Harry Hammer enters a school dance contest in hopes of winning a fin-tastic prize in this sixth Shark School (mis)adventure. Everyone in Shark Point is talking about the end-of-the-year school party. There’s a dance contest with a super-cool Fintendo DS game system up for grabs! Harry’s got his eye on the prize, but he needs someone to help him with his moves...especially when number one enemy Rick Reef enters the contest. Can Harry get into his groove and beat the competition?

Ursula, a bear, and Ricardo, a human, are preparing for the water ballet competition, where the prize is a million dollars! But a new regulation at the community pool - no bears - leaves Ursula cut from the contest. Luckily, she encounters a group of undaunted animal swimmers at a local pond, and Ursula and her new team figure out a way to participate in the competition and make sure everyone is welcome at the pool once and for all. Filled with deadpan humour, adorable animals, and big themes about social justice and inclusion, Splashdance is a fun and splashy summer story with a lot of heart.

Perhaps the greatest story ever written is the story of man and his best friend the dog. Its pages abound with tales of adventure, courage, and loyalty – pages that continue to be written every day by both man and dog. Cookie Crumbs is the story of the author’s dog, Cookie, a female black Labrador retriever. Her life was spent adventuring into the great outdoors and the great indoors. In her thirteenth year, Cookie set off on her adventure into the great unknown. Native legend tells us that the Milky Way is where the spirits and souls of animals go after they pass away from their life here on earth. From the Milky Way, Cookie is calling. She is calling to all of us to help end animal neglect and abuse. Answer her call. Report animal neglect and abuse to your local animal control or law enforcement agency; adopt a shelter dog; volunteer your time and effort at your local animal shelter; contribute a tax deductible monetary donation to your local Humane Society or the ASPCA. Answer Cookie’s call. Help save the lives of Man’s Best Friend.

Literature, Modernism, and Dance explores the complex reciprocal relationship between literature and dance in the modernist period

In the past decade, Vancouver dance has received tremendous acclaim nationally and internationally, as witnessed by the success of choreographer Crystal Pite and a rejuvenated Ballet BC. But this is only part of a vibrant and diverse story of contemporary movement practices in the city. In My Vancouver Dance History Peter Dickinson crafts an embodied narrative that focuses on his critical and creative collaborations with nine Vancouver-based dance artists and companies. Mixing interview excerpts with fieldwork descriptions of studio research and performance analysis, Dickinson draws on ten years of close observation to delve into the individual histories of select members of this community, while also relating the cumulative story of Vancouver dance production and performance as it has unfolded in the past decade. The voices of other invested participants interpolate this rich history, and chapters are interspersed with a series of "movement intervals" that reflect key moments in Dickinson's history as a spectator, scholar, and collaborator. In innovative ways, Dickinson suggests that when we pay attention to the larger social topography of dance practice - the sites that give rise to it, the labour that goes into it, and the professional friendships it engenders - we can properly understand dance's contributions to civic life.

Don't you wish there was a "magic" formula for activities and games that... - Your loved one on the autism spectrum actually wants to participate in? - Develops their interactive attention span and socialization? There is! Designed around common special interests enjoyed by autistic people, this book includes over 180 activities for families to do together to help strengthen relationships and develop social skills. Kate shows how seven magic ingredients for optimal game-playing can be applied to a range of themes, from trains and planes to household appliances, the human body to animals and insects, TV and film characters, and what's more, how you can introduce your loved one's favorite topics. She shares "Presto Chango" beliefs - the five mindsets you need to power activities - as well as how to understand the magic of timing and knowing when to start and stop an activity based on your loved one's cues.