With few TV channels and even less video games at their grandma's farmhouse, Lizzie and Luke are bored. But soon Luke, Lizzie, Grandma, and the dog, Syl are on an outdoor adventure in the prairie wind. In the Prairie Wind is a reminder for children and adults alike that fun can s...
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Boorer, Wendy
Péreire, Anita
"Most homesteaders who streamed into the Canadian prairies in the late 1800s and early 1900s brought with them a desire for the comfort and protection of trees they had known "back home." Recognizing the potential value of trees as incentive for settling the vast and mostly treel...
Little House on the Prairie, one of television's top family dramas of all time, is finally available in a complete 60-disc DVD collection! In September of 1974, Little House on the Prairie made its television debut, and it has remained an all-time American family classic ever sin...
This book is a visual and poetic journey back to the rural prairies. It reminds the reader of the power of the wind, the sweep of the sky, and the adventures in the cold
An unseen evil haunts the homestead in this chilling, folkloric tale of madness, paranoia, and otherworldly terror. Lizzy is a tough, resourceful frontierswoman settling a remote stretch of land on the nineteenth century American frontier. Isolated from civilization in a desolate...
Sweeping east from the Rocky Mountains is a wilderness of open spaces, rainbow-coloured flowers and secretive wildlife--the prairie grasslands. Observe the playful antics of coyote pups, marvel at the elaborate courtship dances of prairie grouse, watch eagles soar and prairie dog...
Following her father's death from a disease that swept through her Nebraska town in 1881, teenaged Sarah Jane must find work to support herself and records in her diary her experiences as a young school teacher.
"Set in a fictional small town in the Canadian west, Who Has Seen the Wind traces the evolving consciousness of Brian O'Connal, beginning when he is four and ending when he is 12. The free-spirited Brian brings a refreshingly naive yet thoughtful sensibility to the experiences of...
An unseen evil haunts the homestead in this chilling, folkloric tale of madness, paranoia, and otherworldly terror. Lizzy is a tough, resourceful frontierswoman settling a remote stretch of land on the nineteenth century American frontier. Isolated from civilization in a desolate...
"In Under Prairie Skies, C. Thomas Shay asks and answers the question: What role did plants play in the lives of early inhabitants of the northern Great Plains? Since humans arrived at the end of the Ice Age, plants played important roles as Native peoples learned which were valu...
As we enter the world of four-year-old Brian OConnal, his father the druggist, his Uncle Sean, his mother, and his formidable Scotch grandmother (she belshesa lot), it soon becomes clear that this is no ordinary book. As we watch Brian grow up, the prairie and its surprising inha...
Driving over 10,000 kilometers on the grid roads of Saskatchewan in search of the 137 listed ghost towns, the author has presented images of many of the uninhabited settlements and villages throughout Saskatchewan. From a few old and abandoned buildings and crumbling foundations,...
"Trees and shrubs together make up the bulk of Earth's biomass. They are responsible for carbon dioxide storage, oxygen production, movement of water, and a host of other functions. In our gardens, trees and shrubs provide numerous benefits, including reducing air, light, and noi...
"A vividly imagined story about the importance of telling the truth, even if it means losing something you love. When Jesse finds a toy horse and makes it his very own, his imagination runs wild. This horse is the fastest horse in the whole world, so Jesse names him Wind. He can'...