Born !: A Foal, Five Kittens and Confederation - Softcover

Kessler, Deirdre

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1927502330 ISBN 13: 9781927502334

Publisher: Acorn Pr, 2014

Synopsis

Award-winning children's author Deirdre Kessler has set her latest story in the late summer of 1864. Nine-year-old twins Gabriel and Grace help their parents run the Great George Street Livery Stables in Charlottetown. They are part of all the excitement as a circus comes to town and as politicians arrive by steamship from the Maritimes and the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada. The twins have drawing lessons with their friend, fourteen-year-old artist Robert Harris, who plays in the band that entertains the delegates at a grand banquet and ball at Province House. But the twins are most excited about their favourite horse, who is about to give birth to her first foal. Travel back in time to the streets of Charlottetown for an insider's peek at the meetings that led to Confederation, beautifully illustrated by award-winning illustrator, Brenda Jones.

About this title

Book Description:

The perfect book for curious young historians.

From the Inside Flap:

history, Canada, confederation, historical fiction, nation creation, circus, 1864, SS Queen Victoria, Charlottetown

About this edition

• Publisher: Acorn Pr
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1927502330
• ISBN 13: 9781927502334
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: Jones Brenda