tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540439687854832692023-11-16T08:09:13.227-08:00Margriet's BOOK BlogNews on books, reviews, literacy projects, and much more!Margriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04798258330690361062noreply@blogger.comBlogger238125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154043968785483269.post-43264627338094002172018-06-18T13:32:00.000-07:002018-06-18T13:32:20.052-07:00The ABC of Poetry BooksPoetry is one of my favourite genres.<br />
Poetry can be rhyming but it doesn't need to be! Alliteration is one of the oldest forms of poetry and gives stories and songs its rhythmic flow. Poetry is perhaps the best form of story to read aloud, to share at bedtime or any time. Poetry can instil a life long love of language in a child, so use it often regardless of which language you speak.<br />
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Here is a list of some of my favourites. As always, the hardest thing is to limit it! There are so many wonderful poets, so many beautiful, funny, touching books! Enjoy sharing these with your favourite reader, or curled up by yourself:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 36px;">V</span>alentine Hearts, selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins</div>
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<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Margriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04798258330690361062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154043968785483269.post-55734381196917882582018-06-07T14:05:00.002-07:002018-06-07T14:37:11.253-07:00The ABC's of Picture BooksHaving written several alphabet books, I love to play with language.<br />
I wanted to share a list of some of my favourite picture books with you and decided to do that in alphabet format. The hardest part was leaving some of my favourite reads ply because I already had one for 'B' or 'W'! But... here it is. Some are brand new books, others are classics. I hope you know some of them but that this might also help you to discover new ones.<br />
More lists to come. Enjoy this one.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 16px;">I’ve read some powerful books about children who are different; kids who face more challenges than most people.</span><br />
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<i>Wonder</i> by R.J. Palacio is one of the most recent ones and received a lot of attention, also thanks to the movie with Julia Roberts.<br />
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I liked <i>A Mango Shaped Space</i> by Wendy Mass a lot.<br />
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And <i>Rules</i> by Cynthia Lord is one of my favourites.<br />
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But <i>Out of My Mind</i> by Sharon M. Draper wins the prize.<br />
Wow.<br />
What a powerful story.<br />
Written so perfectly.<br />
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<i>Out of My Mind</i> is written in the first person, which is a brave and bold move by this award winning author. Because Melody, the main character, has cerebral palsy. She cannot speak, her limbs move involuntarily, she drools and makes funny sounds. What no one realizes is that Melody’s brain works perfectly. She remembers facts, she gets match, she can spell like the best of them but she cannot let anyone know. Imagine the words and thoughts all stuck inside your brain and no way to let them out… Thanks to Draper's skillful writing, we are inside Melody’s head and feel her frustration.<br />
Melody is mad and frustrated to no end. She ends up in a special class of kids who cannot learn.<br />
Eventually, however, classroom integration allows her to be in a class with “normal” kids and learn more. It isn’t until a new computer allows her to communicate, much like Stephen Hawkins, that her family and friends realize her potential. But even when they do, Melody faces obstacles that make life more difficult for her than for most people. With her strong determination, she overcomes it all.<br />
This book is a must-read for all booklovers, but a special eye opener for all those (educators) who work with children who have physical challenges.<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">(see: <a href="https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/books/flat-stanley-by-jeff-brown/"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/books/flat-stanley-by-jeff-brown/</span></a>)</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; text-align: center;">These fictional books are fun stories about Stanley, who was a regular boy until he got flattened by a bulletin board that fell on his bed. Since then he’s had amazing adventures because he fits under doors and through mail slots.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">My dream is for my grandsons to be able to travel, albeit it not in a flattened state. I’d love it if, one day, they can come along on some of my travels to schools around the world. I would dearly love to show them Hong Kong, have them meet kids in Cambodia or see life in Dubai. One day I hope I can realize this dream. But for now, I decided to take two flat grandchildren with me on my latest trip.</span></div>
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Flat Aidan and Flat Nico made a trip on a wooden boat on the Mekong river but mostly they loved the white sand beach of Koh Rong in southern Cambodia.<br />
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Usually I share children's books with you here.<br />
This time, I'd like to bring your attention to some books that I have really enjoyed reading for myself. If you are looking for fun reads during spring break or for summer holidays, you might want to try these. If, like me, you not only like reading but traveling as well, you'll really enjoy these (true!) stories.<br />
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<b>Two Old Fools</b> series by Victoria Twead.<br />
The first book in this series is called <i>Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools</i>. Victoria and her husband are British but tired of English rain and uncertain summers. They decide to make a major life style change by moving to Spain, where they buy a funky house in a small hillside village.<br />
Throughout the series, you get to know all of the characters in the (real) village: the mayor who has the hots for Victoria, the shopkeeper who loves gossip, the old and the young Spanish people as well as the mules and dogs around the village.<br />
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The series is hilarious and as comfortable as a pair of summer sandals. In <i>Two Old Fools on a Camel</i> you go along with Joe and Victoria as they spend a year teaching abroad in Bahrain during a tumultuous time in the Middle East.<br />
Eventually, in <i>Two Old Fools in Turmoil</i>, they move countries again and you will recognize your own travel experiences in her descriptions of lost luggage and paper trails.<br />
All titles are available as e-books.<br />
Check out:<br />
<a href="https://www.victoriatwead.com/">https://www.victoriatwead.com</a><br />
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I was also excited to come across books by Brigid Keenan.<br />
<b>Diplomatic Baggage</b>, <i>The Adventures of a Trailing Spouse</i> is a pretty hilarious account of life as a diplomat's wife in various countries, including Kazakhstan.<br />
Her follow-up title is <b>Packing Up</b>, <i>Further Adventures of a Trailing Spouse</i>. These are fun books about travel and new experiences in different countries, books that I thoroughly enjoyed.<br />
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The next book that was an eye opener for me. A woman, turn of the century, traveling alone into the Middle East. She became instrumental in the establishing of the borders of Syria. She was the female Lawrence of Arabia but likely more important to history. She advised Churchill on politics of the Middle East. I loved this book:<b> Gertrude Bell, Queen of the Desert</b> by Georgina Howell. Hope you will be fascinated with this true story also. Like many good books, it was made into a movie with Nicole Kidman as Gertrude Bell. But... the book is always better.<br />
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And, if you love books as much as I do, have you read <b>The Bad Ass Librarians of Timbuktu</b> by Joshua Hammer? Also an amazing true story of how caring historians and librarians saved important ancient Arabic scrolls and books from destruction by Al Qaeda. Learn how an underground network smuggled and moved these important documents throughout northwest Africa in hopes of saving them for future generations. A true, nail biting adventure.<br />
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Happy Reading!Margriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04798258330690361062noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154043968785483269.post-79292793526981078632018-01-03T21:23:00.000-08:002018-01-03T21:23:03.359-08:00Around The World - in 80 Children's Books<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It took me almost a year to compile this list since I wanted to use many different countries, my favourite books, a combination of classics, brand-new titles and everything in between. But here, finally, is my 2018 gift to you: 80 books for children from and about countries around the world. </div>
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I know there are many more amazing stories. But I hope these will jump start you and help in your library or classroom or home - wherever you are.</div>
