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Science and technology, Reference, Dinosaurs, Ancient history, Animals and wildlife
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Guide provides information on nearly a hundred dinosaurs--what they ate (plants or meat), where they lived (from the Arctic to…
the jungle), ways they behaved (some climbed trees) and evolved, and even what color some of them were. Includes quick facts on hundreds of others. For grades 3-6. 2010
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Animals and wildlife, Dinosaurs, Nature
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A fun introduction to prehistoric creatures that are not dinosaurs, and why! Everyone knows what a dinosaur is, right? Well,…
maybe not. Dinosaurs are actually just one type of extinct animal from prehistoric times. So, what sets them apart? Here, readers are introduced to ten prehistoric animals. Each one looks like a dinosaur. But it's missing at least one key characteristic of all true dinosaurs. Animal by animal, each of those characteristics is added to a growing list, until, by the end of the book, readers know just what makes a dinosaur a dinosaur! A dinosaur by any other name is . . . not a dinosaur, of course!
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Science and technology, Dinosaurs, Physics
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Physicist examines the nature of dark matter in the universe and hypothesizes its role in the extinction of dinosaurs sixty-six…
million years ago. Explores scientific understandings of the universe, Milky Way, solar system, and conditions for a habitable Earth in the early twenty-first century. 2015
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Indigenous peoples in Canada, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Canadian biography
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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 school call her Margaret. They cut off her long hair and force her to do menial chores, but she remains undaunted. Her tenacity draws the attention of a black-cloaked nun who tries to break her spirit at every turn. But the young girl is more determined than ever to learn how to read. Based on the true story of Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, and complemented by stunning illustrations, When I Was Eight makes the bestselling Fatty Legs accessible to younger readers. Now they, too, can meet this remarkable girl who reminds us what power we hold when we can read.Available copies:
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Indigenous peoples biography, Indigenous peoples in Canada
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Il existe dans chaque famille des histoires qui laissent des traces pour des générations. Des micromythes qui ne sortent pas…
de la microcellule familiale. Qu'on entretient un peu comme... comme le feu d'un poêle à combustion lente : une bûche de temps en temps.Mononk Jules reconstitue le parcours de Jules Sioui, un Wendat qui a bousculé l'Histoire canadienne avant de sombrer dans un énorme trou de mémoire familial et historique. Dans sa tentative de comprendre comment s'écrit l'Histoire (ou comment elle ne s'écrit pas) l'auteur se retrouve, malgré lui, face à un colosse aux pieds d'argile. Comédien, dramaturge et marionnettiste, Jocelyn Sioui tire ici sur les petits et grands fils de l'histoire de cet énigmatique grand-oncle, héros autochtone du 20e siècle.
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Indigenous peoples history, Indigenous peoples in Canada, Essays
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Auassat – « les enfants », en innu – dévoile un chapitre ignoré de nos relations avec les Premières Nations,…
une histoire terrible qui explique les traumatismes transmis d’une génération à l’autre, jusqu’à aujourd’hui. Au début des années 1970, des enfants autochtones sont disparus après avoir été envoyés à l’hôpital pour y être soignés sans leurs parents. Certains, déclarés morts alors qu’ils ne l’étaient pas, ont été adoptés. Plusieurs ont perdu la vie sans que leurs proches en aient été avertis. Encore aujourd’hui, les familles cherchent ces enfants qui n’ont jamais été oubliés.
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Animals and wildlife, Science and technology, Ancient history, Dinosaurs
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Discusses the unusual features--giant beak, musical head, or wide muzzle--of eleven different dinosaurs and provides scientists' interpretations of the uses…
of these characteristics. Covers the 2006 discovery of a spiky skull that looked so nasty it was named Dracorex hogwartsia, meaning dragon king of Hogwarts. For grades K-3. 2008
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Animals and wildlife, General non-fiction, Dinosaurs
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In the pages of Wings, Horns, & Claws, readers will delight at many dinosaurs brought to life. Information about each dinosaur is presented. For preschool-grade 2
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United States history, Science and technology, Dinosaurs, Business biography
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When Diplodocus carnegii was unearthed from the Wyoming badlands in 1899, philanthropist Andrew Carnegie set out to display his prized…
dinosaur. This soon set off a public storm of interest for these incredible creatures around the world. Here is the intrigue, manipulation, rivalry, and skullduggery by which Andrew Carnegie obtained his dinosaur, and by which his opponents did their best to thwart him. For high school and adult readers
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Science and technology, Dinosaurs
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Rhythmic text follows a paleontologist and his crew as they dig, assemble and exhibit dinosaur bones. For preschool-grade 2
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Nature, Animals and wildlife, Science and technology, United States history, Dinosaurs
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In October 2010, a bulldozer operator working at the base of the Snowmass ski area in Colorado's Rocky Mountains uncovered…
the skeleton of a young female mammoth. Over the next 11 months, this location would yield a treasure trove of amazingly well-preserved ice age fossils - more than 5,000 bones of over 40 kinds of animals - and would change forever our understanding of alpine life in the ice age. The Snowmastodon Project's two lead scientists tell the dynamic story of this discovery and dig: the excitement, emotion, and the colorful cast of characters who made the project a success
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Indigenous peoples in Canada, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian politics and government, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Social issues
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The National Inquiry’s Final Report reveals that persistent and deliberate human and Indigenous rights violations and abuses are the root…
cause behind Canada’s staggering rates of violence against Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA people. The two volume report calls for transformative legal and social changes to resolve the crisis that has devastated Indigenous communities across the country.
