PreviewsColleen Nelson
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Harvey Comes Home
Colleen Nelson, Tara Anderson (Illustrator)
A runaway West Highland Terrier named Harvey inspires Mr. Pickering, a bitter retirement-home resident coping with memory loss, to tell stories of his Dust Bowl childhood to Austin, a young volunteer at the home, who begins to feel empathy as a result.
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Harvey Holds His Own
Colleen Nelson, Tara Anderson (Illustrator)
This second novel featuring Harvey, the loyal and loving West Highland Terrier, reunites him with his friends at Brayside Manor, particularly young Austin, when his person Maggie decides to do her Grade 7 volunteer work there. The new resident of the retirement home, Mrs. Fradette, inspires Maggie to take an interest in local history.
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Harvey Takes the Lead
Colleen Nelson, Tara Anderson (Illustrator)
This third adventure in the life of Harvey, a West Highland Terrier, is a story of acceptance and understanding. Harvey continues to provide comfort to the elderly residents of Brayside, despite the wishes of a new assistant director; Mr. Kowalski tells Austin and Harvey tales of his youth in the Second World War; and Maggie’s audition for the school play doesn’t go as planned.
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How to Save a Library
Colleen Nelson
With humour and heart, this novel shows how community can come together to make a difference. Now settled in The Gates, Casey is finally starting to feel at home after moving from city to city all his life. When the local library needs extensive and expensive repairs, Casey joins the Kids Community Action Network competition to help raise money.
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If You Can Dream It, You Can Do It
How 25 inspiring individuals found their dream jobs
Colleen Nelson, Kathie MacIsaac
Showcasing 25 people with jobs ranging from mathematician to NHL scout, from gaming expert to veterinarian, this inspiring non-fiction book aims to show middle school readers the great variety of possibilities in the world of work. Each profile includes advice or “Pro Tips,” ideas to try out right now, related jobs, and mini-profiles of other inspiring individuals in the field.
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Mystery at the Biltmore
The Vanderhoff Heist
Colleen Nelson, Peggy Collins (Illustrator)
To impress her detective parents and to give herself something to do over the summer, 10-year-old Elodie enlists her dog, Carnegie, and her new neighbour, Oscar, to join in her own detective agency. What better way to get to know the characters in her building than to solve the case of Mrs. Vanderhoff’s missing earrings?
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Mystery at the Biltmore #3
A Recipe for Robbery
Colleen Nelson, Peggy Collins (Illustrator)
Elodie’s LaRue Detective Agency is once more called upon by a resident of The Biltmore, this time by Chef Phillipe, who is about to open a new pastry shop when all of his recipes are stolen from his apartment. This case is as layered as a French croissant, and Elodie fears it will be the ruin of her agency’s perfect success rate.
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See It, Dream It, Do It
How 25 people just like you found their dream jobs
Colleen Nelson, Kathie MacIsaac
In their second book about dream jobs to aspire to, Nelson and MacIsaac profile 25 individuals of diverse backgrounds, genders, and abilities, and a variety of occupations ranging from private investigator to comedian to architect and paleontologist, and describe how the needed education or training can be found at university, college, or trade school, or through apprenticeship or specialized learning.
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Spin
Colleen Nelson
Fifteen-year-old Dizzy’s career as a DJ is taking off, but her life gets very complicated when a family secret – that her mother is the famous singer, Georgia Waters – is revealed, just as Georgia comes to town for a concert.
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The Umbrella House
Colleen Nelson
Ruby and Scout are going to put their video-making skills to work to enter a competition, and they’ve chosen their East Village neighbourhood and the threat of gentrification as the issue they want to draw attention to. During her research, Ruby discovers information about the enigmatic Midnight Muralist, which could be the key to saving her historic apartment building, Umbrella House.
