Canterbury Tales Bookstore
2010 Commercial Drive V5N 4A9 Vancouver, BC, Canada

A perfectly cozy evening!

Wish all a very happy new year. Keep safe and stay healthy.

The VPL's most-borrowed books in 2020 Adult Fiction: 1. The Testaments - Margaret Atwood 2. Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens... 3. Dutch House - Ann Patchett 4. Better Man - Louise Penny 5. Big Sky - Kate Atkinson Adult Non-fiction: 1. Talking to Strangers - Malcolm Gladwell 2. Becoming - Michelle Obama 3. Educated - Tara Westover 4. The Body - Bill Bryson 5. Three Women - Lisa Taddeo Young Adult: 1. The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas 2. The Marrow Thieves - Cherie Dimaline 3. One of Us Is Lying - Karen M. McManus 4. The Queen of Nothing - Holly Black 5. The Secret Commonwealth - Philip Pullman Kids: 1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown - Jeff Kinney 2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball - Jeff Kinney 3. Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid - Jeff Kinney 4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway - Jeff Kinney 5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School - Jeff Kinney

As the holiday season of 1938 came to Chicago, Bob May wasn’t feeling much comfort or joy. A 34-year-old ad writer for Montgomery Ward, May was exhausted and ne...arly broke. His wife, Evelyn, was bedridden, on the losing end of a two-year battle with cancer. This left Bob to look after their four-year old-daughter, Barbara. One night, Barbara asked her father, Why isn’t my mommy like everybody else’s mommy? As he struggled to answer his daughter’s question, Bob remembered the pain of his own childhood. A small, sickly boy, he was constantly picked on and called names. But he wanted to give his daughter hope, and show her that being different was nothing to be ashamed of. More than that, he wanted her to know that he loved her and would always take care of her. So he began to spin a tale about a reindeer with a bright red nose who found a special place on Santa’s team. Barbara loved the story so much that she made her father tell it every night before bedtime. As he did, it grew more elaborate. Because he couldn’t afford to buy his daughter a gift for Christmas, Bob decided to turn the story into a homemade picture book. In early December, Bob’s wife died. Though he was heartbroken, he kept working on the book for his daughter. A few days before Christmas, he reluctantly attended a company party at Montgomery Ward. His co-workers encouraged him to share the story he’d written. After he read it, there was a standing ovation. Everyone wanted copies of their own. Montgomery Ward bought the rights to the book from their debt-ridden employee. Over the next six years, at Christmas, they gave away six million copies of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer to shoppers. Every major publishing house in the country was making offers to obtain the book. In an incredible display of good will, the head of the department store returned all rights to Bob May. Four years later, Rudolph had made him into a millionaire. Now remarried with a growing family, May felt blessed by his good fortune. But there was more to come. His brother-in-law, a successful songwriter named Johnny Marks, set the uplifting story to music. The song was pitched to artists from Bing Crosby on down. They all passed. Finally, Marks approached Gene Autry. The cowboy star had scored a holiday hit with Here Comes Santa Claus a few years before. Like the others, Autry wasn’t impressed with the song about the misfit reindeer. Marks begged him to give it a second listen. Autry played it for his wife, Ina. She was so touched by the line They wouldn’t let poor Rudolph play in any reindeer games that she insisted her husband record the tune. Within a few years, it had become the second best-selling Christmas song ever, right behind White Christmas. Since then, Rudolph has come to life in TV specials, cartoons, movies, toys, games, coloring books, greeting cards and even a Ringling Bros. circus act. The little red-nosed reindeer dreamed up by Bob May and immortalized in song by Johnny Marks has come to symbolize Christmas as much as Santa Claus, evergreen trees and presents. As the last line of the song says, He’ll go down in history.

Looking for a pretty Christmas gift? These hefty leather bound classics have 3 gilded edges, above standard paper quality plus a ribbon bookmark. And the best part? They're not expensive... -$26.00 Lovecraft's Tales of Horror -$26.00 Ancient Greek Philosophy -$26.00 Edgar Allan Poe: Stories and Poems -$26.00 Whitman's Leaves of Grass

From Gaiman's site... Long John has a whole crew of wild pirates in tow, andfor one boy and his sisterhe's about to transform a perfectly ordinary evening into a riotous adventure beneath a pirate moon. It's time to make some PIRATE STEW. Marvelously silly and gloriously entertaining, this tale of pirates, flying ships, doughnut feasts and some rather magical stew is perfect for all pirates, both young and old.... Canterbury Tales price is $17.50 hardcover.

Our price is $40.00 (new is $55.00). Gosh I miss the Obama family :(

Trinity College Library, Dublin More info - http://bit.ly/1IWW2ej

300-year-old library tool that enabled a researcher to have seven books open at once, yet conveniently nearby (Mexico City Library)

A repost but no credentials attached. Just too charming to pass up.

Is there a wedding? birth? thank you? or greeting coming up? Leah Schell's cards (local talent) are blank inside and come with a recycled tan envelope. We've 40 varieties that sell for $5.95. My new favourite is the giraffe and mouse wedding...

Pre-Order and pick up November 10th (official release date). Inventory is very limited!. Our price is 30% off so $26.00 vs $37.00. Click to read a chapter (https://www.theickabog.com/the-story/)

Bring your ghosts and goblins to Canterbury for a safe trick or treat on Saturday October 31