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When World War I broke out in August 1914, Canadians rushed to join thinking they would be back home by Christmas. But their initial enthusiasm turned to bitter disillusionment.

A Métis boy helps a stranded representative of the North West Company make it to Fort William.

Thing-Thing, a stuffed animal, is thrown out of a hotel room window. On the way down it views hotel guests in various situations. Will Thing-Thing find a child to love it?

While traveling to an important feast in ancient China, Chuan and his friend Jing Jing devise a water "alarm" clock to make sure their party reaches the emperor's palace before rival warlords. Includes a brief history of water clocks and instructions for making one.

Tells the story of a child and her father as they make a night crossing of Lake Superior by sailboat. As first mate, the child watches for ships, lights, land and logs. Above her the Big Dipper, Northern Star, Milky Way and Northern Lights illuminate an inky night sky. As dawn br...

Using a comic strip format, this book traces Emily Carr's life through four of her famous paintings, Cedar house, Autumn in France, Silhouette, and Beloved of the sky, each representing an important stage in her life and art.

Simon cannot fall asleep until he hears his father use the magic words that put the world, real and imaginary, to sleep.

At first the narrator resents Timmerman after he moves into the room vacated by her grandfather who had moved into senior citizen housing. But she comes to like Timmerman and takes a black eye defending him. What is Timmerman doing at night with a spade and a dirty sack? Spring r...

On his first day in a coal mine working alongside his father, a young boy is rescued by his father's pit pony, who at the end of the day is brought above ground for the first time.

In ancient China, Chuan and Jing Jing invent a cart that sails on land in order to quickly reach the warlord with an important message from the emperor.

When a hostile army attacks the warlord's palace in ancient China, Chuan and his friend, Jing Jing, find an ingenious way to scare them off using simple kites. Includes instructions for making a kite from a paper bag.

A young Chinese boy helps his father count the warlord's vast treasures by using beads threaded on a branch. Includes a brief history of the abacus and instructions for making one.

Hoping to avoid punishment for breaking a beautiful tile that was his gift to a Chinese warlord, an artist suggests that the warlord hold a contest to see if anyone can mend it.

Il y a plus de 200 ans, le fort William, situé aux confins du lac Supérieur, était le centre opérationnel de la Compagnie du Nord-Ouest pour la traite des fourrures. La Ceinture métisse raconte l'histoire d'un jeune Métis vivant tout près du fort. Son père est guide et pa...