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The Little Coat: The Bob and Sue Elliott Story

 by Alan J. Buick

Awarded Honourable Mention, Biography
2010 Hollywood Book Festival 
 recognizing books worthy of more attention in the film and movie industry

    This fascinating book chronicles the true story of a Canadian soldier from Alberta, a little Dutch girl who escaped the Nazis and the special coat that drew them together. Bob Elliott was only 15 when he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Army in Calgary. He fought at battles including Juno Beach, Walcheren Island and the Battle of the Scheldt. Little Sussie Cretier had once defied a German officer to save her father's life. Nothing could keep her from getting close to these brave men who had saved her family and her country.

 Saskatchewan author Alan J. Buick, a Legion member in Pense, Saskatchewan, has been unravelling the story of The Little Coat for several years, since he first noticed the little coat hanging in the Royal Canadian Legion in Olds, Alberta. Buick’s interest in this aged garment and its significance to Canadian history encouraged Bob and Sue Elliott, both members of the Olds Legion, to donate the coat to the Canadian War Museum. Buick began writing The Little Coat to educate Canadians and people around the world about the horrific events, accomplishments, heroes and everyday characters of the Second World War.

ISBN 978-0-9810394-3-5  176 pages/ 40 photos
Canada and U.S. - $19.95 + 5% GST
Worldwide - $24.95 + 5% GST

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$2,000 from The Little Coat books sold has been donated to the Royal Canadian Legion 
Dominion Command Poppy Trust to support their programs

          Author Alan J. Buick at the launch for 
The Little Coat, Olds, AB     

PRAIRIE PILOT: LADY LUCK WAS ON MY SIDE

THE STORIES OF WALTER D. WILLIAMS

Compiled and Edited by Deana J. Driver

  Prairie Pilot contains 100 short stories written by the late Walter Williams, a ‘character’ and former resident of Kerrobert, SK. Walter owned an International Harvester dealership, loved to fly his small Aeronca Chief airplane and loved to help people. Prairie Pilot chronicles some of Walter Williams’ more hair-raising, humourous and helpful experiences from 1946 to 1963 when he acted as a flying taxi service for numerous patients, teachers, physicians, police officers, criminals, friends and thrill-seekers across west central Saskatchewan and into Alberta and Manitoba.

             "As a pilot, I enjoyed the stories, but I constantly shook my head in disbelief 
               at the foolish antics Williams undertook in the interests of helping people.
                   He died of a heart attack at age 68. He is lucky he did not die earlier  
                                     in a plane crash."                -  Country Guide

ISBN 978-0-9810394-2-8    240 pages/51 photos
$21.95 + 5% GST

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In honour of Walter Williams, a donation of $1,500 from Prairie Pilot books sold 
has been made to a health care charity in west central Saskatchewan.


                                                 Editor/publisher Deana Driver at the 
Prairie Pilot book launch, Saskatoon, SK. 

 

  Never Give Up: Ted Jaleta's Inspiring Story
   by Deana J. Driver

 Honourable Mention, Biography/Autobiography, Hollywood Book Festival 2007
 Finalist, Reader's Choice, Saskatchewan Book Awards 2007
Finalist, Publishing in Education, Saskatchewan Book Awards 2007

   Never Give Up is an inspirational non-fiction story of courage, determination and hope. It transports readers from the hills of Africa to Canada and the U.S. through the journey of Ted Jaleta: student, runner, prisoner, refugee, immigrant, world-class athlete, coach and leader.

"We can all learn from Ted's inspiring, remarkable story. I am privileged to have been 
the one to write Ted's story and I am pleased that Never Give Up has been honoured with these awards."         
                                                      - Deana Driver

Readers have said: "Ted's life story is fascinating and you have so eloquently captured the details of Ted's determination and success."
"This is the kind of book you don't want to put down. You want to see what happens next."     

     
 ISBN: 978-0-9781341-0-5    176 pages/49 photos    $19.95 + 5% GST

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More than $4,500 from Never Give Up books sold has been donated to support 
the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation
You are invited to make your own donation at www.cbcf.org 

                             

                              
                                                 Author Deana Driver and Ted Jaleta 
at a Never Give Up book signing

Never Give Up: Ted Jaleta's Inspiring Story
Teacher Workbook

    The Never Give Up Teacher Workbook has been created to accompany the award-winning motivational biography Never Give Up: Ted Jaleta's Inspiring Story. Created by Tracy Jones (Bourne) with additions and editing by Deana Driver, the 97-page downloadable Teacher Workbook, in a handy 8.5 x 11-inch-page, downloadable pdf format, assists students in studying the contents of Never Give Up one chapter at a time from either an English or Social Studies perspective and includes answer pages for ease of instruction.

