Books with author Heather Collins

Bill McCall, a Saskatchewan boy, is off to spend the summer holiday with his cousin Claire and her family - in the Laurentian Mountains of Quebec, a world quite different from the prairie farm where he usually spends his summers. Bill is excited to learn about living in the bush, fishing, rowing a boat, and canoeing. Then Bill and Claire have a close encounter with a black bear and her cubs...

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? Dressing up big? And what's in the closet for getting all dressed up?" Each page invites the child to experience new possibilities for imaginative play. Whether it be a "full-moon mouth", a "fire-breathing nose", or "King Kong toes", there is plenty to discover and laugh at in this richly descriptive book. In addition, kids are encouraged to dream up their own characters and dress up.

200 fun games for kids, tweens, and teens.Each game includes a hard mode so older kids and adults can participate.Examples: Game #2: Jobimals. Players select a random job and a random animal, either by picking them or using an online generator. Then they try to draw the animal doing the job. Like a gorilla dentist, or a lion firefighter. Once they’ve drawn the picture, it’s time to color it in! Grab your colored pencils and get to work.You’ll need: Random lists of jobs and animals, paper, colored pencils. Hard mode: Put a time limit on drawing. Best drawing wins. (Can’t vote for your own.) Game #9: Stupid Movie Lines. Download the script/screenplay to a movie or TV show that everyone in the group has seen. One player (or parent) picks a line, players have three minutes to write a new line on a scrap of paper. Throw the scraps into a hat. One player reads the scraps and then everyone votes for their favorite line (can’t vote for yours.) Player with the most votes gets a point.You’ll need: Paper, movie lines. Hard mode: Less time.Order now!