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Indlæser... Let's Call it Canada: Amazing Stories of Canadian Place Names (Wow Canada!) (udgave 2003)af Susan Hughes (Forfatter)
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. A fun and informative book about the origins of Canadian place names, Let's Call It Canada is a wonderful teaching and learning resource for an upper elementary or middle school, junior high classroom (I know that I would have loved using a book like this when we were doing units on Canadian geography in grades six and seven social studies). While I did not enjoy the accompanying illustrations all that much, and sometimes wanted a bit more detail, all in all, this book is both informative and entertaining, with a writing style that is quite engaging for a nonfiction book. For further reading and research, there is even a detailed bibliographical section, featuring both books and online resources. Highly recommended (and not only for children, adults will likely find the information presented of interest as well). ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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How did places like Flin Flon, Lake Cinderella, Medicine Hat, and Deception Creek get their names? From the Wow Canada! series comes Let's Call It Canada, a fun- and fact-filled collection of stories behind the place names of Canada. Most of us probably don't give much thought to place names until we stumble across one that's really unusual, funny, or surprising, but from the naming of the country right down to the naming of its tiniest town, there is a story to be told. Readers will learn about spots named for significant landmarks and historical events, for local legends and storybook characters, and for people you might think long forgotten. An amazing, multi-layered look at the people, culture, geography, wildlife, and history of our country emerges through these stories. Let's Call It Canada will delight, educate, and inform young readers across the map with its fresh look at Canada's rich heritage. No library descriptions found. |
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The book opens with the nation's name. Like La Jolla, California, it's a bit of a misnomer. La Jolla, which means something like "hole in the cliff" for all the caves carved by the ocean into the sandstone cliffs, was misunderstood to be La Joya (the jewel). Canada isn't the name of the land as first thought. Nope, Canada (or canata) is the word for a village or a collection of houses.
From there the book goes through the provinces and territories. After that the book goes for the place names in different categories: named for people, animals, weather, and so forth.
As a non-Canadian, I think I would have gotten more out of the book if it included some maps. I know where the major places are but when the book started focusing on smaller areas (towns and villages or minor rivers and lakes), I felt like I should have been reading with Google maps open (or an atlas of Canada).
Despite the lack of maps, it's an interesting and entertaining book. There's a sense of humor to the history that I haven't seen in similar books on United States history or geography. We take ourselves much too seriously down here. ( )