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Cream Money: Stories of Prairie People. Compiled and Edited By Deana J. Driver
Description: Selling milk and cream was an integral way of life on the Canadian Prairies in the early to mid-1900s. On many farms, the women were in charge of milking the cows, separating the cream from the milk, and selling that cream to neighbours and townspeople. The extra money earned was used to subsidize the family’s income, especially in years of poor crops. Cream money helped purchase groceries, fabric, farm supplies, and other items that could not be produced on the farm. While children cherished the occasional candy treat purchased with cream cheque money, everyone in the family enjoyed the everyday bounty of delicious foods cooked with homemade butter or slathered with rich, whipped cream. Cream Money honours this bygone era of Prairie farming, celebrating the work of farm families through true stories and poems of how cream money was earned and spent. A donation from Cream Money books sold will be made to Lung Association of Saskatchewan.
Awards/Honours: Shortlisted, One Book One Province, Saskatchewan 2017 ISBN: 978-1-927570-20-3; 6"w x 9"h; 144 pages; 65 photos. © 2015; Ages 13 to Adult; Non-fiction; Prairie authors; Canadian non-fiction; Biography; Prairie Provinces; Anecdotes; Farming; Rural life; History; Family life; Education; Canadian. Also available as an e-book from: Kobo, Amazon Kindle, Apple, iBooks, Nook, Copia, Gardners, Baker & Taylor, eSentral, Scribd, Flipkart, Oyster, Ciando, EBSCO, ePubDirect.
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Flight: Stories of Canadian Aviation, Vol. 1. By Deana J. Driver and Contributors
Description: Wartime bombings, engine failures, a rudimentary air traffic control tower, and flights with the Canadian Forces Snowbirds aerobatics team are among the engaging true stories in this fascinating first book of the Flight series.
In their own words or with the help of author Deana Driver or other Prairie writers, Western Canadian pilots and aviation enthusiasts share stories of adventure, assistance, humour, tragedy, and success in this salute to the Canadian aviation industry and its people. The people whose stories are told in Flight Vol. 1 include Second World War fighter pilots and bomber pilots, a pioneer smokejumper, flight instructors, Snowbirds aerobatic team members, private and commercial pilots, a flight attendant, and aircraft passengers. Flight, Vol. 1 includes 35 short stories plus an introduction – 22 stories and introduction written by Deana J. Driver and 13 stories written by eight other Prairie writers. 978-1927570-49-4; 6”x9”; 192 pages; 55 photos. © 2019; Ages 13 to Adult. Non-Fiction; Transportation; Aviation; Short stories; Anecdotes; Aviation history; Military; Canadian history; Prairie Provinces; Prairie authors. Buy both Flight Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 and save:
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Flight: Stories of Canadian Aviation, Vol. 2. By Deana J. Driver and Contributors
Description: Record-breaking flights, falling aircraft parts, errant passengers, and hijackings are among the fascinating true stories in this second volume of the Flight series. Northern rescues, animal obstacles, balloon and helicopter trips, early flight schools, and unique landing surfaces are also chronicled in Flight, Vol. 2.
In their own words or with the help of author Deana Driver or other writers, Canadian pilots and aviation enthusiasts share stories of first flights, aerial skills, adventures, joys, perils, assistance, humour, tragedy, and success in this salute to the Canadian aviation industry and its people. Flight, Vol. 2 includes 37 short stories plus an introduction – 14 stories and introduction written by Deana J. Driver and 23 stories written by 12 other Canadian writers. 978-1927570-50-0; 6”x9”; 192 pages; 62 photos. © 2019; Ages 13 to Adult. Non-Fiction; Transportation; Aviation; Short stories; Anecdotes; Aviation history; Military; Canadian history; Prairie Provinces; Canadian authors. Buy both Flight Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 and save:
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Forever Changed. By Cheri Helstrom
Description: Ritchie Scott grew up in the small prairie town of Alameda, Saskatchewan in the 1920s and Dirty Thirties. He was the youngest son of seven children born to Richard Herbert Scott, a well-established businessman and the first mayor of Alameda, and Myrtle Scott (McNaughton) of Wawanesa, Manitoba. Forever Changed, written by Ritchie’s daughter Cheri Helstrom, is told through Ritchie’s eyes, in Ritchie's words, taking the reader from rural Saskatchewan to the north, to eastern Canada (Toronto), across the Atlantic to Britain, to the battlefields of Italy during the Second World War, to an English military hospital and, finally, home to Canada.
