Ontario
Books: By Region
Durham
Region
The
Book of Ifs and Buts
By: Rabindranath Maharaj (Lives in Ajax)
Recognized for his first collection of short fiction, The Interloper,
with a nomination for the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First
Book, Rabindranath Maharaj displays that distinct talent again in
The Book of Ifs and Buts. Part of the new Vintage Tales
series, these stories tell the experience of immigrants as they
take up new lives, often alone, in strange lands. With passion and
a discreet comic sensibility, Maharaj brings poignancy and enduring
beauty to lives that prosper, suffer, endure heartbreak and realize
dreams.
Vintage/Random
Available September (Online
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Crazy
for Ponies
By Karen Briggs. Photos by Shawn Hamilton. (Shawn lives in Orono)
Imagine thoroughbreds thundering over your desk or graceful Arabians
flying across your wall! Here are sixteen full-colour photos of
horses and lots of fascinating facts to read, too. Stats and a description
of the breed accompany each poster, and additional information abounds:
the oldest breed of horse alive, how to tell a pony from a horse,
horse anatomy, colour terminology, famous horse events, kinds of
competitions, and more! There is even an extensive list of addresses
and websites for kids who want to gallop into the world of horses.
Scholastic Press
Available November (Online
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Haldimand
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Halton
The
Witches of Willowmere
By: Alison Baird (Lives in Oakville)
Whenever Claire passes by Willowmere, she is intrigued by the beauty
and exoticism of the estate, so out of place in the small town where
she lives. There is something oddly familiar about the eccentric
old house, with its widow's walk, gingerbread trim and lofty turret.
Willowmere's owner, Dr. Myra Moore, is equally fascinating. She
tells Claire about the Wiccan belief system, which is not about
dark spells and magic (as some of Claire's classmates seem to believe),
but rather about affirming the goodness of the earth and all living
things.
Penguin/Viking
Available August
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Three
Tales of Trickery: Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel, Rumpelstiltskin
Written by Marilyn Helmer, Illus. by Noushin Pajouhesh. (Marilyn
lives in Burlington)
Return to a world of make-believe with the sixth volume of the Once-Upon-A-Time
series.
The clever retellings of these classic fairy tales — Little
Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel and Rumpelstiltskin — will
beckon children down forest paths where evil may lurk, but good
always prevails. The author has retained the magic and tradition
of these popular tales in versions just the right length for reading
aloud at bedtime or anytime.
Kids Can Press
Available September
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Hamilton
Clueless
in the Garden: A Guide for the Horticulturally Helpless
By Yvonne Cunnington (Lives on 10 acres outside Hamilton)
Have you always wanted to fill your summer with flowers, herbs and
vegetables, but feel cursed with a brown thumb? Do you think about
turning that empty corner of your yard into a cultivated delight,
but don’t know where to start? Clueless in the Garden will
help you quickly reap the rewards and pleasures of gardening.
Key
Porter
Available December
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Niagara
Never
Hitchhike on the Road Less Travelled
By William J. Thomas (Lives in the
Niagara Region: Wainfleet, Port Colbourne)
It’s a hilarious new romp as Thomas leads you down his own
improbable and wacky paths—both primrose and perilous.
This book, as William Thomas tells it, is for travellers, not for
tourists. It is full of astonishing advice and brilliant suggestions,
as well as wonderful stories from one of the world’s real
travellers.
Key
Porter
Available September
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Break
the Age Barrier: Strategies for Optimum Health, Energy and Longevity
By Sherry Torkos, BSc, Phm., and Farid Wassef, RPhm., CCN (Sherry
lives in the Niagara Region, Farid
lives in Stouffville)
For anyone over the age of thirty who is interested in maintaining
health and vitality, this book is an invaluable resource. In a practical
and easy-to-use style, it explains the aging process and shows how
to develop an anti-aging program customized to your own needs. As
it cuts through the hype, it provides current, factual information
on how to optimize health and prevent age-related diseases.
Penguin/Viking
Available November
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Norfolk
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Ottawa
The
Burning Crown
By: Joan Fitzgerald McCurdy (Lives in Ottawa)
Who wears the Crown, rules. The struggle between good and evil continues
in this sequel to The Serpent's Egg. Evil has come to Ellesmere,
island home of the Elves. The Elven Crown has fallen into the hands
of the Demon's crazed minions, who also control the only known portal
from Canada into a magical land inhabited by Augurs, Elves, Dwarves,
Dragons, Trolls, and other strange and incredible creatures.
McArthur & Company (No Web page avail. Contact info. coming.)
