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Shin-chi's canoe  Cover Image Book Book

Shin-chi's canoe / Nicola I. Campbell ; pictures by Kim LaFave.

Campbell, Nicola I., (author.). LaFave, Kim, (illustrator.).

Summary:

When Shin-chi and his sister go off to his first year of Residential School in a cattle truck, she warns him of all the things he must not do. The days are long, he is very lonely and alwlays hungry, but he find solace down at the river with a gift from his father, a tiny cedar canoe. It seems like a very long time until the salmon swim upriver again and he can finally go home.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780888998576 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 21 x 21 cm.
  • Publisher: Toronto : Groundwood Books, 2008.
Subject: Native peoples > Canada > Residential schools > Juvenile fiction.
Indigenous peoples > Canada > Residential schools > Juvenile fiction.
Native children > Canada > Fiction.
Indigenous children > Canada > Fiction.
Brothers and sisters > Fiction.
Topic Heading: Reading Power - Question
Adrienne Gear: Reading power.
First Nations
Indigenous collection.

Available copies

  • 31 of 40 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Lillooet Area Library Association. (Show)

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 40 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Bridge River Branch FN E CAM (Text) 35180200079415 Children's section Volume hold Available -
Lillooet Branch FN E CAM (Text) 35180000317411 Children's section Volume hold Available -
Beaver Valley Public Library E CAM (Text) 35144000153200 Easy Picture Books Volume hold Available -
Big Lake Branch E CAM (Text) 33923004585166 Easy Volume hold Available -
Castlegar Public Library JIND E CAM (Text) 35146002232890 Junior Easy Volume hold Available -
Creston Public Library E CAM (Text) 35140000840150 Junior Picture Books Volume hold Available -
Creston Public Library E CAM (Text)
Acquisition Type: Donated
35140001198541 Junior Picture Books Available -
Dawson Creek Municipal Public Library E CAM (Text) DCL121859 Children's easy books Volume hold Available -
Elkford Public Library E CAM (Text) 35170000421685 Easy Fiction Volume hold Available -
Fernie Heritage Library E FIC CAM (Text) 35136000500596 Easy or childrens picture books Volume hold Checked out 2024-10-18


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