Children and YA Non-fiction

Great Women Leaders

Great Women Leaders, the fourth in Second Story's Women's Hall of Fame Series, belongs to the inspirational school of biography. Featuring 10 subjects who overcame various types of prejudice to make enormous contributions to society, ... Read More »

May 12, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Ask Me Anything!

By Marg Meikle

Marg Meikle provides answers to questions kids wonder about, posed to her via post and e-mails or arising from her own enquiring mind. The results of her research range from the mildly interesting (why isn't ... Read More »

May 12, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Who Are You? Why You Look, Feel, and Act the Way You Do

By Sylvia Funston, Susanna Denti, illus., Gilbert Duclos, photo.

Achieving a healthy self-image has been a struggle for pre-teens for generations. This book takes a lighthearted approach to the difficult, sensitive topic by creating a hands-on manual that children can read, use, and experiment ... Read More »

May 12, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Allowances, Dollars and Sense: A Proven System for Teaching Your Kids About Money

By Paul W. Lermitte

Instilling the value of money and establishing a grounding in sound financial principles at an early age is probably one of the most important lessons parents can provide for their children. Just how to provide ... Read More »

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Reference

Etched in Ice: A Tribute to Hockey’s Defining Moments

By Michael McKinley

To Canadians in the 1930s and 1940s listening to Foster Hewitt call the play-by-play, hockey must have seemed invented for radio. As families huddled around their consoles, the chaotic beauty of the game came alive ... Read More »

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Sports, Health & Self-help

The Top 100 Nhl Players of All Time

By Steve Dryden, ed.

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Sports, Health & Self-help

The Encyclopaedia of the First Peoples of North America

By Rayna Green and Melanie Fernandez

There’s a lot to appreciate about this single-volume encyclopedia. It’s topical, attractively designed, and loaded with more than 270 quality photographs. Published originally as The British Museum Encyclopaedia of Native North America, this re-titled Canadian ... Read More »

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Reference

Marshall Mcluhan: Escape into Understanding

By W. Terrence Gordon

The approaching millennium will bring with it the 20th anniversary of the death of Marshall McLuhan, a prophet still widely misunderstood in his own country. Genius, seer, or fast-talking media huckster? The image of the ... Read More »

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

Marie Dressler: The Unlikeliest Star

By Betty Lee

Marie Dressler is no longer a household name. But during the 1930s, in cinemas across North America, this undeniably plain woman, weighing more than 200 pounds and carrying 60-odd years, was a bigger box-office draw ... Read More »

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

Franklin Stays up (level 2)

By Mary Labatt, Marisol Sarrazin, illus.

The newly published Kids Can Read series offers stories with a controlled vocabulary and three levels of difficulty in an engaging format for beginner readers. Level 1, exemplified by Sam Finds a Monster, is designed ... Read More »

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

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Great Women Leaders

Ask Me Anything!

Who Are You? Why You Look, Feel, and Act the Way You Do

Allowances, Dollars and Sense: A Proven System for Teaching Your Kids About Money

Etched in Ice: A Tribute to Hockey’s Defining Moments

The Top 100 Nhl Players of All Time

The Encyclopaedia of the First Peoples of North America

Marshall Mcluhan: Escape into Understanding

Marie Dressler: The Unlikeliest Star

Franklin Stays up (level 2)

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