SUMMER READING 2017 Exploring a rich past. Celebrating a promising future.
Discover Historic Canada This Summer: People, Places, and Events What a great way to explore the past and celebrate the future of such a great country, aligning the Summer Reading theme with Canada’s 150th anniversary! We’re so excited to be able to participate this year with titles on hoopla that honour Canada’s history in people, places, and events, as well as titles authored by some of Canada’s most iconic literary figures.
Explore Canada’s rich history with these selected literary works. Readers of all ages will certainly find something of interest to them, and, with hoopla’s ability to support simultaneous reading and multiple formats in one app, our goal is to provide you, as librarians, with titles to meet your needs for Summer Reading 2017. Happy 150th Birthday, Canada!
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A biography of Canada’s first prime minister, a legendary political strategist who helped found a new nation in 1867. Shocked by Canada’s 1837 rebellions, John A. Macdonald sought to build alliances and avoid future conflicts. Thanks to financial worries and an alcohol problem, he almost quit politics in 1864. The challenge of building Confederation harnessed his skills and personal problems, and in 1867 he became the country’s first prime minister, driving the Dominion’s westward expansion, rapidly incorporating the Prairies and British Columbia before a railway contract scandal unseated him in 1873. Although dominant nationally, Macdonald often cut ethical corners to resist the challenge of the Ontario Liberals in his own province. John A. Macdonald created Canada, but this popular hero had many flaws.
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A Canada Kids’ Celebration! Kids can celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday with these selected picture books combining vivid illustrations and simple language.
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Toddlers will delight in this eBook highlighting wellknown Canadian symbols and traditions, including famous buildings and wildlife. Rhyming riddles frame the questions, while brightly painted clues help the youngest book lover figure out the answers.
Encounter Canada’s Literary Icons Use summer to discover Canada’s world-renowned, most-discussed authors and iconic literary figures.
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“André Alexis has established himself as one of our preeminent voices.” – Toronto Star Winner of the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize, Fifteen Dogs begins as a bet between the gods Hermes and Apollo, leading them to grant human consciousness and language to a group of dogs. By turns meditative and devastating, charming and strange. Fifteen Dogs may be the best book you’ll read all year. ok
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Travel Canada and Celebrate the 150th Province by Province, Territory by Territory
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