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Making Canada home: how immigrants shaped this country
By Susan Hughes. 2016
People from every single country in the world call Canada home. From the very first arrivals as long as 30,000…
years ago - the ancestors of Canada’s Aboriginal peoples - right up until today, people have settled in this country to build a better life. Chronicles the country’s major waves of immigration, from welcoming early European arrivals to becoming a modern-day safe haven for refugees, while also acknowledging times when Canada has not been especially welcoming. It explores how each period of immigration has shaped the laws, values, and face of Canada on the way to today’s multicultural society. Includes personal accounts, historic documents, memorabilia, and archival photographs, as well as maps, sidebars, a timeline, and a glossary. Grades 4-7. 2016.Going up!: Elisha Otis's trip to the top (Great idea series)
By Monica Kulling. 2012
Grace Hopper: queen of computer code
By Laurie Wallmark. 2017
Who was Grace Hopper? A software tester, workplace jester, cherished mentor, ace inventor, avid reader, naval leader--AND rule breaker, chance…
taker, and troublemaker. Grace Hopper coined the term “computer bug” and taught computers to “speak English.” Throughout her life, Hopper succeeded in doing what no one had ever done before. Delighting in difficult ideas and in defying expectations, the insatiably curious Hopper truly was “Amazing Grace”, and a role model for science- and math-minded girls and boys. With a wealth of witty quotes, and richly detailed illustrations, this book brings Hopper's incredible accomplishments to life. Grades K-3. 2017.From then to now: a short history of the world
By Christopher Moore. 2011
Fifty thousand years ago, our ancestors ventured off the African savannah and into the wider world. Now, our technology reaches…
far into the cosmos. How did we get where we are today? From Hammurabi to Henry Ford, from Incan couriers to the Internet, from the Taj Mahal to the Eiffel Tower, from Marco Polo to Martin Luther King, from Cleopatra to Catherine the Great, from boiled haggis to fried tarantulas - this is the story of humanity. Winner of the 2011 Governor General's Award for Children's Text. Grades 4-7. 2011.Adventures on the ancient Silk Road
By Priscilla Galloway, Dawn Hunter. 2009
Presents accounts of three explorers who journeyed on the Silk Road: Xuanzang, a seventh-century Buddhist pilgrim from China; Genghis Khan,…
the early-thirteenth-century Mongolian conqueror; and Marco Polo, the late-thirteenth-century Venetian merchant who traveled to the Chinese court. Includes cultural facts about places along the various routes. Some descriptions of violence. Grades 5-8. Winner of the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-fiction. 2009.Vivre avec un proche gravement malade
By Yves Quenneville, Natasha Dufour. 2008
"Apprendre quun proche est gravement malade est une des situations les plus difficiles qu'une personne puisse vivre dans sa vie.…
La peur de perdre l'être cher jumelée à celle de ne pas trouver les mots de réconfort et le soutien adéquat font soudain partie du quotidien. Pour aider ces personnes à accompagner leurs proches [...], Yves Quenneville et Natasha Dufour, médecin-psychiatres à lHôpital Notre-Dame du CHUM, ont conçu cet ouvrage qui se veut simple, soutenant et non directif. "Il est plus un compagnon qu'un guide qui rassure et aide à avoir confiance en ses moyens dans la délicate et difficile tâche d'accompagner dans sa maladie une personne qui nous tient à cœur", explique le Dr Quenneville." -- 4e de couv.Vivre: la psychologie du bonheur (Réponses)
By Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Léandre Bouffard. 2004
"Voici, enfin traduit en français, l'un des grands classiques de la psychologie du XXe siècle. Dès sa parution aux États-Unis,…
