Children 4-8 – lisa疯马秀 Publishing and Vagrant Press lisa疯马秀 Publishing is the largest English-language publisher east of Toronto Thu, 27 Jun 2024 11:08:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 153484567 Gary the Seagull /store/gary-the-seagull.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gary-the-seagull Mon, 24 Jun 2024 11:40:35 +0000 /store/gary-the-seagull It's a hot summer day and Gary is hungry. The beach is packed with people...and packed with people's lunches. Though he's been known to eat everything from minnows to garbage, it's beach lunches Gary loves most of all. With his patented seagull cunning, Gary takes increasingly ridiculous measures to trick a young boy into sharing his lunch. Will the boy hand over his ketchup chips and watermelon?

This uproarious read-aloud from beloved Ontario-based songwriter and entertainer, better known by his stage name, B. A. Johnston, will have parents hugging their beach coolers a little tighter and kids shouting "SHOO, BIRD! SHOO!" Halifax-based illustrator-cartoonist Paul Hammond provides bright and bold illustrations and hand-lettered embellishments for a salty good read.

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]]> 83796 Mud Muddelicious Mud /store/mud-muddelicious-mud.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mud-muddelicious-mud Tue, 04 Jun 2024 12:42:32 +0000 /store/mud-muddelicious-mud.html/mud-muddelicious-mud Verse for the very young, Mud Muddelicious Mud or The Mud Book as it is most often described, is one that over time many children have kept as their very favourite. Squishing mud through toes seems to have a universal appeal to children and adults alike. Poems are a mixture of moods but mostly fun.

Flying feathers ducky down
Swirling softly round and round
Plucky ducky oh so bare
Shivers in his underwear.

The delightful illustrations by artist Phoebe Anne Magee make the poetry come alive.

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]]> 56521 Fishes in the Seas /store/fishes-in-the-seas.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fishes-in-the-seas Tue, 04 Jun 2024 12:42:27 +0000 /store/fishes-in-the-seas.html/fishes-in-the-seas Living in the Maritimes is a unique experience. In this new book of verse for the very young Shirley Downey shares her joy of language and her love of this special part of the world. Full of vibrantly textured illustrations, Fishes in the Seas: Poems for Maritime Kids is a wonderful reading experience for adults and children to share.

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]]> 53746 Kimmy & Mike /store/kimmy-mike.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kimmy-mike Tue, 04 Jun 2024 12:39:01 +0000 /store/kimmy-mike When they set out to find some fish for their father's supper, Kimmy and Mike don't have much luck. But they do have plenty of hilarious high seas adventures in this globetrotting tall tale.

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]]> 85960 Hare B&B /store/hare-bb.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hare-bb Tue, 04 Jun 2024 12:38:57 +0000 /store/hare-bb Harriet and her seven young siblings are left orphans when their parents run afoul of a cunning coyote. They open their home as a "hare bed and breakfast" for paying guests, and when the coyote returns to the scene of the crime, they serve her her comeuppance for breakfast.

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]]> 85656 Mr. Beagle and the Georgestown Mystery /store/mr-beagle-and-the-georgetown-mystery.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mr-beagle-and-the-georgestown-mystery Tue, 04 Jun 2024 12:38:51 +0000 /store/mr-beagle-and-the-georgetown-mystery Mr. Beagle is back with a new mystery to solve: why are storybooks disappearing from his cousin George's neighbourhood?

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]]> 85957 Catalina /store/catalina.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=catalina Tue, 04 Jun 2024 12:38:49 +0000 /store/catalina Catalina is more than a little cranky when her people come home with three puppies, but she soon learns that even a cat can enjoy the company of dogs.

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]]> 85956 Mr. Beagle Goes to Rabbittown /store/mr-beagle-goes-to-rabbittown.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mr-beagle-goes-to-rabbittown Tue, 04 Jun 2024 12:38:46 +0000 /store/mr-beagle-goes-to-rabbittown Mittens are going missing in Rabbittown. Where could they be? Never fear...Mr. Beagle has the nose to follow the clues and find the culprit!

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]]> 84667 The Wall and the Wind /store/the-wall-and-the-wind.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-wall-and-the-wind Tue, 04 Jun 2024 12:38:42 +0000 /store/the-wall-and-the-wind-3 In the middle of the twentieth century, in the middle of Eastern Europe, a young girl dreams of adventures far and near. One day, a huge wall appears that separates […]

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]]> 85684 Seasons Before the War /store/seasons-before-the-war.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=seasons-before-the-war Tue, 04 Jun 2024 12:38:27 +0000 /store/seasons-before-the-war Charming illustrations bring this delightfully unsentimental remembrance of childhood in pre-WWII St. John's, Newfoundland to life.

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