Available September
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The
Last Season
By: Roy MacGregor (Columnist Ottawa Citizen)
What happens to has-been hockey stars? Felix Batterinski enjoyed
brief frame as a hockey "enforcer" with the Philadelphia
Flyers. When he's cut from the team he tries for a second career
as a playing coach with a Finnish club, but a controversial play
spells the end of his come-back bid. Face with his obsolescence,
Felix begins his personal descent into disillusion, despair and
ultimately a bizarre death.
Penguin/Viking
Available October
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The
Last Guide: A Story of Fish and Love
By: Ron Corbett (Columnist in Ottawa)
Until his retirement in 2000, Frank Juiack was Algonquin Park's
last remaining official fishing guide. He was the final practitioner
of a trade - an art - that will likely die with him. A local legend,
Frank learned how to catch fish before he learned how to talk. The
story of Frank's life, fascinating in its own right, symbolizes
a world and way of life that, with his retirement, has come to an
end.
Penguin/Viking
Available September
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Peel
Tiger
Town
By: Eric Walters (Lives in Mississauga)
In this follow-up to Eric Walters’s bestselling Tiger
by the Tail and Tiger in Trouble, Sarah and Nicholas
Fraser are back home and ready to take on more challenges. Mr. McCurdy
and Vladimir are well on their way to installing the new animals
on Mr. McCurdy’s farm. Boo Boo the bear, Peanuts the elephant,
Kushna the tiger, and Sarah’s pet deer are joining the family
of exotic creatures, and it’s hard work moving them in.
Beach
Holme Publishing
Available September
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Jasper's
Day
Written by Marjorie Blain Parker, Illus. by Janet Wilson. (Janet
lives in Erin Mills)
Return to a world of make-believe with the sixth volume of the Once-Upon-A-Time
series.
The clever retellings of these classic fairy tales — Little
Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel and Rumpelstiltskin — will
beckon children down forest paths where evil may lurk, but good
always prevails. The author has retained the magic and tradition
of these popular tales in versions just the right length for reading
aloud at bedtime or anytime.
Kids
Can Press
Available September
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Toronto
Universe
On A T-Shirt
By: Dan Falk (Lives in Toronto)
Universe on a T-Shirt is the story of modern science's
search for a single set of equations that will, in principle, describe
everything in the physical world. No scientific quest is as exciting
as the search for the key to understanding the universe - the elusive
unified "theory of everything."
Penguin/Viking
Available September
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Arrivals:
Stories from the History of Ontario
By: John Bentley Mays (Lives in Toronto)
This, the newest of Penguin Canada's provincial histories, examines
the history of Ontario from an unusual point of view. Instead of
recounting stale political yarns or outlining economic downturns
and upswings, John Bentley Mays reconstructs the history of Canada's
most populous province by telling the stories that really interest
him: the stories of her people.
Penguin/Viking
Available August
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Mike's
World: The Life of Mike Meyers
By: Martin Knelman (Entertainment columnist for The Toronto
Star )
In Mike's World, bestselling biographer Martin Knelman recounts
Mike Myers's rise to superstardom, including his ups and downs along
the way. Beginning his career doing sketch comedy and improv at
Second City, Myers became a hot featured player on Saturday Night
Live in the late 1980s and eventually worked his way into Hollywood's
$20-million club with hit movies such as Wayne's World, Austin Powers
and Shrek.
Penguin/Viking
Available July
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Fearless
in the Kitchen:Innovative Recipes for the Uninhibited Cook
By: Christine Cushing (Lives in Toronto)
Celebrity chef Christine Cushing believes cooking should be uninhibited,
a true expression of your love of food. When she cooks, Christine
doesn't need to rely on the recipe at hand - and neither do you.
Penguin/Viking
Available September
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A
Map to the Door of No Return
By: Dionne Brand (Lives in Toronto)
In this insightful book of discovery, Dionne Brand explores the
relevance and nature of identity and belonging in a culturally diverse
and changing world. Drawing on cartography, narratives of childhood
in the Caribbean, journeys across the Canadian landscape, African
ancestry, histories, politics, philosophies and literature, A
Map to the Door of No Return Sketches the shifting borders
of home and nation, and the connection to place in Canada and the
world beyond.
Vintage/Random
Available September (Online
info.)
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Waterloo
Mackenzie
King: Citizenship and Community
Edited by: John English and Kenneth McLaughlin (Both editors are
professors in Waterloo)
William Lyon Mackenzie King was born in Berlin, Ontario, now known
as Kitchener, a town that was unusual in Victorian Ontario in being
largely German in origin and mixed in religion. In this book some
of Canada's leading experts on King and his times describe aspects
of King's youth in Berlin, his fascination with posterity, his early
interest in sociology, and the impact of his unusual community on
his later political attitudes.
