Available for the first time as an ebook, this illustrated edition of W.O. Mitchell's prairie classic Who Has Seen the Wind is a delight to discover again -- or for the first time.Since its publication in 1947, Who Has Seen the Wind --...
Prairies
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Auteur:Mitchell, W. O.Sommaire: - Auteur:Sawyer, Kim VogelSommaire:
Without rani or topsoil, Anna Mae Phipps and her husband Harley struggle to provide for their two young children on their family farm. With another baby on the way, Harley sells his mules and travels a hundred miles to earn money...
- Auteur:Gareau, Robert, Therrien, JoanneSommaire:
Au coeur du paysage grandiose des plaines de la Saskatchewan, le jeune bison Ti-Boff découvre le monde, affronte d’innombrables défis et s’élance dans des péripéties férocement drôles. Une histoire de bison comme il y en a peu, dont...
- Auteur:Taylor, CoraSommaire:
In 1932, Pip Tyler and his family suffer the ravages of dust storms in southern Alberta, Canada.
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Auteur:Coupal, ChelseaSommaire:While much of small-town living remains the same: farming is always reliant on the weather regardless of new technology, after all, there is a sense of urgency and a need to escape in Chelsea’s poetry; her stories of growing up on the...
- Auteur:MacLachlan, PatriciaSommaire:
"I will come by train. I will wear a yellow bonnet. I am plain and tall." A heartwarming story about two children, Anna and Caleb, whose lives are changed forever when their widowed papa advertises for a mail-order bride....
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Auteur:Savage, CandaceSommaire:Told in the author's distinctively enchanting style, this bestselling guide to one of the largest ecosystems in North America is now updated.
Authoritative, detailed, and scientifically up-to-date, Prairie: A Natural History... -
Auteur:Greene, AlandaSommaire:In the mid-1800s, southern Alberta was dominated by the tribes of the Blackfoot Confederacy. Snake Woman, from the Blackfoot Blood tribe, was born into a life of respect and cooperation with the rhythm of the natural world, a rhythm...
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Auteur:Friesen Hossack, DarcieSommaire:This vibrant collection of short fictions explores how families work, how they are torn apart, and, in spite of differences and struggles, brought back together. Darcie Friesen Hossack’s stories in Mennonites Don’t Dance offer an honest...
- Auteur:Kaldor, Connie, Deines, BrianSommaire:
Enhanced ebook featuring a narrated story by Connie Kaldor and two recorded lullabies performed by Connie Kaldor and Carmen Campagne. This gorgeously illustrated original bedtime story captures the prairies at dusk, evoking sounds of...
- Auteur:Hutchinson, BobbySommaire:
It's 1886 on the Canadian prairie, and widower Noah Ferguson desperately needs help on his farm.Annie Tompkins knows she can't go on working in Lazenby’s cotton mill in Toronto. Her little sister Betsy will die if they stay there. So...
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Auteur:Cameron, KatSommaire:The poems in Ghosts Still Linger explore the past and present of the prairies, juxtaposing contemporary responses to grief and environmental issues with musings about iconic historical figures such as Buffalo Bill Cody and Annie Oakley...
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Auteur:Jackson, FredaSommaire:Trained as a nurse and midwife, Elizabeth Evans never wanted to help set up the fledgling town of Aspen Coulee, Alberta, but travels there with her father when he agrees to become the town doctor. Housekeeper at the Evans’ house, Ann...
- Auteur:Hatherly, PatSommaire:
Snuggle up with your little one and enjoy this Made-in-Alberta lullaby, a tribute to our big skies and wide open landscapes. Marvel at the beauty of our province with rhyming verses by Pat Hatherly and watercolour paintings by Jesse...
