Our Fiction titles include:
  • Catherine of Cannington Manor (based on a true story) ^
  • Lena's Story * (based on true story)
  • Mistasinîy: Buffalo Rubbing Stone *​​
  • Seeds of Hope: A Prairie Story * ^
  • Skye Bird and the Eagle Feather * ^
  • Supermom and the Big Baby *
*​ Books for early readers
^ Available as an e-book. Search e-book by book title. 
Catherine of Cannington Manor. By Shirley Harris
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Description: After tragedy strikes her family in England, Catherine Hensen decides to explore a new life in Canada. While working as a governess for an Anglican reverend and his family, Catherine discovers the many challenges and joys of the Canadian prairies in the late 1800s. She grows to call Canada home, but her heart will forever be in two places – England and Canada.

ISBN: 978-1-927570-14-2; 6"w x 9"h; 272 pages 

© 2015; Ages 13 to Adult; Historical fiction; Saskatchewan; Manitoba; Romance; Saskatchewan author; Canadian.
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Lena's Story: The D-Day Landings. By Patricia Sinclair
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Description: D-Day – June 6, 1944 – was the biggest military invasion by sea that the world had ever seen, with thousands of ships and planes and 156,000 men. Its goal was to break through the enemy forces of Germany, Italy, Japan and other countries which had held Europe hostage for over four years. The Allied troops of Great Britain, the United States, Canada, and other countries were determined to free the people of Europe. Canadian soldiers landed at Juno Beach as part of Operation Overlord. They and their Allies broke through the Atlantic Wall, a region of the French coastline the enemy forces had covered with barbed wire, twisted metal rods, mines, cement bunkers and more.
    Decades later, Lena tells the story of that historic battle to her young friend.
 
ISBN 978-1-927570-46-3; 48 pages, 5.25”w x 7.5”h; 8 illustrations by Wendi Nordell, Glossary, Appendices, Bibliography, Learning More resource list.

​© ​2018; Ages 9 and up; Children's historical fiction; Second World War non-fiction; Canadian history; History - war; Education; Learning resources; Saskatchewan author; Canadian author.
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Responses from Readers:
  • "This is a fantastic work of historical literature for young readers that is both beautifully crafted and exceptionally informative."
  • "I'm so glad she wrote this book. It's really needed for schools."
  • "What a great little story. And the illustrations are exceptional."
  • "I hope this book ends up in every school library in Canada."
  • "Its a wonderful story - not only for kids, because I learned a thing or two as well."
  • "I like the attention to detail."
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Mistasinîy: Buffalo Rubbing Stone. By Mary Harelkin Bishop
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Description: Danny lives on the family farm homesteaded by his great-grandparents. When his Grade 6 teacher assigns a Canadian heritage project, Danny finds out about his great-grandmother’s journal. She tells of breaking the land, and building and living in a sod house. She also tells of how the First Nations people in the area helped her and how she helped them after the buffalo disappeared and food became scarce. At school, Danny has been able to avoid close contact with the troublesome Zach, until now. The more Danny digs into his family’s history, the more he realizes that his and Zach’s pasts are complicated and connected.  Illustrated by Heaven Starr. A companion novel to Seeds of Hope: A Prairie Story.

Awards/Honours: Honorable Mention, Young Adult, 2017 Hollywood Book Festival; 
​Honourable Mention, Young Adult Fiction, 2017 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards.

ISBN 978-1-927570-32-6; 5.25"w x 7.5"h; 184 pages; 9 illustrations by Heaven Starr.

​© ​2016; Ages 10 and up; Children's fiction; Reconciliation; Farming; Rural life; First Nations; Indigenous culture; Indigenous history; Co-operation; Education; Literacy; Learning resources; Saskatchewan author; Canadian.
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Responses from Readers:
  • "I am a richer person for having read this wonderful, modern yet historical, insightful, caring, educational, loving, and yet fun-to-read story."
  • "This is a wonderful novel for students in Grades 5 to 8 to read but also very transformative for older students and adults."​
  • "Teachers will read this and become better teachers. Kids will read it and become better friends. Parents will be better parents and neighbours will be better neighbours."
Seeds of Hope: A Prairie Story. By Mary Harelkin Bishop
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Description: Seeds of Hope is an award-winning novel from the best-selling author of the Tunnels of Moose Jaw Adventures including Next Stop – Chicago. Seeds of Hope tells the story of 10-year-old Danny, who loves the farm and the prairie and wants to be a farmer. Danny wishes the town bully would just leave him alone, though. Not only that, but Papa and Grandpa are talking about selling and moving away. Danny is worried. Are things that bad on the farm? What if Papa decides to sell? What will happen to Danny and his family? This is a companion novel to Mistasinîy: Buffalo Rubbing Stone.