Robin
Brass Studio
Available October (Online
info.)
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York
Break
the Age Barrier: Strategies for Optimum Health, Energy and Longevity
By Sherry Torkos, BSc, Phm., and Farid Wassef, RPhm., CCN (Sherry
lives in the Niagara Region, Farid lives in Stouffville)
For anyone over the age of thirty who is interested in maintaining
health and vitality, this book is an invaluable resource. In a practical
and easy-to-use style, it explains the aging process and shows how
to develop an anti-aging program customized to your own needs. As
it cuts through the hype, it provides current, factual information
on how to optimize health and prevent age-related diseases.
Penguin/Viking
Available November
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Brant
Historic
Paris: People and Places
By: Margaret Deans, Illus. by Marsha Deans Edgar (Margaret and Marsha
both live in Paris)
In 1829 Hiram Capron, a young entrepreneur from Vermont, stood on
a hill overlooking the forks of the Grand and the Nith rivers. Four
decades later he was known as "King Capron," patriarch
of Paris, Ontario.
Natural
Heritage Books
Available October
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Bruce
A
Century of Excellence: Krug Bros. & Co. Furniture Manufacturers
By: Howard Krug. Ed. by Ruth Cathcart (about small town business
in Chesley)
This books chronicles the extraordinary story of a family-owned
business and its relationship with a small town in Ontario. The
Krug Bros. of Chesley, Ontario became a legend in the world of manufacturing
and in forestry
Natural
Heritage Books
Available now (No online info.)
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Chatham-Kent
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Dufferin
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Elgin
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Essex
Turning
Points: The Detroit Riot of 1967, A Canadian Perspective
By: Herb Colling (lives in Windsor)
Turning Points analyzes the events leading up to, and immediately
following, the Detroit Riot of 1967. It looks at Detroit's racial
history through the eyes of its nearest neighbour, perhaps at the
city's darkest, but most poignant, moment.
Natural
Heritage Books
Available September
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Frontenac
Grace
Under Fire: The State of Our Sweet and Savage Game
By: Lawrence Scanlan (Lives in Kingston)
Why Does hockey cast such a spell on our nation? In Grace Under
Fire, Lawrence Scanlan scrutinizes the game he loves, past and present,
and looks into his own heart for answers. Probing the light and
dark sides of hockey, he observes that poet Al Purdy was right when
he called the game a blend of "ballet and murder."
Penguin/Viking
Available September
Second
to None: The Illustrated History of the Governor General's Horse
Guards
By John Marteinson(Lives in Kingston)
The Governor General's Horse Guards is Canada's senior Militia regiment,
and its record of voluntary service over more than 190 years justifies
its motto Nulli Secundus, Second to None.
Robin Brass
Studio
Available October (Online
info.)
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Little
Horse of Iron: A Quest for the Canadian Horse
By Lawrence Scanlan (Lives in Kingston)
Saving what’s left of our history often falls to a passionate
few. This is the case with a group of horse breeders who have pledged
to re-establish Canada’s heritage horse, aptly called the
Canadian — a breed descended from the Norman horses that took
European knights into battle. Habitants of old Quebec called this
uncommonly strong breed le petit cheval de fer — the little
horse of iron — and in many ways the tumultuous story of this
horse mirrors the history of Canada.
Vintage/Random
Available October (Online
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Where
is Here?
By Alan Morantz (Journalist in Kingston)
"It seems to me that Canadian sensibility [...] is less
perplexed by the question Who am I? than by some riddle as Where
is here?"—Northrop Frye
In Where is Here?, Alan Morantz tells the story of the
maps that made Canada, and in turn made us Canadian. He examines
how the inhabitants of this land have used maps for their own purposes,
some laudable, some creative, some despicable. And he shows us how
maps—made by Inuit hunters, hobos, explorers, missionaries,
adventurers, marketers and artists—are often windows on our
world view, our assumptions and our dreams. They mirror the best
and worst in human nature. They tell the story of Canada.
Penguin/Viking
Available October
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Attack
on Pearl Harbor
By Shelley Tanaka. Illus. by David Craig. (Shelley lives in Kingston)
As eleven-year old Peter Nottage stood in the yard, watching in
disbelief, a group of Japanese fighter planes swooped down, spraying
machine-gun fire across the water. Then the first bomb dropped –
and in minutes, Kaneohe Bay was a sea of smoke and flames. To the
south, at Pearl Harbor, the huge ships of the American fleet were
ablaze. This was no drill. This was war!
