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• Dora and the Yellow Strawstack by Bob Bartel (Kirkus Reviews)

  “An exciting tale of misadventure and rescue. Thompson’s full-color cartoon illustrations depict the landscape with simple backgrounds, drawing attention to the foreground action, which is particularly helpful when the prose describes details of the harvest process.”

• Two Times As Much Love by Eileen Beltzner (Foreword Reviews)

  “Alexander, a third grader, is ecstatic to receive the puppy of his dreams, Sir Percival. But then his parents separate and he’s forced to move between their apartments each week. Blending narrative storytelling with mindfulness practices, the allegorical novel Two Times as Much Love is about coping with the heavy emotions of a divorce.”

• The English Trip of 1910 by Mima Brown Kapches (Kirkus Reviews)

  “An energetically readable history of a Canadian regiment’s working vacation. Kapches relates a notable event in the history of the longest-serving regiment in the Canadian Army in this nonfiction debut. Kapches does a wonderful service in reviving the story so entertainingly.”

• Elisabeth's Miracle by Vanessa Siso (Foreword Reviews)

  “A father supports and encourages his daughter after she is bullied, inspiring her to do the same for her classmates, in the warm picture book Elisabeth’s Miracle. A revelatory picture book about navigating challenging emotions while leaning on one’s faith.”

• Pam Wamback Episode #222 (Sea And Be Scene…And Heard Podcast)

• I thought being Canadian was good enough to sell my books in Canada. I was wrong (The Globe and Mail)

• Horrors of B.C. residential school recalled in new memoir (Oak Bay News)

• Local author-illustrator duo show there is no one way to be (TB Newswatch)

• Henningson pens new book (Penticton Herald)

• Lucy the Lobster living up to her Groundhog Day fame with new book (The Tri-County Vanguard)