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Stories for a winter night
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2023"Nature Tales for Winter Nights puts winter – rural, wild and urban – under the microscope and reveals its wonder. From the late days of autumn, through deepest cold, and towards the bright hope of…Catalogue Item
2024A high society Christmas Eve wedding at a remote Scottish castle sounds like the perfect winter getaway for the three Dahlias and their partners - until a snowstorm hits, cutting them off from the…Catalogue Item
2019A Christmas abduction: Caroline Dunham has a bone to pick with notorious rake Baron Thornhill--and a creative plan to insure his undivided attention. Yet once in close quarters, she finds herself…Catalogue Item
2025Six down-on-their-luck people with links to the world of crime writing have been invited to play a game this Christmas by the mysterious Midwinter Trust. The challenge seems simple but exciting:…Catalogue Item
22 Wintry Horror Stories2024"From some of the biggest names in horror comes an Advent calendar of short holiday horror stories perfect for the darkest nights of the year. Edited by award-winning author and anthologist Lindy…Catalogue Item
A Novel2015One winter's night a blizzard sweeps across the country, demonstrating that fate can change the course of lives in an instant...and fate has got a sense of humor. Chelsea Crawford and Ian Rafferty…
November 7th Is International Inuit Day!
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2025"Based on an ancient Inuit traditional story, this beautifully illustrated picture book tells of the appearance of the first humans on earth, and how from them all the peoples of the earth emerged.…Catalogue Item
2022"Loon and Raven are best friends. They love to sew clothes for each other. But when Raven won’t hold still to be measured for a new coat Loon is making, Loon gets mad. What happens when these two…Catalogue Item
2024"'Inuit games have been played all over the Arctic for a very long time. They are played for fun, to practise survival skills, and as exercise.' Discover everything about Inuit games in Arviat,…Catalogue Item
2019Meet a real-life Inuit hero! This book introduces the biography genre while teaching children about the life of Harry Okpik and the history of dogsledding.Catalogue Item
A True Story2020"The beloved story of an Inuvialuk girl standing up to the bullies of residential school, updated for a new generation of readers. Margaret Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton's powerful story of residential…Catalogue Item
2024"Counting book about counting bears in English and Inuktitut."--Provided by publisher.
November 5th Is I Read Canadian Day. Don’t Ghost These Books!
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Legends, Folklore and Other Tales : Stories of A Haunted Stittsville. Volumes 1-32022"A haunted farm, wailing women foretelling death, the sound of ghostly music, strange noises recorded in the woods and much, much more. Those are only some of the tales contained in this collection…Catalogue Item
Ghost Stories of Ottawa and the National Capital Region2016Catalogue Item
Graphic Novel, Volume 2, Four More Terrifying Tales2025"The bestselling Haunted Canada books are now a best-selling graphic novel series! Four more spine-tingling stories from award-winning author Joel A. Sutherland have been adapted into chilling…Catalogue Item
The Fourth Terrifying Collection2025"This epic collection gathers more than sixty-five spine-tingling tales from across Canada that are sure to please fans of all things haunted. Black-and-white illustrations and photographs throughout…
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