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By Lila Perl. 1983
By Pat Hancock, Lise Binette. 2004
Recueil regroupant des histoires de fantômes provenant de partout au Canada. Ces courts récits racontent des choses étonnantes et parfois…
effrayantes que des gens affirment avoir vues, entendues, ressenties ou senties. Il est toutefois permis de douter de la véracité de certains faits, relatés peut-être uniquement dans un but touristique. Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. 2004. Titre uniforme: Haunted Canada.By Judith Davidson. 1983
An introduction to the history and culture of Japan including a discussion of Japanese in the United States. Discusses Japanese…
legends, festivals, home life, schools, and sports. Grades 5-8. 1983. (Discovering our heritage)By Charles Dickens, Phil Viner, Jools Viner, John Lomas. 2006
From the moment Pip meets Magwitch in the graveyard this full-cast drama leaps into life, and over the three hours,…
examines the themes and historical and social background of the novel. The CD also explores Dicken's work and life and consider the alternative ending presented in the original serialization. The "all-in-one" guide also presents two sample essay questions with suggestion for essay plans and coursework. Junior and Senior High. 2006.By Pat Hancock. 2003
A collection of chilling true ghost stories, from all across Canada, to send shivers down your spine. From poltergeists who…
terrorize hunters in a remote cabin to a man who gets frightened to death in a graveyard - prepare yourself to be haunted! Grades 4-7. Bestseller. 2003.By Pat Hancock. 2005
Strange fires break out, serpents rise from the waves, and giant beasts lumber through the trees, Ghostly forms drift by…
and eerie discs lower silently from the sky. True tales of terror from all parts of Canada. Sequel to "Haunted Canada: true ghost stories" (DC27614). Descriptions of violence. Grades 4-7. 2005.By Jean Fritz. 1985
The author lived in China until she was 13 years old. In this book, she tells of her return to…
Hankou, her home town, four decades later. Companion volume to "Homesick : my own story" (DC06014). For junior and senior high readers. c1985.By Michael Norman, Beth Scott. 2004
Houses of evil, child ghosts, and poltergeists - they're all in this collection of true, unexplainable encounters from across Canada.…
From the haunted art gallery in Burnaby, B.C. to mysteries in the Maritimes, this is a grand tour of ghostly goings-on. Descriptions of violence. For Junior and Senior High readers. Bestseller 2005. 2004.By Phil Viner, Jools Viner, J. B Priestley, Gil Maine, Jonathan Lomas. 2006
Peel away the layers of Priestley's complex drama to appreciate this powerful warning play, wrapped up in the genre of…
a gripping detective story, to truly understand that "We don't live alone. We are members of one body". For senior high readers. 2006, c1945.By Barry Hines, Mike Reeves, Phil Viner, Jools Viner. 2006
Experience the gritty realism of Billy Casper's world, as he fights to escape the confines of life in a 1960's…
Yorkshire mining town by training and flying a hawk. Junior and senior high readers. 2006, c1968.By Kathleen Krull. 1999
Accounts of twelve visionaries--people who predict the future--presented in chronological order from the oracles of ancient Greece to twentieth-century figures.…
Covers the sibyls of Rome, Mayan astrologers, Nostradamus, Hildegard of Bingen, Leonardo da Vinci, Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, Nicholas Black Elk, Jeane Dixon, Edgar Cayce, and Marshall McLuhan. Grades 5-8. 1999.By Lyn Harrington. 1966
By Michel Peissel. 1967
An anthropologist and explorer describes his travels and experiences when he became the first foreigner ever to make an extended…
visit to Mustang, a tiny, independent land on the Nepal border, surrounded on three sides by Tibet. For junior and senior high readers. 1967.By Milton Meltzer. 1999
Examines witch-hunts around the world from medieval Europe to the present day. Reveals how innocent people become accused of imaginary…
crimes due to fear, ignorance, and mass hysteria. Includes the Salem witch trials, Shakespeare's witches, and twentieth-century examples of persecution. For junior high and older readers. c1999.By Pearl S Buck. 1966
Comparing the Japan she knew as a child with the Japan of today, the author discusses the changes which have…
occurred since World War II. Family life, sexual attitudes, the position of women, and traditions are some of the topics covered. For junior and senior high readers. 1966.By Terry Deary. 1997
A collection of allegedly true UFO-based stories. Among the stories featured are that of two people who were kidnapped and…
used in horrific experiments by hideous, lizard-eyed aliens. There is also the story of strange beings descending in a beam of light to rescue a girl and her father.By Rebecca Green, Elizabeth Suneby. 2018
When his mother is forced to cook indoors due to the monsoon season in Bangladesh, young Iqbal decides the school…
district's science fair is the perfect time to create a stove that doesn't produce smoke and harmful fumes. For grades 2-4. 2018By British Library Staff. 2017
Explores the British Library's Harry Potter: A History of Magic exhibit. Provides an overview of the Hogwarts curriculum, magical artifacts,…
unique creatures, and details of Diagon Alley. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 2017By Ellen Voelckers Mahoney. 2016
Recounts the life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948). Discusses how his work to promote nonviolence, peace, simplicity, and freedom connects…
to contemporary issues. Includes activities such as making Nan Khatai cookies, practicing anti-consumerism, and designing a vegetarian menu. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2016By Hal Johnson, Tim Sievert. 2019