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Wishing much happiness in reading and sharing these books. I hope they will add to your virtual trip around the world and help to create awareness and understanding of other cultures.</div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Great Kapok Tree, Lynn Cherry (PB)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Journey to the River Sea, Eva Ibbotson (N)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Canada</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Waiting For The Whales, Sheryl McFarlane (PB)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">My Arctic 1, 2, 3, Michael Kusugak (PB)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Freedom of Jenny, Julie Burtinshaw (N)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Counting on Hope, Sylvia Olsen (N)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Speaking Our Truth, Monique Gray-Smith (NF)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Chile</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Dreamer, Pam Munoz Ryan (PB)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>China</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Empty Pot, Demi (PB)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Bejing Through Time, Richard Platt (NF)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Throw-away Daughter, Ting Xing Ye (N)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Cuba</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Cuba 15, Nancy Osa (N)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Curacao</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Cay, Theodore Taylor (N)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Dominican Republic</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Not A Chance, Michelle Mulder (N)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>East Germany</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Wall, Peter Sís (PB)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>England</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Two Weeks With The Queen, Morris Gleitzman (N)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The London Jungle Book, Bhajju Shyam (NF)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Charles and Emma, The Darwin’s Leap of Faith, Deborah Heiligman (N)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Eritrea</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Mangrove Tree, Susan L. Roth (PB)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Germany</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Book Thief, Markus Zusak (N)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Ghana</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">One Hen, Katie Smith Milway (NF)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Greece</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Adventures in Ancient Greece, Linda Bailey (PB)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>India</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Mission Mumbai, Mahtab Narsimhan (N)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Follow The Elephant, Beryl Young (N)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">A Basket of Bangles, Ginger Howard (PB)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Homeless Bird, Gloria Whelan (N)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Ireland</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Tim O’Toole and the Wee Folk, Gerald McDermott (PB)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Israel</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Something From Nothing, Phoebe Gilman (PB)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Magic Dreidels, Eric Kimmel (PB)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Jamaica</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">J Is For Jamaica, Benjamin Zephaniah (PB)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Japan</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Way We Do It In Japan, Geneva Cobb Iijima (PB)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Kenya</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">14 Cows For America, Carmen Agra Deedy (NF)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Walking Home, Eric Walters (N)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Mama Miti, Donna Jo Napoli (PB)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Korea</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Royal Bee, Frances and Ginger Park (PB)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Bee-bim Bop!, Linda Sue Park (PB)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Mexico</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Corn Grows Ripe, Dorothy Rhoads (N)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Mongolia</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Mongolian Folktales, Dashdondog Jamba (N)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Morocco</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Mirror, Jeannie Baker (PB)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Namibia</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">African Acrostics, Avis Harley and Deborah Noyes (PB)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Nigeria</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Chicken in the Kitchen, Nnedi Okorafor</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>The Netherlands</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Holland by Charlotte Dematons (PB)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan, <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1?ie=UTF8&field-author=Mary+Williams&search-alias=books-ca"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Mary Williams</span></a> (PB)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Stepping Stones, Margriet Ruurs and Nizar Ali Badr (PB)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Countdown, Ben Mikaelsen (N)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Orphan Boy, Tololwa Mollel (PB)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Tibet</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Tibet, Through The Red Box, Peter Sís (PB)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Dare to Disappoint, Ozge Samanci (GN)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Night John, Gary Paulsen (N)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Out of the Dust, Karen Hesse (N)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, Alexis Sherman (N)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Rata-Pata-Scata-Fata: A Caribbean Story, Phillis Gershator (PB)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Zambia</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">My Favourite <b>Global</b> Books:</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Gifts by Jo Ellen Bogart (PB)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">What A Party!, Ana Maria Machado (PB)</span></div>
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Margriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04798258330690361062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154043968785483269.post-31312867556055876582017-12-04T15:08:00.003-08:002017-12-04T15:08:55.247-08:00Books - Free Christmas Fun from your Local Library!<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So what is it about some of these Christmas songs that we happily belt out each year?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">While <i>Thomas' Snowsuit</i> (Robert Munsch) gets banned because the kid says no-no-no to his teacher, we keep cheering on those two-faced reindeer who exclude one of their own....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Why didn't Santa or Mrs. Claus call those reindeer on their behaviour when they didn't let poor Rudolph join in any of their games, just because he looked different?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And then, suddenly, when Santa finds a use for him, they all want to be friends. Well, I would have said 'tough gingerbread, where were you when I needed a friend?'</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And that fun sleigh ride through the snow is debatable too, when you actually listen to the words:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>The horse was lean and lank</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Misfortune seemed his lot<br />We got into a drifted bank,<br />And then we got upsot.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Oh, what fun... And what is 'upsot'anyway? Is it just 'upset' that didn't rhyme? Or some old word like 'hark'? I had to google that one. It means 'listen', as in 'hark, children!'</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So, in this hap-happiest time of the year, when we're finally <i>all</i> gay, I'd recommend curling up with a well written book rather than a questionable song. Picture books, of course, are the best. Not just to read for yourself but to share with loved ones by the fire when you watch those chestnuts pop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Why not make a trip to the library, just before it closes for Christmas - it's still the best free thing around - and check out these wonderful, timeless stories:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This gentle story puts to rest the debate of where we all came from. Creation? Explosion? It incorporates first nations ideas and other explanations of life on earth in a beautiful, simple and totally acceptable manner.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Another simple, timeless story is <b>The Christmas Book</b> by Dick Bruna, ISBN 0-416-24170-0. Likely it is out of print but try to find one in the library. We all know Bruna from the Miffy books. His Christmas story is plain and simple: a star, some shepards, a manger, a mother, a baby. The essence of a birth in Bethlehem.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The Christmas Candle</b>, Richard Paul Evans, ISBN 0-439-15837-0, with unbelievably beautiful paintings by Jacob Collins. This story reads like an old folk tale. It is about the magic of seeing every day things in a new light, enriching not only the lives of those around you, but your own at the same time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Island Santa</b>, Sheryl McFarlane, Sheena Lott, ISBN 9-780988-053601 is a beautiful story based on the real Santa Ship that visits the Gulf Islands in BC where I live. McFarlane combined this with the real story of Jeneece Edroff who fundraised to make a home for families of sick children a reality near Victoria's General Hospital. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">What kind of baby was Santa? And what was he like as a child and a teenager? In this story</span><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;"><span style="background-color: white;"> it becomes clear that Santa knew his own mind from a very young age. From his fondness for the colour red, to his interest in chimneys, to his habit of giving his toys away . . . Santa was unusual right from the start. Luckily he had doting parents who supported him through every eccentri</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">city, whether they understood or not. A warm, funny story about an odd boy who succeeds. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Thank You, Santa</b> by Margaret Wild, ISBN 0-590-45806-X</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A correspondence between Samantha and Santa, throughout the year. Santa is thrilled when someone actually writes him a thank you card after Christmas, rather than just always letters of what everyone wants before Christmas. A nice twist.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And finally <b>The True Story of Santa Claus</b>, by Eric Walters and his daughter Christina, ISBN 1-894601-11-4 This is the account of how Mrs. Claus is the real hero behind all the hard work at the North Pole. While her husband gained weight and was down to one day per year of work, it was her slaving away making toys and meals, that kept the whole Santa thing going. A fun read for the whole family, especially exhausted moms.</span><br />
