Caroline Adderson
Author
Series
Jasper John Dooley volume 1
Publisher
Kids Can Press Ltd
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Boys and girls alike will love this chapter book about a quirky but endearing boy who finally gets to be his school's Star of the Week.
Author
Series
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Pierre and Paul are back for another adventure! Pierre speaks French and Paul speaks English, but that doesn't stop them from being friends and exploring together. Today is garbage day, so the duo sets out to find hidden treasures in the trash. Treasure map in hand, they encounter poisonous swamps, dark forests, a dragon, and even a tsunami! (Or maybe just a garbage truck driving through a puddle). When the tsunami sweeps away their treasure map,...
4) Left behind
Author
Series
Jasper John Dooley volume 2
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Feeling left behind when his beloved Nan leaves for a week-long cruise, Jasper John Dooley realizes that he will be less lonely if he has his own adventures, which include a stapling mishap and a hamster escape.
Author
Series
Jasper John Dooley volume 4
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When Jasper John Dooley realizes a can of Torpedo High Energy Drink has rolled out of the vending machine instead of the bottle of apple juice he selected, he knows he shouldn't drink it. His parents had warned him about these "Bad" drinks that were full of things like sugar and caffeine. Jasper was allowed sugary things only as a special treat and only after he had eaten good things. Like celery. But Jasper finds the allure of the ice-cold can irresistible....
6) Not in love
Author
Series
Jasper John Dooley volume 3
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Author
Series
Izzy volume 2
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Isabel and Zoë love playing with Isabel's puppy, Rollo--especially when they play at Zoë's house because that's where the Baby Stealer (aka Zoë's older brother, Lionel) lives. The girls push Rollo around in a stroller until the Baby Stealer jumps out and scares the girls, then runs off with Rollo. It's a thrilling game that always has a happy ending--with two giggling girls reunited with their fur baby, safe and sound. But one day, Lionel won't...
Author
Series
Izzy volume 3
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Isabel and Zoë are going to their first summer camp and everything's going to be a blast! -- until it isn't. Not only does the camp not allow dogs, they also don't allow Izzy's favorite songs, awesome penguin races and necessary lunch trades. But it isn't until Izzy accidentally uses permanent maker to draw some fake eyebrows on herself, that the camp experience really goes downhill. So, what do the girls do when camp isn't all sunshine and roses?...
Author
Series
Izzy volume 1
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Seven-year-old Isabel is an adopted, only child, who lives with her single mom and her nanny, Rosa. Isabel's best friend is Zo©±. Zo©± adores the shenanigans they get up to together, EXCEPT when it gets them into trouble, which does happen now and then! Getting into trouble is Zo©±'s idea of CATASTROPHE. Each time it happens, it means the friendship is on the rocks -- freeze-out time. Whenever this happens, it's really tough on Isabel, who...
Author
Series
Jasper John Dooley volume 6
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"All Jasper John Dooley was trying to do was practice his reading skills. He wanted to be ready for his turn to sit in the big, comfy chair at the library on Wednesday and read to Molly the Dog. But, even though Jasper was being so so so careful, the wonderful library book about toilet-paper-tube crafts accidentally falls into his bathwater and drowns. After that, he and his dad only make things worse by setting the book on fire and then shooting...
Author
Publisher
Tundra
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
"Monsieur Oliphant's cake shop, the only bakery game in town, has long had customers lining up outside its door for Oliphant's delicious jelly rolls and marvelous wedding cakes . . . until the day cookie concocter Mademoiselle Fée takes over the old shoemaker's shop. And it isn't long before the divine piemaker Madame Clotilde soon moves into the old bric-a-brac shop. Three different bakers all trying to outclass one another means their little cul-de-sac...
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
©2021.
Language
English
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Description
"When the "grownup virus" hits, kids who live in the same apartment building must cope with strange new rules and extended time at home with parents and siblings. And they survive brilliantly, each in their own way. Twin boys throw themselves into an independent research assignment on prehistoric people and embrace their own devolution. A budding track star is encouraged to run laps on his balcony by a neighbor who has a secret crush on him. A classroom...
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Chaos reigns in the village of Babble! All day, the residents fight, yell and argue, and no one is heard or understood . . . until a mysterious little girl arrives and gives the locals something very strange: a period. But what is this thing that looks like a freckle or a spot? The villagers don't even know how to ask. However, as the girl begins to share more gifts -- a question mark, quotation marks -- the residents slowly learn how to communicate....
15) Star of the week
Author
Series
Jasper John Dooley volume 1
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"At last, it's Jasper John Dooley's turn to be Star of the Week at school. But somehow, events don't unfold quite the way he had expected. When his best friend, Ori, tells the class about his new baby sister, no one is interested any more in Jasper's show and tell. ... Fortunately, with the help of his parents and his friends--as well as a hammer and some nails--Jasper John Dooley manages to turn things around"--Flap p. 1 of dust jacket.
Author
Publisher
Biblioasis
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Short stories about disparate characters consider what it means to find happiness. On New Year's Eve, a pair of addicts robs a string of high-end parties in order to fund their own recovery. A middle-aged husband, bewildered by his failing marriage, redirects his anxiety toward a routine colonoscopy. A recently separated woman relocates to a small northern town, where she receives a life-changing visitation. A Russian hitman suffering from a mysterious...
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