topic:"Literature" found 114 records - Research Collections

Backyard birds : an introduction

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2005

Author: Bateman, Robert

Publisher: Markham, Ontario : Scholastic Canada

Call Number: 04.2 B31b

Author: Bateman, Robert

Responsibility: Robert Bateman with Ian Coutts; consultation by Nancy Kovacs

Publisher: Markham, Ontario : Scholastic Canada

Published Date: 2005

Physical Description: 47p. : ill

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Guidebooks; Juvenile literature

Accession Number: 50500 09-05-01

Call Number: 04.2 B31b

Collection: Archives Library

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Bear tales from the Canadian Rockies

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1998

Publisher: Calgary : Fifth House

Call Number: 04.2 P27

Responsibility: compiled & edited by Brian Patton

Publisher: Calgary : Fifth House

Published Date: 1998

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Bears; Exploration; Fur trade; Indians; Literature

Notes: Includes bibliography and index; Authors include: John C. Ewers, Onesta, David Rockwell, Walter Wilcox, George McLean, Ella E. Clark, David Thompson, Simon Fraser, Thomas Drummond, Viscount Milton and W.B. Cheadle, Henry J. Moberly, Robert M. Rylatt, P. Robertson-Ross, H.E.M. Stutfield, J.N. Collie, W.T. Hornaday, R.M. Patterson, Sid Marty, Frank Goble, C.E. Goble, Pat Brewster, R.H. Stronach, Scarlet and Gold, C.E. Millar, Ken Jones, Nora Findlay, H.M. Halliday, Rudy Wiebe, Andy Russell, Lawrence Burpee, N. Vernon-Wood, Walter Nixon, Jim Deegan, Dan McCowan, Lukin Johnston, Howard O'Hagan, Nick Morant, Harry Rowed, Lorne Perry, Frank Camp, Wilf Taylor, Stephen Herrero, Rick Kunelius; Note - The First Bear Story / David Thompson is from p.248-249 of David Thompson's Narrative 1784-1812, Toronto: Champlain Society, 1962

Accession Number: 7098

Call Number: 04.2 P27

Collection: Archives Library

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Blood and iron : building the railway

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2010

Author: Yee, Paul

Publisher: Toronto, ON Scholastic Canada

Call Number: 05.2 Ye3b

Author: Yee, Paul

Responsibility: by Paul Yee

Publisher: Toronto, ON Scholastic Canada

Published Date: 2010

Physical Description: 233 p. : ill

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Series: I am Canada

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway; Chinese; Ethnic groups; Juvenile literature

Notes: Cover title: Blood and iron : building the railway, Lee Heen-gwong British Columbia, 1882. Pertains to fictional child's experiences working on the building of the CPR. Includes bibliographical references: p. 231

ISBN: 9780545985932

Accession Number: 60000 2010-12-17

Call Number: 05.2 Ye3b

Collection: Archives Library

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The boy in the picture : the Craigellachie Kid and the driving of the Last Spike

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2010

Author: Argyle, Ray

Publisher: Toronto : Dundern Press

Call Number: 08.5 Ar4b

Author: Argyle, Ray

Publisher: Toronto : Dundern Press

Published Date: 2010

Physical Description: 143p. : ill., ports

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Canadian Pacific Railway; Chinese; Juvenile literature

Notes: Pertains to the youth, Edward C. Mallandaine, pictured behind Donald A. Smith in the official "Last Spike" photograph by Alexander J. Ross, November 7, 1885.

ISBN: 978-1-55488-787-3

Accession Number: 60000 2010-12-17

Call Number: 08.5 Ar4b

Collection: Archives Library

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The Burgess animal book for children

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1924

Author: Burgess, Thornton W.

Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown and Company

Call Number: 03.2 B91t

Author: Burgess, Thornton W.

Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown and Company

Published Date: 1924

Physical Description: xvii, 363 pages color frontispiece, plates (some color) 20 cm

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Burgess Shale; Animals; Juvenile literature; Illustrations

Abstract: This book, originally published in 1920, is a call to learn more about the animals with which we share our world, and how precious they are, through stories.

Contents: Preface -- Jenny Wren gives Peter Rabbit an idea -- Peter and Jumper go to school -- More of Peter's long-legged cousins -- Chatterer and Happy Jack join -- The squirrels of the trees -- Striped chipmunk and his cousins -- Johnny Chuck joins the class -- Whistler and Yap Yap -- Two queer little haymakers -- Prickly Porky and Grubby Gopher -- A fellow with a thousand spears -- A lumberman and engineer -- A worker and a robber -- A trader and a handsome fellow -- Two unlike little cousins -- Danny's northern cousins and Nimbleheels -- Three little redcoats and some others -- Mice with pockets, and others -- Teeny Weeny and his cousin -- Four busy little miners -- Flitter the bat and his family -- An independent family -- Digger and his cousin Glutton -- Shadow and his family -- Two famous swimmers -- Spite the martin and Pekan the fisher -- Reedy Fox joins the school -- Old Man Coyote and Howler the Wolf -- Yowler and his cousin Tuffy -- Some big and little cat cousins -- Bobby Coon arrives -- Buster Bear nearly breaks up school -- Buster Bear's big cousins -- Unc' Billy and Old Mrs. Possum -- Lightfoot, Blacktail, and Forkhorn -- Bugler, Flathorns and Wanderhoof -- Thunderfoot, Fleetfoot and Longcoat -- Two wonderful mountain climbers -- Piggy and Hardshell -- The mammals of the sea -- Index.

Notes: Delicate handwritten note in front cover, tied for protection.

Accession Number: 492

Call Number: 03.2 B91t

Collection: Archives Library

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The Burgess Shale : the Canadian writing landscape of the 1960s

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2017

Author: Atwood, Margaret

Publisher: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press

Call Number: 05 A9t

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Author: Atwood, Margaret

Responsibility: Margaret Atwood

Publisher: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press

Published Date: 2017

Physical Description: 43 pages.

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Writing; Literature

Abstract: Pertains to the works of one of Canada’s greatest author’s and arguably, the founder of Canadian literature, Margaret Atwood. As a poet, environmentalist, novelist, critic and much more, Atwood brought a dynamic perspective to Canadian literature. Atwood’s book tells of the ways in which the political culture of the 1960’s and earlier generations revolutionized the Canadian writing landscape. Her analysis of the political landscape urges readers to consider the people who were living in Canada at the time and the ways immigration inspires literature.

ISBN: 9781772123012

Accession Number: 2019.67

Call Number: 05 A9t

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: The URL is linked to the author, Margaret Atwood's official website.

Websites

http://margaretatwood.ca/

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Canadian animals for kids

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2023

Author: Elliot, Max

Publisher: Banff, AB : Summerthought

Call Number: 05 El6c; 05 El6c Reference copy

Author: Elliot, Max

Publisher: Banff, AB : Summerthought

Published Date: 2023

Physical Description: 24 pages ; ill.

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Literature; Children; Animals; Wildlife

Abstract: How does a beaver warn of danger? What's the advantage of being a tiny wood frog? Where do walruses like to live? Kids love to learn about wildlife, and the colours and textures of Max Elliot's mixed media artwork make it even more fun to engage with a variety of Canadian animals, their habits and habitats. -- From back cover.