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The Slaughterman’s Daughter
A historical adventure story of a woman’s quest to avenge her sister’s honour set in a Jewish shtetl during the final years of the Russian Empire.
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He has published many classics, including \u003cem\u003eBoy of the Deeps\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eChin Chiang and the Dragon’s Dance\u003c\/em\u003e. His illustrations for \u003cem\u003eCanadian Railroad Trilogy\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eJust So Stories\u003c\/em\u003e have each received three starred reviews. His most recent book is \u003cem\u003eThe Curiosity Cabinet\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIan has won the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Award, the Mr. Christie’s Book Award and the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award, among others. He has been nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the Governor General’s Award and the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIan lives in Brookline, Massachusetts, with his wife, Deb.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"Illustrated by","Contributor_0":"Wallace, Ian (CA)","Contributor_1":"Wallace, Ian (CA)","Description":"Born in 1914, Joe Purdon was one of North America’s early conservationists. After stumbling as a child upon a cluster of Showy Lady’s Slippers in bloom, Joe dedicated his life to protecting these rare orchids. In this picture book, award-winning author and illustrator Ian Wallace depicts how Joe Purdon became a steward of a fragile piece of land in Eastern Ontario. Thanks to his passion, diligence and generosity, the Purdon Conservation Area (now part of the Mississippi Valley Conservation Area) was established in 1982. It is home to one of the largest colonies of Showy Lady’s Slippers in North America.","EAN":"9781554984145","Height":"7.875","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","MetaKeywords":"Biography \u0026amp; Autobiography; Nature; Flowers \u0026amp; Plants; Nature; Environmental Conservation \u0026amp; Protection; Environment; Activism; Green Books; Green Living; Sustainability; Gardens; Science; STEM; Community; Compassion; Children's Books; Picture Books; Non-Fiction; Protection; Ontario; Canada; Sustainable Living; Save the environment; Natural World; Naturalist; Inspiring; inspiration; Change the World; Wildflowers; Flowers; Environmentalist; Outdoors; Outdoor Education; Education; Earth Day","NumberOfPages":"36","OtherText_Review_0":"While kids today are sometimes exhorted to 'act locally' to help the environment, here’s an example of a boy who made his mark as naturalist by doing just that.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Booklist","OtherText_Review_1":"This exquisitely illustrated picture book . . . introduces young readers to the concept of conservation and emphasizes that one person can make a difference.","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"School Library Journal","OtherText_Review_2":"An exquisitely illustrated true story . . . The Slippers' Keeper honors this amazing legacy.","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Children's Bookwatch","OtherText_Review_3":"Ian Wallace is one of the grand masters on the Canadian picture book scene. . . . The text includes much detail about the Lady’s Slipper, itself, and about Purdon’s efforts to nurture its survival.","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"CM Magazine","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"The moving story of Joe Purdon, one of North America’s early conservationists.","ProductFormDescription":"hardcover jacket","PublicationDate":"2015-04-01","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"The moving story of Joe Purdon, one of North America’s early conservationists.","Width":"9.8425","WidthCode":"in"}
ages 5
to 8
/ grades K
to 3
The Slippers' Keeper
The moving story of Joe Purdon, one of North America’s early conservationists.
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The Smile of the Wolf
In medieval Iceland dead men rise from the grave, monsters roam the hills, and two men try to avoid paying the ultimate price for murder.
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The Sniper
Jason Bourne meets John McClane in this electrifying Taiwanese thriller about a young special-forces sniper ordered to assassinate a high-level government official.
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The Snuggly
A treasure box, a book, a snack, a stray kitten, a jar of pollywogs and a travel mug – what else can Todd fit in his sister’s snuggly?
