Winter In Canada

An interesting and educational look at the science behind Canada's winter weather! Using easy-to-understand language and full colour photos and diagrams of various weather phenomena, Snow and Ice: Canadian Winter Weather explains simple weather concepts as they relate to unpredictable Canadian winters. Children will learn how snow is formed, why we have blizzards and ice storms, and what Chinooks are.Also included are extreme and unusual weather conditions, and the havoc they can sometimes wreak on Canadiancommunities.This informative book is sure to appeal to young nature lovers from coast to coast, and children will learn how the weather directly affects their lives. Snow and Ice: Canadian Winter Weather is perfect for home and curriculum use. The Canada Close Up books are about science and nature, and are directly related to school curriculum and the interests of younger readers.

Let's celebrate the outdoors, and all of fun ways we have learned to make the most of our colder months! Photos and spot illustrations show a diverse range Canadians of all ages and skill levels enjoying a wide range of sports, including ringette, sledge hockey, snowboarding, downhill and cross-country skiing, luge, bobsled, figure skating, speed skating, dog sledding, snowmobiling and more! Short text introduces each sport and includes fun facts!

Meet some truly extreme machines--the ones that take winter on and WIN! Get up close and personal with Zamboni machines, giant ice breakers, extreme snow plows, train plows and rotators, snow-making and grooming equipment, snowmobiles, snow cats, deicers and more! Cool colour photos and spot illustrations of these awesome vehicles are complemented by fun facts!

Dr. Jerry Toupin loves winter! It is his favourite season. He is an expert in earth sciences and has been exploring the subject for 25 years. His obsession has generated some wonderful and fascinating thoughts, weird facts and great stories of our enduring cold: In Ontario, a tradition is to drive an old car out onto a lake and take bets on when the ice will break and it sinks The city of Montréal budgeted $155 million for snow removal in 2015 Groundhog weather forecasters are right only about 35 percent of the time Newspapers tend to be negative in reporting about winter, which gives people negative perceptions about winter Winter sports include not just hockey and curling, but snowshoeing, sledding, skating, skiing, snowboarding, ice yachting, ice fishing, bobsleigh, Crashed Ice, dogsled racing and many more Children and people who live in rural areas spend more time outside in the wintertime and enjoy the season more Winter is exhibited in many aspects of Canadian life: currency, stamps, place names, family names, license plates and our passport Many communities across the country celebrate winter with festivals such as the Royal Winter Fair in Montréal, Québec; Ice on Whyte in Edmonton, Alberta; Québec Winter Carnival in Québec City; Ottawas Winterlude on the Rideau Canal and many more Hockey is our national sport, but are we really the best in the world as we think? Find out here! Including maps, graphs and charts, this is an authoritative look at the truth about winter from a Canadian perspective!

Most people think summer is the warmest season. This story, however, is brimming with evidence to the contrary--from roaring fires to grilled cheese sandwiches to toasty flannel pajamas. A unique twist on the traditional wintertime picture book, the beautiful visual narrative follows a boy and his family though a day of hot breakfasts, steaming afternoon cocoa, and a festive candlelit party before bed. With its inviting scenes, poetic text, and gorgeous illustrations, Winter Is the Warmest Season celebrates all the wonderful things that make winter the coziest time of the year.

Nanabush. A name that has a certain weight on the tongue—a taste. Like lit sage in a windowless room or aluminum foil on a metal filling. Trickster. Storyteller. Shape-shifter. An ancient troublemaker with the power to do great things, only he doesn’t want to put in the work. Since coming home to Spirit Bear Point First Nation, Hazel Ellis has been dreaming of an old crow. He tells her he’s here to help her, save her. From what, exactly? Sure, her dad’s been dead for almost two years and she hasn’t quite reconciled that grief, but is that worth the time of an Algonquin demigod? Soon Hazel learns that there’s more at play than just her own sadness and doubt. The quarry that’s been lying unsullied for over a century on her father’s property is stirring the old magic that crosses the boundaries between this world and the next. With the aid of Nanabush, Hazel must unravel a web of deceit that, if left untouched, could destroy her family and her home on both sides of the Medicine Wheel.