Dundurn imprint: 1894 books
Sundancer
The Saddle Creek Series
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2017
A troubled girl and a damaged horse find each other, and against all odds — mistaken identity, abandonment, corruption, and fraud — make an unbeatable team.
His name is Sundancer, and from the moment he arrives at Saddle Creek Farm, Bird is fascinated by him. The horse is suspicious and...
by Ann Walsh
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2009
Short-listed for the 1990 CLA Book of the Year for Children Award
Moving to Soda Creek, a former Gold Rush boomtown in the Cariboo region of interior British Columbia, Kelly Linden and her father try to begin their lives again after a tragic family accident.
by Ann Walsh
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2008
Rana’s on the team — but is he still all alone?
Short-listed for the 1996 Silver Birch Award
As a Sikh living in small-town British Columbia, Rana knows he is different. In fact, he is the first Sikh in Dinway to try out for the hockey team. But Rana persists, making the team and...
The Artsy Mistake Mystery
The Great Mistake Mysteries
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2017
They say he’s been stealing art. But is Attila being framed?
Outdoor art is disappearing all over the neighbourhood! From elaborate Halloween decorations to the Stream of Dreams fish display across the fence at Stephen and Renée’s school, it seems no art is safe. Renée’s brother, Attila,...
The Great Mistake Mysteries 3-Book Bundle
The Best Mistake Mystery / The Artsy Mistake Mystery / The Snake Mistake Mystery
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2018
Anxious young Stephen Noble and his friend Renée are the dogwalking detectives! This special three-book bundle collects the first three book in The Great Mistake Mysteries.
Includes
The Great Mistake Mystery
Dogwalker Stephen Nobel has a habit of overanalyzing things. When the bomb squad searches...
by Virginia Russell
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 1996
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 1996
On an icy evening in December, Kimberley Jamieson's world is shattered by a careless drunk driver who skids into her mother's car. In the three months since the accident, Kim has turned away from her old pursuits — she quit swimming, then the orchestra, and now she's even skipping school. Kim's...
by Julie Lawson
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 1993
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 1993
In a tumble-down house carved out of the dunes lives an old man with second sight. He is the sifter of sands, the man who separates the sparkling mica, black lava, golden-reds, and misty grays. And as he sifts he mesmerizes Jessica and Andrew with his tales of the trickster-creator Raven and how a lonely young man lived to be 300 years old.
Leatherback Blues
The Wild Place Adventure Series
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2018
Robin is kidnapped by dangerous poachers while trying to save leatherback turtles in Central America.
Robin Green is carrying on her work rescuing vulnerable animals at The Wild Place Animal Shelter when she and Zo-Zo get an amazing chance to help protect sea turtles in Central America. Worried...
by Philippa Dowding
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2014
The first in a series of scary tall tales from award-winning children’s novelist Philippa Dowding.
Why is Grandpa acting so weird? And why are there so many giant flies?
Jake spends every summer on his grandpa’s farm. But this year, things are a little weird. First, there are huge...
by Virginia Russell
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 1993
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 1993
Winner of the Canadian Children’s Book Centre Choice: Best Books for Kids & Teens
Dave gets more excitement than he bargained for on his summer holidays to British Columbia’s Gulf Islands while visiting his grandparents. He meets THAA, WEN, an elderly member of the Saanich Native Band...
The Barkerville Mysteries 3-Book Bundle
By the Skin of His Teeth / Moses, Me, and Murder / The Doctor's Apprentice
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014
Presenting the three titles in the acclaimed Barkerville mystery series. This series based in 1860s British Columbia focuses on strange events in the life of teenager Ted MacIntosh. In Moses, Me, and Murder, Ted gets caught up in the mystery of a disappearance and murder in the gold fields. In The...
Weird Stories Gone Wrong 3-Book Bundle
Carter and the Curious Maze / Myles and the Monster Outside / Jake and the Giant Hand
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2016
They’re troubling. They’re bizarre. And they JUST might be true. They’re Weird Stories Gone Wrong.
Here are three spectacularly spooky books from acclaimed children’s author Philippa Dowding that will have you wondering about tall tales, giant flies, and mysterious monsters in the dark.
Includes
Jake...
by Tom Henighan
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2012
When Hawk’s baseball coach tells him how Babe Ruth hit his first professional home run nearby, the question arises: what happened to the baseball?
Bullies, baseball, and kids who defy the odds. Hawk, a poor, half-Native boy who lives on the street, is eager to go back to school, to play baseball,...
Bold, Brave, and Born to Lead
Major General Isaac Brock and the Canadas
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2004
Celebrated as the saviour of Upper Canada, Major General Sir Isaac Brock was a charismatic leader who won the respect not only of his own troops, but also of the Shawnee chief Tecumseh and even men among his enemy. His motto could well have been 'speak loud and look big.' Although this attitude earned...