Authors: Linda Granfield.
Hardcover, 160 pages
Publisher: Clarion Books
Publication Date: 2003-11-17
Edition: 1

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    While current events have focused the public"s attention on Korea once again, many veterans of the conflict that occurred there half a century ago worry that their time spent fighting in this "Forgotten War" will not be remembered or understood unless their story is told. Award-winning nonfiction author Linda Granfield has collected the personal accounts of thirty-two men and women who served with the U.S. and Canadian forces in Korea during the years 1950--–53 and has written her own introduction describing the main events of the war. The veterans in this book represent a variety of service areas, including medical, supplies, infantry, and naval, and their moving, sometimes graphic, recollections are illustrated with their own personal photographs. As commemorative ceremonies mark the 50th anniversary of the end of the Korean War this year, attempting to understand the human face of war is more important than ever. Timeline, glossary, bibliography, Internet resources, index....

Authors: Linda Granfield.
Paperback, 48 pages
Publisher: Fitzhenry and Whiteside
Publication Date: 2005-04-06
Edition: 1

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Finalist for the Silver Birch Award

Winner of the 2002 Information Book Award

When World War I began in 1914, no one knew that millions of young people would die in the agonizing years ahead. No one imagined the effect it would have on family life, or that whole villages would disappear, or that entire nations would be changed forever. They believed their sons and daughters, mothers and fathers would be home by Christmas. They were tragically mistaken.

With photos, memorabilia, and anecdotes, Linda Granfield brings us face-to-face with people from all walks of life who risked everything for their country. These painstakingly-gathered bits and pieces are remnants of conflict on a scale never before witnessed. Hastily-penned letters, notes written in code, and prayers for deliverance form an eloquent portrait of humanity, and a startling comment on the devastation of war.

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Authors: Linda Granfield.
Paperback, 56 pages
Publisher: Tundra Books
Publication Date: 2001-10-02


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    Imagine growing up on Orchard Street in 1916. If you were a member of the large Confino family you’d be living in 325 square feet of space. The only fresh air and natural light would come from the two windows in the front room. No heat, no water, no bathtub, no shower. Toilet in the hall.

The Confinos’ apartment is only one part of the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, an extraordinary facility in New York City. The Museum has restored 97 Orchard Street to provide us with an opportunity to understand the immigrant experience shared by millions who have come to North America.

In text and with archival photos, Linda Granfield tells the story of four families, including the Confinos, who called 97 Orchard Street home, and provides information about the period, the history of the house, and the neighborhood, bringing to life conditions that were familiar to immigrants in many of North America’s big cities. The stories and archival materials are beautifully complemented by Arlene Alda’s sensitive photographs that evoke the hardship, the dignity, and the hope encompassed in 97 Orchard Street.

The book includes useful facts, information about the Museum and its efforts to help new immigrants who share similar experiences. Whether or not the reader can visit the Museum itself, this book is a valuable resource in understanding our own histories in North America....

Authors: Linda Granfield.
Hardcover, 32 pages
Publisher: Fitzhenry and Whiteside
Publication Date: 2005-04-18
Edition: 1

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Canadian Library Association Honour Book

The lines of the celebrated poem are interwoven with fascinating information about the First World War, details of daily life in the trenches, accounts of McCrae's experience in his field hospital, and the circumstances that led to the writing of "In Flanders Fields."...

Authors: Linda Granfield.
Paperback, 30 pages
Publisher: Fitzhenry and Whiteside
Publication Date: 1997-09-01
Edition: 1

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    Author Linda Grandfield has interwoven the lines of celebrated poem with fascinating information about the First World War, details, of daily life in the trenches, accounts of McCrae’s experience in his field hospital and the circumstances that led to the writing of "In Flanders Fields."...

Authors: Linda Granfield.
Paperback, 24 pages
Publisher: Tundra Books
Publication Date: 2000-08-15


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    As amazing as it seems, one of the world’s best-loved Christmas carols may have been written because of ravenous mice! Right before Christmas, 1818, in a church in the small town of Oberndorf, Austria, the mice were so hungry they chewed a hole in the church organ’s leather bellows. To provide his parishioners with music on the holiest of nights, the priest jotted down the words for a Christmas song, and he asked the church organist to write a melody for two solo voices and a guitar. That evening “Stille Nacht,” known as “The Song from Heaven,” was born.

Silent Night: The Song from Heaven presents the story of the carol, accompanied by beautiful and intricate gold scherenschnitte (cut paper art) illustrations. Today, “Silent Night,” the gentle anthem born of necessity, is sung around the world in nearly one hundred languages – thanks to a few hungry mice!...

Authors: Linda Granfield.
Paperback, 48 pages
Publisher: Tundra Books
Publication Date: 2000-03-15


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    Between 1928 and 1971, Pier 21 was the gateway of Canada. As the landing port for immigrants, it greeted more than one million new Canadians. It also saw many Canadians leave, including 368,000 soldiers who sailed overseas during the Second World War.

This is the story of Pier 21 and the many people who passed through it, the war brides and their children, the returning warriors, and the refugees from war-torn Europe and beyond. It examines the importance of Canada’s “Ellis Island” and its role today as a historical center....

Authors: Linda Granfield.
Hardcover, 64 pages
Publisher: Kids Can Press, Ltd.
Publication Date: 2005-09-01
Edition: Revised

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    Kids shouldn't have to wait until they're old enough to vote to get caught up in the excitement of presidential elections! From the first primaries, through the party conventions, to the final count at the polls, the race for the presidency is a whirlwind of passionate speeches, sensational campaigns and new beginnings that every American can be a part of!...

Authors: Linda Granfield.
Hardcover, 96 pages
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Publication Date: 1994-02-01


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    Travel back to those thrilling days of yesteryear with this celebration of the life and legend of that uniquely American hero, the cowboy. The author explores both the reality of the cowboy's harsh, dangerous, and lonely existence and the romanticized legend of adventure, romance, and derring-do. The result is an engrossing history....

Authors: Linda Granfield. Pat Hancock.
Hardcover, pages
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Publication Date: 1998-01