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  • No Swimming

    Funny, Read-aloud Picture Book with a Cautionary Tale

    by Ross Collins ...
    Sometimes a rabbit just wants to go for a swim! But is that the best idea when the sign says "No Swimming"?Packed with Ross Collins's characteristic humour, No Swimming is a hilarious cautionary tale - a perfect read-aloud picture book for children and adults to enjoy together, again and again!When a rabbit meets a sneaky sea monkey trying to get him into the water, he has questions; lots of them! ... Read more

    $10.69 CAD

  • The Flight of Dragons

    The Fourth Tale from the Five Kingdoms

    by Vivian French ...
    Illustrated by Ross Collins ...
    Series Book 4 - Tales from the Five Kingdoms
    How long does a dragon’s egg take to hatch? Find out as this hilariously macabre series continues. (Age 8 and up)In this deadly funny fourth Tale from the Five Kingdoms, it’s Gracie Gillypot’s birthday, and Prince Marcus plans to show her a flight of dragons as a special gift. But when greedy, chocolate-hungry twins awaken the banished Old Malignant One, evil magic and Total Oblivion threaten the ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Robe of Skulls

    The First Tale from the Five Kingdoms

    by Vivian French ...
    Illustrated by Ross Collins ...
    Series Book 1 - Tales from the Five Kingdoms
    "A romp filled with language play and just plain nonsense. . . . Everyone gets his, her, or its due; goodness is rewarded; and evil punished oh-so-wickedly."– The Horn BookHigh above the mountain village of Fracture, trouble is brewing. The sorceress Lady Lamorna wants a skull-studded gown of deep black velvet, but her treasure chest is empty of gold. That doesn’t stop her, however, from ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Children, War and Propaganda, Revised Edition

    by Ross F. Collins ...
    A troubling development of the brutal century recently passed has been the growing use of children for war. World War I became the first "total war" of modern times. To engage in war on immense scale authorities believed everyone must participate. That included children. Relentless campaigns of propaganda in both world wars focused special attention on kids. The immense scope of total war grew to ... Read more

    $52.99 CAD

  • Chocolate

    A Cultural Encyclopedia

    by Ross F. Collins ...
    A RUSA Outstanding Reference Source 2023This well-researched work provides a useful discussion of the historical, cultural, and commercial aspects of chocolate. - Library Journal**Chocolate is nearly always with us-**when celebrating or mourning, in love or alone, healthy or sick, happy or sad. This book offers a comprehensive look at how an exotic food grew to play such a central role in our ... Read more

    $42.19 CAD

  • Mabel Jones and the Forbidden City

    by Will Mabbitt ...
    Illustrated by Ross Collins ...
    Series Book 2 - Mabel Jones
    A funny fantasy-adventure series for fans of LEMONY SNICKET, NEIL GAIMAN, and CRESSIDA COWELLWhat do you do when you survive a pirate kidnapping, a milk-drinking contest with a giant grizzly bear, and a stint inside the belly of a whale? If you’re Mabel Jones, you do everything you can to avoid another UNLIKELY ADVENTURE!But when Mabel's baby sister is plucked from her crib by an EVIL witch, Mabel ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Unlikely Adventures of Mabel Jones

    by Will Mabbitt ...
    Illustrated by Ross Collins ...
    Series Book 1 - Mabel Jones
    A funny fantasy-adventure series for fans of LEMONY SNICKET, NEIL GAIMAN, and CRESSIDA COWELLHave you ever picked your nose? Have you ever picked your nose and EATEN IT? Have you ever picked your nose, eaten it, and, by doing so, opened a portal to a world run by PIRATES?Mabel Jones has.Kidnapped, Mabel is forced to serve aboard The Feroshus Maggot with the strangest crew you’ll ever meet. And the ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • There's Nothing Cuter Than a Puppy

    A Laugh-Out-Loud Funny Tale

    by Tom Nicoll ...
    Illustrated by Ross Collins ...
    Dress to impress with There's Nothing Cuter Than a Puppy, a laugh-out-loud full-colour picture book from award-winning, bestselling Ross Collins and Tom Nicoll.Donkeys in dungarees, walruses in woolly waistcoats, hyenas in hoop skirts . . .The Cutest Creature Contest is full of tough competition!But there can only be one winner and there's nothing cuter than a puppy!Or is there . . .?Author Tom ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Photocommunication Across Media

    Beginning Photography for Professionals in Mass Media

    Edited by ROSS COLLINS, Keith Greenwood ...
    Photocommunication Across Media is a must-have for aspiring mass media professionals who are striving to compete in the new landscape of convergence journalism and media. You will learn principles of photography both still and video and how to incorporate them into your storytelling. That’s no longer a specialty skill—in today’s world of media, it’s a necessity.Editors Ross Collins and Keith ... Read more

    $105.99 CAD

  • Literature and Ethics in High School English Classes

    Reading Together with Moral Vision

    by Professor Ross Collin ...
    This book offers a defence of ethical reading in secondary school English classes at a time when reformers and policy makers are trying to reorganize English language arts around technical skills or politics. Ross Collin shows how students and teachers use literature as a venue for exploring their own and others' ethical ideas and practices and argues that moral inquiry in English class is a ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD

  • Editing Across Media

    Content and Process for Print and Online Publication

    Edited by Ross F. Collins ...
    Requirements for professional media editing have undergone enormous technological change. Editors still edit copy. But today they do much more. Mass media editors must demonstrate skills from computerized pagination to social media monitoring, from image manipulation to Search Engine Optimization.The need for editing skills is reaching far beyond traditional journalism and into all areas of mass ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Collateral Language

    A User's Guide to America's New War

    Edited by John Collins, Ross Glover ...
    Thirteen essays contextualizing the new meanings around certain words and phrases in the post-9/11 discourseTerrorism, jihad, fundamentalism, blowback. These and other highly charged terms have saturated news broadcasts and everyday conversation since September 11th. But to keen ears their meanings change depending upon who's doing the talking. So what do these words really mean? And what are ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD