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Contemporary Canadian Picture Books
This enriched reference guide offers a unique overview of more than 200 picture books published by Canadian publishing houses between 2017–2019. The authors cover key themes in contemporary Canadian titles that match broad curriculum trends in education. Response activities are included in the text, for example frameworks for critical literacy discussions, along with annotated bibliographies that specifically recognize titles by Indigenous authors and illustrators. The book also contains original interviews with a dozen rising stars in Canadian writing and book illustration. While the book is specifically geared for educators, it also supports public libraries, Education researchers, and future picture book creators, as well as families who are interested in learning more about reading development and related literacy activities for the home setting.
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New Canadian Library
In the mid-1950s, much Canadian literature was out of print, making it relatively inaccessible to readers, including those studying the subject in schools and universities. When English professor Malcolm Ross approached Toronto publisher Jack McClelland in 1952 to propose a Canadian literary reprint series, it was still the accepted wisdom among publishers that Canadian literature was of insufficient interest to the educational market to merit any great publishing risks. Eventually convinced by Ross that a latent market for Canadian literary reprints did indeed exist, McClelland & Stewart launched the New Canadian Library (NCL) series in 1958, with Ross as its general editor. In 2008, the NC...
Slightly Higher in Canada
This book contains several hundred trivia questions on diverse aspects of aviation including history, safety, airspace, and flight operations. Most convey interesting and useful information that either reminds pilots (or any aviation enthusiast) of something they forgot, teaches them something useful, or expresses a new way of thinking about something they already know, presenting information in a new light and in a manner that is whimsical and entertaining, to broaden and further integrate understanding. At the end of each chapter are not simply answers, but rather the explanations behind them also. All are written to entertain but all are educational.
