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  • Bibliography:
    26 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 1988
  • Latest Book:
    October 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Marie-Claire

4 - A Season of Sorrow (Oct-2002)

Multi-Author Series List

Annikins

4 - Big or Little? (Feb-2009)
12 - Red is Best (Sep-2006)

Book List in Order: 26 titles





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  • Here's an opportunity to discover all the creative fun to be had dressing up, written and illustrated by the team that developed The Bare Naked Book.

    "What's in the closet for-- Dressing up red? Dressing up scary? Dressing up funny? Dress...



  • So begins a long chain of events. Soon everyone is up and searching for a good night's sleep. But Aunty's house is just too full of elbows and knees, and snoring and singing, and counting and giggling for sleep to happen.

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  • By the prizewinning author of the classics Red is Best, The Bare Naked Book and Big or Little, this chapter book is about a man who spends every day in a school but who cannot read. Mr. Elliot has a job he loves. He is the custodian in a primary scho...



  • Of the 3,200 people who died during the smallpox epidemic in 1885, 2,500 of them were children under the age of 10. In A Season of Sorrow, smallpox, which lurked on the periphery of Dark Spring, descends upon Marie-Claire and her family. How they, th...





  • In this fabulous follow-up to Kathy Stinson's classic children's novels, Seven Clues and The Great Bike Race, Matt Randall uncovers two mysterious objects in his neighbour's attic: a magician's costume and a brand new clue. Or is it an old clue? Matt...






  • Matt is bored. It's summer vacation, all his friends are away, and there is nothing -- NOTHING -- to do in Pebble Creek ... until he receives a clue to a mystery! "There's something you should look for. It will bring you great pleasure. Not coins in...



  • Can Matt win first prize in the town's bike race? He thinks so. Not only is he fast, but he deserves the 18-speed mountain bike being given away. His own bike is falling apart! But Matt has a problem. His friends Mike, David, and Amanda all think the...



  • A quirky collection of stories about teens in lust and in love. From the first stirrings of same-sex desire to paternity questions around a teen pregnancy, 101 Ways to Dance reflects the spectrum of teen sexuality from the sweet to the scary....



  • Kelly's mom doesn't understand all of the reasons why red is the best color. Through minimal text and elegant illustration, Kelly shows her mom why juice tastes better in the red cup, red pyjamas keep the monsters away at night, and red boots...



  • Kathy Stinson’s new young adult novel is set in downtown Toronto, where the main character, Al, faces a terrible choice. Every summer she leaves her home in Alberta to spend a month with her father in the East, but this year she must spend a who...



  • Set in the beautiful environs of the Canadian East Coast, this novel draws the reader into the struggles of two troubled teens whose encounter helps them to confront and overcome their problems.

    An excellent starting point for giving students t...



  • Divorce is never easy, not for parents and especially not for children. More than 20 years ago, celebrated author Kathy Stinson wrote in a positive way about the confusion, insecurity, and sorrow experienced by young children whose parents have separ...



  • Celebrated children’s writer Kathy Stinson explores "what’s-in-what” concepts for young children. With a chorus of questions that encourage interaction, children will delight in playing with the language of spatial relationships, from a pocket...



  • When you’re really young, it can be tough to figure out if you’re a little kid or big kid. So it is for one boy named Toby, who sometimes feels big, like when he pours his own milk, but sometimes feels little, like when he spills it. Mom and Dad ...



  • 2011 Vancouver Children's Literature Roundtable - Information Book Award

    2011/2012 Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award nomninee

    2012 Silver Birch Nonfiction Award nominee

    2012 Golden Oak Award nominee

    A young b...






  • David’s younger sister Ivy, born with multiple disabilities, needs constant attention. She may be eleven years old, but in many ways she’s still a baby. She embarrasses him in public. She takes all of their parents’ focus, to the point where Da...



  • Who is playing that beautiful music in the subway? And why is nobody listening? This gorgeous picture book is based on the true story of Joshua Bell, the renowned American violinist who famously took his instrument down into the Washington D.C. subwa...



  • Best Friends Forever. Harry may be four and three-quarters and Walter may be ninety-two and a half, but that doesn’t stop them from being best friends. Harry loves to go next door to play games with Walter and draw pictures together. And when the ...



  • Who says dogs can’t fly? Meet Zora: a dog with a big dream and an even bigger personality. All Zora wants to do is learn how to fly so she can catch that pesky squirrel in her yard. But try as she might to prove to her friend Tully -- a skeptical c...



  • Even Joshua Bell makes mistakes, but there is always a second chance. As a young student of the violin, Joshua Bell learns about an international competition to be held in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He chooses a piece of music, which his teacher suggests m...



  • A fictionalized retelling of how books from around the world helped children in Germany recuperate after WWII. Anneliese and Peter will never be the same after the war that took their father’s life. One day, while wandering the ruined streets of Mu...



  • The rock was always there...until, one day, it wasn't. The rock and the butterfly are a perfect fit. The butterfly takes shelter on the steady rock after hours of flittering and fluttering, and the rock loves to hear of the butterfly's adventures aft...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Kathy Stinson has published 26 books.

The next book by Kathy Stinson, The Rock and the Butterfly, will be published in October 2024.

The first book by Kathy Stinson, The Bare Naked Book, was published in March 1988.

Yes. Kathy Stinson has 1 series.