Jan Andrews

Sophie Loveridge's family is uprooted from the comfort of their home in England when her eccentric father -- inspired by the new novel, Robinson Crusoe -- decides to move the family to the New World so he can write an epic poem about surviving the rugged winter conditions. When the only help they have -- a skilful fisherman -- dies, it is up to Sophie and her mother to make sure the family survives until the spring, when the next fishing boat will arrive in their isolated cove.

The Newfoundland Diary of Sophie Loveridge

Winter of Peril

Tara Tidwell Bryan

To See the Stars

Drawn from folk stories around the world, this collection, filled with humor and action, teaches readers not to take themselves too seriously and includes such tales as "Jane Saves the Day," which illustrates the power of the underdog.

Stories at the Door

Kim LaFave

When Danya, Rachel, and Sean discover that their busy divorced mother has turned into a pumpkin, they decide to manage on their own until she turns into herself again, but continue to make the pumpkin the center of their home life.

Pumpkin Time

Ian Wallace

When the tide recedes, a young Eskimo girl living in northern Canada journeys alone for the first time under the ice, walking on the seabed floor to gather mussels.

Very Last First Time

When the tide recedes, a young Eskimo girl living in northern Canada, journeys alone for the first time under the ice, walking on the seabed floor to gather mussels.

Follows the foolish, yet wise, Ti-Jean through three adventures as he outwits a greedy princess, a tiny scoundrel, and a very clever girl, in a collection of stories based on French-Canadian folk literature.

Tales of Ti-Jean

When Apples Grew Noses and White Horses Flew

A USBBY Outstanding International Books Honor Book and a nominee for the 2012 Silver Birch Express Award in the Ontario Library Association's Forest of Reading Program and the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award In these three imaginative stories, Jan Andrews introduces us to Quebec's traditional folktale hero, Ti-Jean. He's an endearing character who is both wise and foolish, and though he does find himself in hard situations (often of his own making), in the end, he somehow manages to do what needs to be done. In "Ti-Jean and the Princess of Tomboso" he outwits a greedy princess; in "Ti-Jean the Marble Player" he gets the best of a pint-sized scoundrel; and in "How Ti-Jean Became a Fiddler" he turns the tables on a too-clever-for-her-own-good seigneur's daughter, and finds true love in the process.

A little Inuit girl living on Ungava Bay in Canada goes off in search of mussels in a huge ice hole.

Jan Andrews

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