Most Popular Books by Frieda Wishinsky

Billy Whitestone gets the assignment of a lifetime when his school paper sends him to interview Albert Einstein. But though the world-famous physicist loves children, he is also somewhat reluctant to be interviewed. How will Billy win him over?Using child-friendly language and stunning oil paintings to engage young readers, this fictionalized biography offers a vivid account of the life and times, struggles and accomplishments of Albert Einstein - who is revealed as a mischievous and sometimes temperamental student in his own right. Based on archival photographs, Jacques Lamontagne''s artwork draws readers into Einstein''s world, while a handy historical timeline accompanies the story.

In Beware, Pirates!, the debut title in the Canadian Flyer Adventures series, friends Matt and Emily discover the Canadian Flyer, a magical time-traveling sled, in Emily''s attic. The magic sled transports them back to the year 1577 where they find themselves aboard Martin Frobisher''s ship, The Aid. Adventure beckons, and Emily and Matt are happy to follow. Until, that is, they encounter a crew of pirates! Author Frieda Wishinsky weaves well-researched and accurate historical facts into her compelling, kid-friendly storytelling, while Dean Griffith''s evocative illustrations situate readers perfectly in place and time. At the end of their adventure, Emily and Matt share additional facts about pirate ships, Nunavut, and Martin Frobisher, and Wishinsky gives additional facts here too, in an informative Q&A format.

Since discovering the Canadian Flyer, a magical time-traveling sled, in Emily''s attic, Matt and Emily have outrun dinosaurs in the Alberta badlands, panned for gold in the Yukon, and seen the Silver Dart soar high in Nova Scotia''s skies. In Pioneer Kids, Emily and Matt arrive on the Canadian Prairies in 1910. They visit a one-room schoolhouse where they try to help a new friend deal with a classroom bully. But when a raging fire erupts, it''s Emily and Matt who need rescuing! In this, the sixth book in the popular Canadian Flyer Adventures series, author Frieda Wishinsky weaves well-researched and accurate historical facts into her compelling, kid-friendly storytelling, while Dean Griffith''s action-packed illustrations situate readers in place and time perfectly. At the end of their adventure Emily and Matt share additional facts about pioneer days, country schools, and prairie fires, and Wishinsky gives additional facts here too, in an informative Q&A format.

The time-travelling sled takes Emily and Matt to a remote area where they meet wildlife scientists who are stranded in a snow storm with a sick boy and are missing a dog from their sled team.

The items in a trunk left to her by Uncle Harold transport Lisa back in time where she meets Leif Eriksson, Marco Polo, Florence Nightingale, and other less famous, but equally courageous, people who also changed their worlds.

Join Emily and Matt as they travel back in time on the Canadian Flyer, an antique red sled, to see life in frontier times in Ontario.

Emily and Matt fly back in time to 1858 and help runaway slaves raft across the Niagara River in New York State to freedom in Canada, via the Underground Railroad.

Matt and Emily travel back in time to Winnipeg in 1914, where they help feminist leader Nellie McClung put on a play as part of her campaign against Premier Roblin for women''s right to vote in Canada.

Matt and Emily travel back in time on a magic sled and witness Alexander Graham Bell''s Silver Dart airplane fly for the first time.

Mabel learns to appreciate her name and, together with a good friend, finds a way to cope with critical classmates.

Qu''est-ce qui se cache sous les fissures du trottoir? Des monstres affreux? Un monde tout noir? Ou de drôles de bêtes gentilles comme tout qui rêvent de pouvoir jouer avec nous? À vous de le découvrir dans cet album sur le courage, l''aventure et l''amitié.

Emily and Matt travel back in time to 1917 during the Halifax explosion, where they must help a soldier find his lost little sister.

Transported back through time on the Canadian Flyer, an antique red sled, two children experience the past firsthand. They find themselves on a Viking expedition in the year 1001. Only the brave can sail with Vikings.

Matt and Emily travel back in time on a magic sled and witness the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Leveled reader that supports comprehensive literacy instruction and actively engages students in reading, writing, listening, and speaking. (Single Book)

"What are your favourite holidays? Read about how people in different countries celebrate their special holidays."--Page 4 of cover.