     The book Never Give Up: Ted Jaleta's Inspiring Story has been approved by Alberta Education for use in its Grade 10 to 12 Social Studies curriculum and is being studied in elementary and high schools in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and elsewhere. English, Social Studies and English as a Second Language classes in particular are enjoying reading and learning from Ted Jaleta's fascinating story. Ted's focus on education, setting goals and working hard towards individual dreams has encouraged readers of all ages.

  Buy the Never Give Up Teacher Workbook $14.95 + 5% GST

Moving Forward

THE JOURNEY OF PARALYMPIAN COLETTE BOURGONJE

By Mary Harelkin Bishop

   In June 1980, with her high school graduation just around the corner, Colette Bourgonje was a small-town girl with big dreams. She had already recorded great successes in track and field, basketball, volleyball and badminton and was on the road to becoming a world-class athlete. Then a car accident changed her life – forever.
     Colette did not let her new circumstances as a paraplegic stand in her way. She became the first disabled student to graduate from the College of Physical Education at the University of Saskatchewan and she competed in her first Paralympic Games at age 30. Now, 18 years later, she has became one of Canada's most successful disabled athletes. As a teacher and world-class athlete, Colette Bourgonje is a role model and an inspiration. Her most recent challenge was the 2010 Paralympic Games. She made Canadian history by winning the first medal by a Canadian Paralympian on Canadian soil, and received the final medal of the Games, a special gold medal awarded to the female athlete who most embodies the spirit of the Games.

$1 from every Moving Forward book sold will be donated to support Canadian Paralympic athletes 

ISBN 978-0-9810394-4-2       176 pages/ 40 photos
Canada and U.S. - $16.95 + 5% GST

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                                Author Mary Harelkin Bishop with Colette Bourgonje at the Sask Pavilion in Whistler, B.C. 
during the 2010 Paralympic Games

 


 

Seeds of Hope: A Prairie Story

By Mary Harelkin Bishop      

 Finalist, Children's Literature, Saskatchewan Book Awards 2009
     Honourable Mention, Teen/Young Adult, Nashville Book Festival 2009
                     Honourable Mention, Teenage, London Book Festival 2008

   Danny loves the farm and the prairie. He loves the open spaces and wants to be a farmer. He wishes the town bully would just leave him alone, though. Not only that but Papa and Grandpa are talking about selling and moving away. Danny is worried. Are things that bad on the farm? What if Papa decides to sell? What will happen to Danny and his family?

   Seeds of Hope is the latest novel for the young and young at heart, from the best-selling author of
the Tunnels of Moose Jaw Adventures, including Next Stop – Chicago.

Published by DriverWorks Ink and Emmbee Ink
ISBN 978-0-9810394-1-1        176 pages
$10.95 + GST

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                                                Author Mary Harelkin Bishop at the 
Seeds of Hope book launch, Saskatoon, SK

My Zayde and Other Memories of Growing Up Jewish

by Ricki Segal

   Through her entertaining short stories and  heartwarming poems, author Ricki Segal celebrates the caring and peculiar ways of her Jewish Canadian family through the generations. From her own hilarious growing-up incidents in Winnipeg, MB, with mistletoe and tampons to her Zayde (Grandfather) Louis Lazar’s unorthodox practice of relieving himself on the front lawn, My Zayde and Other Memories of Growing Up Jewish will make you laugh, cry and think about your own quirky loved ones.

ISBN 978-0-9810394-0-4       104 pages/48 photos
$16.95 + 5% GST

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$2 from every My Zayde book sold will be donated to 
The Alzheimer Society of Canada
 You may make an additional donation to the Alzheimer Society 

 

Author Ricki Segal at the 
My Zayde book launch, Winnipeg, MB.  

 

 

Just a Bunch of Farmers: The Story of Weyburn Inland Terminal  1976-2001
   by Deana Driver

          Just a Bunch of Farmers is a story of entrepreneurship and perseverance. Tired of politicians and bureaucrats determining their fate, a group of southeastern Saskatchewan farmers took matters into their own hands in 1975 and, despite opposition and some near disasters, built a unique innovative grain-handling facility to improve their own future. The book outlines some of the turmoil surrounding the Weyburn Inland Terminal (W.I.T.) over its first 25 years, including a construction lien, contract disputes and a major split in the founding fathers in 1998.

     Weyburn Inland Terminal Ltd. was the first inland grain terminal in Canada to be completely owned and operated by farmers. It amassed an impressive list of 14 ‘firsts’ in its first quarter century, including being the first in Canada to do protein testing, cleaning and drying of grain on the Prairies as well as the first in Canada to build grain condominiums to use as farmer-owned storage units. WIT was the first to pay farmers for the refuse in their grain and the first to win the Canadian Wheat Board ‘Quality First’ award for excellence in grain-handling.

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Readers have said:  "I really like the way you let the people tell the story in their own words."
"I couldn't put it down. I read all night."
"I didn't know they were in that much trouble in those early years."

ISBN: 0-9689930-0-1        208 pages/130 photos
 $15.95 + 5% GST 

  

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