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I am happy to share a new book with you that has been long in the making.<br />
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In 2014 I was lucky enough to travel to Zambia. There, I visited an elephant orphanage and learned much about how hard people work to help save an endangered species.<br />
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Elephants are in danger of illegal poaching. Because there are still countries in the world where people wants trinkets made from ivory, there are still poachers willing to kill these majestic animals.<br />
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When a mother elephant is killed, usually for her tusks, her baby elephant is left to die. Without her nursing and nurturing, the infant is not able to care for itself yet. In Zambia, Game Rangers International has trained staff that will rescue and transport the baby elephant.<br />
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The staff at Lilayi Elephant Orphanage have developed a milk formula and other pertinent care that gives the orphaned elephant a fighting chance.<br />
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Zambezi came to the orphanage at a young age after he was founded nearly drowning in a resort's pool near the Zambezi River in southern Zambia.<br />
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Aaron is the caretaker who was offered a job after rescuing Zambezi. To him, elephants had been the enemy that destroys crops in his village. But Aaron learned to care for elephants, to respect and to love them. Now he is a valuable caretaker who spends most of his waking hours with his little charges.<br />
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The elephants live in the protected forest and compound near Lusaka, until they are old enough to be released into the wild. They learn to forage and to act as elephants and form new family bonds with other orphaned elephants. They will live out their lives in the protected woods of</div>
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Find out how you can help - not only by making sure you never buy anything made from ivory, but also by "adopting" a baby elephant. The $65.- US will pay for the elephant' food, milk, medicine and upkeep. What better gift for a child's birthday or a friend's Christmas gift than a baby elephant! You will receive photos and regular email updates!</div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Canada Day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">150 years. My Canada Birthday gift to you is this list of Canadian books for children.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">It is not a scientific collection. These are simply books about Canada or great</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">books by Canadian creators, books that I have enjoyed, that stayed with me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">mostly chose them for their ‘wow factor’. It would have been easier if I had not</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">limited the number of books by the same author. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I included classics as well as brand new releases, picturebooks, novels etc. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I wanted this to be truly Canadian books so I didn’t include favorites titles like The</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Totem Tale because it is American. I didn’t use such Canadian icons as Love You</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Forever by Robert Munsch but did include a book called With A Silent</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Companion which is a fascinating Canadian story. These are all simply books</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">that I have loved. I’m sure there are many more but I haven’t read them yet…</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Hope you will find a local bookstore or library near you to check out these books.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">If all else fails, order them from <a href="http://www.betterworldbooks.com/"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; line-height: normal;">www.betterworldbooks.com</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Happy Birthday, Canada. And Happy Reading! </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">A Dog Came, Too, Ainslie Manson</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">A Family is A Family is A Family, Sara O’Leary</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">A Harbour Seal in Halifax, Doretta Groenendijk</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">A Mountain Alphabet, Margriet Ruurs & Andrew Kiss</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">A Porcupine in a Pine Tree, Helaine Becker</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">A Prairie Alphabet, Jo Bannantyne & Yvette Moore</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">A Salmon for Simon, Betty Waterton</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">A Thousand Shades of Blue, Robin Stevenson</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">A Tree in a Forest, Jan Thornhill</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">ABC of Canada, Kim Bellefontaine & Per-Henrik Gürth</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Adrift At Sea, Marsha Skrypuch</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Alice, I Think, Susan Juby</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Amos’ Sweater, Janet Lunn</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Ankylosaur Attack, Daniel Loxton</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Anne of Green Gables, L. M. Montgomery</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Aska’s Animals, Warabé Aska and David Day</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Baby Beluga, Raffi</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Bagels from Benny, Aubrey Davis</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Belle of Batoche, Jacqueline Guest</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Beneath Raven Moon, David Bouchard</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Birdfeeder Banquet, Michael Marchenko</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Boy Soup, Loris Lesynski</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Canada Votes: How We Elect Our Government, Linda Granfield & Craig Terlson</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Canadian Mysteries Series, Eric Wilson</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Carson Crosses Canada, Linda Bailey & Kass Reich</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Charlie: A Home Child's Life in Canada, Beryl Young</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Coming to Canada: Building a Life in a New Land, Susan Hughes</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Counting on Hope, Sylvia Olsen</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Dear Canada: A Time for Giving: Ten Tales of Christmas, Jean Little & Sarah Ellis</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Death Benefits, Sarah Harvey</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Deep Roots, Nikki Tate</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Dream Boats, Dan Bar-el & Kirsti Anne Wakelin</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Every Last Drop, Michelle Mulder</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Everything on A Waffle, Polly Horvath</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear, Lindsay Mattick</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Fishing with Grandma, Susan Avingaq</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Follow the Elephant, Beryl Young</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Franklin the Turtle, Paulette Bourgeois</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">French Toast, Kari-Lynn Winters</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">From Far and Wide, Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">From Far Away, Robert Munsch</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Garbage Delight, Dennis Lee</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Gifts, Jo Ellen Bogart & Barbara Reid</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Going for a Sea Bath, Andrée Poulin</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Gubby Builds A Boat, Gary Kent & Kim La Fave</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Hanna’s Suitcase, Karen Levine</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Hannah and the Salish Sea, Carol Anne Shaw</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Hello Humpback, Roy Henry Vickers</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">How Smudge Came, Nan Gregory</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I Am Canada, illustrated by Barbara Reid</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I Live in the North, Margriet Ruurs</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I’ll Be Watching, Pamela Porter</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">If The World Were A Village, David Smith</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Imagine A World, Rob Gonsalves</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">In Flanders Fields, Linda Granfield</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Log Jam, Monica Hughes</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Loonies and Twoonies: A Canadian Number Book, Mike Ulmer & Melanie Rose</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Maggie’s Chopsticks, Alan Woo</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Maps and Mapping for Canadian Kids, Laura Peetoom</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Mary Ann Alice, Brian Doyle</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Mary of Mile 18, Ann Blades</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Missing Nimâmâ, Melanie Florence</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Mister Got to Go, Lois Simmie & Cyntia Nugent</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Moon At Nine, Deborah Ellis</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">My Arctic 1, 2, 3, Michael Kusugak & Vladyana Krykora</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">No Fixed Address, Maureen Bayless</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">No More Dead Dogs, Gordon Korman</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">No Safe Harbour, Julie Lawson</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">No Signature, William Bell</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">No Two Snowflakes, Sheree Fitch & Janet Wilson</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">North West Passage, Stan Rogers</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Northern Exposures, Eric Walters</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Now