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“allison mitcham”

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  • Islands of New Brunswick

    Living Between the Tides

    by Allison Mitcham ...
    Culled from her collections Offshore Islands and Paradise or Purgatory(1984), New Brunswick Islands is part ecocritical exploration and part historical survey, as Mitcham explores the province'Äôs not-so-far-off islands in search of their unique stories. The result is an extraordinary collection of essays that illuminates the social and cultural histories behind New Brunswick'Äôs islands. Exposed ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pourquoi le ciel s’éloigna de la terre لماذا ابتعدت السماء عن الأرض Why the Sky Moved Away from the Earth

    by Christine Gnimagnon Adjahi, Allison Mitcham ...
    Illustrated by Samia Taqi ...
    Album trilingue : français, arabe, anglais. Autrefois, le ciel était si près de la surface de la terre que les hommes pouvaient le toucher. Mais une femme obstinée le força à prendre ses distances... Ce conte mythique fon du Bénin offre une interprétation amusante de l'origine des étoiles. *ATTENTION: Ce livre contient des passages en arabe, une langue s'écrivant de droite à gauche. ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • Un petit garçon pêche une baleine / L'pa'tu'ji'j Ne'pa'tl Putupl / A Little Boy Catches a Whale

    by Judith Perron ...
    Illustrated by Naomi Mitcham ...
    Adaptations en français, en anglais et en mi’kmaq d’un conte traditionnel mi’kmaq recueilli et publié au 19e siècle par Silas T. Rand de Hantsport, en Nouvelle-Écosse. Un couple pauvre et âgé recueille un petit garçon trouvé sous la terre. Cette action bienveillante est le prélude à une série de prodiges… ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

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  • Grimm's Fairy Tales

    by Jacob & Wilhem Grimm ...
    Once upon a time, two brothers wished to preserve their German folklore in a collection of tales that they believed had been handed down for generations. When they began in 1812 they had just 86 stories that rather harshly reflected the difficult life of European peasantry. Subsequent editions would grow to hold over 200 tales. As time passed, the Brothers Grimm found that their collection of ... Read more

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  • The Canadian Horse

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  • Ridgeway

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  • 1001 Cranes

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  • Macdonald at 200

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  • The Dollmaker of Krakow

    by R. M. Romero ...
    In the vein of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and Number the Stars, this fusion of fairy tales, folklore, and World War II history eloquently illustrates the power of love and the inherent will to survive even in the darkest of times.In the land of dolls, there is magic.In the land of humans, there is war.Everywhere there is pain.But together there is hope.Karolina is a living doll whose king and ... Read more

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  • Muleskinner

    The European War of a Niagara Artilleryman

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    Based on the experiences of an ammunition driver in the Canadian Artillery, this book will give the reader a quick understanding of Canadas involvement in World War One. Follow Driver Hesler as he moves up to the line and back during the battles of the Somme, Vimy Ridge, Lens, Passchendaele and the Allied advance during the last hundred days of the war. At each step, the author zooms out to the ... Read more

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