CLA Book of the Year for Children Award

A young teen begins rebuilding after living through a worst-case bullying scenario and struggling to come to terms with the horrible crime his brother has committed, in a novel by an award-winning author.

Sixteen-year-old Don Morgan and his friend Tuby Miller spend the winter hunting, trapping and living in the wild.

"This story is about Kristli Eby, a little Mennonite boy with blue eyes and copper-coloured hair..."

Mark and Giselle have many adventures in their search for the magical Sun Horse and for Giselle's father. Set on a ranch in the interior of British Columbia.

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Awasin, a Cree Indian boy, and Jamie, a Canadian orphan living with his uncle, the trapper Angus Macnair, are enchanted by the magic of the great Arctic wastes. They set out on an adventure that proves longer and more dangerous than they could have imagined. Drawing on his knowledge of the ways of the wilderness and the implacable northern elements, **Farley Mowat has created a memorable tale of daring and adventure.*--Amazon*** ***When first published in 1956, Lost in the Barrens won the Governor-General’s Award for Juvenile Literature, the Book-of-the-Year Medal of the Canadian Association of Children’s Librarians and the Boys’ Club of America Junior Book Award*** **Amazon reviewer: Melanie (Canada on June 24, 2018) 4 of 5 Stars A good book to read *TO* your kids.** My son read this as part of his **grade-5 group class assignment.** The story is fantastic and exciting, but I found it way too sophisticated for a boy of 10. The style of writing and the turns of phrase, winding and long-winded, made it hard to keep up. But he managed to get through it (barely...he's 10!).

Peter Thistle discovers a sea-battered boat containing two victims of the Devon men, murderous English sea captains known as the Fishing Admirals, who terrorize the Newfoundland coast in 1676.

History of the St. Lawrence, Gananoque, Brockville, Morristown, Clayton, Kingston, Wolfe Island, Cape Vincent and Cornelia.

The Incredible Journey (1961), by Scottish author Sheila Burnford, is a children's book first published by Hodder & Stoughton, which tells the story of three pets as they travel 300 miles (480 km) through the Canadian wilderness searching for their beloved masters. It depicts the suffering and stress of an arduous journey, together with the unwavering loyalty and courage of the three animals. The story is set in the northwestern part of Ontario, which has many lakes, rivers, and widely dispersed small farms and towns. **Awards** 1963 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award winner 1963 Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award winner 1963 American Library Association Aurianne Award winner 1964 International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) honour

Young Atlin must one day succeed his father Nit-gass, a great whaling chief of the Hotsath people. The boy trains for his role with the mixture of yearning and apprehension experienced by every youth racing toward adulthood - except that in Atlin's case, his whole community is depending on his success.

Grade level: 6, 7, 8, e, i.

A young Eskimo hunter fights for survival while stranded on an isolated and desolate island.

Raven's Cry is a Northwest Coast classic -- a moving and powerful work that is a fictionalized retelling of the near destruction of the Haida nation.

The Haida are a proud and cultured people, whose home is Haida Gwaii (the Queen Charlotte Islands) off the coast of northern British Columbia. Until the first Europeans arrived in 1775, the Haida were the lords of the coast. The meeting of cultures was a fateful one: the Europeans had the advantages of firearms and immunity to their own deadly diseases. In just 150 years, the Haida and their culture were pushed to the edge of extinction.

Christie Harris recreates this tale of tragedy and the ultimate survival of native spirit with dignity, beauty and ethnographic accuracy.

A fictionalized biography of John Cabot, the fifteenth-century Italian seaman, who, while on a commission for the English king, discovered the North American continent.

300 Songs, Rhymes And Games Of Canadian Children. Beautiful color images by Carlos Marchiori. Activities for just about any time of year, inside or outside, new ideas and old. The pictures and colors are very "modern" 60's. A classic children's music resource. Singing Games (Ring Games, Bridge Games, Line Games, Assorted Games). Skipping Rhymes and Games. Ball Bouncing Rhymes and Games. Clapping Games and Songs. Foot and Finger Play Games and Songs (Foot Play, Dandling Rhymes, Palm Tickles, Finger Play). Counting Out Rhymes and Songs. Taunts and Teases (Starting Rhymes, Teases). Tricks and Treats (Strange Stories). Silly Songs. Index of First Lines, Resources. Songs include: Farmer Brown; Fishy, fishy in the brook; Barbara and Tommy sittin' in a tree; Barley, varley, buckwheat, straw; As I went up the hoomp-me-shoomp; Andy Pandy; Boy Scout watch out; Chungi Mungi; Oh, I stuck my head in a skunk's hole; Girl Guide Girl Guide dressed in blue; Eskimo pie; Bluebells cockle-shells; Did you ever see a lassie?; Donald Duck is a one legged duck; Funny Bob Hope; Found a peanut; Helen had a steamboat, the steamboat had a bell; Here sits a mouse in her little housie; Hi Ricky Nelson how about a date; I had a little Teddy Bear his name was Tiny Tim; I'm a little acorn; It's raining, it's pouring; Jelly in a bowl; Johnny went over the sea; Little Peter Rabbit; My name is Yon Yonson; No bears out tonight; Number one touch your tongue; The monkey stamps his feet. And hundreds more songs and games.

Describes the three voyages to the New World made by a sixteenth-century French navigator.

Mary's father tells her she cannot keep a part-wolf puppy since the only animals kept by farming families in their remote part of northern British Columbia are those that work or provide food.

Philip and Linda, attempting to explore an ancient castle beneath the lake, become involved in another world of witches, evil forces, and Linda's own origins.

Used copy in very good condition.

Japan, like many other forest-dependent nations, has been facing difficult times: forest self-sufficiency is low; unplanted areas after harvesting are increasing; and forest industries and companies are losing international competitiveness in the global market.

***The delightful adventures of an ordinary boy condemned to the dreaded dungeon ''From which no brat returns!''*** Poor Jacob Two-Two. Not only must he say everything twice just to be heard over his four brothers and sisters, but when he inadvertently insults a grown up, he is exiled to Slimers' Isle - and soon finds himself the prisoner of the dreaded Hooded Fang. ***Although he's small, Jacob is not helpless, especially when The Infamous Two come to his aid.*** Selected by The New York Times as one of the Outstanding Books of the Year***--BackCover of the Bantam Skylark 6th printing edition, Feb '79***

Six legends of vanishing princesses and the tiny character, sometimes mouse, sometimes woman, who helps young people in many Northwest Coast Indian stories.

Sixty-four nonsense poems dealing with Inspector Dogbone, a bratty brother, a worm, the tiniest man in the washing machine, and other meaningful subjects.

**After their parents are killed in a car accident, two brothers, Michael and younger brother Brent, are split up. Michael, is sent to St. Albert, to live with his abusive uncle. After one too many acts of violence, Michael and his cousin, with no money, family, nor friends to support them, run away from their Newfoundland home and must use their wits to survive in the outside world.**

Two young boys, who have been sent into the Canadian interior to set up a fur-collecting station, are befriended by a Naskapi Indian family.

A poor violin-maker gives away a foundling bird, not realizing its rare and wonderful gifts.