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Children's Nonfiction General

The Kids Cottage Book

Official Activity Book of Summer

by (author) Jane Drake & Ann Love

illustrated by Heather Collins

Publisher
Kids Can Press
Initial publish date
Jun 1993
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550741322
    Publish Date
    Jun 1993
    List Price
    $16.95

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Description

This book in the Family Fun series is made to be left at the cottage, ready for the first sign of the "we have nothing to do" blues. Parents can quickly send the kids to the lake, where they can work on their canoeing skills, build a diving raft or play water games such as Marco Polo. If the kids are waterlogged, they can go out back to grow a vegetable garden, or to the woods to build a treehouse or on a hike to look for signs of wildlife. Regardless of the weather, time of day or night, mood or age, The Kids Cottage Book is the essential survival guide to a fun summer at the cottage.

About the authors

Jane Drake, with her co-author and sister Ann Love, has co-authored many award-winning non fiction books for kids including The Kids Book of the Night Sky, The Kids Book of the Far North, The Kids Cottage Book, and most recently, Alien Invaders: Species that Threaten Our World. Their works usually have an environmental flavor. Jane lives in Toronto.

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Ann Love, with her co-author and sister Jane Drake, has co-authored many award-winning non fiction books for kids including The Kids Book of the Night Sky, The Kids Book of the Far North, The Kids Cottage Book, and most recently, Alien Invaders: Species that Threaten Our World. Their works always have an environmental flavor. Ann lives in the Toronto area.

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Heather Collins brings Come Sit By Me alive with the colourful illustration style for which she has become known. Her popular children's picture book credits include Whoosh I Hear a Sound!, The Bare Naked and A Pioneer Story: The Daily Life of a Canadian Family in 1840 for which She won both the Information Book Award and the Ruth Schwartz Children's Book Award. When she's not illustrating in her attic studio in Toronto, Heather can be found spending time with her two children and her husband.

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Awards

  • Short-listed, Information Book Award , Children’s Literature Roundtables of Canada
  • Winner, Notable Canadian Non-Fiction for Children, Canadian Library Association

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