Ticket to Curlew

Ticket to Curlew PDF Author: Celia Barker Lottridge
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd
ISBN: 1554984629
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 173

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Winner of the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year Award and the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People It is 1915, and Sam Ferrier and his father arrive by train in Curlew, Alberta, to build a new home for the family. When they finally reach their parcel of land, Sam can see nothing but endless stretches of grassland and blue sky. It is nothing like their old home in Iowa, and he wonders why his restless father ever decided to bring the family to this lonely, barren land. In time, though, the house is built, and the rest of the family joins them. Gradually Sam discovers that there is much more to the flat and featureless prairie than he realized -- gleaming white skulls, torrential thunderstorms and, best of all, a new friend and a brave, resourceful horse named Prince.

Ticket to Curlew

Ticket to Curlew PDF Author: Celia Barker Lottridge
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 144

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In 1915 eleven-year-old Sam and his father arrive in an undeveloped part of western Canada and begin to plan a new farm for the family waiting back in Iowa.

Ticket to Curlew

Ticket to Curlew PDF Author: Celia Barker Lottridge
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd
ISBN: 1554984629
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 173

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Book Description
Winner of the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year Award and the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People It is 1915, and Sam Ferrier and his father arrive by train in Curlew, Alberta, to build a new home for the family. When they finally reach their parcel of land, Sam can see nothing but endless stretches of grassland and blue sky. It is nothing like their old home in Iowa, and he wonders why his restless father ever decided to bring the family to this lonely, barren land. In time, though, the house is built, and the rest of the family joins them. Gradually Sam discovers that there is much more to the flat and featureless prairie than he realized -- gleaming white skulls, torrential thunderstorms and, best of all, a new friend and a brave, resourceful horse named Prince.

Ticket to Curlew by Celia Barker Lottridge

Ticket to Curlew by Celia Barker Lottridge PDF Author: Lottridge, Celia B. (Celia Barker)
Publisher: Grates Cove, Nf. : F & D Teaching Aids
ISBN: 9781894448079
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 122

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Wings to Fly

Wings to Fly PDF Author: Celia Barker Lottridge
Publisher: Groundwood Books
ISBN: 9780888993465
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218

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"Years have passed since the Ferriers moved to Curlew and built a homestead in the Alberta prairie. Eleven-year-old Josie is glad when a new girl her age moves to the area - someone to go to school with, explore an abandoned house and dream about the future. A sequel to the award-winning 'Ticket to Curlew'" Cf. Our choice, 1997-1998

The Silver Curlew

The Silver Curlew PDF Author: Eleanor Farjeon
Publisher: Rare Treasure Editions
ISBN: 1774642883
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160

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The Silver Curlew is one of Eleanor Farjeon's finest works, an intriguing re-telling of the classic story Rumpelstiltskin. Mother Codling lives with her children in a small, Norfolk windmill. One day, the Codlngs receive a surprise visit from the king of Norwich, who insists that eighteen-year-old Doll Codling must spin a certain amount of flax for him, or he will cut off her head. Doll, terrified of dying, makes a deal with a spindle-imp, in order to save herself and her family. The only clincher is, that he returns to the castle when Doll's daughter is born and insists that he take the newborn child as payment for his work. Doll, and her younger sister Poll, try desperately to keep the baby...

Acts of Courage

Acts of Courage PDF Author: Connie Brummel Crook
Publisher: Pajama Press Inc.
ISBN: 0986949574
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274

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In Acts of Courage, Connie Brummel Crook dramatizes the life of one of Canada's most enduring heroines, Laura Secord. From young Laura Ingersoll's early days in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, amidst the turmoil that followed the American Revolutionary War, the story outlines her father's difficult decision to move his family to Upper Canada. Laura's subsequent meeting and courtship with James Secord is described against the backdrop of homesteading in the Niagara Peninsula and of enduring the imminent threat of American invasion. These first sections of the book provide the background for Laura's courageous rescue of her husband from the battlefield at Queenston Heights, and her even more amazing trek to warn Col. FitzGibbon of the American's secret plans to attack the British outpost at Beaver Dams. Laura's extraordinary life, peopled with characters like Joseph Brant and Col. Fitzgibbon, is given even more poignancy and interest by the author's inventive and surprising characterization of the young FitzGibbon, by her acute eye for historical detail, and through her insights into the character of a young woman whose acts of courage have captured the imagination of generations of young Canadians.

Ellie's New Home

Ellie's New Home PDF Author: Becky Citra
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1551431645
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 98

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In 1835, a young girl and her brother are left with strangers while their father goes ahead to find land and build a homestead.

The New Land

The New Land PDF Author: Marilynn Reynolds
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781551430690
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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A pioneer family homesteads on the prairie. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

One Watermelon Seed

One Watermelon Seed PDF Author: Celia Lottridge
Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited
ISBN: 9781554552221
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Max and Josephine plant one watermelon seed, two pumpkins, three eggplants, four peppers, five tomatoes, six blueberry bushes, seven strawberry plants, eight beans, nine potatoes, and ten corn seeds in their garden.

The Listening Tree

The Listening Tree PDF Author: Celia Barker Lottridge
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781554550524
Category : Courage
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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When Ellen and her mother board with Aunt Gladys in the city, Ellen finds comfort in the old tree near her window, and realizes she must overcome her fears of the outside world when she overhears a disturbing plot.