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New Release - Pipa:m̓ : The Touch of the Frog.
Part of the Kwantlen Stories Then and Now Series, this story explores the healing power of the frog, told by award-winning storyteller Joseph Dandurand with stunning illustrations by Elinor Atkins.

In the Kwantlen village, Tsa’kwi’ah tries her best to help the other children gather wood, mend nets and stoke the fires, but she’s small and can’t keep up. Then she finds a green frog. The frog smiles at her and she smiles back. She touches the frog, and she becomes tall and strong. She runs with the children and carries fish for her father. When Tsa’kwi’ah’s mother and the other villagers become sick with red spots and fever, Tsa’kwi’ah remembers the green frog. Can the touch of the frog help her family and friends too?

For children ages 6–8, Joseph Dandurand’s fifth children’s story continues reimagining Kwantlen legends, following The Bears and the Magic Masks, The Girl Who Loved the Birds, A Magical Sturgeon and The Sasquatch, the Fire and the Cedar Baskets. This book contains 32 Colour illustrations.

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New Arrival - Strawberry Sundaes (HC).
Author Sarabeth Holden is Inuit from the community of Pangnirtung, Nunavut. She grew up in Nova Scotia, Nunavut, New Brunswick, and Ontario, and is co-founder of the Toronto Inuit Association, supporting the local Inuit community as it grows. Emma Pedersen is a Toronto-based illustrator specializing in children's books and character design.

Just like his favourite veggie-eating dino, the stegosaurus, Sim can't get enough of delicious greens-but his absolute favourite treat is freshly picked strawberries.

When Sim and his family head out of the city to pick some delicious strawberries, he gets to hear how his mom picked berries where she grew up, in the Arctic! With Sim's prehistoric imagination to help him, he and his sister quickly learn that while they may pick berries differently than their mom's family did, there is much that stays the same.

Whether picked from the tundra or from a farmer's field, whether blueberries, crowberries, or strawberries, and whether served with a side of bannock or a side of ice cream, berry picking gets families out on the land together gathering the delicious fruits of the season. And there is nothing more delicious than that!

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New Arrival - The Best of Roy Henry Vickers : 80 Selected Works.
Roy Henry Vickers is a renowned carver, painter, printmaker and storyteller, with works influenced by his Tsimshian, Haida, Heiltsuk and British heritage. He is the illustrator and co-author of Harbour Publishing’s popular children’s First West Coast Book series and Northwest Coast Legends series, the latter of which were all shortlisted for the Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award: Raven Brings the Light in 2014, Cloudwalker in 2015, Orca Chief in 2016 and Peace Dancer in 2017. Lucky Budd holds an MA in history and has digitized many high-profile oral history collections, including that of the Nisga'a First Nation. In addition to co-authoring the award-winning First West Coast Book series and Northwest Coast Legends series, he is also the author of Voices of British Columbia (Douglas & McIntyre, 2010)—a bestseller which was shortlisted for the 2011 Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award—and its sequel, Echoes of British Columbia (2014). He lives in Victoria, BC.

A career best-of retrospective to commemorate Indigenous artist Roy Henry Vickers’s 80th birthday, in an affordably-priced quality paperback format.

Celebrate the 80th birthday of one of Canada’s most recognized Indigenous artists with this selected volume of Roy Henry Vickers’s greatest works. This collection includes eighty artworks spanning 1974 to 2024—over fifty years in Vickers’s career as an artist.

Vickers’s books, artworks, sculptures and prints are world-renowned for representing the natural beauty of British Columbia. His storied artistic career began when he was rejected from the RCMP for his colourblindness, and brought him through such milestones as building the Roy Henry Vickers Gallery in Tofino, BC, and being the artistic director for the construction of part of the Vancouver International Airport. The Best of Roy Henry Vickers brings together the iconographies that have made Vickers a household name, showcasing vibrant landscapes, iconic Northwest Coast legends and the unique moments of West Coast life rendered in his signature bold lines and vivid colours.

The Best of Roy Henry Vickers is a milestone celebration of a traditional storyteller and a tribute to a lifetime of artistry—a visual treat for anyone who feels a connection to the beauty and spirit of the Pacific Northwest.

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Joining our Indigenous Languages Collection - Wiisinidaa! (Let’s Eat!).
Written by Elizabeth Albert-Peacock, a member of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe. She was a faculty member in the Education Department of the University of Minnesota Duluth for many years. She has authored numerous children's books. Illustrated by Anna Granholm, Ojibwe.

Wiisinidaa! (Let’s Eat!) celebrates family, food, and the Ojibwe language. Count along as mothers and their little ones share meals together! From moose munching birch leaves to bears slurping honey, each page introduces a new number, a new animal family, and an Ojibwe word for how they eat.

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