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$14.00
A spot on the International Space Station (ISS) has opened up, and Mortimer, a journal-keeping lab rat, is not about to miss his chance to become an intergalactic space rat. And that’s just the first step in his master scheme to prove that rats are much better suited than humans when it comes to a future mission to Mars.
Mortimer sets out to expose the impracticality of human astronauts by conducting experiments and recording the evidence for YouTube. As far as he’s concerned, pellet-eating rats are much easier to feed than fussy humans, and just think of all the unwashed underthings floating around the galaxy—especially when compared to the versatile rattail!
But when Mortimer’s schemes go awry, he is forced to face new truths about dreams, friendship, and choosing the right thing to do. Maybe not everything is a rat race.
- Ages: age: 9-12 years
- Shortlisted, Red Cedar Children’s Choice Book Award, British Columbia, 2024
- Listed in Best Books for Kids & Teens, Canadian Children’s Book Centre, Spring 2023
- Toronto Public Library TD Summer Book Program recommended title, 2023
- Selected for the 2024/25 Reading Link Challenge (RLC)—an award-winning program in British Columbia that promotes the sport of reading. Teams of grade 4 and 5 students compete in a series of trivia challenges based on six preselected books.
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“An absolutely charming adventure. Fans of The Secret of NIMH will love this!” ― Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo award-winning author of Far-Seer
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$18.00
Stories of the Zodiac is the fourth book in the best-selling Dot to Dot in the Sky series, blending sky science with ancient myths. The adventures of gods, animals and heroes are illustrated in the 12 zodiac constellations. Each constellation presents a Greek myth to discover and myriad celestial objects to explore, including nebulae, multiple star systems and meteor showers.
Discover how the constellations have been used to create horoscopes that describe personalities and predict the future. Find out the difference between astrology and astronomy. Use the glow-in-the-dark map of the night sky to identify the constellations and search easily for them. Learn the stories that originated long ago, when people first gazed at the same star patterns we see today.
- Ages 9-13
- Gold Moonbeam Award (science/activity category)
- Canadian Authors Association Exporting Alberta Award
- Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award nomination
- Semi-finalist Calgary Public Library Foundation Literary Awards
- Canadian Children’s Book Centre Best Books for Kids/Teens
- Edmonton Public School Board recommended title
“This beautiful book, enhanced by Lorna Bennett’s illustrations, holds two ideas in perfect tension: the aurora is a comprehensible scientificphenomenon yet remains a mysterious force that provokes universal wonder.” —Rebecca Foster, Foreword Reviews
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$32.00
Discover everything you’ve ever wanted to know about space in a stellar book for aspiring experts.
Ready to go on an out-of-this world adventure? Travel across the Milky Way and into new galaxies to explore every corner of space so YOU can become an absolute expert. Get up close to the sun and moon, asteroids and comets. Learn about the Oort Cloud, supernovas, black holes, and rockets and other spacecraft. Discover the incredible work of astronauts, astronomers, physicists, and other cool space scientists. On this journey across the universe, you’ll make your way from our familiar home here on Earth to planets and solar systems that are many light-years away. Rub elbows with the stars on this cosmic adventure complete with special features, sidebars, wacky trivia, and more, including exclusive astronomical insights and info from National Geographic explorer and astrophysicist Munazza Alam!
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Stars live for billions of years. But their deaths are just as spectacular. Get an up close look at the supernovas and black holes that stars leave behind.
- Ages: 8 and up
- Grade level: 3-4