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Author: Celia Barker Lottridge
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Total Pages: 144
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1915 eleven-year-old Sam and his father arrive in an undeveloped part of western Canada and begin to plan a new farm for the family waiting back in Iowa.
Author: Celia Barker Lottridge
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd
Published: 2014-01-09
Total Pages: 173
ISBN-13: 1554984629
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWinner of the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year Award and the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People It is 1915, and Sam Ferrier and his father arrive by train in Curlew, Alberta, to build a new home for the family. When they finally reach their parcel of land, Sam can see nothing but endless stretches of grassland and blue sky. It is nothing like their old home in Iowa, and he wonders why his restless father ever decided to bring the family to this lonely, barren land. In time, though, the house is built, and the rest of the family joins them. Gradually Sam discovers that there is much more to the flat and featureless prairie than he realized -- gleaming white skulls, torrential thunderstorms and, best of all, a new friend and a brave, resourceful horse named Prince.
Author: Celia Barker Lottridge
Publisher: Groundwood Books
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780888993465
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Years have passed since the Ferriers moved to Curlew and built a homestead in the Alberta prairie. Eleven-year-old Josie is glad when a new girl her age moves to the area - someone to go to school with, explore an abandoned house and dream about the future. A sequel to the award-winning 'Ticket to Curlew'" Cf. Our choice, 1997-1998
Author: Connie Brummel Crook
Publisher: Pajama Press Inc.
Published: 2012-02-15
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 0986949574
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Acts of Courage, Connie Brummel Crook dramatizes the life of one of Canada's most enduring heroines, Laura Secord. From young Laura Ingersoll's early days in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, amidst the turmoil that followed the American Revolutionary War, the story outlines her father's difficult decision to move his family to Upper Canada. Laura's subsequent meeting and courtship with James Secord is described against the backdrop of homesteading in the Niagara Peninsula and of enduring the imminent threat of American invasion. These first sections of the book provide the background for Laura's courageous rescue of her husband from the battlefield at Queenston Heights, and her even more amazing trek to warn Col. FitzGibbon of the American's secret plans to attack the British outpost at Beaver Dams. Laura's extraordinary life, peopled with characters like Joseph Brant and Col. Fitzgibbon, is given even more poignancy and interest by the author's inventive and surprising characterization of the young FitzGibbon, by her acute eye for historical detail, and through her insights into the character of a young woman whose acts of courage have captured the imagination of generations of young Canadians.
Author: Eleanor Farjeon
Publisher: Rare Treasure Editions
Published: 2021-11-05T15:08:00Z
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 1774642883
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Silver Curlew is one of Eleanor Farjeon's finest works, an intriguing re-telling of the classic story Rumpelstiltskin. Mother Codling lives with her children in a small, Norfolk windmill. One day, the Codlngs receive a surprise visit from the king of Norwich, who insists that eighteen-year-old Doll Codling must spin a certain amount of flax for him, or he will cut off her head. Doll, terrified of dying, makes a deal with a spindle-imp, in order to save herself and her family. The only clincher is, that he returns to the castle when Doll's daughter is born and insists that he take the newborn child as payment for his work. Doll, and her younger sister Poll, try desperately to keep the baby...
Author: Gabrielle Prendergast
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Published: 2016-10-04
Total Pages: 91
ISBN-13: 1459811453
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen ten-year-old Journey Song hears that two pandas are being held in a warehouse in her neighborhood, she worries that they may be hungry, cold and lonely. Horrified to learn that the pandas, originally destined for a zoo in Washington, might be shipped back to China because of a diplomatic spat between China and the United States, Journey rallies her friends and neighbors on the poverty-stricken Eastside. Her infectious enthusiasm for all things panda is hard to resist, and soon she's getting assistance from every corner of her tight-knit neighborhood.
Author: Lois Peterson
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Published: 2012-04
Total Pages: 116
ISBN-13: 1459800524
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLife is hard for ten-year-old Safiyah in the Kibera slum outside Nairobi. Too poor to go to school, she makes a meager living for herself and her grandmother Cucu by selling things she finds at the garbage dump. After using scavenged paper to fix up the inside of the hut, Safiyah starts a mural on the outside. As word of the paper house spreads, Safiyah begins to take pride in her creation. When Cucu collapses after a fire, Safiyah stays at the hospital to help care for her grandmother. While Safiyah is away, her friend Pendo works on the mural, which upsets Safiyah. But when Pendo attracts media attention to the paper house, Safiyah and her grandmother are given a chance of a better life.
Author: Ruth Solski
Publisher: On The Mark Press
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Total Pages: 89
ISBN-13: 1770722955
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Ferrier family traveled from Iowa, USA, by train to Curlew, Alberta. Sam Ferrier made many new discoveries and experienced exciting adventures as he explored their prairie farm. Novel by Celia Barker Lottridge. Reproducible chapter questions, plus comprehension questions, a story summary, author biography, creative and cross curricular activities, complete with answer key. 86 pages.
Author: Alicia Z. Klepeis
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Published: 2016-12-15
Total Pages: 35
ISBN-13: 150262205X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Wild West was home to many men and women looking for adventure and a new life. Back then, in a place of danger and intrigue, there were several characters that made their mark on the frontier. One woman was Calamity Jane. Born Martha Jane Cannary, Calamity Jane would become one of Americas best-known sharpshooters and horse riders. Her life is told in here in easy-to-read language and vivid illustrations sure to engage young readers.
Author: Marilynn Reynolds
Publisher:
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9781551430690
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA pioneer family homesteads on the prairie. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