Through vivid eyewitness accounts, Attack on Pearl Harbor re-creates
the dramatic moments of the unforgettable day that the United States
of America entered World War II.
Scholastic
Press
Available November (Online
info)
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Grey
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Haliburton
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Huron
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Kawartha
Lakes
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Lambton
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Lanark
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no books.
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Leeds
& Grenville
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Lennox
and Addington
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no books.
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Middlesex
Red
Dog
By: Louis de Bernieres (Lives in London)
After his beloved master, John, is killed in an accident, Red spends
the rest of his life looking for him, not understanding that John
is gone for good. Ensuingly, Red becomes everyone's dog. Welcomed
by everyone he meets, Red goes to their parties, hitches rides,
steals food at beach barbecues, and makes friends with the most
reluctant people and wary cats. Based on the wonderfully irresistible
adventures of a legendary Aussie dog, Red Dog is about
devotion, independence and good food - the things that matter
Vintage/Random
House
Available October (Online
info.)
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Northumberland
Henderson's
Spear
By: Ronald Wright (Lives in Port Hope
)
In the tradition of Melville and Stevenson, a superb storyteller
-- winner of the David Higham Prize for Fiction -- brings literary
art of great range and beauty to a South Seas epic. Two tales of
passion and intrigue, from the 1890s and the 1990s, reach around
the world from Canada, England and West Africa to converge in the
Polynesian islands.
Vintage/Random
House
Available August (Online
info.)
Bone
Beds of the Badlands: A Dylan Maples Adventure
By: Shane Peacock (Shane grew up in Kapuskasing,
attended university in Peterborough
and Toronto. He lives in Baltimore,
Ontario)
In Book Three of the Dylan Maples Adventures series, Dylan and his
friends - no parents this time around - are off to the Badlands
of Alberta and the excavation site of dinosaur remains from millions
of years ago. The boys have won the trip for their mechanical T-Rex,
which placed first in the National Science Fair.
Penguin/Viking
Available now
Noses
Are Red
By: Richard Scrimger (Lives in Cobourg)
Norbert's back, and Alan's got him! In the third of Richard Scrimger's
wildly popular Nose books, Alan is off on a camping trip
with his good friend, Victor. Fun, right? Not if the person who
is taking you camping happens to be Christopher, your mother's new
boyfriend. And not if you aren't exactly a fan of the great outdoors,
with its bugs and swamps and bears.
Tundra
Books
Available September (Online
info.)
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Oxford
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no books.
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Perth
Boy's
Own: An Anthology of Canadian Fiction for Young Readers
(20 stories)
By Tim Wynne-Jones (Lives near Perth)
When he was choosing the twenty stories that make up Boys' Own,
Tim Wynne-Jones thought about what happens in the Boys Zone: "champs
and bullies, the lure of danger, getting lost in the wild, scoring
the winning goal, scaring the pants off your brother." He turned
to some of Canada's best writers for young people — including
Brian Doyle, William Belle and Martha Brooks — and found all
those themes reflected in their stories, and plenty more besides.
Penguin Viking
Available August
Dracula:
A Chamber Musical
By: Richard Ouzounian and Marek Norman (became the best-selling
Canadian show in Stratford)
When Richard Ouzounian and Marek Norman's Dracula: A Chamber
Musical premiered at the Stratford Festival, the response was
tremendous. Book includes complete script and lyrics.
McArthur
& Company (No Web page avail. Contact info. coming.)
Available September
A
Day with Nellie
By: Marthe Jocelyn (Lives in Stratford
and New York City)
Wake up, Nellie! The fun is about to begin. First, there's deciding
what to wear. Then there's breakfast with all kinds of shapes and
textures and tastes. From indoor play in a made-up train, to a trip
to the park and a bedtime cuddle with Daddy, Nellie's day is full
of discoveries.
Tundra
Books
Available September (Online
info.)
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Peterborough
Bone
Beds of the Badlands: A Dylan Maples Adventure
By: Shane Peacock (Shane grew up in Kapuskasing,
attended university in Peterborough
and Toronto. He lives in Baltimore,
Ontario)
In Book Three of the Dylan Maples Adventures series, Dylan and his
friends - no parents this time around - are off to the Badlands
of Alberta and the excavation site of dinosaur remains from millions
of years ago. The boys have won the trip for their mechanical T-Rex,
which placed first in the National Science Fair.