You Know Canada, Doug Lennox</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Nowhere Else on Earth, Caitlyn Vernon</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">O Canada, Per-Henrik Gurth</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">O Canada, Ted Harrison</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Once Upon A Golden Apple, Maggie deVries, Jean Little & Phoebe Gilman</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Once Upon A Northern Night, Jean Pendziwol & Isabelle Arsenault</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">One Hen, Katie Smith Milway</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">One is Canada, Maxine Trottier</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Our Flag: The Story of Canada's Maple Leaf, Ann-Maureen Owens, Jane Yealland</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Pick-Up Sticks, Sarah Ellis</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Pier 21, Anne Renaud</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Pippin the Christmas Pig, Jean Little</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Rhinos for Lunch and Elephants for Supper, Tololwa Mollel & Barbara Spurll</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Roses for Gita, Rachna Gilmore</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Salmon Forest, Sarah Ellis & David Suzuki</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Saskatchewan, Gillian Richardson</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Sea Otter Pup, Victoria Miles</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Sea Stars: Salt Water Poems, Avis Harley</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Secret of the Dance, Andrea Spalding, Alfred Scow & Darlene Gait</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Seeking Refuge, Irene Watts</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Selina and the Bearpaw Quilt, Barbara Smucker & Janet Wilson</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Silverwing, Kenneth Oppel</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Siwiti, A Whale’s Story, Alexandra Morton</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Sleeping Dragons All Around, Sheree Fitch</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Snow Day, Werner Zimmerman</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Sockey Salmon Odyssey, Brenda Guiled</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Something From Nothing, Phoebe Gilman</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Sophie Sea to Sea, Norma Charles</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Stella, Queen of Snow, Marie Louise Gay</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Stolen Words, Melanie Florence and Gabrielle Grimard</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Stories of the Aurora, Joan Marie Galat</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Surviving Sam, Karen Rivers</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Thank You, Canada, Andrea Lynn Beck</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Artist and Me, Shane Peacock</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Best Goalie Ever, Gilles Tibo</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Bite of the Mango, Mariatu Kamara</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Breadwinner, Deborah Ellis</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Darkest Dark, Chris Hadfield & Kate Fillion</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Doll, Cora Taylor</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Fabulous Song, Don Gilmore</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Freedom of Jenny, Julie Burtinshaw</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Girl Who Hates Books, Manjusha Pawagi</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Girl Who Writes, Richard Cole & Jane Watt</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Hockey Sweater, Roch Carrier</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Inuksuk Book, Mary Wallace</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Kids Book of Canadian Exploration, Ann-Maureen Owens & Jane Yealland</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Kids Book of Canadian Geography, Briony Penn</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Kids Book of Canadian Immigration, Deborah Hodge & John Mantha</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Little Crooked Christmas Tree, Michael Cutting; Ron Broda</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Loon’s Necklace, Elizabeth Cleaver</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Man With the Violin, Kathy Stinson</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Middle of Everywhere, Monique Polak</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Moccasin Goalie, William Roy Brownridge</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Orphan Boy, Paul Morin</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Paperbag Princess, Robert Munsch </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Polar Bear’s Gift, Jeanne Bushey</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Root Cellar, Janet Lunn</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Secret of the Dance, Andrea Spalding</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Story of Canada, Janet Lunn</span></div>
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Margriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04798258330690361062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154043968785483269.post-15368338265156753572017-06-29T13:28:00.002-07:002017-06-29T13:28:49.023-07:00The Forest Lover by Susan Vreeland<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I knew Susan Vreeland as the author of <i>Girl in Hyacinth Blue</i>, which I really enjoyed. So when I saw this title, I grabbed it.<br />
I took the book with me on a trip to Haida Gwaii in northern BC, which turned out to be the perfect place to read it since <i>The Forest Lover</i> is the story of Emily Carr.<br />
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I did not know much about Emily Carr besides a few commonly known facts and her paintings.<br />
I can't imagine the amount and time and research the author must have spent to find so many little personal details. The book is historical fiction since it gives the characters dialogue, but it does read like nonfiction since it is so closely based on a real life.<br />
You get to know Emily's family, her parents and sisters. You travel along on her physical and her psychological journey as she grows both as a person and as an artist. In an era where women artists were not common, Emily travels throughout BC but also to England and France. She learns about life and about painting techniques. We see struggles in her personal life and in her strong, defiant character.<br />
At first I had a little bit of trouble getting into the story but soon I was caught up in the person that was Emily Carr. Through the story I also learned much about aboriginal life on Canada's West Coast (she was one of the few white people whom First Nations people embraced as a close friend). I learned about First Nations villages and homes, about potlatches and totems, food, fishing and much more.<br />
All in all, I found this a fascinating book and admire the incredible amount of research done to bring Emily Carr to life on the pages.Margriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04798258330690361062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154043968785483269.post-84533330433749012442017-06-19T21:14:00.000-07:002017-06-19T21:15:14.339-07:00Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai<br />
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June 20 is World Refugee Day.<br />
If you have read my book <i>Stepping Stones</i> (illustrated by Nizar Ali Badr and published by Orca Book Publishers), you might enjoy a novel with a similar theme.<br />
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<i>Inside Out & Back Again</i> is a beautifully written free verse novel. I love free verse, if it is well done. And this Newbery Honor Book is lovely crafted, a tender tale told from the inside out. Much of the story is autobiographical. In her Q & A pages in the back of the novel, the author explains her own story and how she struggled with finding the right tone for this book. Free verse turned out to be the perfect voice.<br />
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Told in the voice of ten year old Há, this is a refugee story from Vietnam.<br />
But it is more than that. It is the story of a close knit family, of loss and love. It is a story of the importance of brothers and how strong a mother can be. It is also the story of how resilient a child can be and how many obstacles for people face in life.<br />
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Treat yourself to this fascinating, beautiful read and share it with students to discuss refugees - now and in the past. This book is also winner of the National Book Award.<br />
Harper, ISBN 978-0-06-196279-0<br />
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<br />Margriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04798258330690361062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154043968785483269.post-40046190450809932042017-03-22T12:37:00.000-07:002017-03-22T12:37:05.624-07:00Two great books to learn from.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'd like to share two books with you that are great for teachers, parents or anyone who wants to learn something new.<br />
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The first one is a great book for those wanting to learn more about writing for children. Whether you are an established writer or want to write your very first book for children, Marion Crook's new book <i>Writing For Children and Young Adults</i> is a wonderful resource.<br />
The book starts with the basics and covers just about every important aspect of writing: from planning and plotting to characterization, tense, voice all the way to dealing with rejections and contracts. The book deals with fiction as well as nonfiction and other genres. It gives details on such mundane aspects as your writing space and your income - important considerations for any writer. With a chapter on submitting, on multiple submissions and even on marketing this book is a perfect resource for all writers of children's materials.<br />
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Writing for Children and Young Adults, Marion Crook<br />
Self Counsel Press<br />
ISBN 5199597058719241<br />
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Ever thought of learning Arabic? The written language looks daunting.<br />
