Books with author ROBERTSON DAVIES

Ever wonder what a storm chaser does? Come along with meteorologist and storm chaser Jon Davies and find out! Davies teaches kids 8 to 12 about severe storms, tornadoes, and storm chasing as he trails a twister in the Kansas countryside. Check out the gadgets storm chasers use, learn how to read the sky for clues on extreme weather, and get up close and personal to wild tornadic winds!

From Governor General’s Award-winning author David A. Robertson comes the first book in a compelling new trilogy.A talking coyote, mysterious illnesses, and girl trouble. Coming home can be murder...When Cole Harper gets a mysterious message from an old friend begging him to come home, he has no idea what he's getting into. Compelled to return to Wounded Sky First Nation, Cole finds his community in chaos: a series of shocking murders, a mysterious illness ravaging the residents, and reemerging questions about Cole’s role in the tragedy that drove him away 10 years ago. With the aid of an unhelpful spirit, a disfigured ghost, and his two oldest friends, Cole tries to figure out his purpose, and unravel the mysteries he left behind a decade ago. Will he find the answers in time to save his community?

Narnia meets traditional Indigenous stories of the sky and constellations in an epic middle grade fantasy series from award-winning author David Robertson.Morgan and Eli, two Indigenous children forced away from their families and communities, are brought together in a foster home in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They each feel disconnected, from their culture and each other, and struggle to fit in at school and at their new home -- until they find a secret place, walled off in an unfinished attic bedroom. A portal opens to another reality, Askí, bringing them onto frozen, barren grounds, where they meet Ochek (Fisher). The only hunter supporting his starving community, Misewa, Ochek welcomes the human children, teaching them traditional ways to survive. But as the need for food becomes desperate, they embark on a dangerous mission. Accompanied by Arik, a sassy Squirrel they catch stealing from the trapline, they try to save Misewa before the icy grip of winter freezes everything -- including them.

From an early age, Jonathan Hullah developed "a high degree of cunning" in concealing what his true nature might be. He kept himself on the outside, watching and noticing, most often in the company of those who bore watching. As the Cunning Man takes us through his own long and ardent life, chronicling his varied adventures in the worlds of theatre, art, and music, in the Canadian Army during World War II, and in the doctor's consulting room, his preoccupation is not with sorrow but with the comedic canvas of life. Just as Dr. Hullah practices a type of psychosomatic medicine "by which I attempt to bring about changes in the disease syndromes through language," so does Robertson Davies intertwine language and story, as perhaps never before, to offer us profound truths about being human.

[The Oblate’s handbook, Trinity Cloister, London; Appendix I]AWAKENING: Two thousand years after the resurrection: AD 2033.SCOURGE: The walking dead.PESTILENTS: The living dead.JUDAS KISS: By which the dead become Scourge, and the living, Pestilents.ANNO JUDICIUM: The age of Judgement. Sleepers awake!Kaleb is 20, an Oblate of Trinity Cloister, and a member of the Watch. It is the only home and life he clearly remembers, but his world is about to change. This is his testimony, so don your armour with prayer, draw your sword, and join him as he seeks his future: but be of good comfort for, ‘Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; neither shalt thou be afraid of pestilence when it cometh.’ Job 5:21

When Father Hobbes mysteriously dies at the high altar on Good Friday, Dr Jonathan Hullah - whose holistic ideas have earned him the soubriquet 'cunning man' - wants to know why. But it is only through looking back at his own long life that answers are forthcoming. He recalls the dazzling intellectual high jinks of his circle of friends, from the High Church homosexual Darcy Dwyer (an expert on the theory of sin) to the curious occurrence of the Coburg Social Parlour's Seventh Annual Bad Breath Contest. Compelling and hilarious, The Cunning Man is a profound exploration of what it means to be an actor in the divine comedy of life.

The mystery at Wounded Sky First Nation continues in the heart-stopping sequel to Strangers, by Governor General’s award-winning author David A. Robertson.“The ending...is so unexpected that readers will eagerly anticipate [the] third volume.”—Kirkus ReviewsCole Harper is struggling to settle into life in Wounded Sky First Nation. He may have stopped a serial killer but the trouble is far from over. A creature lurks in the shadows of Blackwood Forest, the health clinic is on lockdown by a mysterious organization, and long-held secrets threaten to bubble to the surface. Can Cole learn the truth about his father's death? Why won't Choch give him a straight answer? Where the heck is Jayne? Oh, and high school sucks.

The mystery at Wounded Sky First Nation continues in the heart-stopping sequel to Strangers, by Governor General’s award-winning author David A. Robertson.“The ending...is so unexpected that readers will eagerly anticipate [the] third volume.”—Kirkus ReviewsCole Harper is struggling to settle into life in Wounded Sky First Nation. He may have stopped a serial killer but the trouble is far from over. A creature lurks in the shadows of Blackwood Forest, the health clinic is on lockdown by a mysterious organization, and long-held secrets threaten to bubble to the surface. Can Cole learn the truth about his father's death? Why won't Choch give him a straight answer? Where the heck is Jayne? Oh, and high school sucks.

Bertie Brundle is a very rich man. He has everything anyone could want – but his special passion is his collection of costly pearls, and when he discovers the Lost Pearl of Kullimoor in a junk shop, his life is turned upside down…ABOUT THE SERIESThe "Tell It Again" series retells Bible stories in a contemporary context with present-day characters. The stories themselves are worthy of reading and re-reading but on a deeper level, they tell again stories which carry life-changing meanings.ABOUT THE AUTHORDavid Robertson in a vicar in West Yorkshire, England. Primarily a Bible teacher and writer, his stories have a proven record of engaging children and provoking thought in adults.

Young Annabel lives in the 1950s and dreams of a future with jetpacks, flying cars and robots. However, little does she know that she is living under an evil spell that could mean she has no future at all...When the curse is fulfilled on her 16th birthday and she falls asleep for 1000 years, her house is overgrown by a magnificent rose tree. A young explorer called Zoe discovers the story of Sleeping Beauty, but can she find Annabel in time to lift the curse and show her what the future actually looks like?