Cairn City Cairn Ville is a special invitation to a journey of discovery and poetry for both English and French readers. In Cairn city, wanderers gather from distant places, their cries of wonders, suffering and love echoed off rock towers and slab homes.John Elkin’s anthropoetry craft towns which are all together real, mythical and subliminal. His whispers, words and magic are joined by Alix Daniel’s sensual and truthful French translation.Magic and discoveries guaranteed ...

The Christmas story you haven’t read: What happens after Santa Claus delivers all the Christmas presents to boys and girls around the world? Is there a gift waiting for Santa at the North Pole? Has Mrs. Claus forgotten Santa on Christmas Eve? Cuddle up with your little ones and follow the journey through Santa’s Workshop in search of Santa’s Christmas present.With bright and whimsical illustrations, this take on the Christmas story is sure to become a holi...

The Stittsville Creative Writing Group is a program of the Ottawa Public Library. The group meets every Thursday at the Stittsville branch for approximately an hour to read pieces they have written. Other OPL groups exist, often with different models, however SCWG has found its model has worked to the extent thatwe've been in "business" for several years. Also, despite increasing our membership to 25, the OPL still has to maintain a waiting list!We are: poets, scholars, rogu...

There are many approaches to researching the difficulties in learning that students experience in the key areas of literacy and numeracy. This book seeks to advance understanding of these difficulties and the interventions that have been used to improve outcomes. The book addresses the sometimes complementary and sometimes contradictory results, and generates new approaches to understanding and serving students with difficulties in literacy and numeracy. The book represents a departure fro...