Parfois, il peut être un peu difficile de comprendre ce que nos parents font lorsqu’ils vont travailler. Ma maman est infirmière praticienne… mais qu’est-ce que cela veut dire exactement? Est-elle infirmière? Est-elle docteure? Quelle est la différence, au juste?

Cette histoire est racontée du point de vue d’un garçon de 4 ans qui partage fièrement sa compréhension de ce que sa maman fait lorsqu’elle travaille comme infirmière praticienne. Dans ce récit, vous découvrirez ses activités quotidiennes, les personnes intéressantes avec lesquelles elle travaille et ce qui fait d’elle une bonne infirmière praticienne! Ensemble, enfants et adultes peuvent en apprendre davantage sur ce métier passionnant et envisager une carrière dans le domaine de la santé – même comme infirmière praticienne!

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Join the Waddlewerths, a lovable family of penguins, on a magical adventure through Antarctica. When Bella and Henry set out with their curious children, Pipa and Milo, to find the legendary Secret Snowflake Garden, they discover more than just icy landscapes. Along the way, they meet new friends, face natural wonders, and are reminded of just what it means to stick together as a family.

The Waddlewerth Family's Big Adventure is the first book in The Waddlewerth Family series. With beautiful, calming illustrations, this sweet story encourages empathy, teamwork, and exploration. Ideal for bedtime—or anytime!—the book is a cozy, heartwarming choice for families who value connection and gentle storytelling.

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Once a playful and friendly neighbour, Jethro Jacks comes back to school one year with a scrappy attitude and a taste for bullying. His loud voice and biting words push away his classmates, leaving him friendless and misunderstood. But one brave student, an old friend of Jethro’s, isn’t ready to give up. Can our hero help Jethro find the kindness at his core? Or will Jethro always be known as the schoolyard bully?

With a unique combination of humour, heart, and a magical twist, Jethro Jacks addresses the power of words in a fun, relatable way. Using poetry to craft its narrative, the story encourages children to reflect on the importance of kindness while showing that growth and change are always possible. It reminds us that we can all make a big difference with a few small words.

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In the land of Same, everyone thinks the same, dresses the same, and acts the same. Until Raegan Blu is born. This brave, smart, and strong child loves to play games, invent stories, and make a beautiful mess. Her family loves her, but the other people in the land of Same don’t know how to be around her. None of them are happy in the way she is and that makes them uncomfortable.

Raegan is faced with a hard decision: to continue to be who she is but have no friends… or to do something radically different. Will Raegan have the courage to face the Council of Wizards and advocate for real change in her land? Or will she stay silent and let the status quo win again?

Raegan Blu is a charming book for first-time readers that teaches the importance of self-confidence, self-acceptance, individuality, and bravery. This early chapter book shows children what they can learn from each other, and reminds us all that the world is a brighter, more colorful place when we’re true to our inner selves.

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“So,” I would ask, again and again, “you actually believe this is acceptable? That it’s normal for a caregiver to become this embedded, this involved?”

The worst part was hearing it from the people closest to me. “But your dad seems happy,” they’d say. “Why not just let it be?”

If only it were that simple.

It wasn’t just about happiness. It was about safety. Boundaries. Long-term trust.

When Piper and her siblings hire a live-in caregiver for their aging father, they believe they are making the best decision. Macie arrives with glowing references and a composed demeanour, but beneath her poised exterior lies something dangerous. The youngest sibling sees her as a blessing. The older two begin to question her past, but no one wants to believe what they uncover. Their efforts to sound the alarm are met with silence, disbelief, and increasing alienation. But as their father’s health declines, Macie’s grip tightens.

Told through eldest daughter Piper’s eyes, Family Shattered is a raw and intimate account of misplaced trust, emotional estrangement, and the unraveling of a family. It’s a story of standing firm in the face of dismissal—and the quiet devastation that follows when the truth is left unheard.

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River loves watching the sunset. From her home in California, she watches it set at Joshua Tree National Park and Del Mar beach, but she is always left wondering where it goes when it disappears each night.

River’s parents as well as her great grandpa (GG) in Kenya help her understand the earth’s rotation and the sun’s journey across the globe, bringing sunset to one side of the world at the same time as sunrise to the other. Although River’s family is separated by distance, these shared moments under the sun bring her a sense of connection and unity, and she is able to then bid farewell to the sun at night knowing that it marks a new beginning for others on the opposite side of the world.