il y a plus de dix ans, le livre de Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi a été salué comme un ouvrage fondateur: pour la première fois, grâce à la méthode originale mise au point par son auteur, la question du bonheur recevait une réponse factuelle, dépassant les débats philosophiques. Que dit Csikszentmihalyi? Pour l'essentiel que les moments de joie et de satisfaction dans notre vie ne sont pas associés à de simples loisirs, mais à un certain état psychologique, caractérisé par un sentiment de fluidité mentale et d'intense concentration sur des tâches qui mobilisent toutes nos compétences. C'est à l'étude de cette expérience optimale, des moyens de l'atteindre et de la généraliser qu'est consacrée la majeure partie de Vivre. Car, comme le dit Csikszentmihalyi lui-même: Maîtriser son expérience intérieure, c'est devenir capable de choisir la qualité de ce que l'on veut vivre. Si ce n'est pas le bonheur, cela y ressemble." -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: Flow.With hope in their eyes: compelling stories of the Windrush generation (Unseen history)
By Vivienne Francis. 1998
The stories of the Windrush generation - Britain's first post-war immigrants from the Caribbean. These early pioneers, who came to…
Britain with high expectations, tell it like it really was, covering over fifty years of black presence in Britain.Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's super-soaking stream of inventions
By Chris Barton. 2016
A love for rockets, robots, inventions, and a mind for creativity began early in Lonnie Johnson's life. Growing up in…
a house full of brothers and sisters, persistence and a passion for problem solving became the cornerstone for a career as an engineer and his work with NASA. But it is his accidental invention of the Super Soaker water gun that has made his most memorable splash with kids and adults. Grades K-3. 2016.Alexander Mackenzie became the first person to cross the continent of North America north of Mexico in 1793. With a…
mix of wonderfully readable text, historical and contemporary photographs, maps and illustrations, author Derek Hayes offers fresh insight into what drove Mackenzie forward to undertake his dangerous quest for the Pacific Ocean, and how his daring secured Canada's legacy. 2001.Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13
By Helaine Becker. 2018
You've likely heard of the historic Apollo 13 [mission]. But do you know about the mathematical genius who made sure…
that Apollo 13 returned safely home? As a child, Katherine Johnson loved to count. She counted the steps on the road, the number of dishes and spoons she washed in the kitchen sink, everything! Boundless, curious, and excited by calculations, young Katherine longed to know as much as she could about math, about the universe. From Katherine's early beginnings as a gifted student to her heroic accomplishments as a prominent mathematician at NASA, this is the story of a groundbreaking American woman who not only calculated the course of moon landings but, in turn, saved lives and made enormous contributions to history. Grades K-3. 2018.Stick to your vision: how to get past the hurdles & haters to get where you want to be
By Maestro Fresh-Wes, Tamara Hendricks-Williams. 2010
Wes "Maestro" Williams has had to overcome many challenges in his life - some come from within, whether it's a…
fear of failure or low self-esteem, and some come from your circumstances. Wes shows you how to define your vision, how to achieve it, and what to do once you're there. He offers useful tips and advice, as well as inspirational stories and quotes, and exercises that will keep you moving towards your own vision. For junior and senior high readers. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2011, c2010.Jack Miner
By Kate Carman. 1981
Kent: our century by the people who lived it : a record of 100 years' history as reported by newspapers of the Kent Messenger Group (Unseen history)
By George Ward, Paul Francis, Brian Paine. 1999
This book chronicles many of the key moments and episodes in Kent's history over the last one hundred years, as…
witnessed and recorded by those who were there at the time. It is not simply a factual record of Kent's history over a century, it is a true story of those who lived through it.Smells of childhood: memories of Small Heath
By Mary M Donoghue. 1997
Donoghue captures all the senses of the neighbourhood where she grew up in this memoir. She explores her early life…
in the mid 1950's to early 1960's by focusing on the smells of the town where she grew up.Une brève histoire des mythes (Les Mythes revisités.)
