Non-Fiction

Kaboom!

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Kaboom! by Gillian Richardson
Kaboom! by Gillian Richardson

Author: Gillian Richardson
Publisher:Annick Press, 2009

Find out about everything that explodes in this new release from Annick Press.

“…deserves to be read for general interest as well as educative purposes; it is truly a blast.”…Resource Links, December 2009.

“…an engrossing attention-getter, effectively tapping the sensationalism of all types of blasts.”…School Library Journal, 12/1/2009.

“Packed with information… Fun for browsing and useful for the odd report.”…Booklist 12/1/2009, Vol. 106 Issue 7, p57, 1p

A 2010 “Best Book For Children and Teens” in the nonfiction category from the Canadian Children’s Book Centre

Read a review in CM Magazine.

Download Kaboom Curriculum Links .

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The Canadian Shield Alphabet

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A Canadian Shield Alphabet, by Myrna Guymer

Author: Myrna Guymer
Illustrator: RoseMarie Condon
Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing, 2008
ISBN 978-1-894431-23-1 (hardcover) $24.95
ISBN 978-1-894431-28-6 (softcover) $14.95

A beautifully illustrated and informative children’s picture book, The Canadian Shield Alphabet is chock full of interesting and little-known facts that highlight, letter by letter, the vast regions of the Canadian Shield–a 4.8 million square mile area (almost half of Canada!)–and the people who live there.

Winner of the 2008 Canadian Science Writers Association Science in Society Journalism Award in the Children’s Book category.

Read a Review in CM Magazine

Order this book from Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing at:

74 Academy Park Road
Regina, SK S4S 4T7
Ph: 306-564-4957
FAx 306-569-7467

or Email: heather@yournicklesworth.com.

The Day I Became a Canadian

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The Day I Became a Canadian; a Citizenship Scrapbook, by Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet
The Day I Became a Canadian; a Citizenship Scrapbook, by Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet

Author: Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet
 Illustrator: Song Nan Zhang
Publisher: Tundra Books, 2000, re-released with a new cover in 2008

Nominated for the Diamond Willow Award in 2002 under its original title, From Far and Wide, a Canadian Citizenship Scrapbook.

Order from Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Chapters-Indigo.

Mystery Box in Keremeos

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Gillian Richardson at a reading of Kaboom! in Keremeos, B.C.
Gillian Richardson at a reading of Kaboom! in Keremeos, B.C.

In May 2009, Gillian did a 6-reading tour in libraries of the Okanagan valley in British Columbia. The photo shows her in Keremeos library, talking about her book Kaboom! Explosions of All Kinds, published by Annick Press in September 2009. The box contains three things that are described in the book: popcorn, volcanic rock and seed pods that have burst open.