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Hey Canada!
By Vivien Bowers. 2012
Gran has decided that she is taking nine-year-old Alice and eight-year-old Cal on a road trip across Canada. Using poems,…
silly songs, tweets and blogs, the trio records the trip for everyone to share. Starting in St. John’s Newfoundland, where they have a “find-it” list that includes a moose and an iceberg and going all the way to the Pacific Ocean, the gang offers a fun way to learn about vast, varied, and surprising Canada. Grades 2-4. c2012.Children and grandchildren will relive memories of their parents and grandparents as they read stories of love, humour and wisdom.…
Each tale will inspire them to make the most of the time they still have together and encourage them to seek deeper experiences. Grandparents will learn the value of their contributions and realize what an honoured position they hold within their circle of loved ones. 2002.Canada (The Outdoor travelers' guide)
By David Dunbar. 1991
An exploration of 37 parks across Canada, from the rugged peaks of the Canadian Rockies to the rolling hills of…
Nova Scotia. Includes details of outdoor activities, camping and transportation. (The outdoor traveler's guide)High latitudes: a northern journey
By Farley Mowat. 2002
In 1947, Farley Mowat traveled to the Canadian arctic, that vast part of Canada which most Canadians never come to…
know. Twenty years later, Mowat returned for the most extensive northern trip of his life. In this book, Mowat chronicles the 1966 trips. 2002.An acre of time: The Enduring Value Of Place
By Phil Jenkins. 1996
Jenkins traces the history of a single acre of land in Ottawa, from its geologic roots to the present day.…
He describes the native Canadians who lived there, the Europeans who later settled it, and the citizens who lived within its boundaries. 1996.Chasing Clayoquot: a wilderness almanac
By David Pitt-Brooke. 2004
Clayoquot Sound is one of the Earth's last primeval, untouched places. The author approaches this wild, magical place by taking…
the reader on twelve journeys, one for each month of the year. Each journey covers the outstanding natural event of that season: whale-watching in April, the shorebird migration in May, the salmon spawn in October. 2004.Hiking with ghosts: the Chilkoot Trail, then and now (Raincoast Journeys Ser.)
By Frances Backhouse. 1999
One century ago, the lure of gold led thousands to travel the Chilkoot Trail. The authors hike the arduous yet…
inspiring 53 km. route, now a popular destination for ambitious ecotourists. At the same time, they take a journey back in history, pausing to consider how the First Nations people used the trail before the gold rush. 1999.British Columbia almanac
By Mark Forsythe. 2000
A compendium of stories about life in British Columbia, compiled by the host of CBC Radio One's BC Almanac, Mark…
Forsythe. Included are gardening tips, recipes, favourite trails, information on BC's diverse flora and fauna, and stories from people around the province on what life is like in their area. 2000. Uniform title: Almanac (Radio program)Dad alone: how to rebuild your life and remain an involved father after divorce
By Phil Clavel. 2003
A guide to help men fulfill their role as fathers in the aftermath of a broken marriage. Helps dads deal…
with their feelings and situations, so that they may remain involved fathers following a divorce. 2003.By truck to the north: my Arctic adventure (Adventure travel books by Annick Press)
By Debora Pearson, Andy Turnbull, Chum McLeod. 1999
Bush telegraph: discovering the Pacific province
By Stephen Hume. 1999
Down home: notes of a Maritime son
By Harry Bruce. 1988
Harry Bruce, born in Toronto, returned to Nova Scotia where his family had lived since the 18th century. After residing…
there for 17 years, he believes that he finally has become a true Maritimer. In this book, he combines history, sociology, autobiography, cuisine, travelogue and etymology to describe and explain the people of the Maritimes. 1988.Deep breaths: the new mom's handbook to your baby's first year
By Michelle Pearson, Amanda Mulheron. 2018
Millennial moms: You've survived pregnancy, and now you have a newborn baby and you're entering your first year of newborn…
care. What's next? From what to expect as the pregnancy develops to the milestones within the first twelve months, Michelle knows that the journey will have highs, lows, and the occasional unexpected surprise on social media. 2018.Amateur hour: motherhood in essays and swear words
By Kimberly Harrington. 2018
Welcome to essayist Kimberly Harrington's poetic, hysterically funny (and occasionally just hysterical) world of motherhood, womanhood, and humanhood, not necessarily…
in that order. Harrington captures the emotions around parenthood, highlighting this time in the middle--midlife, the middle years of childhood, how women are stuck in the middle of so much. It's a place of elation, exhaustion, and time whipping past at warp speed. Finally, it's a quiet space to consider the girl you were, the mother you are, and the older woman you will one day be. 2018.Being a dad is weird: lessons in fatherhood from my family to yours
By Ben Falcone. 2017
Actor, writer, and director Ben Falcone shares a funny and intimate look at fatherhood, with stories about his own larger…
than life dad and how his experiences raising two daughters, with wife Melissa McCarthy, are colored by his childhood. 2017.Far and wide: bring that horizon to me
By Neil Peart. 2016
In May 2015, the veteran Canadian rock trio Rush embarked on their 40th anniversary tour, R40. It was a celebration…
and, perhaps, a farewell. But for Neil Peart, each tour is more than just a string of concerts, it's an opportunity to explore backroads near and far on his BMW motorcycle. In an intimate voice that has won the hearts of many readers, Peart carries the reader across North America and through memories of fifty years of playing drums. 2016.How to behave so your preschooler will, too! (Recorded Books development)
By Sal Severe. 2000
Acclaimed as the essential guide for parents of children between the ages of three and six, this work is based…
on Dr. Severe's philosophy that children's behaviour is often a reflection of their parents'. Each chapter teaches parents to adjust their own behaviour to better handle a host of critical issues such as fussing at bedtime, tantrums, sibling rivalry, toilet training, setting limits, and more. The focus is not on what is wrong, but on what parents can do right. 2000.Lenore Skenazy called down a firestorm of controversy when she wrote a newspaper column about letting her nine-year-old ride alone…
on the New York City subway. In this plainspoken take on modern parenting, Skenazy offers a commonsense approach to letting kids be kids. 2009.Heart of the raincoast: A Life Story
By Alexandra Morton. 1998
When whale researcher Alex Morton's husband drowned, she and her young son stayed on in the tiny community of Echo…
Bay, B.C. To earn a living, she worked for Billy Proctor as a seasick, greenhorn deckhand. In the process, she learned about his 50 years as a fisherman, and about the B.C. coastline. c1998.Grizzly Bear Mountain
By Jack Boudreau. 2000
Sequel to Crazy Man's Creek (DC23589), which was 2 years on the BC Bestsellers' list. Jack Boudreau grew up in…
a small town in the McGregor Mountains in B.C. Children did many things to amuse themselves and we follow Jack through his early encounters with grizzly bears, first as a hunter and later as a photographer. 2000.