The bond between a grandma and a grandchild is one of joy and unconditional love. Whether they’re painting their faces, decorating sugar cookies, or playing in the sprinkler, there’s always something fun to do when Grandma comes to visit!

Let's Call Grandma! is a charming story for young readers celebrating the bond between a grandmother and her two grandchildren. It’s a perfect way to remind children of how special their bond is with their own grandparents, and for grandparents to tell their grandkids just how much they love them.

Whether their own grandparents are just around the corner or far away, this celebration of love and joy is sure to put a smile on every child’s face.

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When the COVID pandemic struck in 2020, a grandfather in Chicago turned to storytelling to connect with the littlest members of his family on the east coast. At first, he read children’s books to them over FaceTime, but when the stories became repetitive, his son suggested writing his own. Soon “Popeye” (as his grandkids called him) was emailing full-blown stories for nightly reading.

Collected in this volume are twelve of those tales, written between 2020 and the present, on subjects from whimsical fantasy to true family lore to historical people who changed the world. Emerging from the narratives is the notion that everyone, regardless of age, can have a positive impact on the world around them.

In “A Present for My Sister”, a young boy keeps a promise to his family. In “Harry vs. the Coronavirus”, a modern-day kid learns about different ways of being a hero. And in “Beyond the Bulls”, the fight to right a wrong takes years, but justice finally wins out. In each story, young people strive to better themselves, their families and society.

The magic of storytelling is not bound by age or location. It connects grandparents with their grandchildren through the written word—as if there is no distance between them at all.

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Dr. Elena Márquez has devoted her career to genetics. Working with a genomics firm to develop a promising weight-loss gene therapy program, Elena is startled to discover the true, nefarious applications intended for her work. The company has been using its viral vectors to embed classified intelligence inside DNA, turning each patient into a walking hard drive. Intending to blow the whistle on the unethical genomics, Elena must go on the run with her knowledge, desperate to find someone who will believe her.

Jonathan Pembroke, a burned-out MI6 operative, recognizes the scientific breakthrough for what it is: the first truly untraceable intelligence network. As corporate interests and intelligence agencies converge, Elena and Jonathan must expose a system that exploits medical innovation for clandestine warfare before the consequences become irreversible and they become part of the statistics.

Cutting-edge genetics meets international espionage in this medical thriller from debut author Pierce K. Devereaux.

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In Walking Through Mirrors, his second memoir, John Dominelli returns to the rooms, streets, train tracks, and creek beds of his childhood, tracing his life from a fraught birth in an immigrant household to the threshold of the three-year spiritual journey that he chronicled in his initial book, Words Between Worlds.

The first Canadian-born son in a large Italian family, John watches as his parents’ old world instincts collide with the new world of suburban Vancouver and learns to straddle both realities. Employing humor, insight, and a decidedly literary eye, John remembers it all—the dream that sent his father across the ocean; the fateful deception his mother crafted, so the family would follow; the raucous dinner table where myths, music, and Catholic terror mixed with laughter; the Port Coquitlam yards and creeks where an immigrant kid learned to be Canadian; and the odd, shimmering moments when a child first realizes he has a self and that time, death, faith, language, and desire are all mysteries to be explored.

With a musician’s ear and a comic’s timing, he turns family legends and his own formative experiences into a bigger meditation on memory, belonging, and the meaning that threads itself through ordinary lives.

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David Garlick returns with the final installment—he pinky-swears!—of the Principal Chronicles. Like the first two books in this series, The Principal Chronicles: The Third One’s a Charm is funny and heartfelt. These mostly true stories show David in (and out of) action, like “The Cost of Being a Good Neighbour,” when an innocent misunderstanding escalates, or “Lauren Bacall and the Cotton Swab,” when David learns the dangers of cotton swabs and slippery floors.

Readers will even see their favourite—and not-so-favourite characters return. In “One of the Best Saturday Afternoons,” Miss Wakely is livelier than ever (how old is she?) and eager to squeeze every ounce of joy from her students. Ken, brother and bother, might be less of a villain this time around but is still his mischievous self. And Janice finally shares the spotlight with her brothers, though maybe not in the way she’d hope.