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I was in tears. You know how it ends, but it had me wondering if I would have the necessary patience to care for someone who is ill. Garner is a beautiful writer.","OtherText_Review_10":"Swift, beautiful, and relentless, The Spare Room is a brutal novel in the best sense.","OtherText_Review_10_Src":"Alice Sebold","OtherText_Review_11":"The beauty of [The Spare Room] lies in its insistence on the frank and inescapable fight between life and death...It does not seek to instruct or to uplift: it seeks, rigorously and unflinchingly, to tell the truth...A triumph of art over artifice.","OtherText_Review_11_Src":"Newsweek","OtherText_Review_12":"The old cliche that 'you've got to laugh' in the face of tragedy is given new meaning by Garner...And she dares to express the unspeakable thoughts we often think when confronted by another's illness...What Garner brings is a forensic self-examination and a dazzling ability to turn self-realisation into universal language...as the best fiction should...[The Spare Room] tells a simple and honest story that forces us to confront our own lives and relationships...The Spare Room is intensely rewarding. It's a rare book that can make you laugh as much as this, while giving your head and your heart a workout. Helen Garner, welcome back to the world of fiction. We need you here.","OtherText_Review_12_Src":"PopMatters.com","OtherText_Review_13":"The Spare Room has the intimate and matter-of-fact feel of a memoir...The prose is brisk, focused and often darkly funny...Cancer is not cured; there is no Nabokovian last-minute escape from death into the unreality of story or language itself. The book ends, as it begins - sharply, with tacit acknowledgement that anger and feelings of helplessness have a large part to play in love and death.","OtherText_Review_13_Src":"Toronto Star","OtherText_Review_14":"The Spare Room is a brilliant success...Garner never lets up on the intensity, never backs off from her close-up on the intimate elemental conflict at the novel's core. 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It may well be the shortest epic you'll ever read.","OtherText_Review_14_Src":"Montreal Gazette","OtherText_Review_15":"The Spare Room is an absolutely harrowing read...It's an utterly devastating, all-too-human novel that will force readers to face both their fears and their potential...Helen Garner is one of the great writers of our time...With The Spare Room she has created a bold, uncompromising work that strikes to the very core.","OtherText_Review_15_Src":"Edmonton Journal","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Lynn Tompson, Bookseller","OtherText_Review_2":"Pain is not often detailed so exactly in fiction...Every detail of life glows with the energy field of ordinary things, about which [Garner] writes so beautifully...I read it in one sitting, leaning forward in my chair...","OtherText_Review_2_Auth":"Marina Endicott","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Globe and Mail","OtherText_Review_3":"...A book so sensitive, sad, funny, and alive, it surely deserves an honoured place on many shelves.","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Daily Telegraph","OtherText_Review_4":"[A] daring and dazzling novel...[Garner] writes with a diamond drill, depicting human relationships with such brutal clarity they seem to be rendered for the first time...The scenes evoking...the outrageous laughter you can share only with a dear friend are as light and appealing as a summer's day...you can trust Helen Garner. As deeply as she'll take you into the darkest territory of the heart, she will not abandon you.","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"LA Times","OtherText_Review_5":"[The Spare Room] cuts to the bone of what friendship comes to mean to two women...reads as memoir, or a rant of despair, frustration and blackly comic rage...Garner does more with this simple story in under 200 pages than many authors do with complex narratives in lengthy novels...not to be missed.","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_Review_6":"A perfect novel, imbued with all of Garner's usual clear-eyed grace...How is it that she can enter this heartbreaking territory - the dying friend who comes to stay - and make it not only bearable but glorious and funny? 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The Spare Room
A glorious exploration of friendship between two strong women — one of them with cancer.
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The Speed of Mercy
A riveting and lyrical novel about a childhood friendship and the dark secrets uncovered in a small Nova Scotia town over the course of one summer.
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ages 8
to 11
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to 6
The Spotted Dog Last Seen
While volunteering at a local graveyard, Derek discovers that solving a mystery from long ago will also help him put his own present-day fears to rest.
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ages 5
to 9
/ grades P
to 4
The Stone Thrower
The inspirational story of the undefeated African-American football player Chuck Ealey.
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Learn the history of hope, how it can be measured, learned and practiced — even where you can find hope in your brain (spoiler: it’s the bilateral medial orbitofrontal cortex, above your eyes and a few centimetres inside your brain)!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBackmatter includes real-world examples of hopeful environmental activists and a list of ways that kids can cultivate hope, as well as a glossary of unfamiliar terms, sources and further reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Text Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eillustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003edefinitions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003efacts\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003efurther information\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003efurther reading\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eglossary\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eheadings\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ehistorical context\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.2\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDetermine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; 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ages 9
to 12
/ grades 4
to 7
The Story and Science of Hope
Hope is more than a feeling — it can change the world! Discover how new science and ancient knowledge can help us face an uncertain world.
