Courage and Compassion: Ten Canadians Who Made A Difference (Wow Canada! Collection) - Softcover
What makes a hero? There are many kinds of people who act heroically in small and large ways. This book profiles ten individuals whose incredible acts of courage and compassion protected the human rights we hold most dear. The heroes of this book are men, women, and even children from different points in Canadian history who have worked and fought for the basic human liberties to which every person is entitled.
Beginning with Jeanne Mance’s tireless care of others in the earliest days of New France, and ending with the truly inspirational story of young Hannah Taylor’s campaign against homelessness, the book spans four hundred years in our nation’s story and highlights the most important crusades of these times. War and peace, health care, slavery, equal rights, education, poverty, Native rights, racism, child labor: these are all causes taken on with conviction by the everyday heroes featured in Courage and Compassion.
Through a careful selection of individual stories from across time, across the land, and representative of the different interests in Canada and the world beyond, a complex and fascinating portrait of a nation emerges, bearing both its proudest accomplishments and some of its darkest moments.
Beginning with Jeanne Mance’s tireless care of others in the earliest days of New France, and ending with the truly inspirational story of young Hannah Taylor’s campaign against homelessness, the book spans four hundred years in our nation’s story and highlights the most important crusades of these times. War and peace, health care, slavery, equal rights, education, poverty, Native rights, racism, child labor: these are all causes taken on with conviction by the everyday heroes featured in Courage and Compassion.
Through a careful selection of individual stories from across time, across the land, and representative of the different interests in Canada and the world beyond, a complex and fascinating portrait of a nation emerges, bearing both its proudest accomplishments and some of its darkest moments.
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About the Author:
RONA ARATO, a former teacher, is an award-winning children’s author with a strong interest in the field of human rights. From 1994 to 1998, she was an interviewer for Survivors of the Shoah, a Steven Spielberg project that recorded the histories of Holocaust survivors. She is the author of Courage and Compassion and the On a Day Story Voyages series, among others. She lives in Toronto.
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...done with flair and a sense of fun and excitement. (Canadian Children’s Book News)
...an easy and fascinating read and a great resource for classroom assignments. (Canadian Teacher)
...compelling descriptions of the lives and works of these amazing people. (CM Magazine: Canadian Review of Materials)
These stories are an inspiration for people of all ages. (Good News Toronto)
This fascinating series of vignettes is lavishly endowed with archival and contemporary photos...this chronicle of our past will make readers of all ages proud to be Canadian. (North Bay Nugget)
This book helps students...to choose to be participants and leaders for change. (Professionally Speaking)
...filled with information bringing the fantastic contributions of these people to life...This book will help the audience see how we all can make a difference in the lives of those around us. (Resource Links)
...an easy and fascinating read and a great resource for classroom assignments. (Canadian Teacher)
...compelling descriptions of the lives and works of these amazing people. (CM Magazine: Canadian Review of Materials)
These stories are an inspiration for people of all ages. (Good News Toronto)
This fascinating series of vignettes is lavishly endowed with archival and contemporary photos...this chronicle of our past will make readers of all ages proud to be Canadian. (North Bay Nugget)
This book helps students...to choose to be participants and leaders for change. (Professionally Speaking)
...filled with information bringing the fantastic contributions of these people to life...This book will help the audience see how we all can make a difference in the lives of those around us. (Resource Links)
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- PublisherOwlkids
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 1897349351
- ISBN 13 9781897349359
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages96
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