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Not That Kind of Place
A rising literary star delivers a haunting exploration of the long-term effects of systemic violence.
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Summer in the City
In the third Travels with My Family book, Charlie and his family have a staycation at home and discover plenty of adventure in their own neighborhood.
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{"id":7349185216571,"title":"The Elements","handle":"the-elements","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe new collection from Governor General’s Literary Award–winning poet and translator Erín Moure is a book about tenderness, and about The Good, in the face of destruction. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Elements\u003c\/i\u003e is a family book, a thinker’s biography in poetry, and a polylingual homage. Poems about and for Moure’s late father — accepting his dementia as a real way of thinking “world” and “self” in a struggle against invasive powers — are braced alongside poems invoking the struggle of Galician peasants against the invasion of the armies of Napoleon. It is a book about tenderness, and about The Good, in the face of destructions. By celebrating our ability to think and to revolt, it defends the human pull toward happiness and sovereignty, toward life, toward living. “The infinitely transmissible,” it says, “demands this polyvalent body.”\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-02-21T10:04:36-05:00","created_at":"2025-02-21T09:58:33-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Poetry","By (author) Moure Erín","House of Anansi Press","pub date: 2019-04-09"],"price":1995,"price_min":1995,"price_max":1995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":42025479176251,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487003722","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Elements - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":200,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781487003722","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_854a08b2-d04e-41ab-9e03-bf213fa438e6.jpg?v=1740149935"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_854a08b2-d04e-41ab-9e03-bf213fa438e6.jpg?v=1740149935","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"This image is in shades of black and white. A statue on a cliff looks out over the ruins of an old city. The statue resembles a man with short curly hair. It has one arm out and is has a draped cloak around it. The ruins of the city are mainly rubble and stone walls with window openings. The buildings are densely packed together. Text: Erín Moure. The Elements. (Nam:Loz).","id":25137104126011,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"width":1650,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_854a08b2-d04e-41ab-9e03-bf213fa438e6.jpg?v=1740149935"},"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_854a08b2-d04e-41ab-9e03-bf213fa438e6.jpg?v=1740149935","width":1650}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe new collection from Governor General’s Literary Award–winning poet and translator Erín Moure is a book about tenderness, and about The Good, in the face of destruction. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Elements\u003c\/i\u003e is a family book, a thinker’s biography in poetry, and a polylingual homage. Poems about and for Moure’s late father — accepting his dementia as a real way of thinking “world” and “self” in a struggle against invasive powers — are braced alongside poems invoking the struggle of Galician peasants against the invasion of the armies of Napoleon. It is a book about tenderness, and about The Good, in the face of destructions. By celebrating our ability to think and to revolt, it defends the human pull toward happiness and sovereignty, toward life, toward living. “The infinitely transmissible,” it says, “demands this polyvalent body.”\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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The Elements
Award winning poet and translator Erín Moure's collection is a book about tenderness, and about The Good, in the face of destruction.
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to 7
/ grades P
to 2
Bravo, Chico Canta! Bravo!
En este encantador relato, el ratoncito Chico Canta salva a su familia del astuto Gato-Gatito, gracias a su agilidad mental y dominio de otro idioma.
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and up
The Tiny Boy and Other Tales from Indonesia
A collection of beautifully illustrated Indonesian folktales. A fundrasier for IBBY Indonesia's Children in Crisis Project.
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to 8
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Last Leaf First Snowflake to Fall
An enchanting and evocative book about a voyage into nature by Leo Yerxa, an artist of Ojibway ancestry.
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ages 4
to 7
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to 2
Doctor Kiss Says Yes
A new edition of the magical Governor General's Award winner, now reissued as a fundraiser for IBBY Canada's Joanne Fitzgerald Fund.
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{"id":7348969242683,"title":"Tecumseh","handle":"tecumseh","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLonglisted for the Children's Literature Roundtables of Canada Information Book Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwo hundred years after his death, the Shawnee chief Tecumseh is still considered one of the greatest leaders of North America's First Peoples. This richly illustrated biography tells the story of his remarkable life, culminating in the War of 1812. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTecumseh, born in 1768, lived during turbulent times: the thirteen colonies revolted against British rule, becoming the United States in 1776, and settlers had begun to push westward, rapidly encroaching on the traditional lands of the First Peoples. Tecumseh realized that unless the tribes came together to form a great confederacy, they would never be able to hold onto their land. 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Tecumseh
A gorgeously illustrated biography of Tecumseh — the great Shawnee chief — published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812.
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Chaser
An exciting and provocative collection from one of the most promising young voices in Canadian poetry.
