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Caves
Caves is an expository text that invites readers to learn about different types of caves and the animals that reside in them. Caves in the mountain, under the water, in a rock, under the ground, and in the ice, are discussed. Photographs add meaning to...
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Celebrate Canada: A Tour of Chinatown (Gr 6)
A young boy takes his friend on a tour of Chinatown, explaining some key features.
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Celebrate Canada: Around Kensington Market (Gr 2)
About Toronto's Kensington Market and highlighting other markets around Canada.
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Celebrate Canada: Awesome Jobs in STEAM: Canadians at Work (Gr 3)
Highlighting four scientists (who happen to be women) and a description of their amazing jobs.
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Celebrate Canada: Bats and Bikes
Bats and Bikes is a report on several important Canadian sporting inventions, including the Sam Bat, the Cervélo bike, BIXI bikes, and the UNO Streetbike. Fact boxes provide additional information. The style is conversational and informative...
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Celebrate Canada: Brilliant Beadwork (Gr 2)
Brilliant Beadwork is a description of the traditional Métis art called beadwork. The book concludes with a procedure readers can follow to create their own flower beadwork. Fact boxes titled “Brilliant fact” provide...
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Celebrate Canada: Bush Pilots (Gr 2)
Bush Pilots is the retell of an Inuit named Michael who grew up in Nunavut. Michael relates the stories of several bush pilots he knew and tells about the time his mother Kukik spent a whole day sewing to repair the cloth cover on a plane. ...
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Celebrate Canada: Canada Day from Coast to Coast to Coast
Canada Day from Coast to Coast is a description of the ways different communities celebrate Canada’s birthday. Fact boxes titled “O Canada” provide additional information. The style is conversational and informative. Mostly...
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Celebrate Canada: Canadian Hockey Stars (Gr 3)
A celebration of Canadian female and male hockey stars (all of whom happen to be Black) and the great work they do on and off the ice.
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Celebrate Canada: Canoes (Gr 3)
Canoes is a description of the iconic Canadian water craft invented long ago by First Nations peoples. Canoe types, construction, and modern innovations are explained. Fact boxes titled “Rapid fact” provide additional information...
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Celebrate Canada: Cliffhanger: Climbing in the Rockies
Cliffhanger: Climbing in the Rockies is an explanation of how sport climbers tackle the Canadian Rocky Mountains, detailing types of climbing, dangers, equipment, and teamwork. Fact boxes titled “Peak fact” provide additional...
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Celebrate Canada: Dinosaur Country
Dinosaur Country is a retell of a trip to Dinosaur Park in Alberta. On the Badlands Trail, the reader sees Hoodoos and fossil bonebeds and walks where the dinosaurs once roamed. Fact boxes provide additional information. The style is...