Terry Fox

by Jennifer Sutoski

Overview

In this book, simple text and full-color photographs describe the amazing life of Terry Fox!  In 1980 Terry ran across Canada to raise money for cancer research - despite having lost a leg to the disease several years earlier!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781491478448
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	08/01/2015
Series:	Canadian Biographies Series
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	11.00(w) x 10.60(h) x 100.00(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Jennifer Sutoski is a dedicated sports wife and mom from Orangeville, Ontario. She enjoys her role as an elementary school French Immersion teacher/librarian in Caledon. Under her guidance, the Orangeville Flyers Novice team created two best-selling books: I Love My Hockey Mom and Thanks to My Hockey Dad

Table of Contents

Early life — A big challenge — Marathon of hope — After Terry.

Interviews

*On-level text and huge, striking photographs combine to make these books the perfect introduction to reading informational text. *Inspirational subject matter designed to really inspire young Canadian readers.

Editorial Reviews

11/01/2015
K-Gr 2—Despite spare text and sometimes overly simple writing, these biographies of prominent Canadians contain many interesting facts. For instance, hockey goaltender Carey Price's mother was chief of the Ulkatcho First Nation and Prime Minister Stephen Harper wrote a history of hockey. Some of the subjects will be known outside of Canada, but cultural references and some of the wording tend to narrow the appeal to Canadian readers. Each title includes a time line that stretches across the bottom of multiple pages. A link to the publisher's FactHound website is suggested for online resources. But the site asks readers to type in the book's ISBN, a cumbersome extra step. VERDICT Not recommended, except in Canadian libraries in need of additional low-level Canada resources.

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