The Story of Canada - Hardcover

Lunn, Janet; Moore, Christopher

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9781443119542: The Story of Canada

Synopsis

Learn the story of Canada in this beautiful new edition, fully updated!

Who better than award-winning writer Janet Lunn and historian Christopher Moore to tell our country’s story through rich narrative, recreations of daily life, folk tales and intriguing facts. Coupled with Alan Daniel’s evocative original paintings, as well as dozens of historical photographs, maps, paintings, documents and cartoons, The Story of Canada is as splendid to look at as it is fascinating to read. Includes new material to bring us to the 150th anniversary of Confederation.

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About the Authors

JANET LUNN’s children’s books always make award and bestseller lists. She hase been awarded the Writers’ Trust Matt Cohen Award in Celebration of a Writing Life and the Order of Ontario, and she is also a member of the Order of Canada. Lunn’s history of Canada, The Story of Canada, is a must-have reference book for teachers and parents across the country

ALAN DANIEL is a fine artist who has also illustrated a number of children’s picture books for over 20 years. His interior illustrations for children’s books include Aaron’s Hair, Good Families Don’t, as well as non-fiction books such as The Story of Canada and Canadian Pioneers.



CHRISTOPHER MOORE is an award-winning writer and historian. He has won two Governor General’s Awards, as well as both the Mr. Christie Book Award and Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable Award for The Story of Canada. In addition to co-writing The Story of Canada, Christopher has written numerous books, including The Loyalists; Adventurers: Hudson’s Bay Company — The Epic Story; and From Then to Now: A Short History of the World. Christopher lives in Toronto, Ontario. Visit him online at ww.christophermoore.ca.

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