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Bestselling memoir Fatty Legs for younger readers. Olemaun is eight and knows a lot of things. But she does not know how to read. Ignoring her father's warnings, she travels far from her Arctic home to the outsiders' school to learn. The nuns at the...

Fringing the Black Sea are a kaleidoscope of countries, some centuries old and others emerging only after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Through the stories of the people he meets there, Jens Muhling seeks to paint a picture of this cauldron of...

Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Illustration Award-winning artist Matt James takes the iconic song "Northwest Passage" by legendary Canadian songwriter and singer Stan Rogers and tells the dramatic story of the search for...

Finally, the premier children's resource on Canada is available in a fully revised paperback edition --- bringing up to date this bestselling treasury of information that has long been an essential book for schools, libraries and homes from coast to...

North American history unfolds in this graphic timeline that places US, Canadian and Mexican/Caribbean histories in the context of their continent. And a great context it is! From healers in the Aleutian islands in 10,000 BCE to the first to cultivate...

for SABar and piano This is a vibrant setting of a poem by George Parsons Lathrop that describes how music underpins all earthly life. An active piano part provides an energetic undercurrent to compelling vocal lines, with the voices beginning in unison...

The prominent contributors to this edited volume were asked to discuss neglected classic works in both Western and non-Western philosophy, and to make a case for their contemporary importance in an accessible and inviting way. The result - a successor to...

Nominee for the 2012 Silver Birch Express Award in the Ontario Library Association's Forest of Reading Program This lavishly illustrated book brings Gordon Lightfoot's heart-stirring song, "Canadian Railroad Trilogy," to readers young and old. The song...

The true story of Phyllis Webstad and her orange shirt that started the "Orange Shirt Day - Every Child Matters" movement. When Phyllis Webstad (nee Jack) turned six, she went to Residential School for the first time. On her first day at school, she...

What would medieval English literature look like if we viewed it through the lens of the compendium? In that case, John Trevisa might come into focus as the major author of the fourteenth century. Trevisa (d. 1402) made a career of translating big...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781391884Author H. E. MarshallFormat HardbackPage Count 402Imprint Benediction ClassicsPublisher Benediction ClassicsWeight(grams) 759gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781554533282Author Carlotta HackerFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Kids Can PressPublisher Kids Can Press

Drawing on extensive studies by pioneers such as George and Joy Adamson, this book analyses each type of big cat, from the critically endangered Siberian tiger, to the black panther.Book InformationISBN 9780747203858Author Barbara RogersFormat...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781600960055Author Brigham YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 410Imprint Temple Hill BooksPublisher Temple Hill BooksWeight(grams) 178g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781596876101Author Robin W BaileyFormat PaperbackPage Count 274Imprint Milk and Cookies PressPublisher ibooks Inc

In the midst of gangland activities during the Roaring Twenties, a thief plagued the New York City area by breaking into people's homes and stealing radios, possibly the costliest thing a family could own. Not only did the crimes deprive families of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780988652910Author Deborah Lapping DorseyFormat PaperbackImprint William DorseyPublisher William DorseyWeight(grams) 272g

Rough Riding: Tanya Stephens and the Power of Music to Transform Society is a groundbreaking collection of articles that explore the contribution of the cultural worker, feminist organic intellectual, and controversial reggae and dancehall artiste Tanya...