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Don't Think Twice
written by Alison Lohans
1967: Shy 17-year-old Jan Carlson lives in Sierra Vista, California, a conservative farming town. The Viet Nam war rages. Friends' brothers get drafted and the daily pledge of allegiance becomes a test of conscience. 1997: Thirty years later she's living in Canada. Worried sick about her runaway daughter, Jan writes a long letter in a desperate attempt to reach out to her. She describes falling in love with brothers Tim and Rob, a tumultuous time when irrevocable choices are made.
Finalist for the Saskatchewan Book Awards Book of the Year, and
the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award.
Read a
review in CM Magazine.
Price: $14.95
This book can be purchased from
Your Nickel's Worth Publishing:
74 Academy Park Road
Regina, SK S4S 4T7
Phone: 306-585-0450
Fax: 306-569-7467
Email: heather@yournickelsworth.com
or directly from Alison at
alisonlohans@books4kids.ca.
Honey Trouble
written by
Dianne Young
& illustrated by
A. E. Matheson.
Can Josie remember what she is to buy at the store?
Join Josie and the friends she meets on trip to the corner store to get honey.
Dianne Young uses humour and repetition to create this story for children
ready to move beyond picture books and read for themselves.
Purchase from
aemWORKS Publishing.
Winner:
3 Saskatchewan Book Awards
(Award for Publishing, First Peoples' Publishing Award, First Peoples' Writing Award)
Dancing in My Bones
written by
Anne Patton and Wilfred Burton
& illustrated by
Sherry Farrell-Racette
Dancing in My Bones, the sequel to the highly successful book
Fiddle Dancer,
returns us to the story of a young Metis boy named Nolin, as he continues
to discover his Metis heritage. Dancing in
My Bones will take you on a journey to discover Moushoom's first moose
hunt, red lipstick kisses, Uncle Bunny's fiddling, and the return of the "Bannock
Jig". But most importantly, by the end of the story, you might feel like
you have dancing in your bones!
Purchase from
The Gabriel Dumont Institute.
Kaboom!
written by
Gillian Richardson
Popcorn, geysers, volcanoes, seed pods, dynamite--even sneezes!
Find out about everything that explodes in this new release from
Annick Press.
"...deserves to be read for general interest as well as educative purposes; it is truly a blast."
Resource Links, December 2009.
"...an engrossing attention-getter, effectively tapping the sensationalism of all types of blasts."
School Library Journal, 12/1/2009.
"Packed with information... Fun for browsing and useful for the odd report."
Booklist 12/1/2009, Vol. 106 Issue 7, p57, 1p
Read a
review in CM Magazine.
Read an excerpt about Geysers.
Purchase from
Amazon (Canada) or
Amazon (USA) or a bookstore near you.
River Rat
written by Alison Lohans
Working at his aunt and uncle's ranch in California is the last thing Scott wants to be doing over the summer. He can't play his on-line game, Tallinn's Quest, his cousin Emily looks down her nose at him and his uncle seems to hold a grudge that Scott can't quite figure out. The only good thing about summer in California is tubing down the river with the other river rats...
Published by Heinemann Education, Reed Publishing, New Zealand.
This book can be purchased directly from Alison at
alisonlohans@books4kids.ca.
Winner:
Saskatchewan Book Award
(Young Adult category)
This Land We Call Home
written by Alison Lohans
The attack on Pearl Harbour sends shock waves into the quiet rural world of Paula Harmon and Ken Nishimura. Their long-time friendship and the peace and safety of Ken's farming family are threatened in the wave of anti-Japanese feeling and extreme government initiatives that follow. This novel gives the reader an immediate sense of how the range of responses from this global catastrophe affects the everyday lives of people.
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Read a 4-star review
in CM Magazine. One of Resouce Links' Years' Best 2009. Click on the arrow to hear Alison read a selection from her book on www.youtube.com.. Published by Heinemann Education, Reed Publishing, New Zealand. This book can be purchased directly from Alison at alisonlohans@books4kids.ca. |
The Canadian Shield Alphabet
written by Myrna Guymer & illustrated by RoseMarie Condon
A beautifully illustrated and informative children's picture book, The Canadian Shield Alphabet is chock full of interesting and little-known facts that highlight, letter by letter, the vast regions of the Canadian Shield--a 4.8 million square mile area (almost half of Canada!)--and the people who live there.
