french-canadians

Presents Louis H?mon's 1916 novel about Maria Chapdelaine, a young women living in the harsh environment of Peribonka, Quebec, who faces a difficult decision when her true love dies, leaving her to choose between two men, one who lives on a neighboring farm, and the other who wants to take her away to the city. The text is complemented by a lexicon and comprehension exercises.

A biography of the Dionne quintuplets who the Ontario government took quardianship of them and set them up as a tourist attraction across from their family's house.

When Julian's mother decides to marry a French Canadian man, Julian learns that it is not always blood that determines true family.

Jean Talon leaves his home in French Canada and embarks on a dangerous journey to the American West.

A history of the French in North America from the earliest explorers to today's separatist movement in Quebec.

On Christmas Eve, six French-Canadian trappers meet a mysterious stranger who gives them the gift of a trip to their homes in Montreal, if only they agree not to speak until they cross their own thresholds.

Discusses the history, culture, and religion of the French Canadians, factors encouraging their emigration, and their acceptance as an ethnic group in North America.

When Julian's mother decides to marry a French Canadian man, Julian learns that it is not always blood that determines true family.