By Karen Armstrong, Delphine Chevalier, Jean-Louis Chevalier. 2005
My River: Cleaning up the LaHave River
By Stella Bowles. 2018
Stella Bowles was a Grade 6 Nova Scotia student when she turned environmental activist to campaign against sewage pipes draining…
straight into the LaHave River. This is the inspirational first person account of Stella's Grade 6 science fair project which caught the eyes of the media, the public and government leaders propelling her into the limelight. Stella details her two and a half year fight to clean up the river, winning numerous awards for her environmental activism along the way. She succeeds in shaming three levels of government and rallying supporters into funding a $$15.7 million cleanup. Today, she continues to campaign for cleaner water and demonstrates to other children how to test water quality in their own backyards, and how to take action if they find their water is polluted too. Grades 3-6.Awesome minds: video game creators / (Awesome Minds Ser.)
By Alejandro Arbona. 2018
Did you know that Nintendo started in the mid-19th century as a playing card company and that the Japanese giant…
also sold rice and operated taxi cabs? And did you know that the very first video game was called Tennis for Two and was created by a US government scientist named William Higinbotham? Today, video games play a gigantic role in our culture and none of this would have been possible without people like Shigeru Miyamoto, the creative mastermind that turned a failed business venture into the game that eventually inspired him to build Donkey Kong and Mario Bros., or Donna Bailey, who created the arcade sensation video game Centipede. This book tells the stories of these amazing men and women who turned a small hobby into a multimillion-dollar industry that changed the way we play and interact, from our living rooms to the arcades, on our computers to our hand-held devices. Grades 4-7. 2018.Murder: And Other Essays
By David Richards. 2019
A thrilling, revelatory collection from one of the most provocative and original literary voices in Canada today.David Adams Richards is…
one of Canada's greatest writers, his place in the pantheon ensured by seventeen novels of consistent power and vision. He is also the author of four marvelous non-fiction ruminations on religious faith, hockey, hunting and fishing and their roles in his and the nation's identities. His loyal readers may feel they know him well. But they also know that this is a writer who never fails to surprise. This new collection of essays--his first in a quarter-century--is rich with revelations and insights, deepening our appreciation for this major talent and offering a provoking thought on every page. Murder is one of David's great subjects. In his novels, in the Russian classics he loves and in his life, murder has been a shaping force. The title of this volume refers to a suite of essays on the subject: a hitchhiker with whom David strikes up an unnerving philosophical debate; the killers of the Miramichi and their victims; Caligula; the villains of Russian literature; and, forever in David's mind as he examines this grim topic, the self-deception involved in the allure of evil. But in this wide-ranging collection there is much to delight in too: married love; family; travel; the beauty of the natural world; even Wayne Gretzky is invited to the party. David's principled outlook and spirituality inform his thinking throughout. And he draws many of his favourite writers into the discussion--from Tolstoy to Dostoevsky, Mary Shelley to Alden Nowlan--revelling in their work, as we do in David's, as sources of ideas, inspiration and sheer literary pleasure. As a considerable bonus, the book also contains at its midpoint a literary debut: a slim but substantial collection of David's poetry.Moon Mission: The Epic 400-Year Journey to Apollo 11
By Sigmund Brouwer. 2019
This riveting narrative told from the astronauts' points of view offers a unique approach to the story behind Apollo 11's…
successful --- though nearly disastrous --- 1969 moon landing. Readers are brought along on the ride of a lifetime, as they relive every step of the mission, including the nail-biting (and relatively unknown) crucial moments when it came close to failure. From ignition to moon walk to splashdown, the story is structured in eleven exciting episodes. And, setting this book apart, each episode is linked to the innovations and discoveries from the past four centuries that made it possible --- from Copernicus to Einstein, the sextant to Velcro. It's a new perspective on an epic journey, and the science, technology, engineering and math that set it in motion! Bestselling and award-winning author Sigmund Brouwer offers children an original look at the historic feat that captivated the world in July of 1969. The information is thoroughly researched and includes NASA-sourced photographs throughout. Highly readable and with a compelling modern graphic design, this engaging book is sure to generate interest among a broad range of readers. At the same time, it's teeming with math, engineering, science and technology lessons that give young readers the opportunity to make the connections between what they learn in school and awesome things that happened in the real world. There are strong curriculum links here, including earth and space systems, physical sciences, chemistry, math, engineering, technology and applied science, as well as history.