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Toronto: Viking, 1995. A remarkable and powerful historical novel that beautifully recreates Canada's ancient past. It is also a deply personal story about one young man's struggle with his identity and how he achieves a fragile yet important sense of belonging. Although this story is a work of fiction, it was written around archaelogical and historical facts. A clean bright book in an illustrated price-intact dust jacket. Very well illustrated dust jacket by Paul McCuster. 'The Dream Carvers' won the 1995 Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction For Young People, the 1995 Mr. Christie's Book Award and the 1996 Hibernia Book Award.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Middletown, Connecticut: AMerican Education Publications (c.1971) 'The Moonstone' has been called the first of the great English detective novels. its author based his character of Sergeant Cuff on an actual policeman, Inspector Whicher. Two things in particular make this novel an unusual mystery. First, it is realistic about human nature. Sergeant Cuff is not a superman who never makes mistakes. Secondly, 'The Moonstone' is unusual in the way the story is written. The author lets different characters take turns in telling all they know about certain incidents. Like witnesses in court, each character can tell part of the story. The full story is not known until the end of the book. This book is very well illustrated, many illustrations in b/w and nine in full-page colour. Name to fep. A sound, tight, clean book showing minimal edgewear to book extremities.. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1982. 1982 First Edition. Hardcover. Book Very Good Plus in a Very Good Plus Dust Jacket. Another Tom Penny Adventure..... this Canadian author's third book in this series. A million dollar canal project, a mysterious murder, and a youthful romance are all part of the exciting adventures in this Tom Penny novel. It is 1832 and Tom is now sixteen.... Maps by Bill Russell precede the first chapter. One showing the 'Proposed Route of the Grand Canal' (1833)... the other showing 'Tom's Journey'. Tom's step-father Jamie MacPherson, a shrewd and resourceful man, wants to build the canal between Montreal and Georgian Bay. Bright blue cloth boards. Gilt title print to spine. No signs of previous ownership. Small imperfection to bottom edge. A very nice bright, clean copy in a price-intact full pictorial wrap-around dust jacket.... cover illustrations by Vlasta Van Kampen.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1973. 'Never Step On An Indian's Shadow' is the stirring tale of a young girl's adventures in a northern Canadian town beset with Indian unrest. In this illuminating story of Teresa's struggle to drive a wedge in the wall of racial discrimination, Diana Walker has successfully combined social relevance with an intriguing setting. This English-born author who lives in Canada, has written five books for teen-agers, two of which wewe selected by the Child Study Association of America for its "Children's Books of the Year" for 1968. This book is suitable for 12 up. Clean grey cloth boards with red title print to front board and spine showing one corner bruise. No ownership markings.Full wrap-around illustrated dust jacket by Gareth Floyd.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company (c.1963) "A Whitman Learn About Book #16". First children's book by Robert I. Johnson, Director of Chicago's Adler Planetarium Museum, one of the largest and most unusual astronomical museums in the world. His aim was not only to simplify difficult material and to keep it scientifically accurate but to make it as interesting as the scientist finds it. A well illustrated book in color and b/w. The photographs appear through the courtesy of the Boyden Station of the Harvard College Observatory, the Lick, Mount Wilson and Palomar and Yerkes Observatories. This book offers ten chapters. Photo illustrated endpapers. Brightly illustrated glossy hardboard covers. A very nice learning tool for children!. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

Toronto: James Lorimer & Company, Publishers, 1976. Ex-Library. A sequel to 'Shantymen of Cache Lake', which won the 1976 Canada Council Award for juvenile literature, this adventure story for young people nine to thirteen years of age gives an exciting and realistic picture of the days of wooden sailing ships when square riggers from Nova Scotia sailed around the world. A two-page map spread followed by: Nova Scotia Song... words for the song collected by Dr. Helen Creighton, precede chapter one. A generous section of photographs provided.Very interesting nautical historical photos provided by various libraries, museums, the Notman Photographic Archives, etc, etc. A glossary of nautical terms given. Green cloth boards. Usual ex-library stamping, pocket, etc are here. The nautical jacket illustration is by Emma Hesse. This book remains sound and most serviceable in its bright dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Children's Book Club, 1973. 1973. Book Near Fine in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. 'Out There' is a story set in the future in the early twenty-first century. An exciting adventure story, this novel for older children also presents a convincing picture of what the world would be like if squirrels, hummingbirds, fawns and butterflies had disappeared from the earth and were only remembered as mythical animals like the unicorn and the flying horse. Bright yellow boards with gilt title print to spine. No ownership markings. A very clean fresh copy in it's bright dust jacket. Front cover design by Brenda Pye. A Very attractive edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: UNICEF. Harper Collins Publishers, 1994. Oblong format. Preface by author/illustrator Maurice Sendak.....introduction by James P. Grant, executive director . UNICEF. This book is a collection of children's drawings, letters and poems from schools and refugee camps in former Yugoslavia. It was collected by the United Nations Children's Fund as part of its psychosocial assistance program for war-traumatized children. It is the children's rallying cry......a wake-up call for all of us to understand their plight! Book shows minor wear to spine ends and corner tips. No ownership markings. A solid bright book in a price-intact illustrated dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London, England: World Distributors (Manchester) Limited (c1961) Off-setting to endpapers. No signs of previous ownership. Burgundy and pink decorated boards.... horse-jumping motif. Title block to spine. A sound, clean and still-bright book.. Hard Cover. Very Good.