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Catherine of Cannington Manor. By Shirley Harris
Description: After tragedy strikes her family in England, Catherine Hensen decides to explore a new life in Canada. While working as a governess for an Anglican reverend and his family, Catherine discovers the many challenges and joys of the Canadian prairies in the late 1800s. She grows to call Canada home, but her heart will forever be in two places – England and Canada.
ISBN: 978-1-927570-14-2; 6"w x 9"h; 272 pages © 2015; Ages 13 to Adult; Historical fiction; Saskatchewan; Manitoba; Romance; Saskatchewan author; Canadian. |
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Lena's Story: The D-Day Landings. By Patricia Sinclair
Description: D-Day – June 6, 1944 – was the biggest military invasion by sea that the world had ever seen, with thousands of ships and planes and 156,000 men. Its goal was to break through the enemy forces of Germany, Italy, Japan and other countries which had held Europe hostage for over four years. The Allied troops of Great Britain, the United States, Canada, and other countries were determined to free the people of Europe. Canadian soldiers landed at Juno Beach as part of Operation Overlord. They and their Allies broke through the Atlantic Wall, a region of the French coastline the enemy forces had covered with barbed wire, twisted metal rods, mines, cement bunkers and more.
Decades later, Lena tells the story of that historic battle to her young friend. ISBN 978-1-927570-46-3; 48 pages, 5.25”w x 7.5”h; 8 illustrations, Glossary, Appendices, Bibliography, Learning More resource list. © 2018; Ages 9 and up; Children's historical fiction; Second World War non-fiction; Canadian history; History - war; Education; Learning resources; Saskatchewan author; Canadian author. |
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Mistasinîy: Buffalo Rubbing Stone. By Mary Harelkin Bishop
Description: Danny lives on the family farm homesteaded by his great-grandparents. When his Grade 6 teacher assigns a Canadian heritage project, Danny finds out about his great-grandmother’s journal. She tells of breaking the land, and building and living in a sod house. She also tells of how the First Nations people in the area helped her and how she helped them after the buffalo disappeared and food became scarce. At school, Danny has been able to avoid close contact with the troublesome Zach, until now. The more Danny digs into his family’s history, the more he realizes that his and Zach’s pasts are complicated and connected. Illustrated by Heaven Starr. A companion novel to Seeds of Hope: A Prairie Story.
Awards/Honours: Honorable Mention, Young Adult, 2017 Hollywood Book Festival; Honourable Mention, Young Adult Fiction, 2017 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards. ISBN 978-1-927570-32-6; 5.25"w x 7.5"h; 184 pages; 9 illustrations © 2016; Ages 10 and up; Children's fiction; Reconciliation; Farming; Rural life; First Nations; Indigenous culture; Indigenous history; Co-operation; Education; Literacy; Learning resources; Saskatchewan author; Canadian. |
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Pure Baseball: The Carl Jaxsom Legend. By Ryan Thaddeus
Description: At the dawn of the 20th century, baseball has caught on like wildfire in the big cities. As 1904 is set to mark the second year of the modern-day World Series, one of the most heated rivalries in sports history begins to emerge. In order to defend their title, Boston needs to get past their future nemesis from New York. But as the season winds down to its final series, a myth is growing out of the very fibers of the American fabric itself. Fantastical rumors have been romanticizing an unknown hitter who is said to be batting one thousand! This is the story of that mythical slugger, Carl Jaxsom, a man playing in an age of the game that won’t allow his presence, told through the youthful eyes of a Boston grandfather recounting the tale to his grandson. Through it, an entire era in baseball and American history comes alive. Pure Baseball is a brief but richly satisfying work that every fan of the sport should experience.
ISBN 978-0-9940720-0-9; 5"w x 8"h; 64 pages; 7 photos © 2015; Ages 10 to Adult; Fiction; Baseball; American League; New York Giants; Boston Americans; World Series; Saskatchewan author; Canadian. |
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Special Offer: Two Free Books with Order! When you buy Pure Baseball: The Carl Jaxsom Legend, you'll receive a link to TWO FREE ONLINE BOOKS by author Ryan Thaddeus: White Fences, his next conspiracy fiction novel, as well as the short story, The Fox and The Hare, a tale inspired directly from Ryan's life growing up on the Saskatchewan prairie. |
Seeds of Hope: A Prairie Story. By Mary Harelkin Bishop
Description: Seeds of Hope is an award-winning novel from the best-selling author of the Tunnels of Moose Jaw Adventures including Next Stop – Chicago. Seeds of Hope tells the story of 10-year-old Danny, who loves the farm and the prairie and wants to be a farmer. Danny 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? This is a companion novel to Mistasinîy: Buffalo Rubbing Stone.
Awards/Honours: Finalist, Children's Literature, 2009 Saskatchewan Book Awards; Honourable Mention, Teenage/Young Adult, 2009 Nashville Book Festival; Honourable Mention, Teenage, 2008 London Book Festival ISBN 978-0-9810394-1-1; 5.25"w x 7.5"h; 176 pages; 10 illustrations © 2008; Ages 10 and Up; Children's fiction; Saskatchewan agriculture; Saskatchewan history; Education; Literacy; Bullying; Co-operation; Farm life; Rural life; Family farming; Education; Learning resources; Prairie Provinces; Saskatchewan author; Canadian. |
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Skye Bird and the Eagle Feather. By Mary Harelkin Bishop
Description: Skye Bird and her friends are beginning a new school year at a shiny new school that doesn’t look or feel at all welcoming or as cozy as their old school did. Skye’s brother is excited about joining the football team and making new friends, but Skye can’t seem to adapt to this new environment. Although Skye tries to be brave and encouraging for her young sister Cheyenne, this new school’s library doesn’t have the books Cheyenne wants to read about their culture and history, and Cheyenne is confused. Skye’s teacher doesn’t understand and isn’t even trying to get to know her. Skye’s classmates laugh at her. Worse yet, the only activity she really loves is powwow dancing, but there is no such thing at this school and her principal won’t even consider the idea! Skye can’t stop thinking about dancing powwow and starting a Culture Club and Drumming Group at her new school – but how could that happen? One night, an old woman comes to Skye in a vision. She’s carrying an eagle feather … and Skye learns what she must do to make things right.
Awards/Honours: Silver, Pre-teen Fiction, Historical / Cultural, 2018 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards; Best Books for Kids and Teens 2018, Junior & Intermediate Fiction, The Canadian Children's Book Centre. ISBN 978-0-9810393-9-5; 5.25"w x 7.5"h; 160 pages; 10 illustrations © 2017; Ages 10 and Up; Children's fiction; Indigenous Peoples; First Nations; Self-realization; Friendship; Family; Change; Determination; Reconciliation; Canadian History; Literacy; Education; Learning resources; Prairie Provinces; Saskatchewan author; Canadian. |
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