Bøger udgivet af FITZHENRY & WHITESIDE

Rocky Mountain Book Award Shortlist, 2011 No Canadian can fail to recognize the name Tim Horton. For many, however, the name suggests coffee and donuts, especially "donuts with sprinkles". But Tim Horton was more than that. He was a tough but fair sportsman renowned as the "strongest man in hockey". This junior biography presents his true story to young Canadian readers.

There is a lion in our village, and it is carrying away our children. At her father's funeral, Binti's grandmother utters the words that no one in Malawi wants to hear. Binti's father and her mother before him, dies of AIDS. Binti, her sister, and brother are separated and sent to the home of relatives who can barely tolerate their presence. Ostracized by their extended family, the orphans are treated like the lowest servants. With her brother far away and her sister wallowing in her own sorrow, Binti can hardly contain her rage. She, Binti Phirim, was once a child star of a popular radio program. Now she is scraping to survive. Binti always believed she was special, now she is nothing but a common AIDS orphan. Binti Phiri is not about to give up. Even as she clings to hope that her former life will be restored, she must face a greater challenge. If she and her brother and sister are to reunited, Binti Phiri will have to look outside herself and find a new way to be special. Compelling and uplifting, The Heaven Shop, is a contemporary novel that puts a very real face on the African AIDS pandemic, which to-date has orphaned more than 11 million African children. Inspired by a young radio performer the author met during her research visit to Malawi, Binti Phiri is a compelling character that readers will never forget. Awards and Nominations: Ontario Library Association's Golden Oak Award winner 2006 Winner of the 2005 Jane Addams Children's Book Award in the category of Honor Books for Older Children Shortlisted for the 2006 Alberta Children's Choice Book Award A Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Awards Honour Book for 2006 Foreword Magazine 2004 Book of the Year Award finalist A Children's Africana Book Awards (CABA) 2005 Honor Book for Older Readers A Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice 2005 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award for Young Adult/Middle Reader Books finalist

Anne Shirley, the freckle-faced, hot-tempered girl who arrived at Green Gables as an orphan, is almost 100 years old! Yet every year she wins the hearts of more and more fans around the world. This collection of puzzles is designed especially for the readers of L. M. Montgomery's wonderful book about Anne and her topsy-turvy life on Prince Edward Island. The 50 puzzles touch every part of Anne's life at Green Gables: the people who fill her world, the scrapes she gets into, the outlandish things she says. Included are crosswords, which range from easy to difficult. There are also word searches, with solutions that hold secret messages. Some puzzles-called match-ups-require matching names in the first column with statements in the second column. Others require simple decoding skills in order to come up with a famous Anne quotation from the book. This is a puzzle book packed full of brain-teasing challenges for all ages. Puzzles for a wide range of readers and puzzle solvers Crosswords, match-ups, word searches, and coded messages Art by award-winning illustrator Muriel Wood Includes solutions

Through beautiful language and illustrations Godkin demonstrates how easily the balance of nature can be disturbed and restored.

Spreading across the top of North America from Alaska to Newfoundland, and sweeping across the breadth of Russia to the fjords of western Scandinavia is the great northern forest. An immense swatch of spruce, fir, larch, and aspen, it is arguably the largest forest ecosystem in the world. In Life in the Boreal Forest, noted science writer, naturalist and wildlife photographer Wayne Lynch examines the animals and plants of this mighty forest as the seasons unfold.

When it comes to Calculus, Physics, or Chemistry, students need these Advantage self-study guides. Each Advantage study guide unravels the mystery, explains the theories, and provides the step-by-step practice and instructions to help students solve problems and prepare for exams. Each guide contains the following invaluable tools: a synopsis of course content short tutorials summarized terms and references fully worked examples with explanations practice problems with solutions (including a wide variety of problem types) practice unit test with solutions practice exams Students who have mastered calculus, physics, and chemistry all talk of that breakthrough moment when what had seemed impenetrable was replaced with understanding, when suddenly what they had perceived as enormously difficult became incredibly clear. The straightforward instructions in each of these valuable companions are designed to augment in-class learning. The tutorials and solved problems are there to clarify difficult concepts giving students the Advantage they need to achieve full understanding. If you conscientiously do your work, success will follow. Calculus is worth the effort. -- Eugene Zassoko

A Nature Babies title. High in the thick mangrove trees, a baby sloth clings to his mother. As he grows, the young sloth learns what leaves are best to eat, and where to climb the treetops to bask in the sunshine after frequent rains. But the sleepy sloth never leaves the safety of the trees. It isn't until his mother finally deserts him that the lonely young sloth must discover the world below all by himself. Each Nature Babies book includes: Original color photographs taken in the wild Simple, informative stories A Did You Know? section of interesting facts Introduction, table of contents, and index for parents and teachers A fine introduction to nature for preschoolers and primary readers.

Lucy Maud Montgomery, the creator of Anne of Green Gables and many other popular children's stories penned this memoir during World War I and it is often considered the best account of her childhood on Prince Edward Island and her first years as a writer. The Alpine Path references her long and difficult journey to become a full-fledged writer and describes, in charming detail, her childhood in rural Prince Edward Island during the closing years of the 1800s. Maud writes movingly about her family, friends, and the island way of life and through this memoir we learn how these special people and places became the inspiration for many scenes and incidents in her later novels. Despite the rejection of her Anne of Green Gables manuscript by many publishers, L. M. Montgomery refused to be discouraged from her goal of becoming an accomplished writer. Yet her remarkable success and fame from the instant popularity of Anne of Green Gables did not come without a price. Everyone who has enjoyed the Anne stories will be fascinated by this enchanting memoir first published in 1917.

A variety of animals explain why they love their fathers, including the cub who feels safe when his dad is near and the baby skunk whose dad has an outfit just like his.