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Children’s Voices in Atlantic Literature and Culture: Essays on Childhood

This collection of papers was originally delivered during the Thomas H. Raddall symposium “The Child in Atlantic Literature and Culture” in 1994. That meeting was attended by storytellers, filmmakers, visual artists, actors, and authors, as ... Read More »

March 17, 2004

Forts in Canada

By Ann-Maureen Owens and Jane Yealland, Don Kirby, illus.

In Canada’s early history, forts and settlements served as important defensive, economic, and transportation points. In Forts in Canada Kingston teachers Ann-Maureen Owens and Jane Yealland have collaborated with Toronto artist Don Kirby to produce ... Read More »

March 17, 2004

Forestry (Canada at Work Series)

By Jane Drake and Ann Love, Pat Cupples, illus.

These books are designed to present information about resource-based industries to kids in Grades 2 to 4. In both, the mainly expository writing is framed by a narrative. In Forestry, a boy named Cameron is ... Read More »

March 17, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Farming (Canada at Work Series)

By Jane Drake and Ann Love, Pat Cupples, illus.

March 17, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Struggle and Hope: The Story of Chinese Canadians

By Paul Yee

In this book, Paul Yee, who holds an MA in history from the University of British Columbia, presents a detailed survey and engaging account of the history of the Chinese in Canada, from the impoverished ... Read More »

March 17, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

Jade and Iron: Latin American Tales from Two Cultures

By Patricia Aldana, ed., Hugh Hazelton, trans., Luis Garay, illus.

The folklore of Central and South America’s indigenous peoples and the European-based tales of the region’s Latin conquerors make up equal portions of this rich, diverse collection of 14 stories. From the natives come tales ... Read More »

March 17, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Ghost Train

By Paul Yee, Harvey Chan, illus.

The ghost train in this story is similar to the ferry of Charon in classical mythology: it carries the souls of the dead. Here, the souls belong to the Chinese workers who were killed while ... Read More »

March 17, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

The Rooster’s Gift

By Pam Conrad, Eric Beddows, illus.

With general interest in barnyard life newly whetted by the film Babe, many a child will take the story of Young Rooster to heart. The pictures by Eric Beddows, the popular illustrator of the Zoom ... Read More »

March 17, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Molly Brown Is Not a Clown

By Linda Rogers, Rick Van Krugel, illus.

Molly Brown is not a clown, but her mother is – a bona fide circus clown, and a source of endless embarrassment for an 11-year-old. Molly’s life is unconventional but basically good. Her mother left ... Read More »

March 17, 2004

Step by Step

By Ginny Russell

Three months after the tragic death of her mother, 14-year-old Kimberly Jamieson is trying to piece her life back together. Step by muffled step, she is emerging from a self-imposed blanket of withdrawal – she ... Read More »

March 17, 2004

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Children’s Voices in Atlantic Literature and Culture: Essays on Childhood

Forts in Canada

Forestry (Canada at Work Series)

Farming (Canada at Work Series)

Struggle and Hope: The Story of Chinese Canadians

Jade and Iron: Latin American Tales from Two Cultures

Ghost Train

The Rooster’s Gift

Molly Brown Is Not a Clown

Step by Step

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