Author: Dianne Young
Whitecap Books, 1999
ISBN 1-55110-955-7
OUT OF PRINT
“… some of us, not just the age group for whom this book was written, would have some difficulty saying exactly what distinguishes a rabbit from a hare, or an Asian elephant from an African elephant. Explaining (and illustrating with photgraphs) these differences is the task author Dianne Young has set herself. Extra information in coloured boxes add some sauce to the substance.”
Susan Perren, The Globe and Mail
Publisher: Thistledown Press
ISBN 978-1-77187-193-8
From Superman to James Bond, from childhood’s imaginings to life’s darkest moments, Paula Jane Remlinger explores identity and depression with humour and empathy. The collection moves from innocent beginnings to the starkness of the Canadian winter and its profound effects on the psyche. The final section expands into a playful juxtaposition of popular culture and an adult awareness of the inevitable cycles of life.
Winter on the prairies brings a sense of barren isolation, as well as an uncanny beauty. These poems explore the duality of winter — confinement in an infinite landscape, the hopeful longing for an out-of-reach spring. Paula Jane writes of the beginning and end of things, the balance between life and death, and the spaces we live between. With humour and elegance, these poems will speak to everyone who has felt the dark days of winter closing in, physically and metaphorically.
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Author: Anne Patton
Publisher: Coteau Books
In this third installment of the Barr Colony Adventures, Dorothy and her family are living in a sod hut on a homestead near what is now Lloydminster. They have crossed an ocean by ship, a continent by train, and a prairie by horse-drawn cart. But they have no idea how harsh a prairie winter can be. When Dorothy’s Dad goes to Edmonton to work for the winter and her brother Frank away in Battleford to buy supplies, Dorothy, Lydia and Mam must fend for themselves in the winter storm. If only their sod house wasn’t letting in so much of the cold…
Based on a true story, this book is a riveting ending to the Bolton family’s adventures on the Saskatchewan prairies.
The previous books in this series were Full Steam to Canada and Through Flood and Fire.
For more about Dorothy and her previous adventures, see the Barr Colony Adventures website.
Available now! For where to buy, see the Coteau Books website.
Author: Dianne Young
Illustrator: Brian Crane (creator of the Pickles comic strip)
Publisher: Baobab Press
When Nelson asks for a story, Grampa obliges. But it isn’t the story Nelson expects. Full of funny reversals and twists … who knows where this tale will lead?
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See more at Dianne’s website.
Congratulations to Judith Silverthorne, whose book Ghosts in the Garden has won a Gold Moonbeam Award in the Pre-teen Mystery category!
The Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards bring increased recognition to exemplary children’s books and their creators, and are dedicated to supporting childhood literacy and life-long reading.
Congratulations to Judith Silverthorne, whose book Convictions has just won a 2017 Gold Human Relations Indie Book award in the Pre-teen/Teen category!
Gold, Silver and Bronze medals are awarded in each category.
Ghosts in the Garden is the sequel to Judith’s first ghost book, Ghosts of Government House.
Sam and J.J. are back on the ghost-hunting trail, this time on the grounds around Regina’s historic Government House. Follow them as they go back in time to meet a mushroom gardener and two mysterious young women with a secret. Will they figure out what it means? And will they be able to get back to their own time to do something about it?
Find out more at https://judithsilverthorne.ca/home/ghost-series/ghosts-in-the-garden/.
Published by Coteau Books.
Winner of the Gold Moonbeam Award for Pre-Teen Mystery, 2018!
Available in print or Kindle e-book at Amazon.ca.
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Author: Gillian Richardson
Illustrator: Kim Rosen
Publisher: Annick Press
ISBN: 978-1-55451-875-3 (softcover), 978-1-55451-876-0 (hardcover)
Also available as an e-book!
People have always blazed trails across the land. They’ve followed them in search of power, riches, adventure, or simply a better life.
In these ten globe-spanning stories, you’ll walk beside the first people who crossed Beringia into America, and follow wild animals across the Serengeti migration route. You’ll navigate the cobbled network of British Roman roads and the engineering marvel of the Inca roads, which allowed empires to flourish. Meet the pioneers that raced for gold on the icy Chilcoot Trail, faithful pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago, Russian prisoners who built the trans-Siberian railway, and hopeful Americans flocking west on Route 66. If you dare, venture through the Khyber Pass and Ho Chi Minh Trail, pathways for wars and invasions.
Pack your bags for a surprising journey along the routes that have shaped our world today.
Read a 4* Review from CM.
As with its companions in the series, 10 Routes that Changed the World informs and also instils more wonder (and sometimes sorrow) at the world around us, and is indeed, as Richardson’s dedication hopes it would be, a book for those who blaze trails, and for the curious who follow them. Highly Recommended.
10 Plants that Shook the World, by Gillian Richardson
10 Rivers that Shaped the World, by Marilee Peters
10 Ships that Rocked the World, by Gillian Richardson
Saskatchewan Children's Writers' Round Robin 