Download or read book RanVan the Defender written by Diana Wieler and published by Groundwood Books. This book was released on 1993 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rhan, the video knight, meets a smart, brash, and beautiful girl named Thalie Meng.
Download or read book Drive written by Diana Wieler and published by Groundwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 1998-10-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a shiny new pickup packed with camping equipment and guitars, and with a $5,000 debt hanging over their heads, Jens and his musician brother, Daniel, take off on an unusual kind of road trip. Little do they know that they are embarking on the longest weekend of their lives -- a weekend in which far more than money is at stake. A gritty and unforgettable portrait of two young men who are at once ordinary and intensely complicated.
Download or read book The World Through Children s Books written by Susan Stan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2002 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The World through Children's Books is a valuable and easy-to-use tool for librarians, teachers and others who seek to promote international understanding through children's literature. The annotated bibliography, organized geographically by world region and country, contains nearly 700 books representing 73 countries. Sponsored by the United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY).
Download or read book The Storymakers written by and published by Pembroke Publishers Limited. This book was released on 2000 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the lives of 83 of the most talented children's authors writing today. Told in the authors' own words, these lively biographies describe the creative process, and offer advice to today's young writers. Learn how they crate wonderful books, where they get their ideas, what their desks look like, and what their favourite books were when they were growing up.
Download or read book Gaming written by Diane Peters and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 2010-02-02 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Video gaming can be an escape from the world that develops into an addiction.
Download or read book Learning with Literature in the Canadian Elementary Classroom written by Joyce Bainbridge and published by University of Alberta. This book was released on 1999-11 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grade level: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, k, p, e, i, t.
Download or read book Who s Who of Canadian Women 1999 2000 written by Gillian Holmes and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1999-06-01 with total page 1194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who's Who of Canadian Women is a guide to the most powerfuland innovative women in Canada. Celebrating the talents and achievement of over 3,700 women, Who's Who of Canadian Women includes women from all over Canada, in all fields, including agriculture, academia, law, business, politics, journalism, religion, sports and entertainment. Each biography includes such information as personal data, education, career history, current employment, affiliations, interests and honours. A special comment section reveals personal thoughts, goals, and achievements of the profiled individual. Entries are indexed by employment of affilitation for easy reference. Published every two years, Who's Who of Canadian Women selects its biographees on merit alone. This collection is an essential resource for all those interested in the achievements of Canadian women.
Download or read book Fluent in Fantasy written by Diana Tixier Herald and published by Libraries Unlimited. This book was released on 1999-06-15 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents annotated lists of fantasy titles, grouped by subgenre, with interest levels, and award indicators; and includes a discussion of fantasy, providing a historical overview and working definition of the genre.
Download or read book Quick and Popular Reads for Teens written by Pam Spencer Holley and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2009 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compiles and annotates YALSA's "Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults" and "Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers." Includes theme lists.
Download or read book Children s Book Prizes written by Ruth Allen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-01-22 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1998, this book is the first comprehensive survey of the awards made to children’s books in the English-speaking world. The Volume covers nearly forty different prizes including well-known and established ones such as the Newbury Award, prizes instigated by the commercial sector such as the Smarties Prize, as well as nationally sponsored awards and prizes for illustrators. Detailed lists are provided of the winning titles and, where appropriate, the runners-up in each year that the award has been given. Ruth Allen also presents some fascinating and often entertaining insights into the motivations behind awards and how they are views by authors, illustrators, publishers, librarians, booksellers and potential purchasers. The various criteria applied by judges of these awards are also examined, with an assessment of whether they have always achieved the ‘right’ result. This Volume is both a useful guide for adults wishing to buy good books for children and an important tool for those researching the history of the children’s book industry.
Download or read book Contemporary Authors written by Scot Peacock and published by Contemporary Authors. This book was released on 1998-06 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your students and users will find biographical information on approximately 300 modern writers in this volume of Contemporary Authors®. Authors in this volume include: Patricia Choa Jacob Epstein Julie Kavanagh Sharon Thesen
Download or read book Canadian Children s Books written by Raymond E. Jones and published by Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides teachers, librarians, and other educators, parents and relatives, and students with a comprehensive and detailed examination of Canadian children's books. Each of the 133 entries on authors and illustrators presents factual and critical information along multiple dimensions. In addition to authors and illustrators of historical and contemporary importance in the English mainstream, creators of ethnic, Aboriginal, and French-Canadian origin also are included. There are representatives of regions--the North, the East, the West, and the rest between--and of all genres: retold folktales and myths, mystery, science fiction, fantasy, sports, wilderness adventure, animal epic, chapter books, picture books, poetry, stories for reluctant readers. Appendices list the winners of the major English-Canadian children's book awards and sources for further reading.
Download or read book International Companion Encyclopedia of Children s Literature written by Peter Hunt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 1399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children's publishing is a huge international industry and there is ever-growing interest from researchers and students in the genre as cultural object of study and tool for education and socialization.
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Download or read book Boys Own written by Tim Wynne-Jones and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 2001 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Twenty exciting short stories that will appeal to preteen boys. Contributors include Joan Clark, Diana Wieler, Martha Brooks, Sarah Ellis and Tim Wynne-Jones" Cf. Our choice, 2002.