Whether sharing childhood shenanigans or adult blunders, The Principal Chronicles: The Third One’s a Charm illuminates how education has shaped David’s entire life. In many ways, his career was inevitable. But that never made it predictable or unsatisfying. Far from it. Readers will delight in seeing stories from the brighter side of education from an educator who’s seen it all, or at least a lot of it.

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The death march to Nazi-occupied Ukraine of tens of thousands of Romanian Jews is one of the most horrifying—yet one of the least known—of the Nazi’s wartime atrocities. In this gripping memoir, Larry Rotenberg, now in his nineties, recalls in vivid detail his childhood in a loving, deeply religious, Romanian Jewish family and his experience of the brutal winter march into Ukraine and the starvation, disease—and deaths of his parents and brother—that followed. It is a story of cruelty and desperation but also of tenderness, ingenuity, and bravery.

Had Larry only told this story, he would have given a rare gift to the field of Holocaust studies. Instead, Larry offers readers something much greater: a window into what an orphaned, deeply traumatized boy from Czernowitz (now Chernivtsi) was able to forge from the barren hell of a wasteland that few know and even fewer survived. From postwar uncertainty and isolation to life as a young immigrant in a new land, Larry shares his journey through foster care in Canada, haunted by loss and self-doubt yet excelling in every new challenge. His struggle to transform unimaginable hardship into creativity carries him through the ups and downs of medical school, a turbulent stint as Chief of Psychiatry at the US Army Pacific Command during the Vietnam War, a successful campaign to rebuild the dysfunctional psychiatry department at a major Pennsylvania hospital, and finally an acclaimed career in the challenging world of forensic psychiatry. His perseverance after a childhood of traumatic loss unfolds into a rich and meaningful life—one that he now shares with us as the enduring gift of this memoir.

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Bob is a burger, but not just any burger, he is a walking, talking, funny, and adventurous burger. He runs with a crew of friends that also happen to be just as delicious as him. Today they decided to go to the beach for some fun, but it wasn’t soon after that the fun turned into a terrifying attempt at survival between Bob and a very hungry little boy. Lucky for Bob, he wasn’t at the beach alone and surely his best friends wouldn’t let him get eaten... but what chance did they stand against a human?

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Finnegan Jones is an unhappy spider. Everyone calls him ugly, dangerous, scary—a monster. He has tried everything to make the world warm up to him, but his efforts have been in vain. Finnegan is beginning to wonder if these insults hurled at him day after day just might be true.

But when a wise old tree startles him out of his spiral of self-pity, Finnegan is faced with a choice: he can tear himself apart to try and please those who dislike him, or he can find joy in the friends he already has. Whatever he chooses, Finnegan’s life is about to change forever.

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In November of 2016, following the first election of Donald Trump, immigration lawyer Dan White looked at his wife, Susie, and five words were spoken: “We gotta get outta here.” Their move from Tennessee to Canada was a process of cultural adaptation involving bureaucracy, property sale, French tests, and too-small garages. By turns humorous, educational, and poignant, White takes us through his many observations on life as an American becoming a Canuck.

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Reboot Required offers a penetrating look at the issues that make us less happy today in spite of so-called social and economic development. Written by octogenarian Penny Gumbert, this book explores how we can reverse the current trend and become a more content and empathetic society. With a focus on Canada and its notable drop in the happiness of young people, Gumbert explores:

• The overuse of screens and social media

• The loss of unstructured play

• Chronic absenteeism in schools

• Empathy fatigue

• Global inequality and the domestic gap between rich and poor

• Environmental degradation and environmental angst

Drawing from the wisdom of the brightest minds in education research, psychology, and social economics, Reboot Required closely examines the ways in which we are no longer progressing toward a healthy society. And yet, Gumbert charts a path forward and gives readers inspiration to take meaningful action in their personal lives and communities.

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Written in the aftermath of a relationship’s end, this collection traces an emotional arc from the quiet unraveling of love to the slow, deliberate work of rebuilding. Moving through heartbreak, grief, anger, reflection, and release, Loft’s poems follow the space between what is felt and what is left unsaid.