Designed to spark curiosity, Where is the Sun’s Bedroom? is the first installment of the Mr. Sun, Ray Me a Story series. Exploring the natural world with topics covering everything under the sun, the series encourages young minds to delve deeper and helps them understand the world around them.

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The Old Mango Tree stands tall and strong, It has witnessed the changing seasons and the lives that have passed beneath its branches. Along the way, it gathered a diverse and cherished group of friends. Among them is Kairi, a precocious and playful young girl whose boundless curiosity and love for nature brought the tree unexpected joy. Through her laughter and wonder, she taught the Old Mango Tree the beauty of self-acceptance and we witness the magic found in their shared connection with the natural world.

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Pharaoh Hatshepsut is the story of a young Egyptian princess who found a Hebrew baby in a basket on the Nile. She claims Moses as her own and hides him in the palace harem. Only her maids and her faithful architect Senenmut know of their true bond.

While raising Moses in secret, Hatshepsut struggles to fit into a world ruled by the gods and their priests. Her greatest hope is to bring Moses into the line of succession. When her husband dies, she becomes a powerful female pharaoh and Senenmut her advisor and protector. Senenmut loves and admires Hatshepsut, but she must focus on her reign above all else, and prepare a pathway to leadership for Moses.

Will she succeed in establishing a legacy for her adopted son, despite their enemies?

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William was a physically powerful man, but he was something more than physically strong. There was a strength of character that just seemed to exude from him. He was a good man. Alexandre wasn’t able to think of anyone he had ever met that compared to what he thought of William. He seemed to have the ability to control any situation, but he used that ability to benefit others, which came to included even Alexandre.

Montana native William Walker is in Avignon, France, living discreetly, trying to help others realize their potential to do good, and protecting them from being drawn into the dark things he is trying to escape from. He frequently moves around, making him an enigma to those he encounters.

William observes a young pickpocket named Alexandre and becomes his mentor and he encourages Alexandre to change his ways. After securing a job with Alexandre at a nearby ranch, William is soon entangled in the Desjardin family’s struggles against (unbeknownst to them) an organized crime lord and his criminal cohorts who will stop at nothing to get their hands on the ranch, especially an extremely valuable Friesen stallion.

As much as William wants to leave his past behind him, the skills he developed and the alliances he established during these mysterious years become essential to the Desjardins—and the ranch’s—survival.

William begins to earn the family’s trust, and they put a plan in motion, with the help of his brothers and other connections, to bring an end to this dangerous threat, save the ranch, and the stallion. And during all this intrigue, some characters may even find love.

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Joanna’s mom is newly single, and they’ve moved to a new house in the big city. On the first morning, her mom has a hard time getting Joanna and her brother, Gavin, out the door. First, they drop Gavin off at daycare. Then, it’s Joanna’s turn! Today is her first time ever at the before-school program. She has a great time meeting other kids and playing, and she loves her new teachers.

But when class is over, and Joanna has to stay behind with the other kids in the after-school program, she starts to feel nervous. It’s so late, and the sky is getting dark. What will she do if her mom doesn’t come back? Will it always feel like this?

Joanna’s First Day of School is a great guide for kids who are nervous about going to before- or after-school care. With humour and thoughtfulness, it walks them through what a typical day is like, showing them that there’s nothing to be afraid of. After-school programs can be overwhelming, but bright pictures and a simple story help kids see that they’re not alone, and that there’s nothing to be scared of at all.

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Jester is a big-eared Pinto horse with a fuzzy coat and a huge heart. When he hears his owners saying he will never be a good dressage horse, Jester’s heart hurts. But it doesn’t stop him from trying hard. He has good friends, a warm stable, and plenty of hay to eat. But will he ever feel like he is good enough?

Emaline is a beautiful young para-dressage rider with big goals and dreams. She is looking for the perfect horse to help her make the Paralympic team. When she comes to the stable to buy a horse, no one thinks she will choose Jester. But what if she does? What could this unlikely pair accomplish together?

Jester Goes to the Olympics is a charming story about trust, love, and the harmony between horse and rider. When a partnership is just right, it is true magic. And when Emaline and Jester come together, they show the world that dreams really do come true.

