Those who make us creature, myth and monster stories

Daisy Sound Recording 2017

What resides beneath the blankets of snow, under the ripples of water, within the whispers of the wind, and between the husks of trees all across Canada? Creatures, myths and monsters are everywhere - even if we don't always see them. A collection of all-new, cross-genre tales that take the reader into real and imagined worlds, ranging from an encounter with the Métis creature Rugaru to trolls dissatisfied with modern life, to the demons who fol...

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Animals in literature

Canadian fiction 21st century

Daisy talking books

Legends Canada

Monsters in literature

Short stories, Canadian

Tales Canada

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Fiction Sound recordings

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Edition:

Daisy edition

Description:

1 DAISY disc (9 hours, 11 minutes) : sound ; 12 cm
digital DAISY
4 3/4 in

Notes:

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Canadiana
Access restricted to persons who are visually impaired or physically disabled and cannot use conventional print materials
Read by Julie Hooker
Audio and text
Reproduced from: Holstein, Ontario : Exile Editions, 2016. xiv ; 290 pages : 9781550965896
DAISY 2.02 standard; MP3 compression at 32 kbps
System requirements: IBM PC or compatible; double speed or faster CD-ROM drive; sound card and sound output device; DAISY playback software or DAISY talking book player. Also plays in CD-MP3 player or computer with MP3-capable software
Studio original

Contents:

Introduction / Kelsi Morris and Kaitlin Tremblay
A new bestiary / Michal Wojcik
Submerged / Helen Marshall
This could be yours / Andrea Bradley
The mermaid and the prince of dirt / Angeline Woon
Tyner's Creek / Nathan Adler
The shuck / Andrew F. Sullivan
Where the seas roll up their thunder / Kate Story
Fostering artistic talent / Andrew Wilmot
Take take take / Braydon Beaulieu
A door in the rock / Chadwick Ginther
Black thorns and unicorns / Rebecca Schaeffer
Antony's arboretum / Renée Sarojini Saklikar
The rugaru / Delani Valin
Where roots and rivers run as veins / Dominik Parisien
The hairy man / Alexandra Camille Renwick
Vetala / Rati Mehrotra
The outside monster / Corey Redekop
As worlds collide / Stephen Michell

Control Number:

3315214

Other Authors:

Centre for Equitable Library Access (Canada)
Hooker, Julie, narrator
Morris, Kelsi, editor
Tremblay, Kaitlin, editor

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