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Kathy Stinson, author of internationally acclaimed Canadian children's classic, Red is Best and the TD Award Winner, The Man with the Violin, also writes novels, short stories, and nonfiction for young people of all ages. ...more

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	Red Is Best by Kathy Stinson (Goodreads Author), Robin Baird Lewis (Illustrator) 4.09 avg rating — 1,497 ratings — published 1982 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Man with the Violin by Kathy Stinson (Goodreads Author), Dušan Petričić (Illustrations), Joshua Bell (Postscript) 4.24 avg rating — 747 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lady with the Books: A Story Inspired by the Remarkable Work of Jella Lepman by Kathy Stinson (Goodreads Author), Marie Lafrance (Illustrator) 4.23 avg rating — 237 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dog Who Wanted to Fly by Kathy Stinson (Goodreads Author), Brandon James Scott (Illustrations) 3.68 avg rating — 180 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harry and Walter by Kathy Stinson (Goodreads Author), Qin Leng (Illustrations) 4.07 avg rating — 161 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dance of the Violin by Kathy Stinson (Goodreads Author), Dušan Petričić (Illustrations) 4.19 avg rating — 162 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Happened to Ivy 3.47 avg rating — 154 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bare Naked Book by Kathy Stinson (Goodreads Author), Melissa Cho (Illustrator) 4.42 avg rating — 81 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	101 Ways to Dance 3.34 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Spring (Our Canadian Girl: Marie-Claire, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Whether you’re spending your summer close to home or venturing farther afield, I hope you’re enjoying the luxury of some summer reading time. Whether on a beach or an apartment balcony, in a hammock or a tent, there’s something special about the longer, warmer days that says “Relax. Let yourself sink into one of those books you’ve been meaning to get to all year.”

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Zoobiquity: What Animals Can Teach Us About Health and the Science of Healing

by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz

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The Time of Our Singing

by Richard Powers

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Kathy Stinson is currently reading Zoobiquity: What Animals Can Teach Us About Health and the Science of Healing by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Kathy Stinson rated a book it was amazing The Promise by Damon Galgut	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I’m in awe at how deftly DG wove in and out of the perspectives of so many characters in this novel centered on the lives of three siblings and events that shaped them. You are IN South Africa as you read this magnificent book.
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Kathy Stinson wants to read In Praise of Retreat: Finding Sanctuary in the Modern World by Kirsteen MacLeod	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Kathy Stinson wants to read A Window on Eternity: A Biologist's Walk Through Gorongosa National Park by Edward O. Wilson	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Kathy Stinson rated a book really liked it The Children's Blizzard by Melanie Benjamin (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Kathy Stinson wants to read Bird-Bent Grass: A Memoir, in Pieces by Kathleen Venema	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Kathy Stinson rated a book really liked it An American Marriage by Tayari Jones (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Kathy Stinson rated a book did not like it Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Not worth my time. Fine that the AF sounded robotic but all the humans did too, so much so I was sure someone was going to turn out to be one. Too many passages about how the AF’s vision worked, to no point I was ever able to discern. And plot points ...more
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Kathy Stinson rated a book liked it Big Lonely Doug: The Story of One of Canada’s Last Great Trees by Harley Rustad (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5 stars for Dennis and Doug and the book about them, the logging industry, and environmentalists is well done, just more info than I needed.
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“Everything you have contact with will be woven into your garden”
― Kathy Stinson, Love Every Leaf: The Life of Landscape Architect Cornelia Hahn Oberlander

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