In this wonderfully quirky story, two stubborn souls - a retired pirate and a retired queen - do battle in the sailboat pond in Central Park. Inspired by memories of his past, the Old Pirate has built a marvelous replica of his sailing ship, the Laughing Dog. But when he takes it to the park to launch it in the pond, he finds the waters are not so friendly - the S.S. Uppity Duchess is unwilling to share the seas and takes aim at the Laughing Dog. Who will rule the waves in this offbeat tale of high-seas adventure and friendship found in New York City?

The Old Pirate of Central Park

Children's Books

Priest, Robert

Biographies

Clarion Books

After losing his glass eye, pirate Captain Black is at a loss. Not far away, Sandpiper, a pauper, finds a shiny, round object in the road. Peering through what appears to be a glass marble, Sandpiper is amazed by what he sees. What is a glass eye without its pirate? And what is a pirate without his glass eye? Sandpiper is about to find out—but danger looms, for Captain Black is determined to find his missing eye . . . by hook or by crook! Robert Priest offers another quirky take on pirate life in this surprising tale of adventure, reflection, and missing treasure.

The Pirate's Eye

Literature & Fiction

HMH Books for Young Readers

Humor

Day Songs, Night Songs

Lee, Keith

GROUNDWOOD BOOKS *

The ballad of the blue bonnet

Douglas&McIntyre

"This collection of poems beautifully captures the rainbow of emotions that comprise the human spirit. Priest?s work continually questions the universe humans have created and inhabit... a radiant and jubilant celebration of the life to death to life cycle."? NOW Magazine"Invigorating... From profoundly personal reflections to witty illuminations of contemporary foibles, [Priest?s poetry] offers a candidly close encounter with an assured literary intelligence."? Paul Stuewe, Toronto Star

Scream Blue Living: New and Selected Poems

Poetry

Mercury Pr

Previously Feared Darkness: Poems (Large Print 16pt)

ReadHowYouWant

A painted sword is their only protection from evil sorcery, strange creatures, and enemy forces. On the spell-crossed Phaer Isle, teenage Xemion dreams of being a great swordsman. When he finds a blade-shaped stick, he fashions it to look like a real sword. Knowing that the laws of their cruel Pathan conquerors would require a death sentence for possession of such an object, his friend Saheli demands he destroy it. He agrees, but insists on performing just one sword ceremony. When his mastery of the weapon, a skill long forgotten, is witnessed by a mysterious man named Vallaine, the two friends are invited to join a planned rebellion. At first they refuse, but when a sadistic official discovers their transgressions, they are forced to flee their home and embark on a dangerous journey to the ruins of the ancient city of Ulde, where rebel forces are gathering. Armed with only their wits and the painted sword, they face Thralls, Triplicants, dragons, rage-wraiths, and a host of other spell-crossed beings. As they approach the Great Kone, source of all spell-craft, Saheli’s fear of magic and Xemion’s attraction to it bind them in a crossed spell of their own ― one that threatens to separate the two forever.

The Paper Sword: Spell Crossed (Spell Crossed, 1)

Action & Adventure

Dundurn Press

Tharfen might be the only person who can save the Phaer Isle, but she is missing a very important part of herself.  In Book 3 of the Spell Crossed series, Tharfen, now eighteen, is still playing unwilling host to a shattered piece of her old friend turned enemy, Xemion. But no one seems to know where Xemion is, though rumours abound. As the Great Kone approaches its first full turn in fifty years, the unstable magic it unleashes grows more and more dangerous for all the Phaerlanders. Meanwhile, other perils abound: a vast influx of refugees from the Civil War in the north threatens to overwhelm the resources of Ulde while a Cyclopean armada approaches the isle from the west, its commander intent on revenge. Tharfen must find Xemion, but if she does, will the cost of restoring her missing piece be far too high a price to pay? CCBC’s Best Books for Kids & Teens (Spring 2017) Selection

Missing Piece: Spell Crossed (Spell Crossed, 3)

Grounded in twentieth-century pop iconography, this book delivers all the passion, satire, and engaging wit that's become the author's trademark. Individually, these qualities mark every poem as socially and politically relevant. As a collection, the poems take on everything from Elvis and the Three Stooges to the current right wing political agenda. Relentless in its assessment of contemporary culture, the mordant irony, brutal honesty, and remarkable sensitivity of Priest's surreal prose poems, lush lyrics, confessions, psalms, slams, songs, sayings, and parables creates a poetic crucible in which the Canadian "melting-pot' is purified of its hypocrisies and reclaimed, ultimately, in the joy of language.

Resurrection in the Cartoon

ECW Press

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