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By Brenda Bradshaw, Lauren Donaldson Bramley. 2004
By Beth Powning. 2005
Like many young women, Beth Powning faced decisions of whether and when to start a family. At age twenty-four she…
became pregnant, but eleven days past her due date, she delivered a perfect, stillborn son. In this exploration of motherhood and loss, we're taken on a powerful journey into the heart of grief and renewal. National Bestseller. 2005.By Joseph Bruchac. 2003
Told from the viewpoints of Pocahontas and John Smith, describes their lives in the context of the encounter between the…
Powhatan Indians and the English colonists of seventeenth-century Jamestown, Virginia. Grades 5-8. Some descriptions of violence. 2003.By James Bartleman. 2002
The memoirs of James Bartleman, Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, detailing his rise from poverty and discrimination to the top of the…
diplomatic and vice-regal life. Born in 1939, Bartleman grew up in a canvas tent and a series of uninsulated frame shacks around Port Carling, Ontario. An American millionaire on holiday in Muskoka paved the road to higher education and diplomacy. 2002.By Bonny Reichert. 2001
In a society that equates a sleeping baby with a good baby, night waking has become one of the most…
emotionally charged parenting issues. The author, a mother of two, reviews popular sleep-training techniques and the science of sleep cycles, explores the myths that surround night waking, and offers tips for coping. 2001.By Paul Kropp. 1998
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 Rachel Giese. 2018
What does it mean to be growing up male right now, when ideas about masculinity are in flux and power…
differences between the sexes are shifting? Award-winning Canadian journalist Rachel Giese connects with readers on both sides of the gender divide as she investigates how we can support boys to become their fullest and most honest selves. With empathy and insight, she tells stories of how boys from different races, classes and backgrounds are navigating the transition into manhood. Winner of the 2019 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. 2018.By Rudy Wiebe. 2008
Big Bear was a Plains Cree chief in Saskatchewan at a time when aboriginals were confronted with the disappearance of…
the buffalo and waves of European settlers that seemed destined to destroy the Indian way of life. In 1876 he refused to sign Treaty No. 6, until 1882, when his people were starving. Big Bear advocated negotiation over violence, but when the federal government refused to negotiate with aboriginal leaders, some of his followers killed 9 people at Frog Lake in 1885. Big Bear himself was arrested and imprisoned. 2008.By Joseph Bruchac. 1994
In the 1830s, parents in the Lakota Sioux tribe gave their children childhood names like Runny Nose and Hungry Mouth.…
Later when the child had grown and proven himself, he earned a new name. Returns Again named his boy Slow because he never did anything quickly. Slow hated his name and tried hard to earn a better one. At fourteen, Slow had a chance to show his bravery. Grades K-3. 1998, c1994.By Carl Honoré. 2008
When the impulse to give children the best of everything runs rampant, parents, schools, communities, and corporations unwittingly combine forces…
to create over-scheduled, over-stimulated, and overindulged kids. Rather than micromanaging every moment of children's lives, Honoré describes an emerging new movement that tries to find the balance between too much and too little. c2008.By Wab Kinew. 2015
When his father was given a diagnosis of terminal cancer, Winnipeg broadcaster and musician Wab Kinew decided to spend a…
year reconnecting with the accomplished but distant aboriginal man who’d raised him. “The Reason You Walk” spans that 2012 year, chronicling painful moments in the past and celebrating renewed hopes and dreams for the future. As Kinew revisits his own childhood in Winnipeg and on a reserve in Northern Ontario, he learns more about his father's traumatic childhood at residential school. Bestseller. Winner of the 2016 McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award. 2015.By Brigitte Racine. 2008
"Pour vivre en harmonie avec son enfant, il est primordial d'établir avec lui un solide lien d'attachement et de confiance.…
