Dear Canada: Hoping for Home: Stories of Arrival

In these eleven original stories, characters bravely face the challenges of settling into a new life. In this wonderful new short story anthology, eleven of Canada's top children's authors contribute stories of immigration, displacement and change, exploring the frustration and uncertainty those changes can bring. Told in first-person narratives, this collection features a diverse cast of boys and girls, each one living at a different point in Canada's vast landscape and history. With unforgettable protagonists -- such as Miriam, a Warsaw-ghetto survivor, now reunited with her family in Montreal; Wong Joe-on, a young Chinese immigrant who faces racism in a small Saskatchewan town; and Insy, an Ojibwe girl who makes her first trip to a "white" town in Northern Ontario -- young readers will be moved by the opportunities and difficulties that these characters face, as each one ponders what it means to be Canadian, and struggles to fit in. British Home Child Harriet James

Gwen
by Carolyn Pogue

Gwen, Carolyn’s 14th book and first novel was a finalist in The City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize for 2010. This story, set in the 1890s, is suitable for readers aged 10 to adult. Gwen is a British Home Child who is inspired by Mohawk poet/performer, E. Pauline Johnson. 

Gwen in West Wind Calling
by Carolyn Pogue

NEW! West Wind Calling, the sequel to Gwen will be published in autumn 2012. This story is set in 1898 and Gwen continues her adventures - this time in Calgary, a brand new town in the North West Territory. Join her as she meets new friends - and finds that not all is golden in the golden west. Big sky, new friends and mystery await.  


Charlie
by Beryl Young


Charlie's story is a compelling account of a poor English boy who rises from poverty to become a valuable member of Canadian society. His story, like many others, is an inspiring part of our Canadian heritage. Beautifully written by his daughter Beryl Young


For information and where to order copies see: http://www.berylyoung.com/charlie.html  

Ned: Barnardo Boy
by Barbara Coyle
published 2009

Ned is nobody's child. Abandoned as a toddler on the streets of 1870's London, he must fend for himself and survive by his wits. Discover how Ned finds help at a Ragged School, becomes a "Barnardo boy," and eventually emigrates to Canada to begin a new life. Ned: Barnardo Boy is a historically accurate children's book that is delighting children and adults alike. Meticulously researched and full of spiritual truth, Ned is a book your family will treasure. 

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The Tin Lined Trunk

by Mary Hamilton
Illustrator: Ron Berg

Kids Can Press, 1980-06-01 - 64 pages
Polly Dipple and her brother Jack, two London street urchins, are rescued from hunger and cold by Dr. Barnardo, founder of the Barnardo Homes for destitute children. Jack is shipped off to Canada to work as a farm labourer, while Polly remains in England to train as a domestic servant. Eventually, Polly joins Jack in Toronto and the two of them are placed on neighbouring farms. Badly mistreated by his employers, Jack runs away, but finally the two children are reunited and live and work happily with a farm couple who accept them as part of the family.

Dr. Barnardo's Boys
Karen Wallace (Author) 

Aimed at 7-11 year olds, each book in the Sparks series looks at a major event in British history through the eyes of fictional and real-life characters. This story looks at Dr Barnardo''s work with the poor children in the East End of Victorian London.' 
Trees and Rocks; Rocks and Trees is all young Robbie sees when he views Canada for the first time from the deck of the steamship. At fifteen, he and his twelve-year-old brother have been sent away, from their native land, to work as indentured farm workers. As he looks upon the vast and empty land, he wonders what life now has in store for him and if he will ever see his mother, father or sister again.
This adaptation of Sandra Joyce’s powerful first book, The Street Arab – The Story of a British Home Child is meant for young readers. It is a story about a boy, from a small Scottish mining town, whose family has been torn apart by the First World War and resulting poverty. After foraging for food one day, Robbie returns to find his family is missing and suffers a terrible accident. With strength and determination, he forges ahead and is sent along with countless other British Home Children, to Canada to begin a new life.
Trees and Rocks; Rocks and Trees, pays homage to the more than 100,000 British Home Children sent to Canada over a period of seventy years. It is estimated that at least ten percent of Canada’s current population are descendants of these Children.