Bizarre sexual parables, hilarious science fiction, fables, text-tangles, dirty stories, lush love letters, re-visionary fairy tales, predictions,strange new games, dream transcripts, and a complete handbook of absurdist instructions, including one on the dangerous arts of pig-swallowing. With all the lyricism and wit which have made his columns in NOW magazine and his Dr. Poetry segments on CBC's Wordbeat so entertaining and provocative, this collection gathers for the first time the very best of Robert Priest's short prose. A fabulist in the tradition of Borges and Cortazar, he brings to these postcard pieces the same poignant, and twisted but brilliant sensibility which has made him one of the most entertaining and challenging poets of his generation.
According to Chinese folklore, when his favourite daughter falls ill, Yanwang, the ruler of the underworld, sends his servants to look for a doctor who has as few ghosts as possible following him. This means that he is a better doctor than others, because when a patient dies, the ghost follows and haunts the doctor.
Li Qunying, a Communist doctor of great dedication, undoubtedly had fewer ghosts behind her. Yet her life was in many ways ill fated, as she struggled through the Anti-Japanese War, the Civil War, the Korean War, the great famine of the early '60s and numerous political movements, including the notorious Cultural Revolution. The Great Leap Forward Movement tragically took away her son Bingbing's life, and the persecution of her husband during the Cultural Revolution took a serious toll on his health, and consequently led to his early death. Besides enduring personal misfortune, she also witnessed the suffering of the peasants, who were the majority of the population at the grass-roots level and whose sorrowful stories have rarely been told.
This haunting memoir traces all of the major events of brutal twentieth-century China, interweaving eyewitness history, folklore, superstition, and Dr. Li's own first-hand accounts.
Ce numéro double, avec une section en couleurs pour fêter les 30 ans de la Société littéraire de Laval, raconte la naissance et l'évolution de l'organisme à travers un album de portraits des bénévoles et des personnes qui ont marqué son histoire et celle du périodique Brèves littéraires. Ce patchwork impressionniste est signé Danielle Shelton, directrice littéraire et artistique de la revue. Aussi dans ce numéro, des textes des lauréats des Marchés des mots d'octobre et novembre 2014, des présentations des partenaires actuels de la Société littéraire de Laval et deux expositions de la série Mots sur image.
An engaging introduction for very young children to the basic facts of life in a way that is gentle, age-appropriate and accessible.
Research shows that children are learning about sex at an increasingly young age and often from undesirable sources. The Q&A format, with questions posed in the child's voice and answers starting simply and becoming gradually more in-depth, allows the adult to guide the conversation to a natural and satisfying conclusion. Additional questions at the back of the book allow for further discussion.
Child psychologist Dr. Jillian Roberts designed the Just Enough series to empower parents/caregivers to start conversations with young ones about difficult or challenging subject matter. Other books in the series deal with diversity, death, separation and divorce.
Whether children are experiencing grief and loss for the first time or simply curious, it can be difficult to know how to talk to them about death.
Using questions posed in a child's voice and answers that start simply and become more in-depth, this book allows adults to guide the conversation to a natural and reassuring conclusion. Additional questions at the back of the book allow for further discussion.
Child psychologist Dr. Jillian Roberts designed the Just Enough series to empower parents/caregivers to start conversations with young ones about difficult or challenging subject matter. Other books in the series deal with birth, diversity, separation and divorce.
Separation and divorce are difficult on the entire family.
Often young children blame themselves or are unsure of their place in the family if these events occur. Child psychologist Dr. Jillian Roberts designed the Just Enough series to empower parents/caregivers to start conversations with young ones about difficult or challenging subject matter.
Why Do Families Change? is part of the Just Enough series. Other topics in the series include birth, death and diversity.Key Selling Points
Part of the bestselling Just Enough series, Why Do Families Change? explores the concept of separation and divorce in a simple and straightforward way.
Written in a question-and-answer format, this book empowers parents and caregivers to start conversations about a subject that's often difficult to talk about.
Dr. Jillian Roberts has been working with children for over 20 years, first as a teacher, then as a child psychologist.
Now available for the first time in paperback.
Our conversations with children about cultural, religious and physical differences are more important than ever, and they need to start at an early age, but we know it can be difficult to know where to begin.
What Makes Us Unique? provides an accessible introduction to the concept of diversity, teaching children how to respect and celebrate people's differences and that, ultimately, we are all much more alike than we are different. Additional questions at the back of the book allow for further discussion.
Child psychologist Dr. Jillian Roberts designed the Just Enough series to empower parents/caregivers to start conversations with young ones about difficult or challenging subject matter. Other books in the series deal with birth, death, separation and divorce.
A gentle introduction to the issue of poverty, On Our Street explores the realities of people living with inadequate resources.
Using age-appropriate language, this book addresses mental illness, homelessness and refugee status as they are connected to this issue. Insightful quotes from individuals and organizations such as UNICEF are included throughout to add further perspective on the issue. An invaluable section on how kids can help empowers readers to take what they have learned and use it to make a difference.Key Selling Points
This book offers an age-appropriate and straightforward introduction to the complex topic of homelessness.
The World Around Us series discusses difficult topics through an organic conversation starting with a common observation and continuing with follow-up questions that would naturally come from a young child.
Sidebars define larger concepts for further discussion with older and more curious children.
The author is a practicing child psychologist who is well known for her Just Enough series and the rest of The World Around Us series, and is a regular contributor to HuffPost, Global News and CBC.
On Our Street was shortlisted for the Bolen Books Children's Book Prize, was a CCBC starred selection and was commended as a Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People.
Le numéro août-novembre du Magazine Gaspésie consacre un dossier aux artistes de la péninsule gaspésienne. Qu'ils en soient natifs ou qu'ils soient tombés sous son charme lors d'un séjour, bien des artistes ont de la Gaspésie fait leur muse. La revue vous invite à la rencontre de plusieurs d'entre eux, photographe, poète, artiste visuel, musicien ou tout à la fois. Elle vous convie à la découverte de leurs oeuvres et de leurs inspirations. Rencontrez Elmina Lefebvre, Françoise Bujold, Blanche Lamontagne, Thomas Fenwick, Paul Strand, Claude Rioux, Paul Almond, Jean-Robert Drouillard, la troupe du Bon Vieux Temps menée par Mme Édouard Bolduc, Manuel Brault, les groupes Quimorucru et The Gaspé Project et les scènes gaspésiennes de Lawren Harris du Groupe des Sept. Dans la rubrique Nos objets, retrouvez le standard téléphonique de l'Auberge Caribou, dans la rubrique Nos personnages, Napoléon Lelièvre, pêcheur, puis marchand et dans la rubrique Nos Gaspésiennes, la comédienne Nicole Leblanc.
