Description
Winner of many prestigious children's book awards, including the Mr. Christie Book Award for Text, the IODE Book Award, and the Ottawa Valley Council International Reading Association Children's Book Award, The Story of Canada has proven to be a highly readable history that is as beautiful as it is informative. Updated to the millennium, it is an essential reference book for every Canadian family. (2000)
About the authors
Janet Lunn, une auteure très populaire au Canada a remporté le prix du Gouverneur général, catégorie Littérature jeunesse à plusieurs reprises.
JANET LUNN’s children’s books always make award and bestseller lists. She hase been awarded the Writers’ Trust Matt Cohen Award in Celebration of a Writing Life and the Order of Ontario, and she is also a member of the Order of Canada. Lunn’s history of Canada, The Story of Canada, is a must-have reference book for teachers and parents across the country
ALAN DANIEL is a fine artist who has also illustrated a number of children’s picture books for over 20 years. His interior illustrations for children’s books include Aaron’s Hair, Good Families Don’t, as well as non-fiction books such as The Story of Canada and Canadian Pioneers.
CHRISTOPHER MOORE is the author of numerous history books for adults and young readers including 1867: How the Fathers Made a Deal, McCarthy Tetrault: Building Canada’s Premier Law Firm, and Louisbourg Portraits. He is winner of the Governor General’s Award for Non-Fiction and co-author of The Illustrated HiStory of Canada. Christopher lives in Toronto with his wife and their two daughters.
Christopher Moore's profile page
Alan Daniel is a painter and illustrator whose work is characterized by its energy and fine draftsmanship. His skills were honed in the studio of J. Merle Smith who, along with master watercolorist Kalman Banitz, provided a rigorous art education. A Kitchener resident for many years, Alan draws inspiration from the city, from the colours and contours of the landscape surrounding it and from rocky Muskoka where he summers. Well-known for his paintings of water, ranging from a springtime river to fierce ocean storms, he was commissioned to create several paintings for The Sea is At Our Gates, a movie created to celebrate the Canadian Navy. The human face and figure as well as birds and animals are also frequent subjects. Alan's work has been exhibited at the National Library of Canada; the Gallery/Stratford; York University, Toronto; Mable's Fables, Toronto; Homer Watson Gallery; Kitchener Public Art Gallery; Kitchener Public Library; Aaron Gallery, Waterloo; Hunsberger Gallery, St. Jacobs; Staircase Gallery, New York City; KOR Gallery, Kitchener; Canada at Bologna exhibit; in Paris at an exhibit to celebrate Quebec City's designation as a World Heritage Site. Alan's work space is located in Globe Studios Artists Co-op where he paints and teaches. He is an award-winning illustrator of many books for children.
Other titles by
The Big Book of Canada (Updated Edition)
Exploring the Provinces and Territories
The Story of Canada
Le chandail d’Amos
Dear Canada: A Season for Miracles
Twelve Tales of Christmas
One Hundred Shining Candles
Cher Journal : Le temps des réjouissances
Dix récits de Noël
Amos's Sweater
Double Spell
The Hollow Tree
The Root Cellar
Other titles by
Miss Confederation
The Diary of Mercy Anne Coles
The Empire of the St. Lawrence
A Study in Commerce and Politics
The Big Book of Canada (Updated Edition)
Exploring the Provinces and Territories
The Story of Canada
The Court of Appeal for Ontario
Defining the Right of Appeal in Canada, 1792-2013
From Then to Now
A Short History of the World
The British Columbia Court of Appeal
The First Hundred Years
McCarthy Tetrault
Building Canada's Premier Law Firm
Champlain
Louisbourg Portraits
Other titles by
Munsch More! (Combined volume)
A Robert Munsch Collection
Le monde de Munsch
The Story of Canada
Fireside Al's Treasury Of Christmas Stories
With CD
L' univers de Munsch
Much More Munsch! (Combined volume)
A Robert Munsch Collection
Round-up at the Palace
Roundup at the Palace
Aaron's Hair (Tell Me A Story!)
Book and CD