The story centres on major, traumatic events in Ritchie’s life which led him to sign up for military duty when he was nineteen. The resulting post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) had far-reaching effects physically, emotionally, and socially. Forever Changed honours Ritchie’s life and times and celebrates his accomplishments. SK Curriculum: Grades 10-12 - ELA, History, Social Studies Awards/Honours: Runner-Up, Biography, 2016 Great Midwest Book Festival; Honorable Mention, Non-fiction, 2016 Hollywood Book Festival ISBN 978-1-927570-27-2; 5.5"w x 8.5"h; 128 pages; 30 photos © 2016; Ages 13 to Adult; Creative non-fiction; Canadian history; Second World War; Royal Canadian Legion; Biography; Prairies; Memoir; Saskatchewan author. |
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Gina's Wheels. Mary Harelkin Bishop. Illustrated by Diane L. Greenhorn
Description: What would it be like to spend your life in a wheelchair? After meeting Colette Bourgonje, one of Canada’s most accomplished Paralympic athletes, five-year-old Gina explores her own world from her version of a wheelchair. How will this affect Gina when she goes to kindergarten? Based on a true story; a real life Métis story. Includes facts about 10-time Saskatchewan Paralympian Colette Bourgonje. SK Curriculum: Grades K-2 - ELA, Health Studies, Social Studies Awards/Honours: Honourable Mention, Children's Books, 2014 Great Midwest Book Festival ISBN 978-1-927570-12-8; 32 pages; 12 illustrations; 4 photos; 8"w x 8"h. © 2014; Ages 2 to Adult; Children's creative non-fiction; Canadian Paralympics; Colette Bourgonje; Inspirational; Saskatchewan athlete; Sports; Paralympic cross-country sit-skiing; Acceptance; Tolerance; Inclusiveness; Education; Early readers; Saskatchewan author; Canadian. |
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Murphy Mondays: The First St. John Ambulance Therapy Dog in a Canadian Emergency Room. By Jane Smith. Illustrated by Wendi Nordell
Description: Murphy, an English Springer Spaniel, is the first St. John Ambulance Therapy Dog to visit an emergency room in all of Canada. The visits by Murphy and his handler, Jane, to the Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon Saskatchewan are enjoyed so much by hospital patients that Mondays have become known in the emergency room as “Murphy Mondays”. Jane and Murphy also love to teach children how to wash their hands properly. Singing "Happy Birthday to Murphy" is a fun way to learn.
SK Curriculum: Grades 3-5 - Health Education ISBN 978-1-927570-45-6; 8"w x 8"h; 36 pages; 10 illustrations, 13 photos; Discussion questions. © 2018; Ages 4 and up; Children's non-fiction; Animals, Dogs; Health care; Behaviour; Royal University Hospital Foundation; St. John Ambulance: Therapy dogs; Sociology; Saskatchewan author; Canadian. SK Curriculum: Grades 3-5, Health Education |
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Prairie Pilot: Lady Luck was on My Side; The Stories of Walter D. Williams. Compiled and edited by Deana J. Driver
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Description: The late Walter Williams, a ‘character’ and International Harvester dealer in Kerrobert, Saskatchewan, wrote 100 true short stories about his flying adventures in the 1950s. Walter wrote about some of his most helpful and humourous experiences flying a small plane to transport pregnant women, injured children, police officers, teachers, corpses, criminals and thrill-seekers to more than 75 communities in west central Saskatchewan and beyond, often ignoring bad weather and common sense in his efforts to help others. © 2008; Ages 12 to Adult; Non-fiction; Biography; Memoir; Transportation; Aviation; Rural life; Saskatchewan; Alberta; Prairie Provinces; Saskatchewan author; Canadian. Available only as an e-book. Available as an e-book from: Kobo, Amazon Kindle, Apple, iBooks, Nook, Copia, Gardners, Baker & Taylor, eSentral, Scribd, Flipkart, Oyster, Ciando, EBSCO, ePubDirect. |
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Rescued. By Janice Howden. Illustrated by Erika Folnovic
Description: Hawkeye, the Tibetan Terrier, was raised in a place where dogs are bred and sold for profit. He and his brother Freddie are forced to leave the “puppy mill” and head out into a large, unknown world. Although scared at first, they manage to find a place to sleep and enough food to eat, for awhile. Then one day, two men come to the park where Hawkeye and Freddie are hiding. The men are carrying a net and Freddie is caught and taken away. Hawkeye’s life will never be the same.
