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Canada: A People's History, Volume 1 |
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Don Gillmor |
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0771033249 |
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Book Description
How can we know where we’re going if we don’t know where we are coming from? This question applies as much to nations as it does to travellers, and it rings especially loudly in the ears of Canadians. Canada: A People’s History doesn’t tell us where we are going, but it shows us where we have come from
This richly illustrated book, the first of two volumes, tells the epic story of Canada from its earliest days to the arrival of the industrial age in the 1870s. Here is the story of the people who created this vast nation. The courageous explorers who tracked the vast wilderness; the adventurous settlers, many of them exiles from their homelands; the native peoples, crucial allies in the Europeans’ wars for possession of this land; the visionary politicians, and the shortsighted... |
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Christmas Orange |
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Don Gillmor |
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0613974263 |
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From Booklist
When Anton Stingley presents his 16-page list to Santa, Santa is not amused. On Christmas morning the only present under the tree for Anton is an orange. Anton hires a lawyer, Wiley Studpustle, who puts Santa on the stand and accuses him of breach of promise and of using aliases--Kriss Kringle, Saint Nick, and Father Christmas. When court is adjourned for lunch, the press takes over, accusing Santa of discriminatory hiring practices and using nonunion reindeer. Santa finally has a chance to explain why Anton received just one perfect orange for Christmas, then states he's decided to quit his job. The courtroom is aghast. It's Anton who eventually convinces Santa to go back to work. The story is preachy, but the good-natured hyperbole is extended by funny, cartoonlike illustrations that add appeal. Shelley... |
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Canada: A People's History, Volume 2 |
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Don Gillmor |
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0771033362 |
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The top non-fiction bestseller of fall 2000 was the authoritative and beautiful Canada: A People’s History, Volume One. For fall 2001, M&S is proud to present the equally stunning and comprehensive second volume of this landmark work.
This fall, on consecutive Sunday evenings starting on September 30, the CBC will broadcast eight new episodes from its spectacular – and spectacularly successful – series Canada: A People’s History.
Volume Two opens with the rebellion over property and language rights for the French-speaking Métis in Manitoba, led by the charismatic and troubled Louis Riel – a key event in our history and one that haunts us to this day. It closes with the less bloody but no less traumatic confrontation between the Mohawk and the army at... |
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Canada: A People's History (2 Volume Boxed Set) |
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Don Gillmor |
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0771033222 |
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The Christmas Orange |
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Don Gillmore |
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Library Binding |
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0773731008 |
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From Booklist
When Anton Stingley presents his 16-page list to Santa, Santa is not amused. On Christmas morning the only present under the tree for Anton is an orange. Anton hires a lawyer, Wiley Studpustle, who puts Santa on the stand and accuses him of breach of promise and of using aliases--Kriss Kringle, Saint Nick, and Father Christmas. When court is adjourned for lunch, the press takes over, accusing Santa of discriminatory hiring practices and using nonunion reindeer. Santa finally has a chance to explain why Anton received just one perfect orange for Christmas, then states he's decided to quit his job. The courtroom is aghast. It's Anton who eventually convinces Santa to go back to work. The story is preachy, but the good-natured hyperbole is extended by funny, cartoonlike illustrations that add appeal. Shelley... |
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The Christmas Orange |
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Don Gillmore |
Book Review
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1550050753 |
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From Booklist
When Anton Stingley presents his 16-page list to Santa, Santa is not amused. On Christmas morning the only present under the tree for Anton is an orange. Anton hires a lawyer, Wiley Studpustle, who puts Santa on the stand and accuses him of breach of promise and of using aliases--Kriss Kringle, Saint Nick, and Father Christmas. When court is adjourned for lunch, the press takes over, accusing Santa of discriminatory hiring practices and using nonunion reindeer. Santa finally has a chance to explain why Anton received just one perfect orange for Christmas, then states he's decided to quit his job. The courtroom is aghast. It's Anton who eventually convinces Santa to go back to work. The story is preachy, but the good-natured hyperbole is extended by funny, cartoonlike illustrations that add appeal. Shelley... |
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Fabulous Song |
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Don Gillmor |
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1929132484 |
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From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 2AYoung Frederic Pipkin displays no musical aptitude at all, despite his parents' frantic efforts to make him into a child prodigy. Exposing him to every instrument in the orchestra after piano lessons were aborted early on, they finally give up when all attempts fail. Frederic, however, finds his own niche as a conductor, using a wooden spoon to direct his family in a wonderful composition he creates. Energetic cartoon drawings convey the cacophony suggested. Although certainly not a priority purchase, this musical spoof might hit a familiar note with other misguided young musicians.ASally R. Dow, Ossining Public Library, NYCopyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Fabulous Song |
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Don Gillmor |
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2923163176 |
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This storybook-music cd combination features 12 songs written by songwriter Michelle Campagne and musician/record producer Davy Gallant in support of an award-winning story by Don Gillmor. Guest performances include Lorne Elliott, Michael Burgess, Harry Manx, Connie Kaldor, actors Deb Hay and David Francis and international French singing star Daniel Lavoie.
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Yuck, a Love Story |
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Don M. Gillmor |
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0773732187 |
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From Publishers Weekly
Gillmor and Gay (The Fabulous Song) team up again for a sympathetic account of a childhood crush in this good-natured book, which wisely mentions love only in the title. Austin Grouper says "yuck" when he hears that Amy, a girl his age, has moved in next door. Yet he courts her attention by dressing as a superhero and sculpting a dinosaur out of Popsicle sticks in her yard. " 'Dinosaurs had very small brains,' Amy said. She was wearing a blue sweater with horses on it. 'So do you,' Austin told her, and went home." On Amy's birthday, Austin doesn't get her an ordinary present. He literally lassoes the moon (alluding to It's a Wonderful Life's romance) and drags it into Amy's backyard, although he never explains why he goes to so much trouble for a girl. Amy accepts his gift politely. Gay, whose round-faced... |
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Yuck, a Love Story |
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Don Gillmor |
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0773762094 |
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From Publishers Weekly
Gillmor and Gay (The Fabulous Song) team up again for a sympathetic account of a childhood crush in this good-natured book, which wisely mentions love only in the title. Austin Grouper says "yuck" when he hears that Amy, a girl his age, has moved in next door. Yet he courts her attention by dressing as a superhero and sculpting a dinosaur out of Popsicle sticks in her yard. " 'Dinosaurs had very small brains,' Amy said. She was wearing a blue sweater with horses on it. 'So do you,' Austin told her, and went home." On Amy's birthday, Austin doesn't get her an ordinary present. He literally lassoes the moon (alluding to It's a Wonderful Life's romance) and drags it into Amy's backyard, although he never explains why he goes to so much trouble for a girl. Amy accepts his gift politely. Gay, whose round-faced... |
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