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Throwback: I have Anxiety by Angela Samson

September 23, 2024 by Sue Slade

I have Anxiety by Angela Samson is a wonderful picture book that can be a useful tool in helping to understand Anxiety Disorder better.

Cover of The Journal of Anxious Izzy Parker. A little girl peers into the edge of the ocean and sees a tiger shadow where her shadow should be.

The Journal of Anxious Izzy Parker by Alma Fullerton

June 24, 2024June 17, 2024 by Sue Slade

Izzy has just moved from Toronto to a farm on Prince Edward Island, that was once a bed and breakfast. She does not like change or leaving her best friend Jane or her Dad, but the sounds of the waves and seagulls, the slower pace of life, having her own craft room (bunkie), and a soft-serve ice cream machine in their new kitchen helps to balance out most of the negatives of moving.

A turquoise cover of a mountain range. Central is a large rainbow hot air balloon. The title is in white letters diagonally over the balloon part of the hot air balloon. The author's name is just below the basket of the balloon.

Bertie Stewart is Perfectly Imperfect by Melanie Mosher

March 29, 2024 by Sue Slade

I was pleased as punch and over the moon to be given an advanced copy of Melanie Mosher’s upcoming middle-grade release, Bertie Stewart is Perfectly Imperfect!

The Kelly Jo Burke Interview

May 28, 2024July 21, 2021 by James M. Fisher

Kelley Jo Burke is an award-winning Regina playwright, creative nonfiction writer and documentarian, and was for many years host of CBC Radio’s SoundXchange.