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Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"An engaging look at how the animals, people, and seasons within an ecosystem are intertwined. To the Gitxsan people of Northwestern British Columbia, the grizzly is an integral part of the natural landscape. Together, they share the land and forests that the Skeena River runs through, as well as the sockeye salmon within it. Follow mother bear as she teaches her cubs what they need to survive on their own. The Mothers of Xsan series uses striking...
4) Hudson
Author
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Looks at the life and accomplishments of the English explorer who searched for a northern passage to China and explored large areas of North America before being set adrift in Hudson Bay by a mutinous crew.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"This A to Z pictorial showcases the history, geography, famous people, and provincial symbols of British Columbia. Topics include, ferry boat, spirit bear, dogwood flower, and Capilano Bridge. Poetry introduces each topic followed by detailed expository text"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Great explorers book volume 1
Pub. Date
©1999
Language
English
Description
An account of Henry Hudson's four voyages in search of a passage to the Orient in the early seventeenth century and the discoveries made by him on the northeastern coast of America.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"In 1777, the American Revolution is well underway. At 16, Sybil Ludington knows the war all too well. Her father is a colonel in the Continental Army, battling for America's independence from Great Britain. Colonel Ludington and his regiment are home for the season when word comes that the British Army is attacking nearby. With her father too ill to ride, it's up to young Sybil to alert the American militia that the British are coming"--
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
When their parents are killed in a train accident, cousins Meline and Jocelyn, who have little in common, are sent to live with their wealthy, eccentric, and isolated Uncle Marten on his island off the coast of British Columbia, where they are soon joined by other oddly disconnected and troubled people.
11) Going solo
Author
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
As a young man working in East Africa for the Shell Company, Roald Dahl recounts his adventures living in the jungle and later flying a fighter plane in World War II.
12) Land of the buffalo bones: the diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, an English girl in Minnesota
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Polly Rodgers keeps a diary of her 1873 journey from England to Minnesota as part of a colony of eighty people seeking religious freedom, and of their first year struggling to make a life there, led by her father, a Baptist minister.
Author
Series
Young samurai volume 6
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
After a snowstorm forces English orphan Jack Fletcher to take shelter in a village, the samurai must decide either to stay and protect the villagers from raiding mountain bandits or keep moving on.
Author
Series
Young samurai volume 4
Pub. Date
2012, c2010
Language
English
Description
On the run with no sensei to guide him, Jack Fletcher journeys along the treacherous road to the port of Nagasaki, where he hopes to find a ship home to England.
18) The last leopard
Author
Series
Legend of the animal healer volume 3
Pub. Date
2010, c2006
Language
English
Description
A third prophecy, this time involving a leopard, comes true for eleven-year-old Martine, an orphaned South African girl who has mystical healing powers over animals, when she travels with her grandmother and best friend Ben to Zimbabwe.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Gannon and Wyatt join an expedition into the Great Bear Rainforest in search of the mythical spirit bear, but when members of the expedition go missing, the brothers bravely set out on a search-and-rescue mission. As they find themselves lost in a dangerous forest, they are guided by the wisdom of the First Nation people and uncover a sinister plot. The brothers must risk everything to save those who are missing and restore balance to the Great Bear....
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