While rooted in romantic loss, Things I’ll Never Say expands outward, exploring love and loss in friendship, family, and identity. With clarity and restraint, Loft writes about universal experiences - longing, absence, self-doubt, and growth - inviting readers to recognize their own stories in the margins of her words.

Composed of over forty poems, this debut collection is a reflection on letting go, finding meaning in what remains, and learning how to begin again.

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James Alexander Lindkin dreamed of fantasy worlds and legends until he learned they are all true and the supernatural world is full of dangers.

James tries to be an ordinary fifteen-year-old boy. He tries to be the perfect son his parents want. But James cannot be a perfect student with a promising career, wife and kids ahead of him. James has a bad habit of unexplained teleportation that draws attention to him and draws his mother’s ire.

For she knows that James Lindkin is part Gongore, a race of powerful magic users and defenders of an ordered Universe. Moreover, James may just be the Saviour, the figure of a century-old prophecy, destined to defeat the forces who wish to bring back the dark days of destruction.

It is not just his magic that James is keeping from those around him. As James emerges himself in his training and studies of the supernatural world, he wrestles with his feelings for the apprentice battle commander. James cannot tell his parents or his girlfriend, Celine, that what would make him truly happy is to be who he is and love who he loves. For James must be the perfect son and perfect Saviour.

As James’s personal life spirals out of control, his fractured enemies draw together. In his Earthbound life, James is tormented by his eccentric teacher, Mrs. Saffleberg. Elsewhere and unknown to James, the wizard Wentworth is desperately searching for the boy of the prophecy. If James has any hope of defeating his enemies, he will first have to put himself together.

Where the Demon Spies is the first book in The Divine Weapons series.

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The Next Rooster is a portrait of continuity in motion. Through 44 essays, it brings together the stories of families whose lives, vineyards, and futures are rooted in the hills of Chianti Classico, one of Italy’s most historic and dynamic wine regions. United by the symbol of the Gallo Nero—the Black Rooster—these daughters, sons, nieces, and nephews represent the next generation stepping into roles shaped by inheritance, responsibility, and change.

The book begins with the generation that transformed Chianti Classico during the 1970s and 1980s, when producing wine in the region demanded conviction, sacrifice, and a willingness to embrace uncertainty. Their efforts helped establish the prosperity and international reputation the territory enjoys today. Yet this is not a book about looking backward. It is about what comes next.

Chianti Classico has always been defined by diversity—of soils, elevations, philosophies, and people. That multiplicity remains its greatest strength. As the region enters a new era marked by technological connectivity, environmental challenges, and evolving global markets, a new generation is emerging with its own ideas, ambitions, and understanding of place.

Rather than presenting a chronology of wine history, The Next Rooster tells a human story, exploring succession, adaptation, and the enduring connection between family and land. Rich with Tuscan culture, food, wine, and history, these essays reveal how continuity is preserved not by standing still, but by moving forward. Chianti Classico has always had something new to say. This book listens to the voices now preparing to say it.

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A few years ago, after a holiday in England, Brian Burdon began jotting down thoughts about what he had experienced over the years. Those thoughts grew into a book.

In Observations of an Idiot, Brian shares his opinions and reflections on the modern world, covering everything from the mundane—daily habits and navigating life—to weightier topics such as religion and global politics.

Now in his late seventies, Brian witnessed profound social and technological change, from the rise of computers and the Women’s Liberation Movement to major conflicts and political upheaval such as the Vietnam War and fall of the Berlin Wall, as well as global pandemics like COVID-19. A war baby from England, he immigrated to Canada with his family and spent many years working in the printing industry. He has had been married three times, so he also knows a thing or two about love and relationships.

Throughout his book, Brian comments on current events and personal experiences, often challenging popular opinion and inviting thoughtful discussion. His distinctly British humour runs through every page, blending satire and irony—sometimes at his own expense. Ultimately, Observations of an Idiot is an attempt to leave something solid behind—an ode to this extraordinary and ever-changing world—because, as Brian puts it, “if anyone has something worthwhile to say, it should be put on paper.”

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“Constructive Communication Civil Dialogue Affirm and Confirm” is a practical guide that is built on a life time of experiences confirmed by research. It is not just theory. It is short and concise. It’s processes are applicable for governments, businesses, families or any group working toward common goals. A path is provided for situations requiring a mentor.

