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  • Inviting Writing into the...

    CA$19.95
    A teacher's handbook created for active use in the classroom, its clear, informative descriptions and full-colour examples encourage teachers to use writing skills as part of their science lessons and curriculum.
  • Image in Me

    CA$19.95
    A collection of writings in which the author engages in and reflects on his relationship with God, Image In Me begins with the assumption that we are made in God's image and that He calls us to experience the deep eternal value in every aspect of life from before birth, through childhood and adolescence, to adulthood and old age -- and to realize God's loving involvement all along the way.
  • If These Places Could Talk:...

    CA$19.95
    If places could talk, what would they say? Every place in Saskatchewan has a story to tell. Journey through time to explore some of them!
  • I Will Always Love You ......

    CA$14.95
    A grandma’s love cannot be broken ... no matter what! A funny, poignant exploration of a child’s quest to understand the meaning of a grandma’s love. I Will Always Love You ... No Matter What! will resonate with today’s grandmas as they negotiate their role in an ever-changing family dynamic.
  • I Tumble Through the...

    CA$19.95
    WITHIN THESE PAGES lie twenty-one poems…and twenty-one worlds: worlds in the farthest reaches of space, worlds steeped in myth and legend, worlds that never were, and worlds that yet could be. Written by award-winning science fiction and fantasy author Edward Willett, and beautifully illustrated by Alberta artist Wendi Nordell, each poem was inspired by—and contains—two lines of published poetry from Saskatchewan poets, sent out every weekday by former Saskatchewan Poet Laureate Gerald Hill as a Poetry Month challenge to members of the Saskatchewan Writers Guild in April 2016. Every poem tells a story. Some are frightening. Some are funny. Some are poignant, some surreal. Enter a realm of unfettered imagination…and embrace the fantastical.
  • I Like You, I Like Me, Too!

    CA$85.00
    A Teacher/Parent Guide to help children ages 6-10 develop self-esteem base on Choice Theory.

    I Like You, I Like Me Too! is a fun and easy-to-use anti-bullying parent/teacher resource to help children realize their potential and the power of choice in their lives. It is an opportunity for them to begin to "think out of the box" from a very early age and prepare for their future by meeting their own needs, setting their own goals and learning how to make themselves happy by choosing positive behaviours.
  • I Know My Onions:...

    CA$16.95
    "My parents and my three older sisters were already in the Model T Ford. I think it was old because it had no top. It was moving day. My dad had filed on a homestead and we were about to begin the two-hundred-mile trek from Watrous to Carrot River, Saskatchewan. My powder blue dress was scattered with tiny pink flowers. Mother had fashioned it from pieces that had once been part of a dress she had worn. To me, the move mattered not at all. The usual aura of family security prevailed. How could a child of barely five years know the hardships that lay ahead?"

    Ileen (née Sheehan) Boechler?s plainspoken memoir of a childhood spent homesteading beyond the 53rd parallel tugs at the roots of northern life, peeling back the layers of family and community connections to reveal the growth that is possible because of them.
  • I Know a Woman: A Song for...

    CA$14.95
    A heartfelt tribute to the nurturing women in our lives. I Know a Woman is a celebration of mothers, and the selfless love and care they bestow on us from the day of our birth until adulthood. The tender words, based on the lyrics of the song of the same name by Sharon Gudereit (from her album Let It Go), along with warm and nostalgic illustrations by visual artist Miranda Pringle, strike an emotional chord in children and adults alike. A perfect gift for the special women whose love makes us who we are.
  • I Am Free

    CA$24.95
    A daily existence without passion or purpose, devoid of connection or adventure, is flipped upside down by a peaceful wanderer who challenges the core values of a comfortable life. Book contains music album of 10 songs: BY MYSELF (3:00 / page 7); LAVENDER GIRL (2:29 / page 15); NEW CONTEST (2:52 / page 29); THIS LOVE IS FREE (3:41 / page 51); LAST CALL (4:35 / page 57); HOLY BRIDGES (3:27 / page 67); LORELEI (4:36 / page 75); I AM FREE (6:46 / page 81); DARLING OF THE DESERT (4:12 / page 87); SUNDAZE (3:44 / page 97).
  • How's Peanut?

    CA$14.95
    Everyone is excited when there’s a baby on the way! Share the story of how babies grow before they’re born with your own “little peanut”!
  • Horse Lake Chronicles

    CA$19.95
    Memories of a northern childhood. Aldred Neufeldt grew up in the small Mennonite community of Horse Lake, northern Saskatchewan, in the 1940s—a place considered by everyone else to be “the boonies” and a time when the devastating effects of the Great Depression were still being felt. Though times may have been tough, it was a childhood of wonder and discovery, nurtured by energetic and resourceful parents who expressed their Christian faith and community values through deeds more than words.

    Neufeldt recounts what it was like to live in the log house built by his father; run along deer trails in the nearby Nisbet Forest Reserve; walk to school on the old Carlton Trail; model home-sewn fashions inspired by the latest Eaton’s catalogue; navigate the social dynamics of a small one-room school; and come to understand how the diverse personalities that made up his extended family—from hardworking pioneer grandparents to an infamous distant cousin accused of murder—helped to shape his own identity.

    Told with zest and a keen eye for humorous detail, Horse Lake Chronicles immerses readers in a way of life now scarcely remembered, and in doing so invites us to reflect on our own origins and pathways to adulthood.
  • Honouring the Buffalo: A...

    CA$19.95
    "A long time ago, Our People came from the Northern Woodlands to the Great Plains looking for food," Grandfather said. "They saw that the Buffalo lived in harmony with Mother Earth the same as Our People did."

    Through the Creator, the buffalo gave themselves as a gift for the sustenance and survival of the Plains Cree people. The largest land animal in North America once thundered across the Great Plains in numbers of 30 to 50 million. They provided shelter, food, clothing, tools, hunting gear, ceremonial objects and many other necessities for those who lived on the Plains.

    But by 1889, just over a thousand buffalo remained, and the lives of the Plains Cree people changed. The buffalo is honoured to this day, a reminder of life in harmony with nature as it was once lived. This is the story of how the buffalo came to share themselves so freely.

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