Diamond Willow Nominee

Crazy About Canada!

Amazing Things Kids Want To Know

By Vivien Bowers, Illustrated by Dianne Eastman.

Maple Tree Press, 2006.
ISBN 9781897066485

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This book is full of wonderful questions from kids about Canada. The author and her sidekick, Morton, answer the questions in an, interesting and entertaining way. If you love Canada, you'll love this book!

About the Author

Vivien Bowers is from Nelson, BC

Vivien Bowers was born in Vancouver, Canada in 1951, the second of four children. Interspersed with breaks for travelling, she received a B.A. in English from the University of British Columbia followed by a teaching certificate, and was a grade 5 teacher for several years. She has been a freelance writer for more than twenty years, writing elementary and secondary school materials, as well as non-fiction books and magazine articles for both adults and children.

Her book Wow Canada! Exploring This Land From Coast to Coast to Coast received a number of prestigious awards, including the Red Cedar Book Award and the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Book Award. Following the popularity of the book, she wrote Only In Canada! From the Colossal to the Kooky, and That's Very Canadian! An Exceptionally Interesting Report About All Things Canadian, by Rachel, which was a Canadian Toy Testing Council "Top Ten Best Books". Vivien has also written a fascinating children's book on forensic science called Crime Science: How Investigators Use Science to Track Down the Bad Guys.

Vivien's articles for adults and children have appeared in National Geographic, Ranger Rick, Canadian Geographic, Equinox, and numerous other Canadian and U.S. publications.

She now lives outside of Nelson, B.C. with her husband and two teenaged sons, and escapes into the wilderness to ski, hike, or canoe whenever time permits.

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Suggested Activities

Find a partner in your class just like Vivien and Morton in this book. Your job is to use this book as a model to make your own book called Crazy About Saskatchewan. Have each student in your classroom make up a question about Saskatchewan, and then using reputable sources try to answer the questions.
Use the new Saskatchewan encyclopedia to make questions and answers about Saskatchewan. You could use the categories found in this book, or make up some of your own. This could be a class project every student in your class could be involved in.
Find your favourite question and answer in this book and do more research on the topic.
Make up your own questions and answers that fit into 5 categories found in this book.

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