But in <i>Sugar Comes From Arabic</i>, author Barbara Whitesides starts simple, by looking at "scribbles" and breaking down the script to basics. Using samples like Harry Potter (for P) this book is great for classrooms with refugee children, so that others can learn their language. If you are involved with a support group to bring refugees to your hometown, this is a fun book to use so that you can perhaps learn to communicate better. It is also a great resource for any international school! <br />
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Sugar Comes From Arabic, A Beginner's Guide to Arabic Letters and Words, Barbara Whitesides<br />
Interlink Books<br />
ISBN 978-1-56656-757-2<br />
<br />Margriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04798258330690361062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154043968785483269.post-88696886483758294722016-12-27T21:04:00.000-08:002016-12-27T21:04:00.050-08:00The Girl Who Writes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>The Girl Who Writes</b>, a picture book by Richard Cole and K. Jane Watt.<br />
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My new favourite picture book is a delicate, powerful story of a girl who uses her imagination.<br />
She reads every book she can get her hands on but soon realizes that she need to tell her own stories.<br />
"I know that with a bit of ink and 26 letters, I can make new worlds," she says.<br />
With her head full of images of kings and dragons and far-away places, but also with the splash of salmon and beaver in a nearby eddy, she writes. Her teacher and a writing contest encourage her to keep writing, even if her father says that she needs to get her head out of the clouds.<br />
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Perhaps this is how writers are made. I know this could be my personal story.<br />
But it definitely is a story that will resonate with all those who love to use their imagination and dream of new world. A great gift for your favourite writer-friend!<br />
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<a href="http://fentonstreet.ca/projects/the-girl-who-writes/">http://fentonstreet.ca/projects/the-girl-who-writes/</a><br />
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ISBN 978-0-9917146-1-2Margriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04798258330690361062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154043968785483269.post-72418259530983867842016-08-16T14:20:00.002-07:002017-02-02T19:04:57.780-08:00My exciting new book: Stepping Stones<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfimsspK96a6YX1hyS8X1F1W2XqJv30j7Yui5-ZuntNXZXSPyMOtTJ6jYqiP87X3VARnziU3TGoKKg-HQL-tscdEBiDMbVQF30WqwCvSAs_HMTs-CgiHH4sinN4vWJSGchZyZQJXCFrHa0/s1600/Cover+SS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfimsspK96a6YX1hyS8X1F1W2XqJv30j7Yui5-ZuntNXZXSPyMOtTJ6jYqiP87X3VARnziU3TGoKKg-HQL-tscdEBiDMbVQF30WqwCvSAs_HMTs-CgiHH4sinN4vWJSGchZyZQJXCFrHa0/s640/Cover+SS.jpg" width="640" /></a>Only a few months ago did I spot the amazing art work of Nizar Ali Badr. Nizar lives in Syria and posted photos of his art on his Facebook page. Somehow I glanced at one image and fell in love.<br />
"This should be in a children's book!" I thought.<br />
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It took me three months to make contact with Nizar who lives in Latakia, Syria and finds both his inspiration and art supplies on the beach. He collects rocks and arranges them into beautiful images.<br />
I used some of those images to put them in a sequence. Then I wrote the text for the story which I imaged his art told. It is the story of a refugee family.<br />
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Thanks to the internet I was able to communicated with Nizar and one of his best friends. We discussed the possibility of making a book for children together. Then I contacted Orca Book Publishers who create beautiful books. They agreed that Nizar's art makes amazing illustrations and contracted him to be the illustrator.<br />
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I can't wait to hold the actually book in my hands as words, art and design come together.<br />
<i><b>Stepping Stones, A Refugee Family's Journey</b></i> will be out by mid October. Much of the proceeds will benefit refugee causes.<br />
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I hope you will be able to get a copy and share Nizar's art.<br />
You can order to now from your local book store or click here to order and to see the trailer:<br />
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<a href="http://www.steppingstonesthebook.com/">www.steppingstonesthebook.com</a><br />
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The publisher will make available books at a special discount to any schools who would like to sell the book as a fund raiser for a refugee cause of their choice.<br />
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• Mem Fox, award winning author of Possum Magic says: "<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 15px;">It’s </span><i style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px;">exquisite!</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 15px;"> One can only pray that its message will spread and make the difference we need".</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><span class="" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">• "Stunning, original artwork both childlike and sophisticated; a text that will both break and mend your heart.</span><span class="" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">” </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Jane Yolen, Award winning author of Devil’s Arithmetic and The Stone Angel.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">• KIRKUS review: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/features/refugee-odysseys/</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/margriet-ruurs/stepping-stones-ruurs/">https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/margriet-ruurs/stepping-stones-ruurs/</a></span><br />
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• ILA named the book a Notable Book For Global Society, 2017<br />
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• Quill & Quire article: <a href="http://www.quillandquire.com/omni/kidlit-spotlight-a-chance-discovery-online-led-author-margriet-ruurs-on-a-journey-to-her-altruistic-new-picture-book/">http://www.quillandquire.com/omni/kidlit-spotlight-a-chance-discovery-online-led-author-margriet-ruurs-on-a-journey-to-her-altruistic-new-picture-book/</a><br />
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• Times Colonist: <a href="http://www.timescolonist.com/life/tale-of-refugee-family-s-flight-is-set-in-stone-1.2362119">http://www.timescolonist.com/life/tale-of-refugee-family-s-flight-is-set-in-stone-1.2362119</a><br />
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• Canadian Teacher Magazine: <a href="http://www.canadianteachermagazine.com/article_2016_li_stepping_stones.html">http://www.canadianteachermagazine.com/article_2016_li_stepping_stones.html</a><br />
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• CM Magazine: <a href="http://umanitoba.ca/cm/vol23/no2/steppingstones.html" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px;">http://umanitoba.ca/cm/vol23/no2/steppingstones.html</a><br />
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• <a href="http://picklemethis.com/2016/10/07/stepping-stones-and-the-journey/">http://picklemethis.com/2016/10/07/stepping-stones-and-the-journey/</a><br />
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• Fall 2016 BookNews, Canadian Children's Book Centre, review by Sandra O'Brien: '... beautiful words are twinned with the most stunning artwork... I hope this beautiful book will reach the shelves of classrooms, libraries and homes throughout the world and be read and shared many times over!'<br />
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• <a href="http://49thshelf.com/Blog/2016/10/20/Stepping-Stones-A-Transnational-Literary-Journey">http://49thshelf.com/Blog/2016/10/20/Stepping-Stones-A-Transnational-Literary-Journey</a><br />
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A Swiss concert pays tribute to Nizar's art:<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ7HC7zgDSg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ7HC7zgDSg</a><br />
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• <a href="http://unpackingpicturebookpower.blogspot.pt/2016/11/interview-margriet-ruurs-author-of.html?spref=fb">http://unpackingpicturebookpower.blogspot.pt/2016/11/interview-margriet-ruurs-author-of.html?spref=fb</a><br />
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• Publishers Weekly: <a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/72308-canadian-report-december-2016.html">http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/72308-canadian-report-december-2016.html</a><br />
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• <a href="http://bcbooklook.com/2016/10/17/stone-warm-sober-hope/">http://bcbooklook.com/2016/10/17/stone-warm-sober-hope/</a><br />
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• <a href="http://salsfictionaddiction.blogspot.ca/2016/12/stepping-stones-refugee-familys-journey.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+SalsFictionAddiction+(Sal's+Fiction+Addiction)">http://salsfictionaddiction.blogspot.ca/2016/12/stepping-stones-refugee-familys-journey.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+SalsFictionAddiction+(Sal's+Fiction+Addiction)</a><br />
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• <a href="http://www.todaysparent.com/family/parenting/kids-books-about-refugees/" style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">http://www.todaysparent.com/family/parenting/kids-books-about-refugees/</a><br />
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• <a class="" href="http://www.hbook.com/2017/01/blogs/out-of-the-box/refugees-welcome-here-resources-and-booklist/#_" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px;">http://www.hbook.com/2017/01/blogs/out-of-the-box/refugees-welcome-here-resources-and-booklist/#_</a><br />
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<br />Margriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04798258330690361062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154043968785483269.post-14951945021243093602016-07-14T15:38:00.002-07:002017-11-02T04:56:37.671-07:0014 Cows For America - My new favourite picture book!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Kids often ask me "What your favourite book?"<br />
I always tell them I don't have just ONE favourite book - there are so many and all books are so different.<br />
However, right now I do have a new favourite and I want to share it with you: 14 Cows For America by Carmen Agra Deedy and illustrated by Thomas Gonzalez.<br />
Why have I not seen this glorious book in every house, every school and bookstore? Everybody needs to read this amazing, TRUE story.<br />