SK Curriculum: Grades 3-5 - ELA, Health Education, Social Studies Awards/Honours: Honourable Mention, Animals/Pets, 2017 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards; Runner-Up, Wild Card, 2017 Great Northwest Book Festival; Five Star Rating, Reader's Favorite Book Reviews and Award Contest 2017 ISBN 978-1-927570-31-9; 25"w x 7.5"h; 64 pages; 6 illustrations; 11 photos. © 2016; Children's creative non-fiction; Animal rescue; Animal protection; Education, Early reader; Humane society; SSPCA; Saskatchewan author; Canadian. |
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Running the Riders: My Decade as CEO of Canada's Team. By Jim Hopson with Darrell Davis
Description: The Saskatchewan Roughriders were mired in mediocrity, a decent football team that couldn’t advance to the Grey Cup as the franchise worked its way out of financial distress and tried to reconnect with its fan base. In 2004, offensive lineman-turned educator Jim Hopson was hopeful that the Roughriders directors would hire him as the team’s first full-time president and CEO. He believed that the team, with its incredible fan base, could become a successful business that consistently posted strong annual profits while playing in and winning multiple Grey Cups. And it happened. After a decade under Hopson’s leadership (2005 to 2015), the Roughriders became the Canadian Football League's strongest franchise, appearing in four Grey Cup games (winning twice) and selling more team merchandise than the other eight CFL franchises combined. They obliterated their debt and posted a record-setting profit after winning a hometown Grey Cup in 2013, which has been described as the biggest moment in the 105-year-old team’s history.
Hopson’s book, with the assistance of Darrell Davis (an author and long-time sports writer and Roughriders beat writer at the Regina Leader-Post), describes Hopson’s business plans, the resistance to change within the organization, the interplay with the fans of Rider Nation, difficult decisions made, and the euphoria of winning two league championships. An emotional man with a firm disposition, Jim Hopson describes the highs and lows that went along with the job and the path he took, professionally and personally, to the biggest office with the franchise known as “Canada’s Team." ISBN 978-1-927570-23-4; 6"w x 9"h; 224 pages; 68 photos. © 2015; Ages 15 to Adult; Non-fiction; Saskatchewan Roughriders; Sports; Canadian Football League; Prairie Provinces; Business; Leadership; Education; Saskatchewan teacher; Saskatchewan author; Canadian. Buy Running the Riders softcover book:
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The Inquiring Reporter. By Clay Stacey
Clay Stacey began his newspaper career on April 12, 1960 as an apprentice printer at his hometown paper, The Killarney Guide in southwestern Manitoba. From there, he worked in British Columbia (in Golden, Lillooet, Kamloops and Revelstoke) and Alberta (at the Calgary Albertan), then in Saskatchewan (with the Moose Jaw Times-Herald and Fort Qu’Appelle Times as editor and publisher of The Senior, with readers across Canada and beyond). In the early years of his career, Stacey typed his reports of rodeos, pranks, fist fights, fires, awards and celebrations on an old Underwood typewriter. With nothing more than a ‘nose for news’ and a refusal to be turned away, he uncovered several major stories over the course of his 50-year career and helped lead to changes in some political regimes and public policies. He has covered education, politics, parades and accidents, had guns pointed at him and a pie thrown in his face. Clay Stacey now shares some fascinating stories and behind-the-scenes details in his book.
