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Genès, Claude. Coeurs d'enfants. Montréal : Fides, 1941.
Illustration by Léonie Gervais.
A collection of stories about supposedly real-life incidents.
Used with permission of Éditions Fides.
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Hacker, Carlotta. The Book of Canadians : An Illustrated Guide to Who Did What. Edmonton : Hurtig Publishers, c1983.
A collection of short biographies of figures who have been important in various aspects of Canadian life.
Used by written permission of McClelland & Stewart, Inc., The Canadian Publishers.
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Halvorson, Marilyn. Cowboys Don't Cry. Toronto : Clarke Irwin, c1984.
A first-person narrative about a boy growing up and coming to grips with who he is. Winner of the Clarke Irwin/Alberta Culture Writing for Youth Competition for its year.
Reprinted by permission of Stoddart Publishing Co. Limited.
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Henty, G.A. In the Irish Brigade : A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain. London: Blackie and Son, [19--?].
Illustrations by W.H. Overend.
These were the "stuff of empire", devoured by vast numbers of boys growing up in Canada from the time of their first publication to well into the 20th century.
Image in public domain.
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Henty, G.A. On the Irrawaddy : A Story of the First Burmese War. London: Blackie, 1897.
Illustrations by W.H. Overend.
Henty was the adventure writer of his era. His works were later recalled as playing an important part in the young lives of such "notables" as John Diefenbaker and Lester B. Pearson.
Image in public domain.
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Hewitt, Marsha; Claire MacKay. One Proud Summer. Toronto : Women's Press, c1981.
The 1946 strike against Montreal Cottons in Valleyfield, Quebec, seen through the eyes of a 13-year-old mill girl. Available in French as Un été inoubliable, translated by Francine Pominville ([Montréal] : Éditions du Remue-ménage, 1983).
Reprinted by permission of Women's Press.
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Hughes, Monica. Crisis on Conshelf Ten. Vancouver : Copp Clark, c1975.
As the first person actually born on the moon, Kepler finds his visit to Earth fraught with difficulties. Available in French as Alerte au plateau 10, translated by A. Roumain (Paris-Gembloux : Duculot, 1978).
© Graham Humphreys, 1975. Reproduction rights obtained by license issued by the Copyright Board of Canada in cooperation with Access Copyright (formerly known as CANCOPY).
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Hughes, Monica. The Guardian of Isis. New York : Atheneum, 1982.
One of the Isis trilogy, this book focuses on the new community and depicts what may happen when guilt and the forming of an autocracy lead to a reversion to more primitive ways. Winner of the Canada Council Children's Literature Prize.
© Andrew Rhodes, 1981. Reproduction rights obtained by license issued by the Copyright Board of Canada in cooperation with Access Copyright (formerly known as CANCOPY).
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Hughes, Monica. The Isis Pedlar. London: Methuen Children's Books, 1983.
Part of the Isis trilogy, the pedlar in this book is no ordinary pedlar -- he is a shyster and a con-man who has slipped through the quarantine barrier set up around the new colony with a scheme which brings the inhabitants close to disaster ... and which has to be stopped.
© Copyright of book cover unknown, 1983. Reproduction rights obtained by license issued by the Copyright Board of Canada in cooperation with Access Copyright (formerly known as CANCOPY).
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Hughes, Monica. The Keeper of the Isis Light. London: Methuen Children's Books, 1981. A Magnet Book.
The first book in the Isis trilogy begins with the arrival of the space ship from Earth on the planet where Olwen has lived alone with her protector for twelve long years.
© Terry Oakes, 1981. Reproduction rights obtained by license issued by the Copyright Board of Canada in cooperation with Access Copyright (formerly known as CANCOPY).
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Hunter, Bernice Thurman. That Scatterbrain Booky. Richmond Hill, Ont.: Scholastic-TAB Publications, c1981.
Set in Toronto during the Depression, this book presents a tough, funny, sensitive heroine.
By permission of Scholastic Canada Ltd. That Scatterbrain Booky bt Bernice Thurman Hunter is no longer available as a single title. It has been reprinted in Booky: A Trilogy (Scholastic Canada LTD.)
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Italiano, Carlo. The Sleighs of My Childhood/Les Traîneaux de mon enfance. Montreal: Tundra Books/Livres Toundra, c1974.
Translated by René Chicoine.
Illustrated by Carlo Italiano.
Winner of the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibson Illustrator's Award, this book depicts the various horsedrawn vehicles servicing Montreal in the 1920s and 1930s.
Used with permission of Tundra Books/Livres Toundra.
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Jacobs, Joseph. The Stars in the Sky : A Scottish Tale. New York : Farrar, Strauss, Giroux, 1979.
Illustrations by Airdrie Amtmann.
This is the tale of the girl who wanted to play with the stars, retold with wonderfully evocative line drawings.
© 1979 Airdrie Amtmann. Cover used by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LLC.
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Katz, Welwyn. The Prophecy of Tau Ridoo. Edmonton : Tree Frog Press, 1982.
Illustrations by Michelle Desbarats.
A battle against darkness and evil, this story is full of magic and mystery, and of great deeds to be done.
By kind permission of Publisher Tree Frog Press and Illustrator Michelle Desbarats. Book now out of print.
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Korman, Gordon. Beware the Fish! New York; Toronto : Scholastic Book Services, 1980.
An Apple Paperback. Bruno and Boots.
Illustrations by Lea Daniel.
The Fish is Mr. Sturgeon, the headmaster of Bruno and Boots's school, and their relationship with him is an ongoing battle of wits and wills.
By permission of Scholastic Canada Ltd. Beware the Fish by Gordon Korman is presently out-of-print.
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Korman, Gordon. This Can't Be Happening at MacDonald
Hall! Richmond Hill : Scholastic-Tab Publications, c1978.
Illustrations by Affie Mohammed.
The very first of the Bruno and Boots adventures, this book began as a
grade seven writing project and gave to its author instant fame.
Available in French as Bruno et Boots mènent le bal, translated
by Christiane Duchesne (Montréal : Héritage, 1982).
By permission of Scholastic Canada Ltd.
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