Congratulations to Gillian Richardson, whose book 10 Plants that Shook the World has won a Eureka! Nonfiction Award from the California Reading Association.
“10 Plants” wins Eureka! award
Authors
10 Plants that Shook the World
Author: Gillian Richardson
Illustrator: Kim Rosen
Publisher: Annick Press
Release Date: February 26, 2013
Plants are all around us, but if you dig a little deeper, they have some amazing stories to tell! Would you believe some plants have even played a dramatic role in world history?
Gillian Richardson’s new book will open your eyes to the world-changing effects of “ordinary” plants like chocolate, tea, sugarcane, cotton, potatoes and corn, and unusual ones like rubber, cinchona, and papyrus. Learn how plants have inspired research and new products, opened up paths to profits for businesses and smugglers alike, saved lives, led to trouble for people who grow them, started a war, and made it possible for you to read this book.
Download 10 Plants Curriculum Links .
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Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet receives Queen’s Jubilee Medal
Congratulations to Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet and her husband Ken, who both received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in a ceremony at Government House in Regina.
They were among 33 Saskatchewan recipients who were chosen because they made a significant contribution to their fellow man, their community, or their country.
Jo is best known for writing A Prairie Alphabet, a best-selling picture book illustrated by Yvette Moore. The book showcases Saskatchewan farm life and has received many honours and awards since it was first published in 1993.
See a photo of Jo and Ken and three other Weyburn area recipients at discoverweyburn.com .
Prairie Alphabet in Saskatchewan Time Capsule
A Prairie Alphabet, the bestselling and much-loved book written by Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet and illustrated by Yvette Moore, will be read again a hundred years from now!
The book was recently chosen to be placed inside the new time capsule at the Saskatchewan Legislative Building. The Legislature is one hundred years old, and a time capsule buried when it was built was unearthed in October 2012. The new time capsule will be buried sometime later this fall, once all the articles have been collected and properly prepared to last a century.
Jo and Yvette were on hand for a ceremony at the Legislature on October 11, 2012.
You can read more in an article in Weyburn This Week.
Ghosts of Government House book trailer
Join author Judith Silverthorne has she takes us on a short tour of the historic Government House in Regina, Saskatchewan Canada. As she reads from her book, Ghosts of Government House, two young girls explore the haunted house to see if the ghosts really do roam the halls and bedrooms of this enchanted old mansion.
Video trailers of Willow Award nominees 2012
A Swift Current teacher has put together a video showcasing all 10 books nominated for the 2012 Willow Awards. Included are Anne Patton‘s Full Steam to Canada! and Judith Silverthorne‘s Ghosts of Government House.
Crossings
Author: Alison Lohans
Crossings is the sequel to Alison’s novel Collapse of the Veil. Together, they make the Passage Through Time Series.
In the first book, Katie, her infant son Tyler, and her friend Lorne traveled a thousand years into the future to a desolate world still recovering from a catastrophe caused by a hole in the ozone layer. They meet Iannick, a young seer with uncertain powers, and learn that baby Tyler is the long-awaited baby described in a prophecy. Somehow Iannick expects them to save his world and its struggling inhabitants.
In the sequel, Kate, Tyler and Lorne must convince people at home that they are not crazy, while navigating their own confusing world of romantic attachments and the future world’s challenges of living without technology. If they can succeed, they just might be able to save the people they’ve come to love and cherish in the future and in the present.
You can purchase Crossings from Alison.
Adele Dueck’s Racing Home now available as Google Play ebook
Looking for a good e-book for young teens? Now you can read Adele Dueck’s award winning novel, Racing Home, on Google Play. Check it out!
Saskatchewan Children's Writers' Round Robin 