© 2012; Ages 12 to Adult; Non-fiction; Biography; Memoir; Newspaper; Journalism; British Columbia; Saskatchewan; Alberta; Manitoba; Western Canada; Canadian. Available only as an e-book. Available as an e-book from: Kobo, Amazon Kindle, Apple, iBooks, Nook, Copia, Gardners, Baker & Taylor, eSentral, Scribd, Flipkart, Oyster, Ciando, EBSCO, ePubDirect. |
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The Little Coat: The Bob and Sue Elliott Story. By Alan J. Buick
Description: This award-winning national bestseller tells the true story of Bob Elliott, a 19-year-old Canadian tank commander, and Sussie Cretier, a 10-year-old Dutch girl who met during the Second World War. Sussie's family had run across a mine field, dodging German bullets to seek refuge with the Canadian soldiers. This feisty little girl quickly became a good-luck charm and beacon of hope for the weary Canadian troops.
On Christmas Day 1944, the Canadians honoured their little adopted soldier with a special Army-style coat they ordered from a local seamstress. Decades later, the relationship between Sussie (Sue) and Bob not only endured but flourished. As adults, they fell in love and Sue followed Bob back to Canada, bringing her beloved 'little coat’ with her. Due to author Alan Buick's interest in this amazing true story, Sue and Bob donated her special child's coat to the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, Ontario as a permanent reminder of this powerful tale of courage, hope and love. $4,500 from sales of The Little Coat has been donated to the Royal Canadian Legion Dominion Command Poppy Trust Fund. $1 from every book sold from 2013 forward is donated to the Canadian War Museum, the new home of the 'child's coat' in this inspiring war story turned love story. Awards/Honours: Honourable Mention, 2010 Hollywood Book Festival ISBN 978-0-9810394-3-5; 6"w x 9"h; 176 pages; 40 photos. © 2009. Second printing 2011. Ages 10 to Adult; Non-fiction; Canadian history; Second World War; Canadian hero; Dutch girl; Canadian Armed Forces; Netherlands; Inspirational non-fiction; Biography; Love story; Literacy; Canadian War Museum; Canadian wartime artifact; Sussie Cretier's coat; Royal Canadian Legion; Saskatchewan author; Canadian. Also available as an e-book from: Kobo, Amazon Kindle, Apple, iBooks, Nook, Copia, Gardners, Baker & Taylor, eSentral, Scribd, Flipkart, Oyster, Ciando, EBSCO, ePubDirect.
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The Sailor and the Christmas Trees. By Deana J. Driver. Illustrated by Catherine Folnovic
Description: John Hanlon of Brandon, Manitoba, served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. In late November 1944, the frigate he was stationed on was docked in St. John's, Newfoundland. John realized that they would likely be at sea on Christmas Day, so he decided that he and some other sailors should go up a nearby hill and cut down a few evergreen trees, then hide them in the ship until Christmas.
On Christmas morning 1944, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on their way back to Canada from England, John and his friends pulled out those trees and surprised their fellow shipmates with a hearty ‘Merry Christmas’ wish! They also shared this unexpected Christmas gift with some small English children on another ship in that convoy, who were being transported to safety in Canada. Decades later, John met one of the women who was a child on that ship, and they savoured the memory of that special Christmas Day. Includes biography of John Hanlon, facts of the ship's journey, and a glossary. A donation of $1 per book sold will be made to the Royal Canadian Legion Dominion Command Poppy Trust Fund. Awards/Honour: Winner, Children's category, 2015 Holiday Book Festival ISBN 978-1-927570-02-09; 6"w x 9"h; 48 pages; 14 illustrations; 9 photos. © 2012; Ages 8 and Up; Children's non-fiction; Second World War; Canadian history; Canadian sailor; Royal Canadian Navy; Royal Canadian Legion; Canadian war hero; Inspirational non-fiction; Early reader; Manitoba; Saskatchewan author; Canadian. |
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