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  • Winter Sports Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914
    Author:

    Downie, Mary Alice

    ,

    Robertson, Barbara

    ,

    Errington, Elizabeth Jane

    ,

    Gordon, Ishbel Marua

    Summary:

    This selection of writings by twenty-nine women, known and unknown, professional and amateur, presents a unique portrait of Canada through time and space, from the seventeenth to the early twentiet

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography

    Available Formats:

  • Mary Pickford Canada's Silent Siren, America's Sweetheart
    Author:

    Leavey, Peggy Dymond

    Summary:

    Mary Pickford’s ambition, passion, innate talent, and savvy business acumen sent her career into the stratosphere and set the blueprint for the modern movie star.

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Canadian nonfiction, Film, television and performing arts

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  • Growing Up Ivy
    Author:

    Leavey, Peggy Dymond

    Summary:

    Commended for the 2011 Best Books for Kids and Teens Living in grim Depression-era Toronto with her actress mother, Frannie, Ivy Chalmers has never met her father.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Juvenile fiction

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  • Laura Secord Heroine of the War of 1812
    Author:

    Leavey, Peggy Dymond

    Summary:

    2013 Speaker’s Book Award — Shortlisted Laura Secord is now famous for her singular feat of bravery during the War of 1812, but did she warn the British and help defeat the American invaders as

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Canadian nonfiction, History and geography

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  • Early Voices Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639-1914
    Author:

    Downie, Mary Alice

    ,

    Robertson, Barbara

    ,

    Errington, Elizabeth Jane

    Summary:

    This selection of writings by 29 women, known and unknown, professional and amateur, presents a unique portrait of Canada through time and space, from the 17th to the early 20th century, from the M

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography, Short stories

    Available Formats:

  • The Deep End Gang
    Author:

    Leavey, Peggy Dymond

    Summary:

    Twelve-year-old Martin Jessup, teller of tall tales and other untruths, cannot understand his sister’s objections to the family’s move from Winnipeg to small-town Ontario.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Juvenile fiction

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  • Finding My Own Way
    Author:

    Leavey, Peggy Dymond

    Summary:

    It’s an exciting time for seventeen-year-old Libby, as she announces to her aunt that she plans to leave Toronto in the 1950s to spend the summer living alone in the empty family home in Pinkney Co

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Juvenile fiction

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  • Help Wanted: Wednesdays Only
    Author:

    Leavey, Peggy Dymond

    Summary:

    Thirteen-year-old Mark Rogers knew that his Grandpa Luigi had Alzheimer’s but he hadn’t counted on it turning his life upside-down.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Juvenile fiction

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  • The Path Through the Trees
    Author:

    Leavey, Peggy Dymond

    Summary:

    Thirteen-year-old Norah Bingham and her mother plan to spend Christmas in the country with Caroline Stoppard, Norah’s great-aunt.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Juvenile fiction

    Available Formats:

  • Sky Lake Summer
    Author:

    Leavey, Peggy Dymond

    Summary:

    Thirteen-year-old Jane Covington doesn’t want to go to Sky Lake to visit her grandmother for the summer holidays - she wants to visit her father in the north.

    Genre: Canadian fiction, Juvenile fiction

    Available Formats:

  • Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 26–30 William C. Van Horne / George Simpson / Tom Thomson / Simon Girty / Mary Pickford
    Author:

    Larsen, Wayne

    ,

    Knowles, Valerie

    ,

    Lahey, D.T.

    ,

    Butts, Edward

    ,

    Leavey, Peggy Dymond

    Summary:

    Presenting five titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history.

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Canadian nonfiction

    Available Formats:

  • Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 21–30 Louis Riel / James Wilson Morrice / Vilhjalmur Stefansson / Robertson Davies / James Douglas / William C. Van Horne / George Simpson / Tom Thomson / Simon Girty / Mary Pickford
    Author:

    Ferguson, Julie H.

    ,

    Henighan, Tom

    ,

    Maes, Nicholas

    ,

    Larsen, Wayne

    ,

    Stewart, Sharon

    ,

    Knowles, Valerie

    ,

    Lahey, D.T.

    ,

    Butts, Edward

    ,

    Leavey, Peggy Dymond

    Summary:

    Presenting ten titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history.

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Canadian nonfiction

    Available Formats:

  • Quest Biography 35-Book Bundle Marshall McLuhan, Nellie McClung, René Lévesque and many more
    Author:

    Fitzgerald, Judith

    ,

    Labrèche-Larouche, Michelle

    ,

    Braid, Kate

    ,

    Rigelhof, T.F.

    ,

    Plante, Raymond

    ,

    Slade, Arthur

    ,

    Wilson, John

    ,

    Bridge, Kathryn

    ,

    Stewart, Roderick

    ,

    Stewart, Sharon

    ,

    Macpherson, Margaret

    ,

    goodall, lian

    ,

    Paulin, Marguerite

    ,

    Legaré, Francine

    ,

    Evans, Gary

    ,

    Cowley, Deborah

    ,

    Shardlow, Tom

    ,

    Kirk, Heather

    ,

    Cimon, Anne

    ,

    Vanasse, André

    ,

    Larsen, Wayne

    ,

    Henighan, Tom

    ,

    Maes, Nicholas

    ,

    Ferguson, Julie H.

    ,

    Knowles, Valerie

    ,

    Lahey, D.T.

    ,

    Butts, Edward

    ,

    Leavey, Peggy Dymond

    ,

    Sadlier, Rosemary

    ,

    Argyle, Ray

    ,

    Tidridge, Nathan

    ,

    Martin, Ged

    Summary:

    This special bundle contains the first thirty-five books in the Quest Biography series, which profiles the lives of Canadians who have had a profound effect on their country and the world.

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Canadian nonfiction

    Available Formats:

  • Molly Brant Mohawk Loyalist and Diplomat
    Author:

    Leavey, Peggy Dymond

    Summary:

    Molly Brant, a Mohawk girl born into poverty in 1736, became the consort of Sir William Johnson, one of the wealthiest white men in 18th-century America.

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Canadian nonfiction, Indigenous materials

    Available Formats:

  • Canadian Cultural Heritage 4-Book Bundle Molly Brant / Louis Riel / Harriet Tubman / Simon Girty
    Author:

    Leavey, Peggy Dymond

    ,

    Stewart, Sharon

    ,

    Sadlier, Rosemary

    ,

    Butts, Edward

    Summary:

    Presenting four titles in the Quest Biography series profiling prominent figures in Canada’s history.

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Canadian nonfiction

    Available Formats:

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