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14 Cows For America is the touching story of Kimeli, a young Maasai warrior from Kenya. He goes to America to study. When he returns to his village, he brings with him the heart wrenching story of hatred and hurt, a catastrophe that happened in America on 9/11. The Maasai elders are shocked. How can anyone hate like that?<br />
To the fierce yet gentle Maasai, cows are sacred. Cows ensure life.<br />
And so they offer the greatest gift they can: 14 cows for America. To help the American people to heal. 'Because there is no nation so powerful that it cannot be wounded nor a people so small they cannot offer mighty comfort.'<br />
A true story - beautifully worded by the author, accompanied by breathtaking paintings of the beautiful Maasai people. This is a tale to treasure and share.<br />
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And for now, it's my favourite picture book.<br />
I ordered my copy from: <a href="http://www.betterworldbooks.com/">www.betterworldbooks.com</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.14cowsforamerica.com/">http://www.14cowsforamerica.com</a>Margriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04798258330690361062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154043968785483269.post-36977322967739356692016-05-09T14:47:00.002-07:002016-05-09T17:40:46.645-07:00Book Week 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I feel very fortunate to have been selected to tour for Canadian Children's Book Week this year. Book Week is an amazing event whereby 29 (this year) authors and illustrators travel across the country, reading and sharing their work with thousands of children and adults alike.<br />
We each conduct presentations in schools and public libraries.<br />
Funded by TD Canada and other sponsors, this program has tremendous impact on reaching and encouraging young readers. A writer from Nova Scotia might be send to the Arctic. An illustrator from British Columbia might get to share his art with children in New Brunswick or Quebec. I am touring, this year, in small towns in rural Ontario.<br />
Each of us meets with hundreds of children who've been reading our books. We all show the process of how books are made and how these kids, too, can grow up to be the future generation of storytellers and artists.<br />
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I asked my fellow writers/illustrators on tour which book THEY are bringing with them, to read in planes, trains, busses and hotel rooms.<br />
This is their eclectic list of titles. Have fun finding them and seeing what Canadian book creators are currently reading:<br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Birdwing, Rafe Martin</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Thirteenth Tale, Diane Setterfield</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Flickers, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/arthur.slade?hc_location=ufi">Arthur Slade</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Dogs, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/allan.stratton?hc_location=ufi">Allan Stratton</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Nest, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KennethOppelFan/?hc_location=ufi">Kenneth Oppel</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Man's Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Saving Montgomery Sole, Mariko Tamaki</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Otherbound, Corinne Duyvis</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Birdie, Tracey Lindberg</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Illegal, Lawrence Hill</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Mortal Danger, Ann Aguirre</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Haunting of Sunshine Girl, Paige McKenzie (with Alyssa Sheinmel)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/goodmorningearth?hc_location=ufi">#GoodMorningEarth</a>: Chris Hadfield, Kate Lunau</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Release, Daren Wride</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Canadian Crusoes: A Tale of the Rice Lake Plains, Catherine Parr Strickland Traill</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">How the Heather Looks, Joan Bodger</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/jennyrwatson?hc_location=ufi">Jenny Watson</a>'s Prove It, Josh</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Lonely Planet Canada</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, Jonas Jonasson</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Root Beer Candy and Other Miracles, Shari Green</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">This One Summer, Mariko Tamaki</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Truth Commission, Susan Juby </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Saint Anyone, Sarah Dessin </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Mosquitoland, David Arnold</span><br />
<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Lucida Grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Legacy, </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Lucida Grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Waubgeshig Rice</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Ask and It Is Given, Esther and Jerry Hicks.</span></div>
Margriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04798258330690361062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154043968785483269.post-8556474989716175402016-04-18T09:38:00.002-07:002016-04-18T09:38:36.924-07:00Author Visits in Kelowna BC<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Had fun talking about books, reading, writing and the whole publishing process to nearly 2,000 students in 10 schools over 5 days in Kelowna BC.<br />
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Very nice to receive teachers' comments like this one:<br />
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And to see the kids producing such fun art based on books and inspired by Ted Harrison!Margriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04798258330690361062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154043968785483269.post-16238883869037012332016-03-15T11:31:00.000-07:002016-03-15T11:31:15.132-07:00Author Visits<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As a writer of books for children there is nothing more fun than to share my books with kids. Author visits are popular at schools across North America, but also at international schools. I have been lucky enough to travel to international schools across Europe, Asia, Africa and beyond.<br />
I have made some life-long friends among teachers and librarians who share my love to literacy and travel.<br />
Highlights include bringing books to nomad children in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia, reading stories to children in Lahore, Pakistan, handing out books to children in Myanmar and many others.<br />
Attached is an article about my recent visits to schools in Kenya and Ethiopia. I love the added bonus of learning about different cultures and now also write a travel blog:<br />
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<a href="https://globetrottinggrandparents.wordpress.com/">https://globetrottinggrandparents.wordpress.com</a><br />
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Visiting international schools has led me to write books of a more international nature. My latests books include titles such as <i>Families Around The World</i> and <i>School Days Around The World</i>. Coming out in 2017 will be <i>Birthdays Around The World </i>as well as <i>The Elephant Keeper</i>, a book about my visit to an elephant orphanage in Zambia.<br />
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As I plan my next tour of schools in the Middle East, I often pinch myself and marvel at the fact that I am so lucky to be able to combine my passion for writing with my passion for travel.<br />
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This is simply the very best biography I have ever read.</div>
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Try writing a biography of a famous person who has led a long life, rich in a wide variety experiences. Chances are this will turn into a lengthy book.</div>
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A picture book is only 32 pages. Still, most biographies have dense text and many information boxes to cramp in the facts.</div>
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is a very short, simple story with lovely illustrations. </div>
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It focuses on a very small girl with big dreams. Jane's favourite companion is a toy chimpanzee. </div>
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Jane watches a chicken hatch an egg and is enamoured by nature. She sketches birds and other animals in her diary. And Jane dreams of, one day, traveling to Africa.</div>
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Jane grows up to become one of the world's most well known primatologists, Dr. Jane Goodall.</div>
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The story is told in such a way that degrees and accolades are not important. What is important is for a child to dream and to follow that dream. It's a beautifully told story.<br />
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Backpages do give more information on Jane Goodall, on all she accomplished and on her Foundation which enables many young people to follow in her footsteps and become environmentalists.<br />
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ISBN-13:9780316045469<br />Publisher: <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/%22Little,%20Brown%20Books%20for%20Young%20Readers%22;jsessionid=E2D9A82BD0A70A2F0F148C82ABD7F33B.prodny_store02-atgap11?Ntk=Publisher&Ns=P_Sales_Rank&Ntx=mode+matchall" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3169a8; text-decoration: none;">Little, Brown Books for Young Readers</a><br /><br />
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A University of Wisconsin-Madison CCBC 2012 Children's Choices Book</div>
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A Parents' Choice Silver Honor Book</div>
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Margriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04798258330690361062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154043968785483269.post-85576713479734967742016-01-18T11:20:00.000-08:002016-01-18T11:20:05.966-08:00The Story of My Life: An Afghan Girl on the Other Side of the Sky by Farah Ahmedi, Tamim Ansary<br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">"I
was late to school, and that's all I could think about. I started
across the field. And then suddenly a fire flashed in my face and the
earth seemed to move beneath my feet. I remember a shower of soil and
then nothing. I woke up on the ground, surrounded by a crowd, men and
boys...no women. They were all staring down at me with huge eyes.
