Bless This House tells the story of Elizabeth, who moves with her Planter family from New England to Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley in 1762. The area's previous settlers, the Acadians, have been deported by the English, forced to leave their homes and farms behind. Elizabeth's family is given one of those farms. Elizabeth is not happy about the move to Nova Scotia, and she has a bad feeling about her new home, feelings that change only when she sees how beautiful a place it is. But soon, her misgivings return, when she realizes that someone is stealing their eggs and milk. And much worse, the Acadians - who must surely despise all Planters - are imprisoned in the barracks nearby. Welcome to Our Canadian Girl In this wonderful series you will get to know Elizabeth and many other strong, smart, and courageous girls. They come from different places and times in Canadian history, and each of them meets some ordinary—and extraordinary—challenges in her day-to-day life. www.ourcanadiangirl.ca

Our Canadian Girl Elizabeth #1 Bless This House

Carter, Anne Laurel

Literature & Fiction

Penguin Canada

Our Canadian Girl Elizabeth #2 Pirate Island

The Shepherd's Granddaughter [Standard Large Print 16 Pt Edition]

Children's Books

Geography & Cultures

ReadHowYouWant

Amani longs to be a shepherd like her beloved grandfather Sido, who has tended his flock for generations, grazing sheep on their family’s homestead near Hebron. Amani loves Sido’s many stories, especially one about a secret meadow called the Firdoos. But as outside forces begin to encroach upon this hotly contested land, Amani struggles to find suitable grazing for her family’s now-starving herd. While her father and brother take a more militant stance against the intruding forces, Amani and her new American friend Jonathan accidentally stumble upon the Firdoos and begin to realize there is more to life than fighting over these disputed regions. Amani learns a difficult lesson about just what it will take to live in harmony with those who threaten her family’s way of life.

The Shepherd's Granddaughter

GROUNDWOOD BOOKS *

Ever since she was a little girl, Amani has wanted to be a shepherd, just like her beloved grandfather, Sido. For generations her family has grazed sheep above the olive groves of the family homestead near Hebron. But now Amani's family home is being threatened by encroaching Jewish settlements. As Amani struggles to find increasingly rare grazing land for her starving sheep, her uncle and brother are tempted to take a more militant stance against the settlers. Then she meets Jonathan, an American boy visiting his father. Away from the pressures of their families, and despite their differences, the two young people discover a secret meadow where Amani can graze her sheep. A moving novel about one of the most hotly disputed pieces of land on earth.

Teen & Young Adult

Gwyn's family has traveled from Vancouver to Nova Scotia, where they plan to make their new home in Mahone Bay. Gwyn doesn't care for the idea at all and, in fact, has sulked from the west coast to the east, unlike her little sister, Linden, who's caught up in the adventure. Gwyn only agreed to make the trip because her parents bribed her with three promises to be filled when they reached their destination.  Despite her unease, Gwyn begins to grow into this new place, and as the three promises are slowly delivered, she comes to agree with Linden that this is indeed "My Home Bay".  Alberta Children's Book of the Year Nominee (2004)  Alberta Book Illustration of the Year Award Nominee (2004)  Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice Selection (2004)

My Home Bay

Laurel Carter, Anne

Red Deer Press

Stella Bowles was in sixth grade when she became an environmental activist to campaign against sewage draining into the LaHave River. In this book, she tells the inspirational story of how her science fair project caught the eyes of the media, the public and government leaders, propelling her into the limelight. Stella's two and a half year fight resulted in raising $15.7 million to clean up the river and numerous awards for environmental activism. Today she continues to campaign for cleaner water and teaches other children how to test water quality in their own backyards and how to take action if it is polluted. Stella's story will motivate readers to engage in local environmental activism and demonstrates that doing what's right has no age barriers.

My River: Cleaning up the LaHave River

Bowles, Stella

Science, Nature & How It Works

Formac

A delightful romp through a land of cattle herds and rotten rustlers.

Tall In The Saddle

Orca Book Publishers

When a boy's living room is transformed into a circus, the least the boy can do is make sure his friends Dan, Nisha, and little Stuie, who want to play along in the circus too, stay true to the grand traditions of the Big Top by not including a safari, a rocket ship, and a bullfight.

Circus Play

As a storm looms in the prairie sky, a boy must ride out to find his wayward younger brother, Will. He dons his red serge coat and stetson hat, saddles up and begins the search. ìYou canít hide from a Mountie,î he calls, but Will roams far, eluding him as the storm closes in. The storm threatens, the older boy searches, confident and determined, the younger boy wanders, oblivious to all but his own delight.

Under a Prairie Sky

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Our Canadian Girl Elizabeth #1 Bless This House

Our Canadian Girl Elizabeth #2 Pirate Island

The Shepherd's Granddaughter [Standard Large Print 16 Pt Edition]

The Shepherd's Granddaughter

The Shepherd's Granddaughter

My Home Bay

My River: Cleaning up the LaHave River

Tall In The Saddle

Circus Play

Under a Prairie Sky