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Chicken Soup for the Soul: O Canada The Wonders of Winter: 101 Stories about Bad Weather, Good Times, and Great Sports
From bad weather to good times to great sports, this collection of 101 stories captures the wonders of winter in Canada!
Pull up a chair to the fire and get ready for a romp in the snow from the comfort of home. You’ll remember why you love winter in Canada as you read
Pull up a chair to the fire and get ready for a romp in the snow from the comfort of home. You’ll remember why you love winter in Canada as you read
400 pages, Paperback
First published November 5, 2013
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About the author
Jack Canfield
1,286 books1,750 followersJack Canfield is an American motivational speaker and author. He is best known as the co-creator of the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" book series, which currently has over 124 titles and 100 million copies in print in over 47 languages. According to USA Today, Canfield and his writing partner, Mark Victor Hansen, were the top-selling authors in the United States in 1997.
Canfield received a BA in Chinese History from Harvard University and a Masters from University of Massachusetts. He has worked as a teacher, a workshop facilitator, and a psychotherapist.
Canfield is the founder of "Self Esteem Seminars" in Santa Barbara, and "The Foundation for Self Esteem" in Culver City, California. The stated mission of Self Esteem Seminars is to train entrepreneurs, educators, corporate leaders and employees to achieve their personal and professional goals. The focus of The Foundation for Self Esteem is to train social workers, welfare recipients and human resource professionals.
In 1990,he shared with author Mark Victor Hansen his idea for the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. After three years, the two had compiled sixty-eight stories.
Canfield has appeared on numerous television shows, including Good Morning America, 20/20, Eye to Eye, CNN's Talk Back Live, PBS, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Montel Williams Show, Larry King Live and the BBC.
Canfield's most recent book, The Success Principles (2005), shares 64 principles that he claims can make people more successful. In 2006, he appeared in the DVD, "The Secret," and shared his insights on the Law of Attraction and tips for achieving success in personal and professional life.
Jack Canfield was born on August 19, 1944, in Fort Worth, TX. He is the son of Elmer and Ellen (a homemaker; maiden name, Taylor). He attended high school at Linsly Military Institute, Wheeling, WV, 1962. He went to college at Harvard University, B.A., 1966; University of Massachusetts at Amherst, M.Ed., 1973. Canfield married Judith Ohlbaum in 1971 (divorced, November 1976); he married Georgia Lee Noble on September 9, 1978 (divorced, December 1999); he married Inga Marie Mahoney on July 4, 2001; children: (first marriage) Oran, David, Kyle, Dania; (second marriage) Christopher Noble. He is a Democrat and a Christian, and his hobbies include tennis, travel, skiing, running, billiards, reading, and guitar.
Canfield received a BA in Chinese History from Harvard University and a Masters from University of Massachusetts. He has worked as a teacher, a workshop facilitator, and a psychotherapist.
Canfield is the founder of "Self Esteem Seminars" in Santa Barbara, and "The Foundation for Self Esteem" in Culver City, California. The stated mission of Self Esteem Seminars is to train entrepreneurs, educators, corporate leaders and employees to achieve their personal and professional goals. The focus of The Foundation for Self Esteem is to train social workers, welfare recipients and human resource professionals.
In 1990,he shared with author Mark Victor Hansen his idea for the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. After three years, the two had compiled sixty-eight stories.
Canfield has appeared on numerous television shows, including Good Morning America, 20/20, Eye to Eye, CNN's Talk Back Live, PBS, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Montel Williams Show, Larry King Live and the BBC.
Canfield's most recent book, The Success Principles (2005), shares 64 principles that he claims can make people more successful. In 2006, he appeared in the DVD, "The Secret," and shared his insights on the Law of Attraction and tips for achieving success in personal and professional life.
Jack Canfield was born on August 19, 1944, in Fort Worth, TX. He is the son of Elmer and Ellen (a homemaker; maiden name, Taylor). He attended high school at Linsly Military Institute, Wheeling, WV, 1962. He went to college at Harvard University, B.A., 1966; University of Massachusetts at Amherst, M.Ed., 1973. Canfield married Judith Ohlbaum in 1971 (divorced, November 1976); he married Georgia Lee Noble on September 9, 1978 (divorced, December 1999); he married Inga Marie Mahoney on July 4, 2001; children: (first marriage) Oran, David, Kyle, Dania; (second marriage) Christopher Noble. He is a Democrat and a Christian, and his hobbies include tennis, travel, skiing, running, billiards, reading, and guitar.
