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The Secret Self: An Exploration of Canadian Children's Literature
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Introduction
Books for Escaping (inactive)
Books that Shape
Books that Share
The Book List

 

Thumbnail:  Illustration by Miyuki Tanobe from "Les Gens de mon pays" by Gilles Vigneault

Illustration by Miyuki Tanobe from Les Gens de mon pays by Gilles Vigneault (Montréal: La courte échelle, 1980)

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Books for Escaping
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In your hands you hold - a book
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You turn its pages
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to find a small quick bubble
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of laughter, rising to delight you.
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Tears to be shedding hard,
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to make old friends,
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leaving the here and now,
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travelling in other times and places.
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Exploring who you are
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and what you might be.
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Being yourself
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some whole new other person
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for awhile.
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Created: 2000-10-25
Updated: 2001-02-27
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