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Indigenous peoples in Canada, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian politics and government, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Social issues
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The Final Report of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission and its six-year investigation of the residential school system for Aboriginal…
youth and the legacy of these schools. This report, the summary volume, includes the history of residential schools, the legacy of that school system, and the full text of the Commission's 94 recommendations for action to address that legacy. This report lays bare a part of Canada's history that until recently was little-known to most non-Aboriginal Canadians. The Commission discusses the logic of the colonization of Canada's territories, and why and how policy and practice developed to end the existence of distinct societies of Aboriginal peoples. Using brief excerpts from the powerful testimony heard from Survivors, this report documents the residential school system which forced children into institutions where they were forbidden to speak their language, required to discard their clothing in favour of institutional wear, given inadequate food, housed in inferior and fire-prone buildings, required to work when they should have been studying, and subjected to emotional, psychological and often physical abuse. In this setting, cruel punishments were all too common, as was sexual abuse. More than 30,000 Survivors have been compensated financially by the Government of Canada for their experiences in residential schools, but the legacy of this experience is ongoing today. This report explains the links to high rates of Aboriginal children being taken from their families, abuse of drugs and alcohol, and high rates of suicide. The report documents the drastic decline in the presence of Aboriginal languages, even as Survivors and others work to maintain their distinctive cultures, traditions, and governance. The report offers 94 calls to action on the part of governments, churches, public institutions and non-Aboriginal Canadians as a path to meaningful reconciliation of Canada today with Aboriginal citizens.
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Indigenous peoples in Canada, Canadian history
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[...] je ne peux m’empêcher de me demander si l’omission de révéler et d’enseigner les horreurs commises par les ancêtres…
des Américains et des Canadiens caucasiens contre les peuples des Premières Nations d’Amérique du Nord [...] est une dissimulation intentionnelle ou une indication que ces personnes gardent toujours à l’esprit la notion que la vie d’une personne des Premières Nations n’a aucune valeur. » - Extrait de l’épilogue, Daniel Paul Première traduction en français du célèbre livre de Daniel Paul, We were not the savages (Fernwood Publishing). Paru pour la première fois en 1993, ce premier livre d’historiographie autochtone en est à sa 3e édition, et incorpore les recherches continues de l’auteur. Il montre clairement que les horreurs de l’histoire continuent de hanter les Premières Nations aujourd’hui... mais aussi tous.tes les Canadien.nes.
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Nature, Dinosaurs
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In the history of life on this planet, 99.9 percent of all species have gone extinct. But a few have…
survived almost unchanged. Author Rebecca E. Hirsch introduces readers to six living fossils, including the chambered nautilus, the horseshoe crab with its sticky blue blood, and venomous platypuses that sting, as well as a comprehensive explanation of evolution and extinction for readers who may not be familiar with the terms yet. Readers will also discover a a spectacular timeline of the history of animal life on Earth. Dive into the stories of these incredible animals and find out how they help scientists piece together evolutionary history
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Indigenous peoples in Canada, Journals and memoirs, Indigenous peoples biography
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"Unreconciled is one hell of a good book. Jesse Wente’s narrative moves effortlessly from the personal to the historical to…
the contemporary. Very powerful, and a joy to read."—Thomas King, author of The Inconvenient Indian and SufferanceA prominent Indigenous voice uncovers the lies and myths that affect relations between white and Indigenous peoples and the power of narrative to emphasize truth over comfort.Part memoir and part manifesto, Unreconciled is a stirring call to arms to put truth over the flawed concept of reconciliation, and to build a new, respectful relationship between the nation of Canada and Indigenous peoples. Jesse Wente remembers the exact moment he realized that he was a certain kind of Indian--a stereotypical cartoon Indian. He was playing softball as a child when the opposing team began to war-whoop when he was at bat. It was just one of many incidents that formed Wente's understanding of what it means to be a modern Indigenous person in a society still overwhelmingly colonial in its attitudes and institutions. As the child of an American father and an Anishinaabe mother, Wente grew up in Toronto with frequent visits to the reserve where his maternal relations lived. By exploring his family's history, including his grandmother's experience in residential school, and citing his own frequent incidents of racial profiling by police who'd stop him on the streets, Wente unpacks the discrepancies between his personal identity and how non-Indigenous people view him. Wente analyzes and gives voice to the differences between Hollywood portrayals of Indigenous peoples and lived culture. Through the lens of art, pop culture, and personal stories, and with disarming humour, he links his love of baseball and movies to such issues as cultural appropriation, Indigenous representation and identity, and Indigenous narrative sovereignty. Indeed, he argues that storytelling in all its forms is one of Indigenous peoples' best weapons in the fight to reclaim their rightful place.Wente explores and exposes the lies that Canada tells itself, unravels "the two founding nations" myth, and insists that the notion of "reconciliation" is not a realistic path forward. Peace between First Nations and the state of Canada can't be recovered through reconciliation--because no such relationship ever existed.
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Science and technology, Dinosaurs
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Provides facts about a variety of dinosaurs that lived in different environments, based on fossil discoveries and research. Describes each…
dinosaur's anatomy, diet, and living conditions in the ocean, the sky, or on land. Discusses renowned fossil sites and technological advances in studying prehistoric remains. For grades 4-7. 2010
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Animals and wildlife, Science and technology, Nature, Dinosaurs
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Describes the different dinosaurs and how they vary in size. For grades K-3
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Science and technology, General non-fiction, Dinosaurs
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Discusses what scientists have learned from the 2007 discovery in Siberia of a frozen baby woolly mammoth given the name…
Lyuba. Explains how research on fossil tusks, teeth, and droppings reveals differences between mammoths, mastodons, and modern elephants. For grades 4-7. 2010
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Nature, Dinosaurs
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Discusses fossil evidence and scientific discoveries in Alaska, Canada, Siberia, Antarctica, Australia, New Zealand, and Patagonia showing that dinosaurs lived…
not just in warm, tropical places but also in the cold and seasonally dark environments of the polar circles. For grades 3-6. 2009