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A salmon for Simon
Simon has always longed to catch a salmon. But when his luck suddenly changes and an eagle accidentally drops one into a tidal pool, Simon is torn between sympathy for the fish and the desire to catch something of his own. All summer long, Simon, a young First Nations boy, has been desperate to catch a salmon. He goes fishing every day, but has no luck. Then one day a high-flying eagle drops a salmon into a clam hole right before his eyes, and Simon must decide whether to take it home or let it go.
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Talkback
I have heard school trustees complain about fighting within DPAC. I have attended DPAC meetings and observed that the people who fight, delay meetings and seem unwilling to work cooperatively are a very small, vocal minority who are clearly aligned with the Surrey school trustees.
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Back to the cabin
The story opens with Mom's announcement to her two sons that they are going to the cabin. The boys are appalled. \"There's no TV at the cabin. There's no soccer field there. There are no video games. There's nothing to do.\" By the end of the holiday the boys don't want to leave. \"There's no fishing at home. There's no lake there. There's no boat. There's no fort. There's nothing to do!\" The transformation that takes place between these two whines involves all the summer pleasures of a cabin by the lake. There are campfires and fishing, summer thunder storms and Monopoly, a fort to build and a deck to repair.
Book Review
Mary of Mile 18
Ann Blades was barely out of her teens when she began teaching in what is now Buick (formerly Mile 18), a small community off the Alaska Highway. Her strong sketches show what children saw every day--the Caterpillar tractors, small houses without running water or electricity, the one-room schoolhouse with an oil burning stove. [Mary] of Mile 18 was, I'm sure, a labour of love for its author--a gift of perception, skill and sensitivity to the children whose lives no one else had taken the time to record.
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Mary of Mile 18
It is a cold winter in northern British Columbia. At the Bergen farm, snow has covered the ground since early November and it will not melt until May. Meet Mary Bergen. Her parents once lived in town in a house with modern conveniences. Now the family lives in a house built by Mary's father, one that has no running water, electricity or telephone. The farming family's nearest neighbours are about two miles away. Once Mary's hardworking father has finished clearing the trees on the land, the government will give him the deed to the land. Mary has four other siblings with the fifth on its way. The Bergen children have many chores to complete around the house and barn in the morning and after school. One clear night in February, the temperature drops to forty degrees below zero and the northern lights flash across the sky. Mary Bergen gets out of bed and goes to the window to watch and listen. She hears a crackling sound and smiles, excited. Mary likes to pretend that, if she hears the music of lights, the next day will bring something special. All day, Mary wonders, \"What can happen today?\" Nothing special happens at school, but on the way home, Mr. Bergen swerves to avoid a collision and his truck slips off the road.
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Too small
When Jack and Angus move with their mother from a large house to a smaller one, they complain incessantly about the lack of space: \"We miss our old house,/This house is too small./There's nowhere to tumble/ and wrestle and fall.\" Their mom doesn't know what to do, but frequent chats with an old woman down the street provide her with a stream of mysterious advice. First, this neighbour suggests that they bring their outside dog inside; then, that the neighbour's own dog should visit. Of course, the boys complain even more.
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Wolf & the seven little kids
Ann Blades; $15.95 cloth 0-88899-364-1, 32 pp., 7-3/4 x 9, Groundwood, Sept. (ages 3-5) Reviewed from bound galleys
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Back to the cabin
THE summer cottage experience is a defining one for many Canadians, a blend of solitude, outdoor privies, the sound of water under a boat's keel, the smell of the first raindrops on sunbaked rock, the feel of sandy bedding, and the taste of charred marshmallows. Consequently they look for children's novels or picture-books that will interpret this experience, just as, in a different way, Beatrix Potter or Arthur Ransome did for English lovers of the Lake District. They are almost always disappointed. This is not necessarily the fault of a book. Summer cottages vary so enormously (compare Wasaga Beach to Go-Home Bay, a cabin in the West Kootenays to Saltspring Island, Porter's Lake to Toney River in Nova Scotia) that it is hard to believe a book about one environment will resonate with a lover of another. Yet there are constants among all cottages.
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