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Canadian animals for kids

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26184
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.
ISBN
9781926983615
Accession Number
P2023.17 (2)
Call Number
05 El6c
05 El6c Reference copy
Collection
Archives Library
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Villain, vermin, icon, kin : wolves and the making of Canada

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25704
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2022
Author
Rutherford, Stephanie
Publisher
Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press
Call Number
04.2 R93v
Author
Rutherford, Stephanie
Publisher
Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press
Published Date
2022
Physical Description
xiii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Wolves
Animals
History
Literature
Science
culture
Abstract
A wolf's howl is felt in the body. Frightening and compelling, incomprehensible or entirely knowable, it is a sound that may be heard as threat or invitation but leaves no listener unaffected. Toothsome fiends, interfering pests, or creatures wild and free, wolves have been at the heart of Canada's national story since long before Confederation. Villain, Vermin, Icon, Kin contends that the role in which wolves have been cast - monster or hero - has changed dramatically through time. Exploring the social history of wolves in Canada, Stephanie Rutherford weaves an innovative tapestry from the varied threads of historical and contemporary texts, ideas, and practices in human-wolf relations, from provincial bounties to Farley Mowat's iconic Never Cry Wolf. These examples reveal that Canada was made, in part, through relationships with nonhuman animals. Wolves have always captured the human imagination. In sketching out the connections people have had with wolves at different times, Villain, Vermin, Icon, Kin offers a model for more ethical ways of interacting with animals in the face of a global biodiversity crisis. -- Provided by publisher.
Contents
PART ONE: VILLIANS AND VERMIN -- Fear: settler encounters with wildness out of place -- Disgust: bounties and bureaucracies of extermination -- PART TWO: RECUPERATING THE WOLF -- Passion: writing the wolf in Canadian literature -- Curiosity: the scientific reimagining of a predator -- Devotion: wolf live in modern times -- PART THREE: KNOWING THE WOLF -- Ambivalence: dwelling in multispecies assemblages -- Empathy: Indigneous teachings offer a way out (and in) -- Epilogue: the hazards of a symbol
ISBN
9780228011088
Accession Number
P2023.07
Call Number
04.2 R93v
Collection
Archives Library
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