Imagine growing up on Orchard Street in 1916. If you were a member of the large Confino family you’d be living in 325 square feet of space. The only fresh air and natural light would come from the two windows in the front room. No heat, no water, no bathtub, no shower. Toilet in the hall.The Confino...
Linda Granfield
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Tundra Books
0887765807
9780887765803
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The story of slavery, a man, and the world’s most beloved hymn.John Newton led a rich life. He was a God-fearing man and a successful seafaring trader; his cargo was a lucrative business, for his wares were human beings. In 1748, Newton’s ship, the Greyhound, sailed the triangular trade route from L...
Linda Granfield
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40
Tundra Books
0887769152
9780887769153
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Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot John Magee was only nineteen years old when he wrote the poem “High Flight” in 1941. Born in Shanghai and educated at Rugby School in England, Magee showed early promise as a poet. Impatient to take part in the war raging in Europe, Magee gave up a place at Yale Univer...
Linda Granfield
Hardcover
32
Tundra Books
088776469X
9780887764691
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Canadian Library Association Honour Book The lines of the celebrated poem are interwoven with fascinating information about the First World War, details of daily life in the trenches, accounts of McCrae's experience in his field hospital, and the circumstances that led to the writing of "In Flanders...
Linda Granfield
Hardcover
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Fitzhenry & Whiteside
155005144X
9781550051445
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Between 1928 and 1971, Pier 21 was the gateway of Canada. As the landing port for immigrants, it greeted more than one million new Canadians. It also saw many Canadians leave, including 368,000 soldiers who sailed overseas during the Second World War.This is the story of Pier 21 and the many people ...
Linda Granfield
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Tundra Books
0887765173
9780887765179
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As amazing as it seems, one of the world’s best-loved Christmas carols may have been written because of ravenous mice! Right before Christmas, 1818, in a church in the small town of Oberndorf, Austria, the mice were so hungry they chewed a hole in the church organ’s leather bellows. To provide his p...
Linda Granfield
Paperback
24
Tundra Books
0887764347
9780887764349
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“Amazing Grace! (How sweet the sound!)”The hymn’s composer, John Newton, led a successful life as a seafaring trader, sailing from Liverpool to Africa and on to Antigua. His cargo was a lucrative one, for he traded in human beings. It was the height of the slave trade, and he made his terrible journ...
Linda Granfield
Hardcover
32
Tundra Books
0887763898
9780887763892
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Canadian Library Association Honour Book The lines of the celebrated poem are interwoven with fascinating information about the First World War, details of daily life in the trenches, accounts of McCrae's experience in his field hospital, and the circumstances that led to the writing of "In Flanders...
Linda Granfield
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