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Hansel & Gretel
This story of two poor children, abandoned in the woods and using their wits to outsmart a nasty witch, is so well-known that it needs no further elaboration. Those familiar with Jeffers's 1980 version (Dial) will notice that this edition includes a…
Boxcars
Players: 2-6
Playing time: 2-4 hours
Age: 13+
Game overview: In Boxcars, the players take the roles of rail barons. As rail barons, the players deliver freight from city to city, collecting money for their efforts. They use the money earned to…
Playing time: 2-4 hours
Age: 13+
Game overview: In Boxcars, the players take the roles of rail barons. As rail barons, the players deliver freight from city to city, collecting money for their efforts. They use the money earned to…
The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America
Rich with dark and light, pain and magic, The Inconvenient Indian distills the insights gleaned from Thomas King's critical and personal meditation on what it means to be "Indian" in North America, weaving the curiously circular tale of the…
Valley of the Kings: A deck-building game of ancient Egypt
Players: 2-4
Playing time: 45 minutes
Age: 14 and up
Game overview: Players are Egyptian nobles at the time of the pharaohs, preparing for their death and burial in the Valley of the Kings. In the Egyptian religion, when you die you can take it…
Playing time: 45 minutes
Age: 14 and up
Game overview: Players are Egyptian nobles at the time of the pharaohs, preparing for their death and burial in the Valley of the Kings. In the Egyptian religion, when you die you can take it…
Beloved
Set after the American Civil War this book was inspired by the true life story of an African-American slave, Margaret Garner. The book follows the story of Sethe, an slave who escaped slavery from Sweet Home in Kentucky to Cincinnati where she would…
Peter Desbarats ... Man on the Move
Brief biographical summary which includes mention of Desbarats' literary works, and discussions on his television career.
Knightmare Chess2
This is an English 1st Edition
Players: 2
Playing time: 60 minutes
Age: 10 and up
Game objective:
This is chess... with a difference! The goal remains the same: to checkmate the enemy King. But the moves may be a bit unusual...
Each…
Players: 2
Playing time: 60 minutes
Age: 10 and up
Game objective:
This is chess... with a difference! The goal remains the same: to checkmate the enemy King. But the moves may be a bit unusual...
Each…
Mrs. Trimmer's Spelling Book OR The Little Spelling Book for Young Children [original]
Binding: good to very good ; bound in paper (marbled paper, perhaps over a more sturdy brown paper) ; the front cover seems to have become partially detached and then been reattached ; back cover is separating from spine (at head) ; front cover…
Favourite Books
This zine contains quotes, illustrations, comics, and lists.
This zine is bound with coloured yarn.
This zine is bound with coloured yarn.
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textures of your pandemic experience
A collaborative zine made about the FIMS community experience with the COVID19 pandemic.