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In this third and final volume of the Mindful Art series, Hiroshi Shimazaki explores what has always been at the heart of his sketching/painting activities, whether for academic research or for pure pleasure. Here he reminisces about times on site and relishes the memories the sketches evoke. As always, he invites readers to enter the world of travel sketching with mindfulness, curiosity, and wonder—as well as, on occasion, a sense of humour.

Mindful Travel Sketching: A Memoir of Journeys Inner and Outer contains over three hundred of Shimazaki’s travel sketches from all over the globe, and will appeal to artists, would-be artists, travellers, would-be travellers, and admirers of the artist’s work. Other books in the series are Mindful Landscape Sketching and Mindful Landscape Painting: My Watercolour Journeys.

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Born in the silence of lockdowns and the noise of systemic change, the Deadly Poets Society began as a circle of Indigenous and non-Indigenous health researchers who met fortnightly to write, reflect, and hold space for one another. What started as a response to the isolation of COVID-19 became something far deeper: a creative practice rooted in trust, Country, and connection.

Finding What Always Was is the anthology born of that practice, speaking both to the soul of research and to a nation still reckoning with its identity. Through poetic inquiry, these scholars trace the emotional and intellectual terrain of working across cultures in colonised systems. Their words are rivers eroding mountains: sometimes raging with change, sometimes trickling unseen, but always flowing. They write in open circles etched in sand, in quiet reflection, in a corroboree grown of deep soil where curiosity overcomes criticism, and no tall poppy stands alone. Here, creativity transforms inquiry. Here, scholarship is cool water on a weary day, “a tender dressing for academic hurt,” roots cracking concrete so truth can breathe.

Born in the silence of lockdowns and the noise of systemic change, the Deadly Poets Society began as a circle of Indigenous and non-Indigenous health researchers who met fortnightly to write, reflect, and hold space for one another. What started as a response to the isolation of COVID-19 became something far deeper: a creative practice rooted in trust, Country, and connection.

Finding What Always Was is the anthology born of that practice, speaking both to the soul of research and to a nation still reckoning with its identity. Through poetic inquiry, these scholars trace the emotional and intellectual terrain of working across cultures in colonised systems. Their words are rivers eroding mountains: sometimes raging with change, sometimes trickling unseen, but always flowing. They write in open circles etched in sand, in quiet reflection, in a corroboree grown

of deep soil where curiosity overcomes criticism, and no tall poppy stands alone. Here, creativity transforms inquiry. Here, scholarship is cool water on a weary day, “a tender dressing for academic hurt,” roots cracking concrete so truth can breathe.

This anthology is both record and revelation. It is a testament to the strength of community in times of uncertainty, and a meditation on what it means to live, work, and create within complex academic and cultural spaces. It is a reminder that research itself can be a corroboree, a river, a spiral, an act of pure creation, and that poetry is a place where

“nothing is destroyed, nothing is lost.”

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John McMillan began his mechanical engineering career in 1971, joining Combustion Engineering (C-E) as a junior engineer trainee for a six-month probationary period.

He describes what engineering life was like in the 1970s when there were no computers, calculators, or the internet, and all the mechanical design work was done manually with pencils and paper.

John shares anecdotes about hijinks in the office, including fraudulent activities, drinking, and growing marijuana, as well as physical altercations between employees, and a diverse range of characters and personalities that contributed to many interesting stories.

In a managerial role, he had to manage several personnel issues, including an employee who was arrested at John’s Christmas lunch and another caught stealing proprietary information. He was approached by the wife of an engineer, who begged him to rehire her husband, whom he had laid off.

John recalls his experiences with customers who received new products that did not perform as advertised. One customer demanded that John be fired for insubordination. Once, John had to physically stop a project manager from choking a customer in front of the customer’s wife at their home.

He recounts his career path to becoming the Director of Engineering, including subsequent demotions due to internal reorganizations and company takeovers, which brought him back to a role he had held nineteen years earlier. He explains how he regained the position of Director of Engineering.

A lawsuit against the company resulted in John representing the firm in a four-month court case as the primary defence witness. He shares stories about the trial preparation and proceedings, including the plaintiff’s lawyer attacking him and calling him incompetent and arrogant.

John shares his feelings when threatened with a personal layoff twice and considers volunteering for a layoff a third time. In the end, he decides to lay himself off after forty-five years of service.