Penguin/Viking
Available September
The
Big Book of Canada: Exploring the Provinces and Territories
By: Christopher Moore. Ill. by Bill Slavin (Christopher writes for
the The Beaver, Bill lives in Millbrook)
This gorgeous book is the must-have geography resource for every
young reader. Leading the reader across Canada, province by province,
veteran writer Christopher Moore introduces the things that make
this country unique.
Tundra
Books
Available September (Online
info.)
Canuck
Chicks and Maple Leaf Mamas: Women of the Great White North
By: Ann Douglas (Columnist in Peterborough)
Think Mondo Canuck - but for women. Canuck Chicks and Maple
Leaf Mamas is the first Canadian pop culture book to focus
on the lives of Canadian women past and present. Author Ann Douglas
takes her reader s on a fast-paced tour of two centuries of Canadian
history and pop culture, zeroing in on landmark moments in the lives
of Canadian women, including the invention of the electric refrigerator,
the tampon, the miniskirt, the Tupperware party, and the birth control
pill. Along the way, she unearths hundreds of fascinating and little-known
facts about Canadian women.
McArthur
& Company (No Web page avail. Contact info. coming.)
Available October (No online info.)
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Prescott
and Russell, United Counties
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Prince
Edward
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Renfrew
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Simcoe
Crazy
for Ponies
By Karen Briggs. Photos by Shawn Hamilton. (Karen lives in Tottenham)
Imagine thoroughbreds thundering over your desk or graceful Arabians
flying across your wall! Here are sixteen full-colour photos of
horses and lots of fascinating facts to read, too. Stats and a description
of the breed accompany each poster, and additional information abounds:
the oldest breed of horse alive, how to tell a pony from a horse,
horse anatomy, colour terminology, famous horse events, kinds of
competitions, and more! There is even an extensive list of addresses
and websites for kids who want to gallop into the world of horses.
Scholastic Press
Available November (Online
info)
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Stormont,
Dundas and Glengarry
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Wellington
Marie-Claire:
A Season of Sorrow
By: Kathy Stinson (Kathy lives in Everton,
Ontario, a small hamlet near Guelph)
Of the 3,200 people who died during the smallpox epidemic in 1885,
2,500 of them were children under the age of 10. In A Season of
Sorrow, smallpox, which lurked on the periphery of Dark Spring,
descends upon Marie-Claire and her family. How they, their community
and the church cope with the epidemic, as well as with the controversial
vaccine meant to guard against it, is the focus of this story.
Penguin/Viking
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Algoma
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no books.
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Cochrane
Bone
Beds of the Badlands: A Dylan Maples Adventure
By: Shane Peacock (Shane grew up in Kapuskasing,
attended university in Peterborough
and Toronto. He lives in Baltimore,
Ontario)
In Book Three of the Dylan Maples Adventures series, Dylan and his
friends - no parents this time around - are off to the Badlands
of Alberta and the excavation site of dinosaur remains from millions
of years ago. The boys have won the trip for their mechanical T-Rex,
which placed first in the National Science Fair.
Penguin/Viking
Available now
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Kenora
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no books.
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Manitoulin
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no books.
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Muskoka
Molson:
The Birth of a Business Empire
By: Douglas Hunter (Lives on Georgian Bay's
Severn Sound, Ontario)
In 1782, at a time when few people ventured more than a few miles
from their home village, eighteen-year-old John Molson struck out
across the Atlantic. Abandoning the Lincolnshire lands that had
been his family's livelihood for generations, this privateer's nephew
risked a wartime crossing in the midst of the American Revolution
to reach Montreal, where he established a log-house brewery on what
was then the fringe of civilization. From this humble beginning,
through a combination of hard work, ruthlessness and a raw entrepreneurial
talent, Molson built a dynasty that would last into the new millennium
and would, at its height, include not only a brewery but also a
bank, real estate, hotels, a pioneering steamboat line and an interest
in railways.
Penguin/Viking
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Nipissing
District
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Parry
Sound
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Rainy
River
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Sudbury
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Thunder
Bay
A
Wilderness Called Home: Dispatches from the Wild Heart of Canada
By: Charles Wilkins (Lives in Thunder Bay)
Canadians connect with the wilderness in an endless number of subtle
or impassioned ways: as sea captains, mountaineers, artists, eco-warriors,
rafters, nudists, and industrialists - or simply as canoeists or
cottage dwellers.
In April 2000, Charles Wilkins set off from his Lake Superior home
on travels that took him coast to coast: aboard a working freighter
on the Great Lakes, then overland to the west, at times on foot
in the mountains and rainforests and along the sea coasts.
Penguin/Viking
Available October
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