Their lips were moving, but I could hear no voices. All I heard was a
loud ringing in my ears."</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">All the more if you realize that this novel is nonfiction. It is an autobiography.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Farah
Ahmedi is born at a time when the war between the mujahideen
and the Soviets reaches its peak in Afghanistan. Bombs are falling
all over the country, and her native city of Kabul is bursting at the seams with hundreds
of thousands of people looking for homes and jobs. The sounds of
gunfire and fighter planes are as normal to Farah as the sounds of
traffic or children playing are to a schoolgirl in America. When
Farah steps on a land mine on her way to school, her world becomes
much smaller than the dreams and hopes in her heart. She begins to
learn--slowly--that ordinary people, often strangers, have immense
power to save lives and restore hope.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">"The
Story of My Life: An Afghan Girl on the Other Side of the Sky"
recounts an epic journey. It shows what a childhood in
Afghanistan is like, where classrooms are bare spaces with only
chalkboards on the walls and are filled with more students than seats
(and no books). In Kabul, they
cancel school because of rockets and bombings; in Chicago, Farah
might have a snow day. In Kabul, a schoolgirl wears a black dress and
a white headscarf; inAmerica, girls need the right jeans and trendy
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Thanks
to a number of good people who crossed her path at critical moments,
Farah is thriving. She may be haunted by her past, but she is no
longer enslaved by it. Farah is now a proud American citizen and, in this time of new refugees coming from another country, this might be timely read.</span></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.bookbrowse.com/author_interviews/full/index.cfm/author_number/1134/farah-ahmedi">https://www.bookbrowse.com/author_interviews/full/index.cfm/author_number/1134/farah-ahmedi</a></div>
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Margriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04798258330690361062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154043968785483269.post-54851545003765117982015-11-30T21:28:00.000-08:002015-11-30T21:28:03.836-08:00Book Review: The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>The Night Gardener</b> by Jonathan Auxier</div>
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As a child I adored scary fairy tales. Even the ones where the witch’s head got chopped off did not keep me awake at night. Tales in which horrid characters met a gruesome end, where good. Bad characters were supposed to meet a gruesome end. Those tales reiterated to me that bad deeds would be punished, that you had to be good and kind and fair. They taught me right from wrong, exactly what fairy tales had been doing for generations. In fact, their raison d’etre was likely to teach morals to many generations.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Remember the scariest tales told by a campfire? Tales so deliciously exciting that you wouldn’t walk alone through the woods anymore, back to your tent or cabin? Such is the story of </span></span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica;">The Night Gardener</i><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">. A very scary page turner that tight rope walks the line between sci/fi-magic-fantasy-folk tale-and-legend. Fine writing, masterful, Harry Potteresque storytelling. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Jane Yolen in her powerful book </span></span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica;">Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood</i><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> says “A shadowless man is a monster, a devil, a thing of evil. A man without a shadow is soulless. A shadow without a man is a pitiable shred. Yet together, light and dark, they make a whole.” </span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica;">The story of </span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica;">The Night Gardener</i><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> is whole. Even the physical book is </span>delicious<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> with the gnarly tree and the metallic figure on the cover and its pitch black page edges are perfect and foreboding.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Molly and her brother Kip have come across the sea from Ireland to England. Of course, as is the case in most good stories for children, their parents are no longer around. They are somewhere, lost at sea - neither here nor dead. Molly needs to look after Kip now, make sure her cripple brother will be safe. They need a home, and food.</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span></div>
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The two find a house where no one else will work. The aristocratic family, living in a rambling, inherited mansion needs help and can’t afford to be picky so Molly and Kip find both lodging and food to keep them safe.</div>
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But we soon find out that, in this mansion, no one is safe. Horrible secrets lurk in the shadows and on the lawns around the house. The ghost like tree lures with promises and wishes. This is a tale of greed and wanting more. ‘What is the difference between a story and lie?’ Molly asks of the storyteller Hester Kettle. And this story lives up to its own answer: ‘a story helps you to face the world’. It weaves a strong tale where all ends are tucked in, where every character is accounted for, every action sees a suitable reaction. </div>
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My reaction as a reader? I couldn’t stop turning pages!</div>
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In <i>Touch Magic</i>, Jane Yolen states that “[W]hen the modern mythmaker, the writer of literary fairy tales, dares to touch the old magic and try to make it work in new ways, it must be done with the surest of touches. It is, perhaps, a kind of artistic thievery, this stealing of old characters, settings, the accoutrements of magic. But then, in a sense, there is an element of theft in all art; even the most imaginative artist borrows and reconstructs the archetypes when delving into the human heart.”</div>
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That’s why I found it satisfying to read Jonathan Auxier’s last pages in which he credits many other tales for helping him to create this new one. One that many young readers will love. One that just won the TD Canada Book Award. And one to which, according to Auxier’s website, that Disney just bought the rights. So, do a young reader a favor: have them read the book so they can see the pictures in their own mind before the movie is made.</div>
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Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to rush off to read his other books: <i>Peter Nimble and his Fantastic Eyes</i>, and - out in April 2016 - <i>Sophie Quire & the Last Storyguard!</i></div>
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Puffin, ISBN 978-0-670-06772-5</div>
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Website: <a href="http://www.thescop.com/">http://www.thescop.com</a></div>
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Trailer: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP0txNz69jM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP0txNz69jM</a></div>
Margriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04798258330690361062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154043968785483269.post-7267012574811085172015-11-05T17:40:00.000-08:002015-11-05T17:40:56.641-08:00A Brush Full of Excitement!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is what Pajama Press' website says about it (<a href="http://pajamapress.ca/book/a_brush_full_of_colour/">http://pajamapress.ca/book/a_brush_full_of_colour/</a>):</div>
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Ted Harrison’s brightly colored and wildly imaginative paintings set in the Yukon have become synonymous with the North. His instantly-recognizable images of the land of the midnight sun hang in galleries and private collections around the world. But how did a boy who grew up in a drab mining town in northeast England become one of Canada’s most beloved and decorated artists?</div>
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<em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A Brush Full of Colour</em> is the story of a boy whose passion for learning would save him from a life in the coalmines. The books by the American writer Jack London and Canadian poet Robert Service fired his imagination with scenes of the wilderness and the Klondike Gold Rush. He trained as an artist, and a stint in the British Intelligence Service allowed him to travel. But Ted never stopped dreaming of the North, and when he saw an advertisement for teachers in Northern Alberta, he jumped at the chance to emigrate to Canada, where the biggest adventure of his life would begin.</div>
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Margriet Ruurs and Katherine Gibson <span style="font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">trace the life of Ted Harrison and the influences that would lead to his unique style as an artist. Filled with full-color examples of his vivid art, and with a foreword written by Ted Harrison, </span><em style="border: 0px; font-family: Lato, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A Brush Full of Colour</em><span style="font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> will provide inspiration for a new generation of budding artists.</span></div>
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<a href="http://pajamapress.ca/ted_harrison_inspired_art_gallery/">Click here</a> to view our gallery of Ted Harrison-inspired art created by Margriet Ruurs and the kids and parents at North York Central Library in Toronto.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Awards and honours:</strong><br />2016 Rocky Mountain Book Award nominee<br />2016 OLA Forest of Reading Silver Birch Non-Fiction Award nominee<br />2015 TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award Shortlist<br />2015 Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award nominee<br />2015 Children’s Literature Roundtables of Canada Information Book Award nominee<br />2015–2016 Hackmatack Children’s Choice Award nominee<br />2015 Spring <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Best Books for Kids & Teens </em>Starred Selection<br />2014 OLA Best Bet</div>
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“An outstanding, well-organized biography… A joy to look at and an inspiration to read.”—<strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">School Library Journal</em></strong></div>
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“Seldom does an artist’s biography for children offer so many beautiful reproductions of the subject’s work. Pair this inviting book with <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ashley Bryan: Words to My Life’s Song</em> (2009), another wonderfully visual celebration of an artist following his own path.”—<strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Booklist</em></strong></div>
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“A child-friendly introduction to an iconic, wonderfully accessible and quintessentially Canadian artist.”—<strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Kirkus Reviews</em></strong></div>
