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The big book of Canada: Exploring The Provinces And Territories
Par Christopher Moore, Janet Lunn, Bill Slavin. 2002
A coast-to-coast tour of Canada, examining the history and geography of Canada's 10 provinces and three territories, filled with little-known…
facts and fascinating stories. Includes highlights of great historical moments, information about government and industries, and portraits of memorable men and women. There are also recipes for delicacies like Caribou Chilli, lists of the people who have gone over Niagara Falls, and things that people have seen in Lake Okanagan. For grades 4-7. c2002.Saskatchewan (Discover Canada)
Par Dave Margoshes. 1992
This introduction to Saskatchewan and its people covers its residents, beginning with its original native residents and later European settlement,…
the government, economy, tourism, and the arts. Also included is a section of "Facts at a glance" which highlists information from the text, such as population statistics, important dates, and important people. Junior high and older. c1992.Red star & green dragon: looking at New China
Par Lila Perl. 1983
Les dinosaures: en os, en large et en travers ((Les Docudéments ; 15. Sciences))
Par Jean Le Loeuff, Christel Souillat. 1997
Repérer un terrain fossilifère ? Distinguer du premier coup d'œil un théropode d'un marginocéphale ? Facile... Os, œufs, becs, cornes…
et petits bobos, vous n'ignorerez presque plus rien des mastodontes de l'ère secondaire. Pour les lecteurs d’école secondaire. 1997.Land beyond the river: Europe in the age of migration
Par Richard B Lyttle. 1986
This history of Europe from the 2nd through the 9th centuries brings to life migrating Vandals, Goths, Huns, Vikings, Moslems,…
Mongols, Angles and Saxons, along with figures such as Genghis Khan, Alfred the Great, Mohammed and Attila the Hun. For junior and senior high readers. c1986.Japan, where East meets West (Discovering our heritage)
Par Judith Davidson. 1983
An introduction to the history and culture of Japan including a discussion of Japanese in the United States. Discusses Japanese…
legends, festivals, home life, schools, and sports. Grades 5-8. 1983. (Discovering our heritage)Graveyards of the dinosaurs: what it's like to discover prehistoric creatures (I Was There Ser.)
Par Shelley Tanaka, Philip J Currie, Mark Norell, Paul C Sereno. 1998
Describes paleontologists' discovery of dinosaur fossils at major sites in Mongolia, Canada, and Argentina. Presents information on the Oviraptor, Centrosaurus,…
and Herrerasaurus, among others. Discusses scientific evidence linking birds and carnivorous dinosaurs. Grades 4-7. 1998.Feathered dinosaurs
Par Christopher Sloan. 2000
Discusses the theory that birds are modern evolutionary descendants of dinosaurs, comparing their skeletons and bone structure. Describes the 1996…
discovery in China of theropod fossils showing feathers. Explains the functions of various feathers and possible evolution of arms to wings. For grades 4-7. 2000.China homecoming
Par Jean Fritz. 1985
The author lived in China until she was 13 years old. In this book, she tells of her return to…
Hankou, her home town, four decades later. Companion volume to "Homesick : my own story" (DC06014). For junior and senior high readers. c1985.Black potatoes: the story of the great Irish famine, 1845-1850
Par Susan Campbell Bartoletti. 2001
Chronicles the disaster that occurred in Ireland when the potato crop failed for five years straight. Describes the heartbreaking plight…
of the peasants, who depended on potatoes for all their meals. A million died of starvation, and many more were forced to emigrate to America. Grades 5-8. Winner of Robert F. Sibert Award. 2001.All about Niagara Falls: fascinating facts, dramatic discoveries
Par Linda Granfield. 1988
Albertosaurus: death of a predator (Discoveries in palaeontology, #1)
Par Monique Keiran. 1999
Some 75 million years ago, one dinosaur ended its life. The dinosaur was an Albertosaurus -- distant cousin to the…
ferocious, meat-eating predator Tyrannosaurus Rex. But its death was also a beginning -- the start of its transformation into a fossil, which lay undiscovered for millennia until the forces of erosion brought the young dinosaur, once again, to light. Grades 4-7. 1999.A home for foundlings
Par Marthe Jocelyn. 2005
Inspired by a desire to learn about her grandfather's childhood in an English orphanage, the author researched the London Foundling…
Hospital. Founded in 1739, the institution took in babies whose desperate mothers might otherwise have abandoned them, and trained them to be useful citizens. With benefactors like the artist William Hogarth and the composer George Frideric Handel, the facility cared for approximately 27,000 children for over 200 years. Grades 5-8. 2005.Canada, the culture (Lands, peoples, and cultures series.)
Par Bobbie Kalman. 1993
Canada, the land (Lands, peoples, and cultures series.)
Par Bobbie Kalman. 1993
Victoria: Queen And Empress (Immortals of history)
Par Neil Grant. 1970
There once was a world: a nine-hundred-year chronicle of the shtetl of Eishyshok
Par Yaffa Eliach. 1998
The author was a young child when the massacre of September 26, 1941, left almost no survivors in her home…
of Eishyshok--one of the oldest Jewish settlements in Europe. Her recreation of the shtetl's history describes community life, which centred around the homes, schools, and synagogues. 1998.The RCMP Musical Ride
Par Maxwell Newhouse. 2004
The thundering hooves, the skilled riders, and the dazzling pageantry of the Musical Ride have thrilled audiences young and old…
since it was first performed in 1887. The author tells the history of the Ride and the story of the spectacular black horses, their arduous training and sparkling equipment, and their Mountie riders in bright scarlet. Grades 4-7. 2004.Growing up in 13th century England
Par Alfred Leo Duggan. 1962
An account of how young people in England lived and were trained for adulthood in the 1270's. Describes the everyday…
lives of children from different social classes. For junior and senior high readers. 1962.China and the Chinese
Par Lyn Harrington. 1966