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The concubine's children: portrait of a family divided
By Denise Chong. 1994
Chong traces her family's history from China to Canada. Her grandfather left his wife and emigrated to Canada, accompanied by…
the concubine he bought in 1924. In Canada, they stinted and sacrificed to support his family in China. Chong tells of her grandparents and parents, and the visits she made to China to try to unite the strands of her family's past. Winner of the 1995 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. 1994.The boy in the moon: a father's search for his disabled son
By Ian Brown. 2009
Walker Brown was born with a genetic mutation so rare that perhaps 300 people around the world also live with…
it. Walker turned twelve in 2008, but he weighs only 54 pounds, is still in diapers, can't speak and needs to wear special cuffs on his arms so that he can't continually hit himself. Expanded from Brown's Globe and Mail series about Walker, he sets out to discover his son. Some strong language. Canada Reads 2012. 2009.Tales the elders told: Ojibway legends
By Basil Johnston. 1981
These legends, which include "Why birds go south in winter" and "The first butterflies", are an integral part of the…
spiritual and cultural heritage of the Ojibway people. For all ages.Stolen from our embrace: the abduction of First Nations children and the restoration of aboriginal communities
By Suzanne Fournier, Ernie Crey. 1997
Describes the treatment of aboriginal children in Canada who were taken to live in residential schools. The story is told…
using interviews and anecdotes shared by those who attended the schools. The current state of aboriginal affairs is also discussed. 1997.Shane (Degrassi ; #12)
By Susin Nielsen-Fernlund. 1989
After his girlfriend, Spike, becomes pregnant, 14-year-old Shane must prove to his parents that he is not irresponsible. But Shane's…
new sense of independence backfires, and before he knows it, he is in trouble again. For junior and senior high readers. (Degrassi Junior High). 1989.Stolen continents: the new world through Indian eyes since 1492
By Ronald Wright. 1992
Starlight tour: the last, lonely night of Neil Stonechild
By Susanne Reber, Rob Renaud. 2005
On a Saskatoon night in November 1990, seventeen-year-old Neil Stonechild disappeared, to be found dead in a field, his body…
frozen, three days later. The police investigation was cursory, but Neil's mother Stella refused to give up, as did witness Jason Roy, who had seen Neil, beaten and bleeding, in the back of a Saskatoon police cruiser the night he disappeared. It was only in January 2000, when two more men were found frozen to death, that the truth about Neil Stonechild's fate began to emerge. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2005.Shingwauk's vision: native residential schools in Canada
By J. R Miller. 1996
A comprehensive study of residential schools, the institutions where attendance by Native children was compulsory as recently as the 1960s.…
Former students have come forward in increasing numbers to describe the psychological and physical abuse they suffered in these schools, and many view the system as an experiment in cultural genocide. Miller explores all three players in the story: the government officials who authorized the schools, the missionaries who taught in them, and the students who attended them. Co-winner of the 1996 Saskatchewan Book Award for nonfiction. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 1996.Run, Madrina, run!
By Dorothy Wingrove. 1986
A middle-aged woman, suddenly in possession of considerable wealth, leaves her surly husband and safe Canadian home to search for…
her Salvadoran foster-child, Jonatan, about whom she has had premonitions of disaster. 1986.Reluctant genius: the passionate life and inventive mind of Alexander Graham Bell
By Charlotte Gray. 2006
Biography of Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), inventor of the telephone and champion of the deaf. Discusses his temperament; creativity; marriage…
to Mabel Hubbard, who was deaf; family life; and friendship with Helen Keller. Covers his many inventions, years living in Washington, D.C., and association with the National Geographic Society. 2006.Raisin wine: a boyhood in a different Muskoka
By James Bartleman. 2007
Recalls the boyhood years of Ontario's future lieutenant-governor, living in a dilapidated old house complete with outdoor toilet and coal…
oil-lamp lighting. As a half-breed kid, he was caught between two worlds. His Native mother's fight with depression flowed from that dilemma, while his father, a white, working class, guy who never had any money, made the best home brew in the village - and his specialty was raisin wine. 2007.Avec des yeux d'enfant: la poésie québécoise présentée aux enfants
By Henriette Major. 2000
Ce recueil réunit 124 poèmes de 72 auteurs de chez nous. Les textes sont répartis par thèmes : petites et…