It is a hands on guide.

The content in this guide is the result of the author’s experiences as a pastor, naval chaplain, flight instructor, corporate pilot, TQM trainer and mediator.

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Lizzy O’Malley is an amateur teen sleuth and goddaughter to the wealthy Wild family. When Adele and Jonathon Wild invite Lizzy on a trip back to South Africa, their homeland, she’s thrilled to go. But she has no idea what kind of adventure is in store…

Lizzy’s world is turned upside down when two French detectives enlist her help to solve a diamond smuggling case. The main suspect? Her godfather, Jonathan. As she tries to unravel the mystery with the help of her Book Club gang, Lizzy discovers more than she bargained for: a haunted restaurant, a criminal plot, and a tragic murder.

The Case of the Smuggled Blood Diamonds is the first book in the series of Lizzy’s Curious Cases. A gripping mystery perfect for young readers, it reminds us all to be curious and explore the large, interesting world just outside our own backyards.

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Laura is a sweet girl who,

No matter where she goes,

Does absolutely everything

Up on her tippy toes.

A prima ballerina––that’s what Laura wants to be when she grows up! But what to do in the meantime? Join Laura as she pursues her passion for dance in her day-to-day life––from classroom arabesques to climbing trees in a tutu to grand jetés on the soccer field, Laura lives life en pointe.

Written in verse and beautifully illustrated throughout, Ballerina Laura will appeal to children age 3–7 (and their parents), whether they’re dancers, would-be dancers, or simply full of their own childhood dreams. A glossary of ballet terms invites young readers to learn as they dance along.

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Most nonprofit leaders don’t step into the role because they love budgets, cash flow, or board meetings. They step in because they care deeply about the mission. But sooner or later, many find themselves facing hard questions they were never trained to answer: Can we make payroll? How do we cover real costs? How do we talk about money without fear or apology? Are we asking for what we really need?

The Deep End is a practical, encouraging guide for nonprofit leaders who feel called to serve but unprepared for the financial side of leadership. Through the story of Alex, a newly appointed executive director at an animal shelter, Kathy Arney and Gordon Holley explore the journey from financial chaos to clarity, showing how nonprofit leaders can move from scarcity thinking and quiet panic toward confidence, honesty, and sustainable strategy.

Warm, honest, and grounded in the real pressures of nonprofit work, The Deep End shows that money is not separate from a nonprofit organization’s mission. It’s part of how that mission survives, grows, and endures.

This is a book for nonprofit leaders who want to stop treading water and start leading with courage and clarity.

The Deep End is the first book in the Finance and Fundraising Capacity Series.

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Kevin, a young boy part of a lineage that goes back generations, discovers an unexpected connection with a spirit. A spirit in need of help, not any help, his help. Unknown to him, he and his beloved grandfather are what ‘the elders’ from the past called ‘walkers’ and ‘speakers’. It is gift, a gift that comes with responsibility, and the ability to respond with courage and wisdom, and the profound importance of listening to the world around him.

Through his first encounter with Lisa, Kevin gains a deeper understanding of the spirit world and its workings, the passage of time and spirits, and the interconnectedness of all living things to the world of spirits. The story of Spirits is about finding solace and truth, embracing your responsibilities as a friend when ‘loss’ has entered, and kindness that can be found in all of us at the most unexpected times.

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Maren the dolphin loves her family and their wide blue ocean home. But her brothers, Ben and Erik, are sick. How can she keep Mom and Dad from worrying about her, too? As she grows up in the shadow of loss, Maren works hard to be the perfect daughter—yet no matter how fast and strong she becomes, she still feels a bit lost. Only with the help of some wise ocean friends does she learn how to swim true to herself.

Welcome Home, Dolphin is a book about slowing down and listening to our authentic selves. A helpful parent and teacher guide includes lessons on:

• Understanding Emotions and Self-Worth

• Slowing Down and Listening Within

• Authenticity and Loneliness

• Who Am I Now?

• Discovering Inner Peace

• Purpose and Joy

• Listening to the Heart

With Maren and her friends, we can all begin to know and love who we really are.

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