Pioneer Life
$14.99This engaging activity book that explores the way of life of three pioneer societies in Canada.
- 48 pages, line drawings
- Ages: 6-9
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Pioneer Sampler
$23.50This living book will effectively engage children as they delve into the captivating world of the pioneering Robertson family. Through each page, young readers are transported back in time to experience the rich tapestry of daily life on the frontier. The stories, filled with adventure, resilience, and the spirit of exploration, invite children to accompany the Robertsons on their journey of survival and growth. Each narrative is complemented by factual information that provides context and historical accuracy, allowing children to grasp not just the story but the intricacies of the era.
- 240 pages
- Ages: 8-12
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Pit Pony
Original price was: $12.95.$10.00Current price is: $10.00.An award-winning Maritime children’s classic back in print, with a new introductory note by Sable Island researcher Zoe Lucas.If Willie could have his dream, he would go to Sable Island and ride free over the sand dunes on the back of a wild horse.
- 131 pages
- Ages: 8-12
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Question of Loyalty
$5.99Finding the wounded rebel in the barn was just the beginning of Deborah’s troubles. If she is caught hiding Dan, her family will be branded as traitors and their barn burned. If she turns him over to the sheriff, he will be hanged! Deborah is torn between a father she has always trusted to be right, and the wounded boy who begs for her help. A gripping story of divided loyalty.
- 185 pages
- Ages: 8-12
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Under a Shooting Star
$9.99Edward turned to follow the others as a cannon exploded. The powder charge was too great. Men fell to the deck screaming, but Edward could not hear them, for the blast had been deafening?
Book 3 of the Circle of Silver Chronicles is an exciting adventure on the lakes during the War of 1812.
- ISBN: 9780773762282
- Author: Maxine Trottier
- 212 pages
- Ages: 8-12
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Elijah of Buxton
$9.99Meet Elijah, the first child born free in Buxton, Ontario—a safe haven for those who escaped slavery across the border from Detroit. At just eleven years old, Elijah is bright, spirited, and full of questions about his world—and about the one his parents and friend Mr. Leroy left behind in America.
- 368 pages
- Ages: 8-12
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Underground to Canada
$10.99Taken away from her mother by a ruthless slave trader, all Julilly has left is the dream of freedom.
- ISBN: 9780143187899
- Author: Barbara Smucker
- 160 pages
- Ages 8-12
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Birchbark Bundle
$59.00Save $4.50
This First Nations perspective of the time of Little House on the Prairie, gives a sweet alternate view to the pioneering stories. These books do not disappoint!
Omakayas, a young Ojibway girl, lives with her family on an island in Lake Superior around 1847.
- ISBN: 9780123453563
- Author: Louise Erdich
- Ages: 8-12
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Birchbark House (Birchbark House #1)
$12.50Omakayas, a young Ojibway girl, lives with her family on an island in Lake Superior around 1847. Erdrich, drawing on her family’s history, tells us the story from the First Nations perspective.
- ISBN: 9780063064164
- Author: Louise Erdrich
- 244 pages
- Ages: 8-12
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Chickadee (Birchbark House #4)
$12.50Twin brothers Chickadee and Makoons have done everything together since the day they were born—until the unthinkable happens and the brothers are separated.
- ISBN: 9780060577926
- Author: Louise Erdrich
- 224 pages
- Ages: 8-12
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Game of Silence (Birchbark House #2)
$12.50Her name is Omakayas, or Little Frog, because her first step was a hop, and she lives on an island in Lake Superior. One day in 1850, Omakayas′s island is visited by a group of mysterious people. From them, she learns that the chimookomanag, or white people, want Omakayas and her people to leave their island and move farther west.
That day, Omakayas realizes that something so valuable, so important that she never knew she had it in the first place, could be in danger: Her way of life. Her home.
- ISBN: 9780064410298
- Author: Louise Erdrich
- 288 pages
- Ages: 8-12
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Julie
$12.50This sequel to George’s Newbery Medal-winning Julie of the Wolves continues the story of Julie Edwards Miyax Kapugen, now living in the Eskimo village of Kangik with her father, Kapugen. Julie worries that her father will shoot the wolves if they threaten the herd he is raising as part of the village’s industry.
Julie’s decision to return home to her people is not an easy one. But after many months in the wilderness, living in harmony with the wolves that saved her life, she knows the time has come.
- 240 pages
- Ages: 8-12