grosses bêtes, arbres à poèmes, enfants et enfances... Années 4-7. 2000.Ding, dong!: facéties littéraires : 77 clins d'oeil à Raymond Queneau (Graffiti ; #29)
By Robert Soulières. 2005
" J'aimerais ça lire quelque chose d'exactement pareil à ça genre style comme. C'était tellement bon ! " Combien de…
fois ai-je entendu cette phrase lorsque je signais des milliers de livres dans les Salons du livre de Paris, Moscou, New York, Singapour, Sorel ? Combien de fois ? Ah ! Que ne ferait pas un écrivain pour plaire à ses lecteurs ! Alors, voici enfin votre chance ! Elle est entre vos mains, saisissez-la (ainsi que le livre en même temps !). Grâce à ce bouquin, vous avez l'occasion inouïe et extraordinaire de lire la même histoire et ce, 77 fois plutôt qu'une ! Une chance qui ne se répétera pas de sitôt. Quel festin ! Ça sent déjà le chocolat ! Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. 2005." Pierre Landry nous guide d'un pas alerte sur cette voie royale connue sous le nom de Chemin du Roy,…
de Beaumont à Notre-Dame-du-Portage, tous les sens en éveil pour y débusquer farfadets, loups-garous, feux-follets et autres démons qui ont marqué l'imaginaire de la population de la Côte-du-Sud et parmi lesquels les troupes de Wolfe sont assurément les plus inquiétantes. Les textes colligés par Pierre Landry nous font réaliser à quel point l'histoire de la Côte-du-Sud est empreinte de vives douleurs comme d'une noble résilience. En témoigne cet épisode dramatique entre tous qui a vu ces Irlandais exsangues venir déverser leurs derniers espoirs dans les mouroirs de Grosse-Île... " -- 4e de couv.La Poésie québécoise: des origines à nos jours
By Pierre Nepveu, Laurent Mailhot. 1986
Order in chaos (Templar trilogy. #3.)
By Jack Whyte. 2009
Friday the 13th of October, 1307. King Philip of France arrests every Templar in the country, with a few escaping…
and smuggling the Temple Treasure away. In Scotland and training for a return to France, the Templars realize that they can never go back and that their Order is doomed. Their leader, St. Clair, decides to lead his men away in search of the fabled land that lies beyond the Western Ocean. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex, and explicit descriptions of violence. Sequel to "Standard of honor" (DC35723). c2009. (Templar trilogy ; 3)Mises au jeu: les sports féminins à Montréal, 1919-1961
By Élise Detellier. 2015
" À Montréal au début du siècle dernier, des bourgeoises anglo-protestantes montaient à bicyclette, en dépit des diktats et des…
réticences de certains médecins craignant que cette activité puisse mener à l'orgasme. Les risques qu'encouraient les nouvelles sportives étaient multiples: attiser les passions de la chair, nuire à leur vertu, s'éloigner du foyer ou, pire, devenir masculines. Pour les Canadiennes françaises, l'accès au sport se fit plus tard, à la faveur de l'ouverture en 1919 de la Palestre nationale rue Cherrier. La toute-puissante Église catholique, avec ses idées bien arrêtées sur la vocation d'épouse et de mère, est-elle seule responsable de ce délai? Le nationalisme canadien-français qui imprégnait la Palestre nationale aurait-il freiné l'essor des sports féminins? Et parallèlement, la non-mixité au YWCA aura-t-elle permis aux anglophones d'exceller? Si le sport est le lieu par excellence où se définit l'identité masculine, la participation des femmes ne s'est pas faite sans heurts. Ce livre révèle l'histoire méconnue et foisonnante des sports féminins à Montréal durant la première moitié du 20e siècle. En plus d'analyser les discours des médecins, des professeur.e.s d'éducation physique, des clercs de l'Église catholique et des sportives, Mises au jeu fait revivre les pratiques d'une autre époque et nous fait découvrir des figures marquantes dont Myrtle Cook et Cécile Grenier. " -- 4e de couv.Once upon a time, long, long ago
By Henry Shykoff. 1999
A girl, Eevo, and her brother Sim live nearly 50,000 years ago in what is now the Middle East. When…
their parents go on a trip, they are cast out of their home cave by their tribe. Despite their young age and Sim's lameness, they learn to create fire, shape tools, tame wolves and survive. Nominated for the 2001 Silver Birch Award. Grades 4-7. Followed by "Just a Little Later With Eevo and Sim" (RC24291). 1999.Object of your love: stories
By Dorothy Speak. 1996
Exploring the nature of desire and betrayal, these stories describe the disappointments and reconciliation of women whose lives have been…
torn by the pain of adultery. Strong language, some descriptions of sex and some descriptions of violence. c1996.Élise Chapdelaine: une jeune femme à la belle époque : biographie romancée
By Marielle Denis. 1989
Élise Chapdelaine est née à Saint-Ours, sur le Richelieu, en 1878. Voici l'histoire de sa jeunesse : promenades à bicyclette,…
étés à la campagne, pique-niques sur le Mont-Royal, amours, c'est toute une époque qui revient à la vie, empreinte d'une telle douceur que l'on comprend pourquoi on l'a appelée la " Belle Époque ". 1989.