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  • Small in the City

    Illustrated by Sydney Smith ...
    by Sydney Smith ...
    The first picture book that the award-winning Sydney Smith has both written and illustrated is a story about feeling small in the city — and finding your way home.On a snowy day in a big city, a little boy hops off a streetcar and walks through downtown, between office buildings, through parks and down busy streets. Along the way, he provides helpful tips about which alleys make good shortcuts, ... Read more

    $13.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Do You Remember?

    by Sydney Smith ...
    Illustrated by Sydney Smith ...
    From the creator of Small in the City and the illustrator of Town Is by the Sea and Sidewalk Flowers, comes a moving look at how memories are made.Tucked in bed at a new apartment, a boy and his mother trade memories. Some are idyllic, like a picnic with Dad, but others are more surprising: a fall from a bike into soft piled hay, the smell of an old oil lamp when a rainstorm blew the power out.Now ... Read more

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  • Peter Plymley's Letters, and Selected Essays

    by Sydney Smith ...
    "Peter Plymley's Letters" is a collection of witty and insightful correspondence penned by Sydney Smith, a prominent English essayist and clergyman. The letters, written in a conversational style, address various social and political issues of the time, showcasing Smith's sharp intellect and humor. Through his engaging prose, he critiques contemporary society, discusses education, and reflects on ... Read more

    $1.31 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Footpath Way

    Restored Classics to Go Edition

    by Sydney Smith ...
    This anthology of walking brings together essays, reflections, and literary excerpts by Hazlitt, Wordsworth, Thoreau, Dickens, Borrow, Whitman, Stevenson, De Quincey, and others, with Hilaire Belloc providing a spirited introduction. Across its varied voices, walking emerges as far more than exercise: it is a way of seeing more clearly, thinking more deeply, and meeting nature, travel, freedom, ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

  • Harvard Classics - Complete Collection of the Greatest Works of World Literature

    Enriched edition. Exploring the Depths of Literature and Human Thought

    The 'Harvard Classics - Complete Collection of the Greatest Works of World Literature' offers an unparalleled voyage through the intellectual and artistic milestones that have shaped human thought and expression. This anthology traverses various literary styles, from the immortality of epic poetry to the rigor of philosophical discourse and the whimsy of moral fables. Each piece is meticulously ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    Small in the City

    by Sydney Smith ...
    Narrated by Stephanie Willing ...

    Unabridged

    6 min

    When you're small in the city, people don't see you, and loud sounds can scare you, and knowing what to do is sometimes hard. But this little kid knows what it's like and knows the neighborhood. And a little friendly advice can go a long way. Alleys can be good shortcuts, but some are too dark. And there are lots of good hiding places in the city, like under a mulberry bush or up a walnut tree. ... Read more

    $13.73 CAD

  • Sidewalk Flowers

    Illustrated by Sydney Smith ...
    Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Illustrated BookA New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book of the YearIn this wordless picture book, a little girl collects wildflowers while her distracted father pays her little attention. Each flower becomes a gift, and whether the gift is noticed or ignored, both giver and recipient are transformed by their encounter. ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Unlocking Multilingual Learners’ Potential

    Strategies for Making Content Accessible

    Bring classroom content to life for multilingual learnersIn this eagerly anticipated revision of their bestselling book, authors Diane Staehr Fenner, Sydney Snyder, and Meghan Gregoire-Smith share dynamic, research-backed strategies that every educator of multilingual learners (MLs) can add to their repertoire. Including more of what educators loved from the first edition—authentic classroom ... Read more

    $44.79 CAD

  • Peter Plymley's Letters, and Selected Essays

    A Collection of Satirical Essays on Religion, Politics, and Society in 19th Century Britain

    by Sydney Smith ...
    In "Peter Plymley's Letters, and Selected Essays," Sydney Smith employs a blend of wit, satire, and rhetorical elegance to address the socio-political landscape of early 19th-century England. Written in the guise of a fictional character, Peter Plymley, these letters engage with topics such as religion, education, and societal reform, highlighting Smith's characteristic humor and incisive critique ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lifting the Silence

