Princess Stella Gets Sad

Princess Stella must learn how to deal with feeling sad.

Princess Sophia must learn how to deal with feeling scared.

The princess is so sad that no one can cheer her up, until two naughty monkeys come to the palace.

New paperback edition of the fourth popular Stella picture book, following Stella Star of the Sea , Stella Queen of the Snow and Stella Fairy of the Forest .

The Sad Princess is a children's story about a princess locked in a high tower who is rescued by a brave little boy pretending to be a knight.

Evie Fairhaven is still trying to stay alive. Living with immortals has never been so difficult as now, with a vampire prince as her guardian. She wants to become immortal but must first focus on studies and training to gain approval in a world where she has never been fully accepted. Can she live up to the exacting standards set by Prince Cassius as she prepares for her transformation? Can her greatest nemesis become her trusted advisor and help her hunt down her father’s murderer? Old friends, new loves, and the fear of dying a virgin are just some of the factors affecting this seventeen year old in the second book of The Progeny Series.

Winner of the Amazon.ca First Novel Award and a finalist for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and the Governor General’s Literary Award, The Break is a stunning and heartbreaking debut novel about a multigenerational Métis–Anishnaabe family dealing with the fallout of a shocking crime in Winnipeg’s North End. When Stella, a young Métis mother, looks out her window one evening and spots someone in trouble on the Break — a barren field on an isolated strip of land outside her house — she calls the police to alert them to a possible crime. In a series of shifting narratives, people who are connected, both directly and indirectly, with the victim — police, family, and friends — tell their personal stories leading up to that fateful night. Lou, a social worker, grapples with the departure of her live-in boyfriend. Cheryl, an artist, mourns the premature death of her sister Rain. Paulina, a single mother, struggles to trust her new partner. Phoenix, a homeless teenager, is released from a youth detention centre. Officer Scott, a Métis policeman, feels caught between two worlds as he patrols the city. Through their various perspectives a larger, more comprehensive story about lives of the residents in Winnipeg’s North End is exposed. A powerful intergenerational family saga, The Break showcases Vermette’s abundant writing talent and positions her as an exciting new voice in Canadian literature.