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“…a must have…The text is easy to read,comprehensive, and interesting…[A] beautifullypresented book…Highly recommended…”—<strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Resource Links</em></strong></div>
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“This outstanding biography does more than just inform the reader of Ted Harrison’s life in a well organized way. <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A Brush Full of Colour</em> is indicative of the spirit and passion of its subject…Highly Recommended.”—<strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">CM Magazine</em></strong></div>
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“This inspirational and informative biography includes many stunning examples of Harrison’s luminous artwork as well as resources, sources and a foreword written by the artist himself…”—<strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Canadian Children’s Book News</em></strong></div>
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“…this book is virtually larger than life…<em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A Brush Full of Colour</em> is an exemplary youngCanLit biography…”—<strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">CanLit for LittleCanadians</em></strong></div>
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“The table of contents for this lovely new book from Pajama Press entices with the promise of a foreword by the artist himself, and then goes on to let the reader know that soon they will learn about Ted’s childhood, his world travels, his life in the north, and his life as a full-time artist.” – <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sal’s Fiction Addiction</em></strong></div>
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“Here’s a book that will be as interesting for you as it will be for your child. <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A Brush Full of Colour</em> is a vibrant, fact-based picture book about Canadian artist Ted Harrison.” – <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Getting Kids Reading</em></strong></div>
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<b>Teachers, here is a page with activities based on the book: </b><a href="http://pajamapress.ca/resource/a_brush_full_of_colour_activities/">http://pajamapress.ca/resource/a_brush_full_of_colour_activities/</a></div>
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<b>CBC Radio Fan Choice Award</b>: <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/books/TDkids/fanchoice/">http://www.cbc.ca/books/TDkids/fanchoice/</a></div>
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For an <b>interview on CBC Radio</b> about this book, click here to listen to the podcast: <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/nxnw/">http://www.cbc.ca/nxnw/</a></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(50, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">When I picked up Rebel Queen, I found the cover intriguing but the woman's thigh and her s</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(50, 51, 51);">word</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(50, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> did not exactly made me want to read this book. Although I liked the title.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">All along, I marveled at the skillful writing. “How did this writer do all this research?” I kept asking myself. I loved this unique story with its colourful characters, its strong plot, with its passion and violence and unique setting. The customs, the food, the smells, the sights and sounds of India. I learned how people in India cooked meals, how they behaved and why, what their homes looked like. I learned about living in purda and other customs. It all pulled me in and took me along on an exotic journey.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">But what made it a truly amazing story is the fact that this is a true story. The real Rebel Queen was an Indian rani, married to the raja of Jhansi. Their kingdom was fine until the British invaded, wanting to conquer all of India. The story that unfolds is told in the voice of one of the queen’s female bodyguards, her so called Durga Dal. I kept wondering how much the author had invented to make the story work. But, once I finished reading, I did some research and to my amazement I found that almost all of the story is true. The length to which this queen went to protect her country are incredible. Apparently all Indians know about this amazing woman. I'm glad I do, too, now because of this book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">If you want to read a ‘different’ book, set in a unique place in history, about strong females - this is the book. The queen and her all female guard really existed and resisted the British in an admirable, albeit bloody, manner. Great writing!</span></div>
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Margriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04798258330690361062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154043968785483269.post-20522835504669120342015-10-14T01:33:00.000-07:002015-10-14T01:33:00.821-07:00International School Visits<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As the author of many books for children, I started conducting school visits a long time ago. Regular talks about my books and my writing process soon let to creating workshops for students on how they can apply my ideas to their own writing.</div>
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These writing workshops for kids, soon led to workshops for teachers - helping them to tap into ways that make writing a fun, exciting activity for students. </div>
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After much travel across the USA and Canada to speak at schools and conferences, I was thrilled to be invited to my first international school. Word of mouth soon had me flying to China, Malaysia, Mongolia and many other countries. Working as an author at international schools is vastly different from doing school visits closer to home. It usually requires adjustment to a new climate and culture on top of long days in schools. No matter how exciting dinner with teachers is, doing it five days in a row after performing all day is exhausting. So I find that it takes a special kind of person to adapt to the demands and the excitement. I have, long ago, been bitten by the travel bug. Over the years I learned to ‘go with the flow’ at international schools and so I absolutely love this unique experience. </div>
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Having spoken at the ECIS Conference in Europe, I was recently invited to work at international schools in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania. What an amazing opportunity! I had dreamed of Africa for most of my life so I loved coming to the continent. The sights, sounds and smells were enchanting. I learned so much. I had no idea that people in Ethiopia celebrate an elaborate coffee ceremony each day, burning incense and roasting popcorn, too. First graders made books based on my book <i>Families Around The World</i> while I was able to share stories about nonfiction research with fifth graders. Other kids honed interviewing skills and we talked about books and illustrations all week long.</div>
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In Kenya, I enjoyed conducting presentations and writing workshops to hundreds of elementary school students. The parents seemed as excited as their kids! The teachers even coordinated a wonderful Authors’ Brunch whereby third graders enjoyed a breakfast buffet while listening to the guest speaker as if they were attending a university lecture.</div>
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Being in Nairobi allowed me the enriching experience of visiting an orphanage in the nearby hills, Creation of Hope, started by a Canadian author. </div>
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Sixth grade students wrote me letters, following my talks with them. Wonderful letters that demonstrate to me that author visits do have a lasting impact on kids’ attitude towards books. Aden writes:</div>
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“I was shocked to learn that it takes years to write a book. Your presentation gave me ideas on how I can be creative when I write!”</div>
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Ravi told me that “my previous small school only had one author visit in six years, so I am so glad that my school now offers things like this. Your book about libraries around the world (<i>My Librarian is a Camel</i>) shows me how lucky I am to have a school library.”</div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">"<i>Dear
Your Majesty the Queen,</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>I
need to speak to you urgently about my brother Luke. He's got cancer
and the doctors in Australia are being really slack. If I could
borrow your top doctor for a few days I know he/she would fix things
in no time. Of course Mum and Dad would pay his/her fares even if it
meant selling the car or getting a loan. Please contact me at the
above address urgently.</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Yours
sincerely,</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Colin
Mudford.</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>P.S.</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>This
is not a hoax.</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Ring
the above number and Aunty Iris will tell you.</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Hang
up if a man answers.</i>"</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is how <i>Two Weeks With The Queen</i> starts.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">I like Morris Gleitzman's books for their tongue-in-cheek humor. But when I finished this book I was struck by the fact that he dealt with difficult issues: homosexuality, cancer and more - in such a wonderful, lighthearted manner.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">This
is a humorous but deeply moving story about Colin, who refuses to
believe that his younger brother is dying of cancer. Colin takes matters in his own hands and decides to go to the top for
help, who better than the all mighty Queen? Colin's efforts to reach Her Majesty are hilarious, surprising and doomed to
failure. But even if Colin can't find a cure for cancer, he does
find a way to help some of his new friends, as well as
discovering the best thing he can do for Luke and his family. A tender, tough story that could be serve as a read-aloud to discussion the issues together.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Author
website: <a href="http://www.morrisgleitzman.com/">http://www.morrisgleitzman.com/</a></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Listen
to a chapter here:
<a href="http://www.morrisgleitzman.com/books/fst_intro_2wks.html">http://www.morrisgleitzman.com/books/fst_intro_2wks.html</a></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lesson
Plan:
<a href="http://www.teacher-of-english.com/two-weeks-with-the-queen-teaching-resources-358.html">http://www.teacher-of-english.com/two-weeks-with-the-queen-teaching-resources-358.html</a></span></span></span></div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 700;">Paperback:</span> 128 pages</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 700;">Publisher:</span> Puffin Bks (March 4, 1999)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 700;">Language:</span> English</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 700;">ISBN-10:</span> 014130300X</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 700;">ISBN-13:</span> 978-0141303000</li>
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