Sheree Fitch

When 12-year-old Minn Hotchkiss is sent to spend the summer with her grandmother in Nova Scotia, she finds herself haunted by the aftermath of a shipwreck from the past and vows to take action to preserve the eroding graves of its victims.

The Gravesavers

In the wake of her son's unexpected death, author and storyteller Sheree Fitch wrote it all down, penning an honest, lyrical memoir with words to stir heart. You Won't Always Be This Sad invites readers on a journey through grief towards hope, guided by the immeasurable depths of a mother's love.

A Book of Moments

You Won't Always Be This Sad

Carolyn Fisher

Summer Feet

This rhyming picture book celebrates diversity.

EveryBody's Different on EveryBody Street

Darcia Labrosse

Fifteen poems transform the formal language of the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of the Child into images that convey the spirit of the articles.

If You Could Wear My Sneakers!

"Murderer. It's one kick in the belly of a word isn't it? Has a taste, too. It tastes like barbed wire and has wild hyena eyes. Murderer. Murder-her. Did he? Did I? That's when I remember what I want to forget." Jake Upshore has loved Skye Derucci since before he can remember. Volatile, complex and frustrated (he's got a label disorder from all the labels he's been given) at the best of times, Jake's on a desperate quest to find Skye before she aborts the baby he believes is his. As he hurtles headlong toward certain tragedy, Jake relives the fatal choices he's made and the powerful forces that have led him to this to end. A gripping thriller and a heart-wrenching love story, Pluto's Ghost is a raw and powerful novel about anger, escape, and redemptive love.

Pluto's Ghost

“An odd shaped shell caught my eye. . . . I turned it over. . . . It was a tiny, perfect skull.” In the wake of a family tragedy, twelve-year-old Minn Hotchkiss is sent to spend the summer with her sour grandmother in the tiny seaside town of Boulder Basin, Nova Scotia. Almost as soon as she arrives, Minn discovers the skull of a human child on the beach. She is swiftly caught up in a mystery that reaches back more than a century, to the aftermath of the most tragic shipwreck in Maritime history before the Titanic. Over the course of this extraordinary summer, Minn will discover romance with a boy who turns out to be much more than he seems, and learn that the grandmother she resented is more curious, dedicated, and surprising than she had ever guessed. She might even meet a world-famous rock star! By summer’s end, Minn will solve a ghostly mystery and, most importantly, finally be able to give up the terrible secret she has kept locked in her heart.

Larry Swartz

"Tips on reading, speaking, sharing, and responding to poetry combine with ideas to trigger imagination ad the writing of poetry, leading to enhanced literacy and fluency skills, and a deeper appreciation of the power of poetry in its various forms."--verso.

Choosing and Using Poetry in the Classroom

The Poetry Experience

A Sheree Fitch classic, the Silver Birch and Hackmatack Award-winning children's picture book about children's rights, If You Could Wear My Sneakers, is now available for a new generation of young readers. A series of humorous poems, paired with timeless illustrations, interprets 15 of the 54 articles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

If You Could Wear My Sneakers

No matter how hard he tries, Ian Goobie can't do the things that the other children in his class can do. Then he finds a rock, a rock that fits perfectly into his pocket, a rock that touches all his senses and whisks him away into a whole other world. From then on, as long as he has a rock in his pocket, Ian Goobie can begin to cope with his daily challenges. That is until he stuffs so many rocks in his pockets that his pants fall down right outside in the schoolyard.

Pocket Rocks

A tongue-twisting poem about purple people on a purple planet.

Mabel Murple

"The award-winning author shares her journey as a writer, offering valuable insights that will motivate young writers. Includes writing exercises, story starters and a glossary" Cf. Our choice, 2001.

How I Grew Up to Be a Writer (And You Can, Too!)

Writing Maniac

Julian, still angry about his parents' divorce when he was a baby, realizes he should allow his mother to find happiness and discovers that love comes in many forms.

One More Step

Fourteen-year-old Julian's parents separated when he was a baby and he is still angry and hurt. His mother has had relationships since--all of which have ended disastrously-- but this time it seems serious. Jean-Paul looks like he might be the real thing. Julian is wary--and critical--as he comes to terms with the fact that he and his brother may have to let down their defences and allow their mother to find happiness. On a road trip with his mother and her new beau, Julian finds that love--and happiness-- come in many guises. In the end, he realizes that it is not blood that determines true family, but the willingness to stand together.

Delicious sights and sounds for babies and toddlers.

Peek a Little Boo

Willa Wellowby's house has been overrun by monkeys. They're ballet dancing, playing the bagpipes, listening to the Beatles, and causing mayhem and destruction all over the house and yard. And the more Willa asks them to leave, the more havoc they wreak. She calls the police, the RCMP, the FBI, and Scotland Yard to get rid of these monkeys...but when the Mounties finally show up, it's Willa who's in trouble! First published in 1992, There Were Monkeys in My Kitchen won the Canadian Children's Book Centre Mr. Christie Award for Best Canadian Children's book, ages 8 and under. This new softcover edition will introduce the bestselling book to a whole new generation.

There Were Monkeys in My Kitchen

Learning to Write with Everything You've Got

Breathe, Stretch, Write

Yayo

Rhyming, sing-song text enhance a poetry collection that includes the title poem. By the author of Peek-a-Little Boo and There Were Monkeys in My Kitchen.

Sheree Fitch

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