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The Cockroach

 By Ian McEwan

Paperback: pr5499042

Pub Date: Oct 2019


Kafka meets the world of Brexit in a bitingly funny political satire from Ian McEwan.

That morning, Jim Sams, clever but by no means profound, woke from uneasy dreams to find himself transformed into a gigantic creature.

Jim Sams has undergone a metamorphosis. In his previous six-legged existence he was ignored or loathed, but in his new incarnation he has woken up to discover he is the most powerful man in Britain: the Prime Minister. His mission: a nationalist revival, with or without Europe. Nothing must get in his way: not the opposition, nor the dissenters within his own party. Not even the rules of parliamentary democracy.

In this bitingly funny, Kafkaesque satire, Ian McEwan engages with scabrous humour a very recognizable political world and turns it on its head.


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Greta and the Giants

 By Zoë Tucker / Illus. by Zoe Persico

Paperback: pr5241340

Pub Date: Nov 2019


This inspiring picture book retells the story of Nobel Peace Prize nominee Greta Thunberg—the Swedish teenager who has led a global movement to raise awareness about the world’s climate crisis—using fantasy to make this important topic accessible to young children.
 
Greta is a little girl who lives in a beautiful forest threatened by Giants. When the Giants first came to the forest, they chopped down trees to make houses. Then they chopped down more trees and made even bigger homes. The houses grew into towns and the towns grew into cities, until now there is hardly any forest left. Greta knows she has to help the animals who live in the forest, but how? Luckily, Greta has an idea…
 
A section at the back explains that, in reality, the fight against the “giants” isn’t over and explains how you can help Greta in her fight. 

This book is printed sustainably in the US on 100% recycled paper. 3% of the cover price will be donated to 350.org, an environmental charity endorsed by Greta Thunberg. 

Ages 4 to 7

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The Cool Bean

 By Jory John / Illus. by Pete Oswald

Hardcover: pr5048292

Pub Date: Dec 2019


The “too-cool-for-school” third picture book from the #1 NYT bestselling creators of The Bad Seed and The Good Egg, Jory John and Pete Oswald.

Everyone knows the cool beans. They’re sooooo cool. And then there’s the uncool has-bean... Always on the sidelines, one bean unsuccessfully tries everything he can to fit in with the crowd—until one day the cool beans show him how it’s done. With equal measures of humour, wit, and charm, the #1 NYT bestselling duo Jory John and Pete Oswald craft another incredible picture book, reminding us that it’s cooler to be kind. 
Ages 4 to 8


Our House is on Fire: Greta Thunberg's Call to Save the Planet

 

 By Jeanette Winter

Hardcover: pr5426689

Pub Date: Sep 2019


From acclaimed picture book creator Jeanette Winter comes the urgent and powerful story of Greta Thunberg, the sixteen-year-old climate activist who has sparked a worldwide student movement and is demanding action from world leaders who refuse to address climate change.

Greta is speaking to audiences of world leaders at important meetings like the United Nations Climate Conference and the World Economic Forum. She is leading the conversation on climate change and sparking worldwide conversation on how to save our planet.
Ages 3 to 8


Scholastic Canada Children’s Atlas of the World

 

 By Chez Picthall

Hardcover: pr5290137

Pub Date: Nov 2019


PREVIOUS EDITION, ISBN 9781443146685.
This gorgeous new edition of Scholastic Canada Children's Atlas of the World provides an exciting look at our world and its people, places and wildlife, perfect for the whole family! With updated information on population statistics, geopolitical changes, flags, information on climate change and more!

· Accurate, state-of-the-art maps created using digital mapping techniques.
· Full of colour photographs and fascinating facts on Canada and other major countries and regions around the world.
· Features full-colour photographs and fascinating facts on every spread.
Ages 6+

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The Age of Voter Rage, New Edition

 By Nik Nanos

Paperback: pr5241340

Pub Date: Oct 2019


Special Canadian Edition.
In this highly-informative, engaging and readable book, Canada's leading pollster and data expert Nik Nanos gives an insider's look into the surprise outcomes that favoured Trump, Trudeau, and Macron - along with the Brexit and UK election votes. Nanos asserts that this is more the tyranny of small numbers fueled by economic anxiety than a massive populist wave.

We are in a new era, where the margins wield the power for change and no outcome can be certain. Welcome to the age of voter rage.


Magnetic North: The Unauthorized Biography of Justin Trudeau: Canada's Selfie PM

 

 By Alan Hustak

Paperback: pr5289062

Pub Date: Oct 2019


Special Canadian Edition.
This thrilling book traces the remarkable rise of Justin Trudeau to become a desired and admired world leader in the grim age of Trump & Twitter. How did he do it? The secret is in his backstory. Alan Hustak has been granted unprecedented access from friends and relatives of both Pierre and the young Justin Trudeau.

Exposing Trudeau's childhood spent with a cerebral father, his experiences acting and teaching in Vancouver, and his eventual acceptance that his destiny lay in politics, Hustak weighs up the man against the objectified myth, and analyses the evidence for Trudeau's sincerity, honesty and dedication to change. Is Trudeau truly the herald of a better kind of politics - or is this progressive agenda just a people pleasing mask?

 

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Diana: Case Solved: The Definitive Account That Proves What Really Happened

 By Dylan Howard

Hardcover: pr5263087

Pub Date: Sep 2019


It is a moment that remains frozen in history. When the Mercedes carrying Diana, Princess of Wales, spun fatally out of control in the Pont de l’Alma tunnel in Paris in August 1997, the world was shocked by what appeared to be a terrible accident. But two decades later, the circumstances surrounding what really happened that night—and, crucially, why it happened—remain mired in suspicion, controversy, and misinformation. Until now...

Diana: Case Solved has uncovered in unprecedented detail just how much of a threat Diana became to the establishment. In these pages you will learn of the covert diaries and recordings she made, logging the Windsors’ most intimate secrets and hidden scandals as a desperate kind of insurance policy.

Untitled Emily Doe Memoir

 

 By Emily Doe

Hardcover: pr5180314

Pub Date: Sep 2019


"To girls everywhere, I am with you... On nights when you feel alone, I am with you. When people doubt you or dismiss you, I am with you. I fought everyday for you. So never stop fighting, I believe you."

When Emily Doe's victim impact statement four years ago went viral it changed the way many think about sexual assault, sparking widespread outrage and inspiring millions of survivors. Now Doe, the anonymous woman then-Stanford University student who Brock Turner sexually assaulted in 2015, is writing a memoir.


Our House is on Fire: Scenes of a Family and a Planet in Crisis

 

 By Greta Thunberg, Malena Ernman & Beata Thunberg

Paperback: pr5312216

Pub Date: Nov 2019


This is the story of a family led to confront a crisis they had never foreseen. Aged eleven, their eldest daughter has stopped eating and speaking. Alongside diagnoses of autism and selective mutism, her parents slowly become aware of another source for her distress: her imperilled future on a rapidly heating planet.

Steered by her determination to understand the truth, the family begins to see the deep connections between their own and the planet's suffering. Against forces that try to silence them, disparaging them for being different, they discover ways to strengthen, heal, and act in the world. And then one day, fifteen-year-old Greta decides to go on strike...
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