Dear Canada: Not a Nickel to Spare
The Great Depression Diary of Sally Cohen, Toronto, Ontario, 1932
- Publisher
- Scholastic Canada Ltd, Independent Publishers Group
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2012
- Category
- General
- Recommended Age
- 8 to 12
- Recommended Grade
- 3 to 7
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780439961301
- Publish Date
- May 2007
- List Price
- $16.99
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781443124034
- Publish Date
- Sep 2012
- List Price
- $16.99
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Description
Coping with being poor during the Depression is hard enough, but Sally also has to contend with anti-Jewish sentiment when she ventures outside her familiar neighbourhood near Toronto's Kensington Market. Her cousin Benny is always getting into scrapes or dragging Sally into his hare-brained schemes. But it's also Benny who tries to open Sally's eyes to the wider world, telling her about Hitler's rise in Europe and urging her to stand up for herself when she comes across anti-Semitism.
A historical note gives readers the background of the Depression, which hit Canada harder than most other countries. It also describes the way Jews were treated in Canada. Today's readers might be surprised to know that there were people in Toronto who prided themselves on being part of The Swastika Club. A map, photographs and documents provide a visual context for the story.
About the author
Perry Nodelman is professor emeritus of English at the University of Winnipeg and author of The Pleasure of Children’s Literature and Words About Pictures: The Narrative Art of Children’s Picture Books. Professor Nodelman is also an accomplished author of children’s books such as Behaving Bradley.