$24.95 (hardcover)
See sample page "B"
Read a Review
in CM Magazine.
Winner of the 2008 Canadian Science Writers Association
Science in Society Journalism Award in the Childrens Book category.
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Click the arrow to hear Myrna read letters A to D on
www.youtube.com.. Order from the Book and Brier Patch or McNally Robinson or Your Nickel's Worth Publishing: 74 Academy Park Road Regina, SK S4S 4T7 Phone: 306-585-0450 Fax: 306-569-7467 Email: heather@yournickelsworth.com |
Germy Johnson's Secret Plan
written by Alison Lohans & illustrated by A.E. Matheson.
Jeremy Johnson's Aunt Pru is coming to stay at his house--and he can't stand her! Find out what happens when he comes up with a "germy" plan to make her go away. This is a new edition of a 1992 favourite.
Published by
aemWORKS Publishing.
$7.95 + shipping.
Free teaching materials available.
Order from
the Book and Brier Patch
or from Alison at
alisonlohans@books4kids.ca.
Longhorns & Outlaws
written by Linda Aksomitis
Lucas Vogel is new to the west, new to horses,
new to pretty much everything to do with cowboys. Outlaws, however, are another story.
He's been a Pinkerton-agent-in-training, learning everything he can about outlaws,
since he arrived in Texas three years ago. Now in the wild buttes of Montana and
Saskatchewan's Big Muddy, Lucas finds real outlaws and real dangers when he runs into
the Sundance Kid and his gang. But will anyone believe him?
Published by Coteau Books.
Selected as one of the winners in the 2008
ForeWord Magazine Book awards,
which were given out in New York at the 2009 Book Expo.
One of the Year's Best for 2008 in Resource Links,
with a rating of E (Excellent).
See a review
from the Wainwright Star Chronicle.
See another review from CM Magazine.
Find out about Linda's
book tour.
Purchase at your local bookstore or order from
the Book & Brier Patch.
Run
written by Linda Aksomitis
Run is about infantile paralysis
(later known as polio), which the main character, Victoria, develops in her small town home in
1911. The treatment she receives from her stepmother is based on the treatment developed by an
Australian nurse, Sister Kenny, during that time period. The story The Wizard of Oz is
used as a motif throughout the book, with its themes of finding courage, knowledge, love,
and home.
Published by Heinemann Education, Reed Publishing, New Zealand.
This book can be purchased directly from Linda at
aksomitis@books4kids.ca.
Read a 4-Star Review
in CM Magazine.
One of Resouce Links' Years' Best 2009.
Shortlisted for the 2008
Saskatchewan Book Awards
in the Young Adult category.
Fiddle Dancer
written by
Anne Patton and Wilfred Burton
& illustrated by
Sherry Farrell-Racette
While spending time with his grandfather, or "Moushoom",
Nolin discovers his Metis heritage and learns to jig. This delightful story captures the importance
of Elders as role models, a child's apprehension at learning new things, and the special bond
between grandparents and grandchildren.
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Click the arrow to hear Anne read part of her book
on www.youtube.com.. Published by The Gabriel Dumont Institute.
Shortlisted for Children's Book of the Year at the 2007 Anskohk Book Awards.
Shortlisted for the 2007 Saskatchewan Book Awards in the First Book, Children's,
and Regina categories.See a CM Review. Available from The Gabriel Dumont Institute or The Book and Brier Patch. |
Raspberry Room
written by Alison Lohans
From the raspberry room in her backyard, Abby can see through a knothole to the house next door. She sees the neighbors' dog, Sparky, and pets his cold wet nose. Then she finds herself looking into a blue, blue eye. Who does it belong to?
See a review from CM.
Published by
Orca Books.
Order from
the Book and Brier Patch.
The Day I Became a Canadian: A Citizenship Scrapbook
written by Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet & illustrated by Song Nan Zhang.
This is a softcover re-issue of The Canadian Citizenship Scrapbook.
It is available from
Amazon.ca.