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January 30, 2016
Go Canada!
This book is filled with so many wonderful stories about how great Canada is, and how wonderful the people are that live there. Made me proud to be Canadian reading some the stories of community, helping one another while expecting nothing in return. It restored my faith in humanity a bit.
I also loved there was famous names, like one story was by NHL legend, Vince Lecalvier. Reading his coming up story, and reading some of the quotes by hockey greats I love like Wendel Clark and Bobby Orr, really made my day. Anytime is the right time for anything hockey.
Yup, I'm Canadian.
This story is a great tribute to this wonderful land and its citizens, but also inspirational to be a better Canadian in this great nation.
This book is filled with so many wonderful stories about how great Canada is, and how wonderful the people are that live there. Made me proud to be Canadian reading some the stories of community, helping one another while expecting nothing in return. It restored my faith in humanity a bit.
I also loved there was famous names, like one story was by NHL legend, Vince Lecalvier. Reading his coming up story, and reading some of the quotes by hockey greats I love like Wendel Clark and Bobby Orr, really made my day. Anytime is the right time for anything hockey.
Yup, I'm Canadian.
This story is a great tribute to this wonderful land and its citizens, but also inspirational to be a better Canadian in this great nation.
January 16, 2018
This series is completely uplifting, whether dog stories, cat stories (my fave) or these wonderful slice of life Canadian stories about how we manage our winters, embrace our long days of snow and cold and treats of brilliant sunshine from coast to coast.
Authors and storytellers I know from other books have contributed funny tales of power outage on Christmas Day--yikes, no feast!-- a big bunch of kids bunked down in a school during a horrendous snow storm, a soon to be couple who meet on the highway for the first time during a storm, Polar Bear Dip stories only we brave and adventurous and immensely silly folk would undertake!
Stories of families, siblings, friends, many spending holidays or winters on their own, but they are never, really, without someone paying it forward and giving them a sense of community and fellowship.
Wonderful quotes preface each story and Chapter, like this one, 'The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.' G.K. Chesterton.
Heartwarming stories simply ideal to read on a winter's day with a cuppa to hand.
Authors and storytellers I know from other books have contributed funny tales of power outage on Christmas Day--yikes, no feast!-- a big bunch of kids bunked down in a school during a horrendous snow storm, a soon to be couple who meet on the highway for the first time during a storm, Polar Bear Dip stories only we brave and adventurous and immensely silly folk would undertake!
Stories of families, siblings, friends, many spending holidays or winters on their own, but they are never, really, without someone paying it forward and giving them a sense of community and fellowship.
Wonderful quotes preface each story and Chapter, like this one, 'The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.' G.K. Chesterton.
Heartwarming stories simply ideal to read on a winter's day with a cuppa to hand.
November 21, 2017
Perfect way to start the winter- specially that this is our first one!
December 20, 2018
I really enjoyed this book! My two favourite parts are hockey and snowstorms..it's makes me smile big!!
December 26, 2020
Many interesting stories.
January 13, 2014
Normally I do not like the winter months or Christmas but I try to make the best of it for my family. This year my husband knew I was having a hard time with Christmas so he bought me this book. When I opened it on Christmas day I laugh. I asked him, "If this was suppose to cheer me up and he said Yes!"
I started reading it and I laugh and cried at some of the stories as it reminded me of my childhood. It brought back some fond memories with my mom and dad who have pass on to a better life. I would recommend this book for anyone who wants to remember when they were little or for a good stories to read.
I started reading it and I laugh and cried at some of the stories as it reminded me of my childhood. It brought back some fond memories with my mom and dad who have pass on to a better life. I would recommend this book for anyone who wants to remember when they were little or for a good stories to read.
January 5, 2016
Delightful stories appropriately read over my Christmas vacation.
January 10, 2016
Meh. A few of the stories were enjoyable, but overall a lot of drivel.
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