Awards/Honours: Finalist, Children's Literature, 2009 Saskatchewan Book Awards; 
Honourable Mention, Teenage/Young Adult, 2009 Nashville Book Festival;
​Honourable Mention, Teenage, 2008 London Book Festival
 
ISBN 978-0-9810394-1-1; 5.25"w x 7.5"h; 176 pages; 10 illustrations by Dani Driver.

© ​2008; Ages 10 and Up; Children's fiction; Saskatchewan agriculture; Saskatchewan history; Education; Literacy; Bullying; Co-operation; Farm life; Rural life; Family farming; Education; Learning resources; Prairie Provinces; Saskatchewan author; Canadian.
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Responses from Readers: 
  • "I loved this book. Realistic and very enjoyable."
  • "What a great book - for kids and for adults! I loved it!"
  • "Mary Harelkin Bishop's character are refreshing in their honesty and resilience in the face of great odds."
  • "Seeds of Hope is so realistic! That chicken story is exactly the way I felt when I was little on the farm!"
  • "What a great little book! Our students are really enjoying it."
Skye Bird and the Eagle Feather. By Mary Harelkin Bishop
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Description: Skye Bird and her friends are beginning a new school year at a shiny new school that doesn’t look or feel at all welcoming or as cozy as their old school did. Skye’s brother is excited about joining the football team and making new friends, but Skye can’t seem to adapt to this new environment. Although Skye tries to be brave and encouraging for her young sister Cheyenne, this new school’s library doesn’t have the books Cheyenne wants to read about their culture and history, and Cheyenne is confused. Skye’s teacher doesn’t understand and isn’t even trying to get to know her. Skye’s classmates laugh at her. Worse yet, the only activity she really loves is powwow dancing, but there is no such thing at this school and her principal won’t even consider the idea! Skye can’t stop thinking about dancing powwow and starting a Culture Club and Drumming Group at her new school – but how could that happen? One night, an old woman comes to Skye in a vision. She’s carrying an eagle feather … and Skye learns what she must do to make things right.

Awards/Honours:  Silver, Pre-teen Fiction, Historical / Cultural, 2018 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards;
​Best Books for Kids and Teens 2018, Junior & Intermediate Fiction, The Canadian Children's Book Centre.

ISBN 978-1-927570-39-5; 5.25"w x 7.5"h; 160 pages; 10 illustrations by Heaven Starr.

© ​2017; Ages 10 and Up; Children's fiction; Indigenous Peoples; First Nations; Self-realization; Friendship; Family; Change; Determination; Reconciliation; Canadian History; Literacy; Education; Learning resources; Prairie Provinces; Saskatchewan author; Canadian.
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Responses from Readers: 
  • "Wow! I loved this book. The characters are true to life and the content is dead-on insofar as what really happens to some Aboriginal people when they 'try' to fit in."
  • "A captivating story about a young First Nation girl's spiritual journey of growth, strength, and determination."
  • "The book is a great way for children to discover the history that is all around them and the significant part that each of us plays in our world."
  • "We need more books like this."
Supermom and the Big Baby. By Dave Driver
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Description: Author Dave Driver's wife Kelli talks in her sleep. Dave recorded those silly phrases and turned them into the words spoken by SuperMom in this whimsical story about Easton, a little boy who has a bit of a temper. The madder Easton gets one day, the bigger he grows, until he becomes so big that the only way Mom can get him home is to don a mask and cape and come to the rescue.

ISBN 978-1-927570-01-2; 8"w x 8"h; 32 pages; 14 illustrations by Guy Laird.

© ​2012; Ages 2 to 9; Fiction; Humour; Imagination; Family life; Co-operation; Saskatchewan author; Canadian.
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Responses from Readers: 
  • "I love that book! It's so funny."
  • "I had to hide the book. My two-year-old wanted to read it every night!"
  • ​"This soft cover book will appeal to little people and big people alike, who love silly stories and reading them aloud.  They will be amazed to watch Easton become larger than life as each page turns. "
  • "The illustrations by talented Saskatchewan artist Guy Laird are delightful and whimsical."