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"Sidney Crosby is a living hockey legend. A superstar for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Crosby is a Stanley Cup Champion and a Canadian Olympic hero. Sid the Kid's career has featured big goals, serious injuries, and even bigger moments. This book takes a look at some big events in Crosby's life, from his time playing junior hockey in Canada to draft day and playoff glory with the Penguins, and gives readers a look inside the trophy case of one of the most exciting athletes on the planet"--Provided by the publisher.

A wildlife veterinarian shares his adventures with diverse creatures from the High Arctic to the wilds of Africa and the Canadian prairies. He is renowed for preventing suffering and saving the lives of wild animals due to his development of safe sedation techniques.

Only a week after joining the 8th Durhams in April 1915 Private Herbert Tustin was captured at the Battle of Ypres. He describes the horror of trench warfare, his treatment on being taken a prisoner of war (POW) and the three day train journey into Germany. There followed sixteen months captivity at Rennbahn POW Camp with its hunger, hardships, brutality, work regime, friendships, humor and the different national characteristics of fellow POWs. In late summer 1916 together with Canadian, Gerrie Burk, the author escaped over the wire. For the next 10 days traveling by night, sleeping rough and stealing basic food they headed for Holland. Somehow they miraculously managed to avoid recapture despite the closest of calls. Once on the Dutch coast they found a boat, the SS Grenadier, to carry them across the mine-strewn, submarine infested North Sea to England, arriving on 18 September. This amazing story of war, imprisonment, escape and survival concludes with the author's wife recalling the hero's welcome home, the joyful reunion and his proposal of marriage.

"... looks at what happened after the 1867 Confederation. From the gold rush, to the building of the railways, we look at how Canada attracted and employed immigrants from thousands of miles away"--Back cover.

Examines the fissure in the relationship between Canada and its Indigenous people as a result of the Residential Schools system. Explores the historical and current impact of this system, and highlights how lack of understanding and awareness hinders healing as survivors and their families move forward in repairing the relationship between themselves and their country. Includes a list of Residential Schools, a glossary, resources for further information, and color photographs.

"The idea of the learning commons ... [is] to transform the central idea of a school library stocked with resources repository into a vibrant and central component of teaching and learning in the school community ... [Introduces] the idea of the learning commons as the extension of each classroom, the cross-classroom connection, and the center of active learning that extends beyond the school ... [Includes] resources to use and strategies to build and create a ... learning community"--Pages ix-x.

"When a young girl helps tend to her grandmother's garden, she begins to notice things that make her curious. Why does her grandmother have long, braided hair and beautifully colored clothing? Why does she speak another language and spend so much time with her family? As she asks her grandmother about these things, she is told about life in a residential school a long time ago, where all of these things were taken away..."--Provided by publisher.

"Drawn from the personal diaries and drawings of Private R.H. Rabjohn, 'A Soldier's Sketchbook' is a uniquely detailed and dramatic account of the First World War as seen through an artist's eyes."--Dust jacket.

This title examines the internment of enemy aliens in the United States and Canada during the Second World War. With particular emphasis on yellow peril and the plight of Japanese-American and Canadian citizens, the book reveals the events, mindsets, and policies leading up to and following the forced removal of thousands of citizens from their homes into internment camps. Using primary sources including real accounts of survivors.

Descriptions and illustrations of reptiles and amphibians.