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This Land: A Cross Country Anthology of Canadian Fiction for Young Readers
Book by Pearson, Kit
320 pages, Hardcover
First published August 27, 1998
About the author
Kit Pearson
24 books282 followersKathleen Margaret "Kit" Pearson CM (30 April 1947 - ) is a Canadian writer and winner of numerous literature awards. She was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2019.
Kit Pearson wrote the linked novels The Sky Is Falling (1989), Looking at the Moon (1991), and The Lights Go on Again (1993), published in 1999 as The Guests of War Trilogy, and Awake and Dreaming (1996), which won the 1997 Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature.
Pearson spent her childhood between Edmonton, Alberta and Vancouver, British Columbia and as a high-school student, she returned to Vancouver to be educated at Crofton House School. She obtained a degree in English Literature at the University of Alberta, and spent several years following the degree doing odd jobs or travelling in Europe.
In 1975, she began her Library degree at the University of British Columbia and took her first jobs in that field in Ontario. She later obtained an M.A. at the Simmons College Center for the Study of Children's Literature in Boston. Returning to Vancouver, she completed her first novel "The Daring Game" which was published by Penguin Books.
Pearson now lives in Victoria, British Columbia, a few blocks from Ross Bay Cemetery, one of the settings in Awake and Dreaming.
Kit Pearson wrote the linked novels The Sky Is Falling (1989), Looking at the Moon (1991), and The Lights Go on Again (1993), published in 1999 as The Guests of War Trilogy, and Awake and Dreaming (1996), which won the 1997 Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature.
Pearson spent her childhood between Edmonton, Alberta and Vancouver, British Columbia and as a high-school student, she returned to Vancouver to be educated at Crofton House School. She obtained a degree in English Literature at the University of Alberta, and spent several years following the degree doing odd jobs or travelling in Europe.
In 1975, she began her Library degree at the University of British Columbia and took her first jobs in that field in Ontario. She later obtained an M.A. at the Simmons College Center for the Study of Children's Literature in Boston. Returning to Vancouver, she completed her first novel "The Daring Game" which was published by Penguin Books.
Pearson now lives in Victoria, British Columbia, a few blocks from Ross Bay Cemetery, one of the settings in Awake and Dreaming.
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March 20, 2018
A nice introduction to some Canadian children's fiction that I've never read (plus a few stories that I have read and loved all of my life). I particularly liked the excerpts from Angel Square by Brian Doyle and Shadow in Hawthorn Bay by Janet Lunn, and the short story "Gloria" by Tim Wynne-Jones. They made me want to read more by those authors!
April 11, 2014
A selection of excerpts from fiction books by Canadian authors for young readers. They are organized by province from west to east. It was really interesting to read them all together and I think the stories chosen were wonderful. It made me want to read the books in full.
December 17, 2014
This anthology enabled me to "introduce" my eldest daughter to Canadian authors she hadn't read yet. It also introduced me to a few authors I had never heard of and to add their works to our private library.
April 4, 2016
I remember reading a story to my little brother every night from this book and we both enjoyed it.
August 6, 2016
A great introduction to Canadian lit- my favourite genre.
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