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Kim Smith

“An absolutely beautiful book!” — Megan Wagner Lloyd is the Eisner-nominated writer of Allergic"Highly relatable for anyone growing up anxious." —Lily Williams, Eisner-nominated co-creator of Go With the FlowFrom New York Times bestselling illustrator Kim Smith comes an inspiring debut middle grade graphic novel about learning to live with anxiety, and the life-changing experiences that come from doing hard things....

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Kim Smith

The enthralling "Shattered Silence: A Memoir of Survival" follows Kim Smith's turbulent life and her determination to overcome extreme adversity. The memoir illuminates the formative moments that transcended suffering to become sources of hope from the precarious foundations of a difficult upbringing marked by maltreatment and bereavement. Ms. Smith expertly tackles adolescence, showing how family issues and the human spirit endure. In this mosaic, advocacy and resiliency show how people c...

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Kim Smith

A STEAM-centered, adorably illustrated picture book about Meg, a brilliant and creative boxitect who creates extraordinary things out of ordinary cardboard boxes.Meg is a brilliant and creative boxitect. She loves impressing her teacher and classmates with what she makes out of boxes.But there’s a new kid at Maker School: Simone. Simone is good at everything, and worst of all, she’s a boxitect too.When the annual Maker Match is held, Meg and Simone ...

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Kim Robyn Smith

Prepare to enter a world where everyday life collides with extraordinary events.This place is our very own Mornington Peninsula, where anything seems possible. This captivating collection of short stories will challenge you with Jodie and Brett stuck on the side of the road in the Aussie Tucker food van, pluck at your heart strings as Kate's big day doesn't go to plan in Wedding Jitters, then leave you laughing when Margaret and Joan join a forbidden winery tour i...

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Kim Chestney

“Kim Chestney’s codes bring you closer to the comprehension of a reality that was wholly hidden prior to the quantum discoveries.”— Ervin László, author of Science and the Akashic FieldIntuition — the extraordinary ability to access information from the quantum realms — is fast becoming humanity’s most advanced form of knowledge acquisition. The Illumination Code presents seven keys to unlock your inner dimension so you can access expanded ...

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Leisa Stewart-Sharpe

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BBC Earth

Our planet is powered by the oceans, entangled in plants, and home to animals of every colour, shape and size. But in its last true wilderness, our planet is white . . . welcome to our frozen planet.Each year, a quarter of our planet is frozen solid, so let's journey to these ice kingdoms:Dive under the ice ceiling and learn to swim with the seal pups, take to the skies with frozen flamingos, and settle in for a snooze with a windy walrus.Watch orca...

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Kim Nierman Smith

In "The Boxed Garage," Kim Nierman Smith presents a moving collection of poetry and short prose that captures the fleeting moments of life and transforms them into lasting memories. With her spare, evocative style she guides the reader on a visual journey that is at once deeply personal and universally resonant. This collection explores the transformation and decline of her mother's mental state, a process that is both heartbreaking and inspiring. Through her poetic lense, Kim Nierman Smit...

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Kim Nierman Smith

In "Park Parallel," Kim Nierman Smith presents a captivating collection of poetry and short prose that explores the nuances of family dynamics and the process of observing the psyche. Through the fragmentation of moments, she has created a poetic kaleidoscope that captures the essence of time and relationships. With each turn of the page, readers are transported to an imagistic world full of strange beauty. Kim Nierman Smith's evocative language invites the reader to imagine and reflect, w...

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Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley, Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley

Selected for CCBC Annual Best-of-the-Year Book List 2014! In the time before animals were as they are today, Raven and Loon were both white. Their feathers had no colour at all. Raven spent his days swooping through the sky trying to fight off his incessant boredom, while loon spent her days in her iglu working away on her sewing. One day, too bored to even fly, Raven visited Loon and suggested a sewing game that would give their feathers some much-needed colour. The results—not at all wha...

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Kim Seeling Smith

Have you ever wanted to peer into your employees’ minds to find out what they are truly thinking? What drives or motivates them? What they want (and need) to become truly engaged, perform better, and become more productive? The Gallup Organization estimates that lack of employee engagement costs the U.S. economy between $450 billion and $550 billion each year. Yet incredibly, most employee engagement issues can be solved quite simply with better communication between managers and staff. Un...

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Kim Ravensmith

A Stolen Life. A Forgotten City. A Queen Forged in Fire.Dana Po was a survivor long before she became a legend. Rescued from the horrors of a Flatown tailhouse, she spent years rebuilding her soul within the safe walls of the Kellis Academy. But the ghosts of her past-and the mysterious death of a childhood friend refuse to let her stay in the shadows.When Dana sets out into the treacherous western mountains to uncover the truth, she expects an adventure. S...

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Roy MacGregor, Kerry MacGregor

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Ice Chips

If you could travel through time, who would you want to meet?Lucas Finnigan eats, sleeps and breathes hockey. With his friends Edge, Swift and Crunch, Lucas plays on his hometown’s rink, dreaming of the day when he knows he’ll make the NHL. But lately money has been tight at home, and, after a major growth spurt, Lucas is forced to wear hand-me-down gear that doesn’t quite fit right. Now he’s not sure he’ll ever make it to the Hall of Fame like his hockey ...