    A World War II RCAF Bomber Pilot Reunites with his Past

    At a time of great sacrifice in Canadian history, we are welcomed into the homes, the hearts, and the minds of mothers, sons, fathers, and friends as we follow Syd Smith and his high-school brotherhood of 13 when they answer the call to duty in 1941. Written with his son, David, Lifting the Silence is also a father-and-son journey of discovery that uncovers a remarkable letter that serves as ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD

  • The Complete Harvard Classics - ALL 71 Volumes

    The Five Foot Shelf & The Shelf of Fiction: The Famous Anthology of the Greatest Works of World Literature

    by Benjamin Franklin, John Woolman, William Penn, Plato, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Francis Bacon, John Milton, Thomas Browne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Robert Burns, Saint Augustine, Thomas à Kempis, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pliny the Younger, Adam Smith, Charles Darwin, Plutarch, Virgil, Miguel de Cervantes, John Bunyan, Izaak Walton, Aesop, Wilhelm Grimm, Jacob Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, John Dryden, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, David Garrick, Oliver Goldsmith, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Robert Browning, George Gordon Byron, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Christopher Marlowe, Dante Alighieri, Alessandro Manzoni, Homer, Richard Henry Dana, Edmund Burke, John Stuart Mill, Thomas Carlyle, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Pierre Corneille, Jean Racine, Molière, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Friedrich von Schiller, Philip Sidney, Ben Jonson, Abraham Cowley, Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, Jonathan Swift, Daniel Defoe, Samuel Johnson, Sydney Smith, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Hazlitt, Leigh Hunt, Charles Lamb, Thomas De Quincey, Thomas Babington Macaulay, William Makepeace Thackeray, John Ruskin, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Alan Poe, Henry David Thoreau, James Russell Lowell, Michael Faraday, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz, Simon Newcomb, Archibald Geikie, Benvenuto Cellini, Michel de Montaigne, Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Ernest Renan, Immanuel Kant, Giuseppe Mazzini, Herodotus, Tacitus, Francis Drake, Philip Nichols, Francis Pretty, Walter Bigges, Edward Haies, Walter Raleigh, René Descartes, Voltaire, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Hobbes, Jean Froissart, Thomas Malory, William Henry Harrison, Niccolo Machiavelli, William Roper, Thomas More, Martin Luther, John Locke, George Berkeley, Hippocrates, Ambroise Paré, William Harvey, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Joseph Lister, Louis Pasteur, William Shakespeare, Thomas Dekker, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, John Webster, Philip Massinger, Blaise Pascal, Charles W. Eliot, William A. Neilson, Henry Fielding, Laurence Sterne, Jane Austen, Walter Scott, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, Bret Harte, Mark Twain, Edward Everett Hale, Henry James, Victor Hugo, Honoré Balzac, George Sand, Alfred de Musset, Alphonse Daudet, Gottfried Keller, Guy de Maupassant, Theodor Storm, Theodor Fontane, Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ivan Turgenev, Juan Valera, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Alexander L. Kielland ...
    The original Harvard Classics Collection contains 51 volumes of the essential works of world literature, showing the progress of man from antics to modern age. In this edition, the original collection is supplemented with the 20 volume Harvard Shelf of Fiction, a selection of the greatest works of fiction. Content: The Harvard Classics: V. 1: Franklin, Woolman & Penn V. 2: Plato, Epictetus & ... Read more

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  • Ballot

    Power, Corruption, and Justice in a Turbulent Election Period

    by Sydney Smith ...
    In "Ballot," Sydney Smith embarks on a masterful exploration of the intricate interplay between democracy and individual agency within the context of electoral processes. Written in a compelling narrative style that blends analytical rigor with engaging prose, the book meticulously dissects the historical evolution of voting rights, delving deep into the political and social ramifications of ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus