Matt James

A new picture book about friendship and community from Matt James, acclaimed author and illustrator of The Funeral.With his cart full of treasures and big green hat, Charlie is a neighborhood fixture.

Matt explores how to design an urban outdoor space, no matter the size or location - from balconies and roof terraces to courtyards, basement areas and front gardens, factoring in areas for relaxation

Confused by the bewildering range of plants on offer at your local garden centre? How do you choose, use and create beautiful planting schemes like the professionals?The book takes you on a structured

In The Urban Gardener, garden designer and lecturer Matt James provides an approachable, practical guide to making the most of an urban garden, including: How to design an urban space - from balconie

Norma and her parents are going to her great-uncle Frank’s funeral, and Norma is more excited than sad. She is looking forward to playing with her favorite cousin, Ray, but when she arrives at the chu

A gorgeous picture book about the connections created through music, and how music can reach loved ones with dementia.A young boy learns to play guitar from his grandfather, and the one about the blackbird is their favorite song. Years later, the boy visits his grandfather, and while his grandfather doesn't recognize him, now grown-up, he does still remember how to hold a guitar.A beautiful full circle moment ensues when the boy plays his grandfather their favorite song.The moving text and dynamic, gorgeous art celebrate the connection that music can create between two people and the joy that music, and the shared love of it, can bring at any age.

In this atmospheric story, a group of kids play hockey on a frozen lake by moonlight. At once nostalgic and timely, this is a gorgeous book that will speak to readers young and old.The beaver flood ha

夜裡，貝兒和媽媽窩在舊藍色車裡入睡，車窗外，熟悉的貓頭鷹靜靜守望。白天，沒有人知道她的生活，只有紙上的貓頭鷹透露出一點線索。直到有一天，一個同樣住在車裡的新同學出現，貝兒終於不再是唯一藏著秘密的人。作者以細膩的故事和溫柔插畫，描寫了無家可歸孩子的堅強與孤單，卻也讓讀者看見，即使在最暗的時候，彼此的理解與關懷依然能帶來溫暖的光。A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard SelectionWinner of the Frostburg State University CLC Book AwardNominated for the Washington Children's Choice Picture Book AwardBelle draws the best owl in class, but she doesn’t say why: she sees them in the park, where she and her mother sleep.Charlotte Zolotow Award Winner!Belle and her mother used to have a house, a table, and chairs, a home like any of Belle’s classmates’. But things changed. Now, they curl up each night in a blanket nest in their old blue car, with their things packed in around them. The first night was hard, but they’ve never been alone: their friend the owl has always been nearby, hooting in its tree, looking out for them. Belle longs to catch sight of it, and one night, she finally does. That’s how she learned to draw an owl. No one knows that story. But when a

A pirate is sleeping snug in his bed, dreaming pirate dreams, when a great storm comes up at sea. The pirate sleeps on, but his bed is awake and scared of the thunder and the angry waves. Tossed this

A young girl tries to adjust to moving from northeastern Saskatchewan to Toronto, where she misses her father coming home for lunch and looking at the stars at night with her family, but an eight-year

A simple but vibrantly illustrated story based on the author's own experiences of leaving behind a place one loves, learning to cope with change and having the courage to embrace the new experiences t

For hundreds of years explorers attempted to find the Northwest Passage — a route through the islands of Canada’s north to the Pacific Ocean and Asia. Others attempted to find a land route. Many hundr

In this delightful bedtime rhyme a young child bids good night to the moon, recalling all the familiar things surrounding her, from her pillow, her book, and her kitten to the swing outside, the robin

African-American football player Chuck Ealey grew up on the wrong side of the tracks in Portsmouth, Ohio. Against all odds, he became an incredible quarterback. But despite his unbeaten record in high

The Nentir Vale -- a frontier land sheltered by mountains and strewn with abandoned farmsteads, ruined manors, and broken keeps -- is the perfect base for any Dungeons & DragonsR campaign. Many he