Infatuated with army life, fifteen-year-old Richard Fuller enlists using an assumed name, travels to England, witnesses the terror of the Battle of Britain and the death of a German pilot, is caught in the London Blitzkrieg, and is wounded, and when his true age is discovered, he faces a possible court martial.
Presents an introduction to the peoples of Canada's Arctic region, including the Inuit, M?etis, Gwich'in, Dene, Tlingit, and Northern Tutchone, where they live, their way of life, and the challenges they face. Includes a ten question quiz.
Presents the true story of Rick Hansen, whose life was changed forever when the truck in which he was riding flipped over and left him paralyzed from the waist down.
Shu-Li, whose family moved to Canada from China two years ago and runs a deli in Vancouver, befriends Tamara, a new girl in her neighborhood, but the relationship is threatened by a nasty rumor.
True stories of five adventurers who explored Canada including Jacques Cartier, Samuel de Champlain, Pierre de la Verendrye, Samuel Hearne, and David Thompson.
Shi-shi-etko gathers together many of the things of nature and places them into her bag of memories so that she will never forget her people and land as she prepares to go many miles away to the required residential school.
Describes the history, modern and traditional cultural practices and economies, geographic background, and ongoing oppression and struggles of the Cree.
