| Flight from the Fortress Release Date: May 30, 2006| Age Level: 11 and up | Grade Level: 6 and up A Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice 2005Lyn Cook's newest book takes place during the second seige of the Fortress of Louisbourg, 1757. Like others of her books, the story began as a tribute to a beloved place, which Lyn Cook watched grow from a neglected pile of rubble to one of the most exciting living museums in Canada. The Fortress of Louisbourg was once the bustling gateway to a string of prosperous New World settlements. In 1713, it became the battleground in a winner-take-all war between French and Engli...
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| Jo's Journey (Orca Young Readers) Release Date: March 1, 2006| Grade Level: 3 and up...
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| French Colonies in America (We the People (Compass Point Books Hardcover)) Publication Date: September 1, 2008| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
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| The Kids Book of Great Canadian Women Publication Date: February 1, 2006| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
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| Manitoba (Exploring Canada Series) Publication Date: October 3, 2002| Age Level: 10 and up...
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| Dr. Kane of the Arctic Seas (Exploring the Frozen North) ...
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| Only in Canada!: From the Colossal to the Kooky (Wow Canada!) Publication Date: September 7, 2002| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
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| The Ojibway Dream Release Date: October 16, 1999| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up In a series of 21 paintings Shilling re-creates the faces of his Ojibway people – unforgettable for the suffering under the quietness, the courage, and dignity in the pain. He accompanies the art with a poetic text as compelling as the paintings – and writes of sleep and dreams and death, and of his use of color to fight off fear and darkness. ...
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| The Name of the Child Release Date: October 1, 2002| Grade Level: P and up When Lloyd is sent to the country to escape the flu epidemic, he faces fears far greater than any he has imagined. ...
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| Messenger Release Date: October 20, 2005| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up Born only a week after the tragic death of her father, Frances Chopp grows up believing that she was sent to earth as her father.s messenger to pull her mother out of her grief. And in the years that follow, Frances tries to make sense of the hard times that have struck her immigrant family, even as she struggles to understand the puzzle of her family.s past. Set in the mining and steel towns of Southern Ontario in the years between the wars, Messenger is a moving story of familial love and the determination to surv...
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| Exploring Northeastern America (Exploring the Americas) Publication Date: April 2003| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up...
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| Ghost Town Stories of BC (Amazing Stories (Heritage House)) Release Date: June 1, 2009 ...
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| Mon Pays a Feu Et a Sang: Genevieve Aubuchon, Au Temps de La Bataille Des Plaines Dabraham, Quebec, Nouvelle-France, 1759 (Cher Journal) (French Edition) Publication Date: January 1, 2010 ...
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| A Dog Came, Too Publication Date: February 2003| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up This charming true-life tale describes a historic journey and a dog's extraordinary faithfulness and tenacity. Based on the journals of Alexander Mackenzie's 1793 voyage across Canada to the Pacific Ocean, the story tracks "Our Dog," as he was known, and his determination never to let Mackenzie out of his sight. Our Dog swam next to the canoe, ran along riverbanks, and even climbed mountains. The dramatic narrative also portrays Native guides who helped Mackenzie and Our Dog reach their goal. Ann Blades's gorgeous w...
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| Lizzie's Storm (New Beginnings) Release Date: March 10, 2004| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
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| A Nation Is Born: World War I and Independence, 1910-1929 (How Canada Became Canada) ...
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| Flood Warning (Orca Echoes) Release Date: May 1, 2012| Grade Level: 2 and up...
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| Far West: The Story of British Columbia Publication Date: November 9, 2006| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up British Columbia's colourful story has been told many times, but until now no one has attempted to relate the chronicle specifically for young readers. From the gold rush to the Gumboot Navy and from "brideships" to W.A.C. Bennett, BC history comes alive in this highly illustrated and vivid account by award-winning writer and historian Daniel Francis.Starting with the story of BC's aboriginal people and their lives prior to the arrival of the Europeans, Far West recounts first contact with early explorers such as...
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| Olden Days Locket Release Date: January 1, 2002| Grade Level: 4 and up From the moment she first steps off the school bus, 12-year-old Jess is enthralled by Point Ellice House. Although the other students on the tour are just happy to have a day off from school, shy Jess feels she knows what is around every corner and behind every door of the beautifully preserved Victorian home. It's as if she has lived in those rooms before. Her repeated visits and her interest impress the guide in charge, who offers Jess a volunteer summer job. But although she loves sharing her growing knowledge of Point Ellice House, Jes...
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| Ellie's New Home (Orca Young Readers) Release Date: January 1, 1999| Grade Level: 3 and up...
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