At the dawn of the third millennium, dramatic challenges face human civilization everywhere. Relations between human beings and their environment are in peril, with mounting threats to both biological
The history of East Greenland and its indigenous settlements is presented by Apollonio, a retired marine biologist who specialized in Arctic research projects for many years. The author provides a viv
Gordon W. Smith’s 1952 dissertation from Columbia University on ?The Historical and Legal Background of Canada’s Arctic Claims” remains a foundational work on the topic, as does his 1966 chapter ?Sove
Benjamin Leigh Smith discovered and named dozens of islands in the Arctic but published no account of his pioneering explorations. He refused public accolades and sent stand-ins to deliver the results
The Northern Lights SeriesBook Two?“Lisa Tawn Bergren has a straightforward, evocative style of writing that makes her characters breathe. They walk right across the page and straight into your heart.
When Willa's divorced mother marries the prime minister of Canada, a widower with overprotected identical quintuplets, Willa must cope with a very different way of life, her father's efforts to win ba
Michael has so much fun burrowing in his muddy sandbox that he turns into Puddleman, much to his delight and the neighbors' dismay, until he wants a peanut butter sandwich, and Michael's mother refuse
When an unexpected chinook wind warms up a small town in Alberta at Christmas, a nine-year-old boy discovers that even adults in their Mennonite community act differently
Canadian Children's Book Center Choice AwardWhen Bibi visits her Grandpa's farm, she is happy to play where it is safe. One day Grandpa's big bull escapes from his pen, but she is not afraid. She look
Alberta Children's Book of the Year Alberta Book Illustration Award Finally, Tiger has real cowboy boots for the annual cattle drive up at Uncle Roy's ranch. As the only city kid on the trail, h
