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Shattered city : the Halifax Explosion and the road to recovery

Kitz, Janet F.


One of the most comprehensive books ever written on the Halifax Explosion, encompassing dozens of previously unpublished stories, photographs and documents.
Date Published:2008

Who's a scaredy-cat! : a story of the Halifax Explosion

Payzant, Joan M.


Isobel and Flossie have no greater worries on that morning in December of 1917 than the mischief they are planning. .
Date Published:1992

Survivors : children of the Halifax Explosion

Kitz, Janet F., 1930-


Over five hundred children from Halifax and Dartmouth were killed when the munitions ship Mont Blanc, blew up in the city's harbour on December 6, 1917. Hundreds more were injured, and many lost their families and homes. Survivors tells the story of seven children who survived the Halifax Explosion. All seven lived in Richmond, the northern part of Halifax close to the spot where Imo collided with Mont Blanc, causing the fore that ignited the tons of explosives in its hold. The book describes the children's family, school, and social life before the explosion: their activities on that day; their experiences of the explosion itself; and the difference it has made to their lives. -- Amazon
Date Published:1992

Over five hundred children from Halifax and Dartmouth were killed when the munitions ship Mont Blanc, blew up in the city's harbour on December 6, 1917. Hundreds more were injured, and many lost their families and homes. Survivors tells the story of seven children who survived the Halifax Explosion. All seven lived in Richmond, the northern part of Halifax close to the spot where Imo collided with Mont Blanc, causing the fore that ignited the tons of explosives in its hold. The book describes the children's family, school, and social life before the explosion: their activities on that day; their experiences of the explosion itself; and the difference it has made to their lives. -- Amazon

Date Published:1992

The Mi'kmaq : how their ancestors lived five hundred years ago

Whitehead, Ruth Holmes.



Date Published:1983

Whale

Papastavrou, Vassili.


Includes index. Describes whales, dolphins, seals, and other marine mammals, their habitats, means of communication, and family life.
Date Published:1993

The breadwinner

Ellis, Deborah, , 1960-.


Parvana felt the shadow before she saw it, as the man moved between her and the sun. Turning her head, she saw the dark turban that was the uniform of the Taliban. He sat down beside her on the blanket. She saw that the Talib had taken out a letter. "Read this", he said.
Date Published:2000

Brian's winter

Paulsen, Gary.


Instead of being rescued from a plane crash, as in the author's book Hatchet, this story portrays what would have happened to Brian had he been forced to survive a winter in the wilderness with only his survival pack and hatchet.
Date Published:1996

Last days in Africville

Perkyns, Dorothy.


"A Sandcastle Book". In the mid-1960's, twelve-year-old Selina Palmer is growing up in the community of Africville. When city authorities appear and families begin to move from the area, the only home Selina has ever known is under threat.
Date Published:2003

The hobbit, or, There and back again

Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel).


Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return.
Date Published:1999

The two towers : being the second part of the Lord of the Rings

Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel)


Frodo and the Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. They have lost the wizard, Gandalf, in the battle with an evil spirit in the Mines of Moria; and at the falls of Rauros, Boromir, seduced by the power of the Ring, tried to seize it by force. While Frodo and Sam made their escape the rest of the company were attacked by orcs. Now they continue their journey alone down the great River Anduin - alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go -- Amazon.ca.
Date Published:2011

Frodo and the Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. They have lost the wizard, Gandalf, in the battle with an evil spirit in the Mines of Moria; and at the falls of Rauros, Boromir, seduced by the power of the Ring, tried to seize it by force. While Frodo and Sam made their escape the rest of the company were attacked by orcs. Now they continue their journey alone down the great River Anduin - alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go -- Amazon.ca.

Date Published:2011

The voyage of the Dawn Treader

Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples)., 1898-1963.


Sequel to Prince Caspian. Lucy and Edmond, accompanied by their peevish cousin Eustace, sail to the magic land of Narnia, where Eustace is temporarily transformed into a green dragon because of his selfish behavior and skepticism.
Date Published:1952

The curse of the mummy's tomb

Stine, R. L.



Date Published:1993

Drawing cartoons

Milbourne, Anna


Includes index.
Date Published:2010

Holes

Sachar, Louis.


As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
Date Published:1998

George's marvelous medicine

Dahl, Roald.


RL 3. George decides that his grumpy, selfish old grandmother must be a witch and concocts some marvelous medicine to take care of her.
Date Published:1981

The bunny hop

Slater, Teddy.


"Cartwheel Books.". Buddy Rabbit is ignored by the girls because of his incompetent dancing, until he masters the bunny hop.
Date Published:1992

The cat in the hat

Seuss, Dr.


Two children sitting at home on a rainy day are visited by the Cat in the Hat who shows them some tricks and games.
Date Published:1957

The arctic incident

Colfer, Eoin.


Sequel to: Artemis Fowl. Artemis is at boarding school in Ireland when he receives an urgent e-mail from Russia from a man who has been kidnapped by the Russian Mafiya. He again meets Captain Holly Short who helps him sort his perplexing difficulties.
Date Published:2002

Captain Underpants and the perilous plot of Professor Poopypants : the fourth epic novel

Pilkey, Dav, 1966-.


When Professor Pippy P. Poopypants comes to Jerome Horwitz Elementary School to teach science, and he goes off the deep end because students make fun of his name, only Captain Underpants can save the school from the professor's perilous plot.
Date Published:2000

Hoot

Hiaasen, Carl.


"It's about greedy developers, corrupt politicians, clueless cops and middle-school screwballs of all persuasions." -- cover. Roy is new to his small Florida community and becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.
Date Published:2002