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Mary Alice Downie

MARY ALICE DOWNIE is a pioneering children's author of historical fiction, folktales and picture books, and is the co-editor of the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon award-winning book The Wind Has Wings. Mary Alice and husband John Downie also co-authored Honour Bound and Danger in Disguise. They live in Kingston, Ontario.

Books by Mary Alice Downie

A Night of Evil Deeds

Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

by (author) Mary Alice Downie, Barbara Robertson, Elizabeth Jane Errington & Laura Goodman Salverson

Tragedy

Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

by (author) Mary Alice Downie, Barbara Robertson, Elizabeth Jane Errington & Letitia Hargrave

Earthquake

Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

by (author) Mary Alice Downie, Barbara Robertson, Elizabeth Jane Errington & Marie de l’Incarnation

Tocsin

Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

by (author) Mary Alice Downie, Barbara Robertson, Elizabeth Jane Errington & Marie Morin

Mosquitotide

Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

by (author) Mary Alice Downie, Barbara Robertson, Elizabeth Jane Errington & Emily "Janey Canuck" Murphy

Party at Rideau Hall

Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

by (author) Mary Alice Downie, Barbara Robertson, Elizabeth Jane Errington & Catharine Parr Traill

Exploration in the Rockies

Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

by (author) Mary Alice Downie, Barbara Robertson, Elizabeth Jane Errington & Mary Schaffer

Housekeeping

Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

by (author) Mary Alice Downie, Barbara Robertson, Elizabeth Jane Errington & Monica Hopkins

But That Has All Changed Now

Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

by (author) Mary Alice Downie, Barbara Robertson, Elizabeth Jane Errington & Lydia Campbell

Gold Rush

Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

by (author) Mary Alice Downie, Barbara Robertson, Elizabeth Jane Errington & Charlotte Selina Bompas

Pioneer Girl

Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

by (author) Mary Alice Downie, Barbara Robertson, Elizabeth Jane Errington & Maryanne Caswell

Caribou

Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

by (author) Mary Alice Downie, Barbara Robertson, Elizabeth Jane Errington & Mina Hubbard

Bees and Maple Syrup

Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

by (author) Mary Alice Downie, Barbara Robertson, Elizabeth Jane Errington & Emily Elizabeth "Mrs F.". Beavan

The Canadian Climate

Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

by (author) Mary Alice Downie, Barbara Robertson, Elizabeth Jane Errington & Mary Ann Shadd

The Voyage Out

Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

by (author) Mary Alice Downie, Barbara Robertson, Elizabeth Jane Errington & Mère Cécile de Sainte-Croix

Canoes

Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

by (author) Mary Alice Downie, Barbara Robertson, Elizabeth Jane Errington & Juliana Horatia Ewing

Childhood in Victoria

Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

by (author) Mary Alice Downie, Barbara Robertson, Elizabeth Jane Errington & Emily Carr

Settling

Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

by (author) Mary Alice Downie, Barbara Robertson, Elizabeth Jane Errington & Nellie McClung

Pursuits

Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

by (author) Mary Alice Downie, Barbara Robertson, Elizabeth Jane Errington & Anne Langton

Winter Sports

Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

by (author) Mary Alice Downie, Barbara Robertson, Elizabeth Jane Errington & Ishbel Marua Gordon

Ukrainian Prairies

Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

by (author) Mary Alice Downie, Barbara Robertson, Elizabeth Jane Errington & Maria Adamowska

Habitant Customs

Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

by (author) Mary Alice Downie, Barbara Robertson, Elizabeth Jane Errington & Friederike Charlotte Louise von Massow

Summer Rambles

Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

by (author) Mary Alice Downie, Barbara Robertson, Elizabeth Jane Errington & Anna Brownell Jameson

The Gloomy Prospect

Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

by (author) Mary Alice Downie, Barbara Robertson, Elizabeth Jane Errington & Mary Barbara Fisher

Chinese in Montreal

Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

by (author) Mary Alice Downie, Barbara Robertson, Elizabeth Jane Errington & Sui Sin Far (Edith Maude Eaton)

Mennonites

Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

by (author) Mary Alice Downie, Barbara Robertson, Elizabeth Jane Errington & Hariot Georgina Blackwood

Flood

Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

by (author) Mary Alice Downie, Barbara Robertson, Elizabeth Jane Errington & Susan Allison

Widowhood

Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

by (author) Mary Alice Downie, Barbara Robertson, Elizabeth Jane Errington & Margaret Dickie Michener

Dairy Farm

Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

by (author) Mary Alice Downie, Barbara Robertson, Elizabeth Jane Errington & Ella C. Sykes

Early Voices

Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639-1914

by (author) Mary Alice Downie
edited by Barbara Robertson
with Elizabeth Jane Errington

A Pioneer Alphabet

by (author) Mary Alice Downie
illustrated by Mary Jane Gerber

Alison's Ghosts

by (author) Mary Alice Downie & John Downie

A Song for Acadia

illustrated by Ron Berg
by (author) Mary Alice Downie & George Rawlyk

Une chanson pour l'acadie

illustrated by Ron Berg
by (author) Mary Alice Downie & George Rawlyk

Scared Sarah

by (author) Mary Alice Downie
illustrated by Muriel Wood

and some brought flowers

Plants in a new world

by (author) Mary Alice Downie & Mary Hamilton
illustrated by E.J. Revell

Bright Paddles

by (author) Mary Alice Downie

SnowPaws

by (author) Mary Alice Downie
illustrated by Kathryn Naylor

Proper Acadian, A

by (author) Mary Alice Downie & George Rawlyk
illustrated by Ron Berg