C is for Chinook: An Alberta Alphabet (Discover Canada Province by Province) [Hardcover]

Dawn Welykochy (Author), Lorna Bennett (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up | Series: Discover Canada Province by Province

C is for Chinook: An Alberta Alphabet. Readers young and old can trek the Rocky Mountains, canoe across beautiful Lake Louise, and still have energy to visit capital city Edmonton for an Oilers game. From Big Horn Sheep to renowned doctor, Mary Percy Jackson, author Dawn Welykochy recounts the facts, faces and features that make Alberta unique.

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About the Author

Dawn Welykochy grew up in Calgary, Alberta; attended the University of Calgary; and recently completed training to become a Montessori preschool teacher. C is for Chinook is her first children’s book. Dawn now lives on a ranch in Southern Alberta and looks forward to traveling the province to share this book with children and educators.

Lorna Bennett attended Grant MacEwan Community College and the University of Alberta in the Arts/Fine Arts program. She has worked as a ski instructor, designer, writer, illustrator, and animator. Her previous children’s picture books include Sandwiches for Duke and Dot to Dot in the Sky. Lorna has toured with the Young Alberta Book Society’s Chrysalis Festival, teaching art in elementary schools. She makes her home in Edmonton, Alberta.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 6 and up
  
• Hardcover: 40 pages
• Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press; 1 edition (November 16, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1585362239
• ISBN-13: 978-1585362233
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 11.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,340,387 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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