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Current Issue: 50th Anniversary Interventions (#204)
Canadian Literature's Spring 2010 issue (CL#204), "50th Anniversary Interventions", looks back on Canadian Literature's 50th Anniversary Gala, and celebrates Canadian culture with papers about Duncan Campbell Scott, book policies, copyright, civil war poetry, and new Québecois literature.
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Dianne Linden (Author)
Shimmerdogs. Thistledown Press
Ruby Slipperjack (Author)
Dog Tracks. Fifth House Publishers
Jill MacLean (Author)
The Nine Lives of Travis Keating. Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Reviewed by Lynn J.R. Wytenbroek
For centuries, authors have written books for children about animals or told tales through the animal perspective. Some were fantastical, like Wind in the Willows, and some realistic, like Old Yeller. But they never fail to entrance. Two of three new Canadian books about animals add to that list of great books. Linden’s Shimmerdogs is a heart-wrenching tale about a six year old, Mike, w [...]
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