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Celebrate Canada: It's Big
It’s Big is a description of some of Canada’s weird and wonderful roadside structures, from Glooscap to the Big Nickel to the gigantic Ukrainian pysanka. Fact boxes titled “Big fact” add additional information. The...
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Celebrate Canada: It's Puzzling!
It’s Puzzling! is explanation/puzzle. Characteristics of a Canadian animal are revealed in photographic puzzle pieces and readers are challenged to figure out which animal it is. When the puzzle is complete, readers see a caribou and...
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Celebrate Canada: Lighthouses
Lighthouses is a description that takes readers on a tour of four lighthouses in Nova Scotia. The distinctive style of each lighthouse is described and fact boxes titled “A bright fact” provide additional facts about lighthouses. ...
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Celebrate Canada: Massive!: Niagara Falls
Massive! Niagara Falls is a description of the world-dazzling southern Ontario attraction, from statistics to energy production to stunts. Fact boxes titled “A massive fact” provide additional information. The style is...
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Celebrate Canada: Muslims in Canada (Gr 5)
Part history book about the history of Muslims in Canada; part celebration of the positive impact of Canadian Muslims; and part memoir about the author's life as a Muslim kid growing up in Canada.
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Celebrate Canada: On the Money
On the Money is a report on Canada’s money, guiding readers through the stories displayed on our bright coins and colourful bills. Fact boxes provide additional information. The style is conversational and informative. A variety of...
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Celebrate Canada: Ottawa: Canada's Capital
Ottawa: Canada’s Capital is a report that takes readers on a tour of the landmarks in Canada’s history-rich capital city, from Parliament and the Peace Tower to the Rideau Canal to the Royal Canadian Mint – and more! Fact boxes...
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Celebrate Canada: Our Families, Our Homes (Gr 1)
A book highlighting three children from three different families--one from Alberta, one from Ontario, and one from Nova Scotia.
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Celebrate Canada: Polar Bears: See you in Churchill!
Polar Bears: See You in Churchill! is a first-person report. The reporter describes the bears, explains how the townspeople of Churchill, Manitoba cope with the bears’ visits, and relates information about the bears’ behaviour. ...
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Celebrate Canada: Prairie Seasons
Prairie Seasons is a report on how the four seasons make Canada’s Prairie provinces “the breadbasket of Canada.” The role of the changing seasons in the farming of grain crops is described. Fact boxes titled “Plain...
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Celebrate Canada: St. John's: A Community by the Ocean
St. John’s: A Community by the Ocean is a report on the landmarks and festivals of the unique city of St. John’s, Newfoundland, the oldest city in Canada. Fact boxes provide additional information. The style is conversational and...
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Celebrate Canada: That's Me! (Gr 3)
That’s Me! is a first-person retell in which Cheyenne shares what it means to be a member of her Secwepemc community. Fact boxes titled “You might like to know” add additional information. The style is conversational...