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The world, as in nature, is intimidated by difference, and the church feels its mission is to fix it. All must be conformed to a ‘normal’ appearance, whatever that is. Fixing differences means eliminating them rather than embracing them and being enriched by them.

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Every day we are faced with new experiences, new challenges, and new memories to store. We navigate through the world, attempting to make something of this phenomenon we call ‘life.’ Not so often, however, do we encounter situations and challenges that cripple us to our core. In examining trauma from a biological perspective with an autobiographical touch, Living with a Primitive Brain sheds light on what trauma really is, how we feel it, and how we can better understand its ferocity to help push open the doors to recovery. Within these pages, the biological changes that occur with trauma are examined, as well as various intervention strategies ranging from connecting with nature to neurofeedback. This is a story of hardship, hope and the evidence-based tools available to aid in the journey to healing.

Myles introduces trauma survivors and their loved ones to neuroscience and the mechanics of trauma as a bridge between scientific research and the general public. From her own experience, she knows that understanding brings compassion as well as acts as a guide to the discovery of practical tools that target the biological cause of symptoms. In a narrative sense of a battle between our evolved functioning versus instinctual drives, Living with a Primitive Brain introduces readers to a wide range of healing approaches including eco-therapy, mindfulness, EMDR, cognitive behavioural therapy, and more.

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Please take good care of my baby, thinks Maggie, as she places Dorita in the arms of a nun at the Lourdes Home orphanage in Gozo, Malta. The young mother has no way of knowing that Lourdes Home will eventually become notorious, its name synonymous with orphan abuse.

Dorita is only supposed to stay at the orphanage for a matter of months but an accident and a coverup by the nuns mean that she will be held there for almost sixteen years. Yet all along, Dorita believes her mother is out there somewhere, and that someday she will be set free again.

Based on the author’s own experience, Behind Closed Doors is a story of survival of body, mind, and spirit against incredible odds in the face of regular abuse at the hands of those in power. It is also a testament to the power in moments of kindness, love, and grace.

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Meet the animals of Cedar Row Farm Sanctuary. Every animal has a story, and every rescue is a new beginning. The sanctuary has become home to cows, pigs, goats, donkeys, hens, and even possums!

Discover how Charlie the calf found a loving home, how Shorty the pig learned to play in the mud, and how Lucy the goose got her wings back. Each animal is special in their own way.

Packed with fun facts, gentle lessons about compassion, and real-life tales of hope, this book shows that anyone can make a difference for animals.

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What is wrong with the world when the disappearance of a single red baseball cap with an American political slogan on it—yes, one of those hats—can threaten the very existence of Canada?

Yet isn’t there something absurdly fitting about the fact that, at the centre of this international crisis, stands a group of aging friends who meet once a month to discuss novels, drink too much wine, and (not always gently) dissect one another’s lives?

Having met for more than twenty years, they call themselves The We’re Still Here Book Club—a name perhaps once jokingly defiant but now an all-too-real challenge to the US president himself.

This ensemble of spirited friends—outspoken Muriel and practical Eleanor; kind-hearted Shirin and mystical Lumira; data-minded Deborah and convivial Brad; and the oldest of them all, steadfast octogenarian Audrey—find themselves forced to orchestrate not only the survival of their friendship but of Canada too.

Set in the fictitious and picturesque Canadian-US border town of Brockton, Ontario, this unexpected tale is part sharp-edged satire and part tender portrait of aging, friendship, and patriotism. The We’re Still Here Book Club. Volume One: Elbows Up! celebrates the resilience, and the occasional folly, of people determined to stay standing—elbows up, the Canadian way—no matter what fresh chaos the world serves them.

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Robert Robert Robertson wants to commit suicide—and not just because of his stupid name. Determined to end it all and armed with a backpack full of stolen cash, Robert heads to the Utah desert for one last hurrah. But being inept, impulsive, and ill-tempered, he not only blows the attempt, he also blows up his life in the process.

Now with no money, no friends, and the twenty-nine year old woman of his dreams out of his forty-nine year old reach, Robert must deal with the consequences of his actions. After a lifetime of bad behavior, will he learn to forgive his parents for being so boring? Will he win back the woman he loves? Will he pay the price for stealing all that money?

Robert is about to go on a painful journey of growth, but on the bright side–he does get to shoot a bad guy along the way.

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