Canadian Women Now and Then: More Than 100 Stories of Fearless Trailblazers
by Elizabeth MacLeod
Canadian women have long been trailblazers, creating art, making discoveries and setting records - and often battling incredible odds and discrimination in the process. Here, award-winning children's writer Elizabeth MacLeod presents biographies of more than one hundred of these remarkable women, from the famous, such as Margaret Atwood, to the lesser known, such as multi-award-winning mathematician Karen Yeats. There are stories of activists and architects, engineers and explorers, poets and po...
Canada, the Land (Lands, Peoples & Cultures) (Lands, Peoples, & Cultures (Library))
by Bobbie Kalman
This book is suitable for children of ages 9-14. Exciting new photographs capture the beauty and natural wonder of Canada in this revised edition. Updated information features its cosmopolitan cities and variety of landscapes as well as a new map including the newest territory Nunavut. The topics covered include: provinces and territories; natural resources and conservation; industry, business, and agriculture; Native peoples; multiculturalism; Canadian cities; trains, boats, and snowmobiles; an...
Now in an updated edition with revised back matter, the quintessential picture-book biography of Ted Harrison (1926–2015) Ted Harrison’s brightly coloured and wildly imaginative paintings set in the Yukon have become synonymous with the North. His instantly-recognizable images of the land of the midnight sun hang in galleries and private collections around the world. But how did a boy who grew up in a drab mining town in northeast England become one of Canada’s most beloved and decorated artists...
Making a Whole Person (Inuktitut) (Qinuisaarniq)
by Monica Ittusardjuat
“Before schools were introduced to the Inuit, we were taught by our relatives.” In this picture book, Monica Ittusardjuat shares how she learned knowledge and skills in a time before being taken to residential school. She describes how children learned through playing games, imitating grown-ups, and observing adults around them.
One of Rita Joe's most influential poems, "I Lost My Talk" tells the revered Mi'kmaw Elder's childhood story of losing her language while a resident of the residential school in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia. An often quoted piece in this era of truth and reconciliation, Joe's powerful words explore and celebrate the survival of Mi'kmaw culture and language despite its attempted eradication. A necessary reminder of a dark chapter in Canada's history, this slim volume is a powerful reading experience...
Countries in the News: Afghanistan (Countries in the News)
by Kieran Walsh
Great Minds and Finds in North America (Discoveries Around the World)
by Mike Downs
War is a time of terrible tragedy and great loss. But it is also a time of incredible courage and determination. In this entry in the acclaimed Kids Book of series, Elizabeth MacLeod looks at Canada's battles and wars and at the people who fought in them. From the earliest recorded battles on Canadian soil to Canada's overseas peacekeeping missions today, kids will meet heroic Canadians, learn about the technology of war and read chilling first-person accounts from soldiers on the battlefields....
Full Sushwap language version. When Phyllis Webstad (nee Jack) turned six, she went to the residential school for the first time. On her first day at school, she wore a shiny orange shirt that her Granny had bought for her, but when she got to the school, it was taken away from her and never returned. This is the true story of Phyllis and her orange shirt. It is also the true story of Orange Shirt Day (an important day of remembrance for First Nations and non First Nations Canadians). Medicine...
Finalist for the 2011 Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction "On behalf of the Nova Scotia government, I sincerely apologize to Mrs. Viola Desmond’s family and to all African Nova Scotians for the racial discrimination she was subjected to by the justice system … We recognize today that the act for which Viola Desmond was arrested, was an act of courage, not an offence." -- Darrell Dexter, Premier of Nova Scotia, April 15, 2010 In Nova Scotia, in 1946, an usher in a movie theatre...
Fatty Legs (10th Anniversary Edition)
by Margaret Pokiak-Fenton and Christy Jordan-Fenton
The beloved story of an Inuvialuit girl standing up to the bullies of residential school, updated for a new generation of readers. Margaret Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton’s powerful story of residential school in the far North has been reissued to commemorate the memoir’s 10th anniversary with updates to the text, reflections on the book’s impact, and a bonus chapter from the acclaimed follow-up, A Stranger at Home. New content includes a foreword from Dr. Debbie Reese, noted Indigenous scholar and foun...
Quand Phyllis était une petite fille, elle avait hâte d’aller au pensionnat pour la première fois. Sa grand-mère lui a acheté un chandail orange éclatant qu’elle aimait et elle l’a porté pour aller à sa première journée d’école. Quand elle est arrivée à l’école, on lui a enlevé son chandail et on ne lui a jamais redonné. Ceci est l’histoire vraie de Phyllis Webstad et l’histoire de la Journée du chandail orange, qui pour tous les Canadiens est une journée pour réfléchir au traitement réservé aux...