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  • The Ice Cream Store

    by Dennis Lee ...
    Illustrated by David McPhail ...
    Young readers will fall in love all over again with DennisLee’s light-hearted verse, which embraces universal childhood experiences of every flavour, from digging holes to foreign lands to searching for the perfect pet. David McPhail’s gorgeous watercolour paintings capture Lee’s subtle celebration of multiculturalism and offer a colourful feast for the eye.Oh, the kids around the block are like ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wrestling With Cadence

    Essays on Writing and Intuition

    by Dennis Lee ...
    A career-spanning collection of critical and personal essays from a titan of Canadian literature. Building and expanding on his previous volume of essays, Body Music, Dennis Lee looks back on what has driven him as a poet: the mysterious germinating force he calls cadence. At once a stealth memoir and an essential study of how a poet writes, Wrestling With Cadence is the definitive history of a ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Garbage Delight

    by Dennis Lee ...
    Illustrated by Sandy Nichols ...
    A delightful dose of "Canada's Father Goose" for pint-sized poetry fans! Based on the title poem of Dennis Lee's classic collection, Garbage Delight is a feast for the senses, a stew of sly humour and memorable rhymes. This edition features winsome artwork by Sandy Nichols, who previously paired with Dennis Lee to create the bestseller Alligator Pie, and is a staple item for every toddler's ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Alligator Pie

    by Dennis Lee ...
    Illustrated by Frank Newfeld ...
    "You can almost hear the skipping rope slapping the sidewalk,” wrote Margaret Laurence of Dennis Lee’s timeless poetry collection Alligator Pie. One of the first illustrated books published about Canadian children and featuring Canadian place names, Alligator Pie established Dennis Lee’s reputation as “Canada’s Father Goose” and has sold more than half a million copies since its publication in ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Cat And The Wizard

    by Dennis Lee ...
    Illustrated by Gillian Johnson ...
    No one needs a wizard and his old bag of tricks—until the day he meets a black cat with a spiffy hat and a lonely heart. Together they share a magical night in Toronto’s Casa Loma castle, enjoying a candlelight feast of tuna and wine and the company of new friends. Originally published in Lee’s 1974 collection, Nicholas Knock and Other People, The Cat and the Wizard enjoyed a second life as a much ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Amazing Man United Quiz: Mastermind Challenge

    by Dennis Lee ...
    Many Claim to Be Manchester United!How Many Really Know Manchester United?The Amazing Man United Quiz lets You put any Red Devil to the test, including Yourself!Who remembers United's delicious Treble in 1999?And who can forget King Cantona?More than a Quiz Book.You can test your own Man United Knowledge or play a Quiz Game in a group, for which there are full instructions in the book.Eve... ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Alligator Pie and Other Poems

    A Dennis Lee Treasury

    Three classic Dennis Lee titles inone beautiful bookThisgiftable and shareable volume brings together three of Dennis Lee’s best-lovedcollections of poetry—Alligator Pie, Jelly Belly and The Ice Cream Store—spanningthree decades of his warm and whimsical rhymes.“Youcan almost hear the skipping rope slapping the sidewalk,” wrote MargaretLaurence of Dennis Lee’s timeless poetry collection <e... ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Riffs

    by Dennis Lee ...
    Riffs is the story of a passionate love affair, told in vintage Lee style -- with whoops, deep chords, and headlong improvisational arcs. We hear Bach, Bo Diddley, Bird; the news is heartache and being. Celebratory, catastrophic, the poem tracks ways in which eros and our lives are made mutually accountable. Riffs is a landmark achievement from the poet of Civil Elegies and The Gods. Published in ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • The Father's Bet

    by Dennis Lee ...
    Challenges and heartbreak have marked Joe's life, but with the help of his devoted father, Greg, he's been given a second chance to rebuild everything he's lost. After tragedy strikes, Greg pushes Joe to dream bigger and start fresh—first with a bakery that becomes a community favorite, then a beautiful new home, and eventually a loving relationship with Monica, who brings warmth and laughter back ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Avalanche

    Series Book 5 - The Secret World Chronicles
    From New York Times best-seller and science fiction and fantasy mistress of adventure Mercedes Lackey, Book #5 in the pulse-pounding SECRET WORLD saga of modern-day humans with superpowers.Ultima Thule has been destroyed—but somehow the Thulians mounted an even bigger force to destroy Metis. The Metisians that escaped the carnage and destruction of their secret city now must somehow find somewhere ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Riffs

    by Dennis Lee ...
    Deluxe redesign of an aching solo situated at the mid-point of a long, melodious career. On the occasion of the press's 40th anniversary, Brick Books is proud to present the third of six new editions of classic books from our back catalogue. This edition of Riffs features a new introduction by the poet Paul Vermeersch, a reprint of an extended interview with Dennis Lee about the book, and a new ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • World Divided: Book Two of the Secret World Chronicle

    Series Book 2 - The Secret World Chronicles
    After an Earth-scarring apocalyptic battle, the meta-humans have turned back a massive invasion of super-science powered Nazi war machines. Now meta-hero organization Echo and sometime Russian ally CCCP must battle back. Task one: to hunt down the secret puppetmasters behind the Nazi robot invasion, the Thule Society. It's "go time" once again for the meta-heroes, including fire-bender John ... Read more

    $6.99 USD