About the Author\nCarrie Gleason is a writer and editor living in Toronto. She has written three previous books in the Canada Close Up (Le Canada vu de près) series: British Columbia, Nova Scotia and Nunavut (Colombie-Britannique, Nouvelle-Écosse et Nunavut).\nCanada's westernmost province has a fascinating past and present. This book covers a whole host of subjects that pertain to B.C. Some are serious topics, such as the Nootka Crisis and internment, and some simply celebrate B.C.'s glorious mountainous landscape, its Native art and the forest industry.

Canada Close Up: British Columbia

Children's Books

Gleason, Carrie

Geography & Cultures

Scholastic, Canada

About the Author\nCarrie Gleason is a writer and editor living in Toronto. She has written three previous books in the Canada Close Up (Le Canada vu de près) series: British Columbia, Nova Scotia and Nunavut (Colombie-Britannique, Nouvelle-Écosse et Nunavut).\nCape Breton Island and the Bay of Fundy, Cartier and Champlain, miners and fishermen, fiddles and lobsters, the Great Upheaval and the Halifax Explosion: learn all about Nova Scotia! This book introduces this eastern province's special landmarks, events, culture, geography, and cities to young readers.

Nova Scotia (Canada Close Up)

Canada Close Up: Nunavut

See below for English description. Le Nunavut a ?t? officiellement cr le 1er avril 1999. Un peu plus de 31 000 personnes, principalement des Inuits, y vivent. Nunavut is Canada's largest and newest territory. Since its creation in 1999, this region's inhabitants have shared their unique culture with the rest of Canada and the world. In addition to its people, this book will also introduce kids to the mountains and tundra that make up Nunavut and to the Inuit, sled dogs, seals, caribou and polar bears that populate it! Original title: Canada Close Up: Nunavut

Nunavut (Canada Vu de Pres) (French Edition)

Education & Reference

scholastic

Intended for children of ages 7-14, this book explores how whirlpools, tidal waves, and tsunamis begin, and their effect on people at sea and in coastal areas. It also discusses, among other things, techniques to stay safe during a storm, and how to avoid getting caught in unsafe weather conditions.

Ocean Storm Alert! (Disaster Alert!)

Science, Nature & How It Works

Crabtree Pub Co

Intended for ages 7-14, this work explores how whirlpools, tidal waves, and tsunamis begin, and their effect on people at sea and in coastal areas. Topics include: famous storms throughout history; how ancient peoples forecasted storms, and the technology that meteorologists use to predict weather; techniques to stay safe during a storm; and more.

Crabtree Classics

Henry Hudson: Seeking The Northwest Passage (In the Footsteps of Explorers)

Profiles the English explorer's journeys through early seventeenth-century America, including contact with natives, life aboard ship, and Dutch colonization.

Henry Hudson: Seeking The Northwest Passage (In The Footsteps of Explorers)

Biographies

This book is intended for ages 8-14. In the early 1600s, England was among the many countries in search of a northern passage to trade with the Far East. After many explorers failed, Henry Hudson was asked to try. This fascinating new book describes Hudson's exciting voyages and the many hardships he encountered, from becoming frozen in ice to the eventual mutiny of his crew. Its features include: map of Hudson's routes; the Muscovy Company; the customs and cultures of the Penebscot, Lenape, and Mahican tribes; the ships and their cargo; the duties and pastimes of the crew while at sea; early navigational equipment; Hudson's discoveries of Hudson's Bay, Greenland, and the Hudson River; the Hudson's Bay Company and the fur trade; a recipe from the period; and how England benefited from Hudson's expeditions.

The Biography of Cotton (How Did That Get Here?)

This work is for ages 8-14. From plant to T-shirt, this intriguing new book follows the history of this natural fibre from its earliest beginnings in Pakistan and Peru to its world-wide use today. Colour photographs and maps describe the plant itself as well as where and how it is produced. Historic black and white images help tell the real story of the early cotton trade highlighting slavery, child labour, and the manufacturing process. Other topics include; What is a commodity?; how cotton was used in the Ancient world; the history of cotton use and the textile industry; new technologies created to harvest cotton, and their effects on the rest of society; the lives of people on plantations, in the cotton fields, and in Mill Towns; cotton manufacturing around the world.

Arts, Music & Photography

This work is for ages 8-14. This fascinating new book explores how one of the world's most important products starts out as sap from a tropical tree and ends up as tires on your family car. Find out how this sap was used in ancient times, how early rubber barons prospered in South America, how they treated their labourers, and the environmental dangers of producing both natural and synthetic rubber. Other topics include: What is a commodity?; the differences between synthetic and natural rubber; how latex is harvested and rubber is made; the exploding seeds of the rubber tree; uses of rubber, including tires, erasers, elastics, bouncy balls, and silly putty; stories of different inventors such as John Priestly, Charles Goodyear, Robert Thomson, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and more.

The Biography of Rubber (How Did That Get Here?)

History

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Canada Close Up: British Columbia

Nova Scotia (Canada Close Up)

Canada Close Up: Nunavut

Nunavut (Canada Vu de Pres) (French Edition)

Ocean Storm Alert! (Disaster Alert!)

Ocean Storm Alert! (Disaster Alert!)

Henry Hudson: Seeking The Northwest Passage (In The Footsteps of Explorers)

Henry Hudson: Seeking The Northwest Passage (In the Footsteps of Explorers)

The Biography of Cotton (How Did That Get Here?)

The Biography of Rubber (How Did That Get Here?)