Lorsque l'enfant se sent aimé, valorisé et sécurisé, lorsqu'il constate qu'on croit en lui et qu'on partage des moments de plaisir avec lui, il a envie de collaborer et de vivre une relation où chacun est attentif aux besoins de l'autre. Il ne faut pas chercher plus loin, c'est aussi simple que ça, c'est un jeu d'enfant. Tel est l'essentiel de cet ouvrage sur la discipline, que parents et éducateurs ont tout intérêt à lire. De façon plus précise, l'auteur définit ce qu'il faut entendre par une discipline incitative. Faisant appel à des moyens concrets et efficaces, elle met en garde les parents contre les effets négatifs des punitons et des récompenses. Elle souligne, par contre, les bienfaits de l'action de réparation qui fait appel à ce que l'enfant a de meilleur en lui et qui favorise par le fait même l'harmonie familiale". -- 4e de couv.By Joe-Ann Benoit. 2005
Un ouvrage qui s'adresse principalement aux parents mais qui peut être très utile aux professionnels de l'éducation. Il permet d'analyser…
son propre style d'intervention et le rôle que chacun fait jouer aux récompenses matérielles ou morales, les mesures disciplinaires utilisées pour contrôler les règles de vie, etc.By Michael Schleifer, Cynthia Martiny, Nadia Tangorra. 2007
"Les enfants peuvent-ils parler des sentiments et des valeurs dès l'âge de 2 ans ? Bien sûr ! Mais qu'est-ce…
qu'un sentiment, une valeur, une valeur morale ? Qu'est-ce que l'empathie ? L'auteur nous invite à réfléchir tout en donnant des conseils pratiques sur la façon de développer un jugement sûr chez nos enfants. Ce livre s'adresse à tout éducateur - parent, grand-parent ou enseignant - qui, soucieux d'investir un temps de qualité auprès des jeunes enfants (qu'ils aient 1 mois ou 5 ans), souhaite leur inculquer des valeurs universelles telles que l'honnêteté, la politesse et la responsabilité. Au fil des exercices, contes et exemples contenus dans cet ouvrage, l'éducateur saura répondre de façon appropriée aux multiples interrogations de l'enfant. Il l'aidera à construire son autonomie morale et à accroître sa capacité de penser par lui-même." -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: Talking about feelings and values with children.By Marie-Paule Mordefroid. 2008
Tous les parents rêvent d'une famille unie et paisible. Or, depuis l' âge du non jusqu'à la fin de l'adolescence,…
les occasions de confrontation entre enfants et parents ne manquent pas. D'une certaine manière, tout concourt à susciter les conflits au sein des familles, à commencer par les différences que l'on y observe : différences d'âge, de tempérament, de perception, de sensibilité, de langage [...]. Ce livre est tissé de témoignages recueillis auprès de pères et mères de famille ou puisés dans la propre expérience de l'auteur, mère de cinq enfants. Il met en perspective ces situations conflictuelles et montre comment des issues deviennent possibles lorsque le parent ajuste ses attitudes éducatives pour que l'enfant grandisse. Pas de recettes , mais des invitations argumentées à l'écoute, au dialogue, à la négociation peut-être, dans le respect de l'autre et de soi-même : une école de clarté, de patience et de courage, dans un juste exercice de l'autorité. -- 4e de couv.By Joseph Messinger, Caroline Messinger. 2007
"Petits ou gros, comment déprogrammer les mots qui empoisonnent déjà l'avenir de votre enfant ? Comment traquer les tournures qui…
défigurent son image sociale ? Comment en finir avec ces expressions maudites qui gâcheront son existence d'adulte ? Apprendre à l'enfant à bien parler pour apprendre à bien penser, tel est l'objectif de ce livre, mais aussi lui permettre de maîtriser son discours et de l'adapter aux attentes de son entourage. Les mots ne peuvent pas tout mais ils peuvent beaucoup. Un livre de chevet pour tous les parents qui visent l'excellence pour leurs enfants." -- 4e de couv.By Herb Belcourt. 2006
Belcourt traces his ancestry directly to a French-Canadian voyageur and his Cree-Métis wife who lived in Ruperts Land after 1800.…
The eldest of ten children, Belcourt grew up in a small log home near Lac Ste. Anne during the Depression. When Belcourt left home at 15 to become a labourer in coal mines and sawmills, his father told him to save his money so he could work for himself, and over the next three decades, Belcourt began a number of small Alberta businesses that prospered and eventually enabled him to make significant contributions to the Métis community. 2006.By Ann Douglas. 2001
The sequel to "The mother of all pregnancy books." Contains chapters on preparing for the early weeks of parenthood, getting…
to know your new baby, coping with the most common new parent worries, and much more. 2001.These tales of bravery, courage, and decisive action in times of terrible conflict are the stories of heroes. Although the…
lives of the Native chiefs and famous Métis were often tinged with sadness and loss, they were also an inspiration. Jam-packed with adventures and battles, these tales ultimately tell of the negotiations, broken promises, and harsh realities of the changing face of the West. 2003.