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Take a family road trip across Canada to discover funny, amazing facts, historical and natural wonders, food and festivals about each province, coast to coast. Illustrated like a scrapbook with wacky postcards, photographs, and all kinds of souvenirs! (Chapter book)
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Whisked back in time with a flying sled to 1001, Emily and Matt meet up with Leif Eriksson and the Vikings, sailing to Vinland (Newfoundland). Can the kids learn to like a diet of fish and berries, and living in a hut? (Easy reader)
And for more exciting Canadian Flyer Adventures: A Whale Tale, Danger, Dinosaurs!, Crazy for Gold, Beware, Pirates!, Pioneer Kids, All Aboard!, Lost in Snow, Stop that Stagecoach, Arctic Storm
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A boy, who's
going to be a Mountie when he grows up, rides his horse on the prairie,
looking for his little brother. "This is the land where giants
ride and little brothers hide in wagonwheels, looking for buffalo
heads." Gorgeous illustrations capture the wide open spaces.
(Picture book)
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Flat Stanley's shape is perfect for snowboarding in British Columbia, but soon he finds himself parasailing above the Arctic, dogsledding to Calgary, and folded up like a maple leaf at a hockey game. (Easy reader)
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"We joke
on the Prairies that if your dog runs away from home, you can stand
in front of your window and watch him for three days." Experience
the wonder of the Canadian Prairies kids
playing on hay bales, exploring prairie dog holes, baking Saskatoon
pies. Marvelous, detailed paintings! (Chapter book)
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Greta
always loved fog, but when the mists roll in, something magical
happens she can walk into Blue Cove, a long-gone village
over the mountain. A charming fantasy that conjures up bygone days
in sea-faring towns of Nova Scotia. (Chapter book)
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Two heartwarming stories of Newfoundland and the tight-knit communities that live on the rocky island storms and shipwrecks, daring rescues by a brave dog, wild ponies left on a deserted island, legends and lost treasure. (Chapter book)
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Summer 1800.
Hair-raising adventures of young Pierre La Page, who joins the voyageurs,
paddling canoes from Montreal to Grand Portage, a trading post 2,400
miles away on Lake Superior.
(Chapter book)
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Gabe and Raymond, two
teenage boys, are stranded in Northwest Territories
with an old Dene elder, Johnny Raven. As winter sets in, Johnny
teaches the boys to hunt moose, trap beaver, build snowshoes,
and to stay alive. (Chapter book)
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Action-packed magic and adventure riding the Boundless, longest train and most powerful engine in the world. Can Will Everett survive jumping boxcars at night, eluding a master thief, bumping into a sasquatch, and joining a circus disappearing act? (Chapter book)
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Canada from A to Z, “A is for Arctic, in the ice cold north …” beaver, Calgary Stampede, dogsled, geese, hockey, Jasper National Park, Niagara Falls, maple, salmon, Zamboni and more. Delightful illustrations and fun for younger kids. (Picture book)
Also, A Day in Canada
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Unfold the Candian Rockies, and a take a trip across the mountains, starting in Vancouver on one of spectacular train journeys, rafting on the rivers, passing by icefields, hot springs, roaring waterfalls, and hoodoos, ending up in Calgary, plus more about wildlife and fun facts. (Picture book, fold-out pages)
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"There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run, when the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun." Classic song by Gordon Lightfoot is fabulously illustrated, capturing the sweeping landscape and people who built the railroad across Canada, from the sea to the sea. (Picture book)
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(More children's
books on other Canada pages) |