The Une histoire par jour pour débutants series comprises a total of 365 stories—one for each day of the year—separated into 12 books, each representing one month of the year. With interesting topics and motivational content, these stories encourage enthusiasm for reading. Thoughtful illustrations reinforce the concepts in the stories, thus enhancing the child’s understanding of the text.

The stories, written by Canadian authors, are inspired by life lessons, fables from around the world, nature, science, and history. The One Story A Day series is designed to foster the reader’s total development—linguistic, intellectual, social, and cultural—through the joy of reading.

Maggie is burnt out on her old political job and is running away from her problems by way of fly fishing, until dead bodies keep inconveniently popping up in her river. From the writer of Ken’s Corner. Same place, new dirtbags

Beth Callahan can stop time by winking. Owen possesses no mystical powers, and until now, hasn’t even managed to make a solid friend. He has no idea why Beth’s chosen him to share her secret, but once she does, everything looks different. Set near the lake and throughout dreary suburbs, I’ll Be With You in a Moment is a bittersweet coming-of-age story about belief, connection, and the people who see us before we see ourselves.