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Crazy Canadian Trivia 2
It's wild, it's wacky, it's the sequel to the best-selling Crazy Canadian Trivia ! Did you know that Saskatchewan is home to the world's largest coprolite (piece of dinosaur poop) in the world? Or that a Newfoundland dog saved the French emperor Napoleon from drowning in 1814? Here's a light-hearted look at more than one hundred interesting facts,wacky world records and odd customs from across Canada.With over 50 upbeat and humorous illustrations and photographs, this book is sure to appeal to fact fanatics everywhere! Who knew we lived in such a facts-inating part of the world!
- GenresNonfiction
Paperback
First published April 13, 2005
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About the author
Pat Hancock
44 books9 followersPat Hancock’s five Haunted Canada books combine spooky stories and eerie illustrations with interesting facts about Canadian history. Readers will be thrilled and chilled by her hair-raising stories! Haunted Canada: True Ghost Stories garnered the Saskatchewan Silver Willow Award in 2004. A longtime collector of funny but true facts about Canada, Pat is also well-known for her three collections of Crazy Canadian Trivia books.
Pat spent much of her life teaching science and English, until she retired and became a full-time parent. She says that reading to her three children sparked her interest in writing. She continues to teach English courses at the University of Toronto and Ryerson, and also leads writing workshops.
Pat spent much of her life teaching science and English, until she retired and became a full-time parent. She says that reading to her three children sparked her interest in writing. She continues to teach English courses at the University of Toronto and Ryerson, and also leads writing workshops.
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April 6, 2021
In July 2014, I loved “Crazy Canadian Trivia”, 2000. Something about Pat Hancock’s humour and presentation, organized into fascinating topics, absorbs me in all of her books. My feedback shone with five stars, expressing Canadian pride and highly praising numerous elements. I must obtain the third and fourth sequels I know of.
Now that I am enjoying a refresher to review “Crazy Canadian Trivia 2” from 2005, it is clear that along with gifts of humour and flow, Pat is a born storyteller. Read in January 2021, I would not forget in two months, the anecdotes that had me laughing the most. Let me tell you, when I find writing funny, I reread it to laugh just as hard again and again! Then I explain whatever is necessary, for my spouse to share my glee. Further to a superb selection of information that I found educating, including Manitoba content, I shall describe those two unforgettable tales!
Publishers vetoed Robert Munsch’s idea to call a book “The Fart”, thinking it would spoil sales. Librarians and booksellers cannot evade the children’s query: Where is that fart book? Pat’s take is that kids relish brandishing the word deliberately.
Manitoba has harmless garter snakes. If you are near the Narcisse dens in autumn or spring, you can see hundreds gather together. Some used an empty house in the 1990s. When those basement holes were closed, they hibernated in a school. In spring, they found their way out.... with school in session. Naturalists moved them. But apparently, students peered into shelves warily for years, wondering what else might come out with the books!!!!
This book was funnier than I could believe! Pat hit it out of the park in humour. To enjoy the way she spins her stories, please pick up all of these volumes.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Now that I am enjoying a refresher to review “Crazy Canadian Trivia 2” from 2005, it is clear that along with gifts of humour and flow, Pat is a born storyteller. Read in January 2021, I would not forget in two months, the anecdotes that had me laughing the most. Let me tell you, when I find writing funny, I reread it to laugh just as hard again and again! Then I explain whatever is necessary, for my spouse to share my glee. Further to a superb selection of information that I found educating, including Manitoba content, I shall describe those two unforgettable tales!
Publishers vetoed Robert Munsch’s idea to call a book “The Fart”, thinking it would spoil sales. Librarians and booksellers cannot evade the children’s query: Where is that fart book? Pat’s take is that kids relish brandishing the word deliberately.
Manitoba has harmless garter snakes. If you are near the Narcisse dens in autumn or spring, you can see hundreds gather together. Some used an empty house in the 1990s. When those basement holes were closed, they hibernated in a school. In spring, they found their way out.... with school in session. Naturalists moved them. But apparently, students peered into shelves warily for years, wondering what else might come out with the books!!!!
This book was funnier than I could believe! Pat hit it out of the park in humour. To enjoy the way she spins her stories, please pick up all of these volumes.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
December 5, 2021
It's interesting and great personality in the illustrations
Cover
It's great. Background and title playing off the Canadian colours while our national mascot stands next to a wanted poster. What's more Canadian than that? It almost has this play on concept of the Beaver representing Canada and wanted being a play on beloved. But I might be looking too much into it.
It's also a original illustration dedicated to an interior story.
Interior
Text
Stories are short some being a couple sentences. If you've read the first one you know what to expect. Short blurbs about Canada's past. Some interesting, disturbing and actually a couple tragic moment in Canadian history. Some of this stuff you could live your life and never know about. I'll admit I thought "feels like" measurement of weather was ridiculous until reading this book. It did clarify a few things I didn't know.
Illustrations.
The illustrations are really cute and the addition of real photographs from history is really cool.
One thing I noticed is that the interior image for Busybody Beavers looks like an after thought to the cover. Just an interesting thing I would note.
Cover
It's great. Background and title playing off the Canadian colours while our national mascot stands next to a wanted poster. What's more Canadian than that? It almost has this play on concept of the Beaver representing Canada and wanted being a play on beloved. But I might be looking too much into it.
It's also a original illustration dedicated to an interior story.
Interior
Text
Stories are short some being a couple sentences. If you've read the first one you know what to expect. Short blurbs about Canada's past. Some interesting, disturbing and actually a couple tragic moment in Canadian history. Some of this stuff you could live your life and never know about. I'll admit I thought "feels like" measurement of weather was ridiculous until reading this book. It did clarify a few things I didn't know.
Illustrations.
The illustrations are really cute and the addition of real photographs from history is really cool.
One thing I noticed is that the interior image for Busybody Beavers looks like an after thought to the cover. Just an interesting thing I would note.
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