas. 2001
The sequel to "The mother of all pregnancy books." Contains chapters on preparing for the early weeks of parenthood, getting…
to know your new baby, coping with the most common new parent worries, and much more. 2001.Never hitchhike on the road less travelled (bad, bad, bad idea!)
By William J Thomas. 2002
Tenderly taming teenagers
By Liz Cowan. 2004
Written for parents and teachers by an experienced parent herself, who has lived with and worked with teenagers. It addresses…
the common concerns and issues that face most parents and teenagers. Using certain topics and themes, Cowan takes parents on a guided tour of the developmental tasks and challenges that teenagers undergo. The author relates her own and her children's experiences while suggesting useful, common sense hints and tips for raising confident, happy and responsible teenagers. 2004.Borderline
By William Dicey. 2004
Borderline is a travelogue, but a travelogue with a difference. The author takes the reader on a fascinating journey down…
the Orange river, a journey interwoven with historical detail from the places he visits and the history of South Africa as a whole. 2004.The lost continent: travels in small-town America
By Bill Bryson. 2002
Bryson describes his cross-country journey to revisit what he deems the "magic places" of his youth, beginning with his hometown…
of Des Moines, Iowa, and including the Rocky Mountains. Reminisces about his childhood and his father as he recounts adventures across thirty-eight states and 13,978 miles. Some strong language. c1989, 2002.Kids are worth it!: giving your child the gift of inner discipline
By Barbara Coloroso. 1994
Coloroso presents her approach to parenting, based on three ideas -- kids are worth the effort parents give to raise…
them well, parents should treat children in a way that they themselves would want to be treated, and parents should act in a way that preserves the dignity of both parent and child. 1994.Bigger than the sky: disabled women on parenting
By Michele Wates, Rowen Jade. 1999
This is the first anthology by disabled women to explore the issue of parenting. They challenge rigid, limiting views of…
what it means to be a disabled woman, and of what a parent is and does. They describe having to fight for the right to become pregnant, the poignant pleasures of teaching children the benefits of having a "different" mother, and the sheer delight of involving themselves in a child's life.Letters to Judy: what kids wish they could tell you
By Judy Blume. 1986
This compilation of childrens letters has been put together by the author for parents who want to understand their children.…
These letters deal with many of the embarrassing issues that young people face in adolescence, from loneliness to first love, death, drugs, boyfriends, death and depression.Brothers at bat: the true story of an amazing all-brother baseball team
By Steven Salerno, Audrey Vernick. 2012
Recounts the 1938 formation of a semi-pro baseball team by the twelve Acerra boys in their New Jersey hometown. Describes…
the team's disbanding when six brothers went off to fight in World War II, and its revival after their return. For grades K-3Autumn Bird and the Runaway
By Melanie Florence, Richard Scrimger. 2022
Two kids from different worlds form an unexpected friendship.Cody’s home life is a messy, too-often terrifying story of neglect and…
abuse. Cody himself is a smart kid, a survivor with a wicked sense of humour that helps him see past his circumstances and begin to try to get himself out.Autumn is, quite literally, on the other side of the tracks from him. Her home life is loving and secure, and she is “in” with the popular girls at school, even if she has a secret life as a glasses-wearing, self-professed comic book nerd at home. And even if the pressure to fit in at school requires hours of time spent making herself look “perfect.”Returning home from a movie one evening, Autumn comes across Cody, face down in the laneway behind her house. All Cody knows is that he can’t take another beating from his father like the one he just narrowly escaped. He can’t go home, but he doesn’t have anywhere else to go either. Autumn won’t turn her back on him, even if they never really were friends at school. She agrees to let him hide out in her dad’s art studio at night.Over the next couple of days of Autumn sneaking Cody food and bandages, his story comes out. And so does hers.Told in alternating narratives, Autumn Bird and the Runaway is a breathtaking collaboration by two of Canada’s finest writers of books for young readers. Infused with themes of identity, belonging and compassion, it’s a story that reminds us that we are all more than our circumstances, and we are all more connected than we think.