The Land of Os
John Ramsay
- Publisher
- Portage & Main Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2014
- Category
- NON-CLASSIFIABLE, Emigration & Immigration, NON-CLASSIFIABLE, Canada
- Recommended Age
- 9 to 12
- Recommended Grade
- 4 to 6
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781553794912
- Publish Date
- Sep 2014
- List Price
- $17.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781553794936
- Publish Date
- Sep 2014
- List Price
- $15.00
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Description
When Richard's class from Big Spirit School takes a canoe trip, he and his classmates chance upon an elderly woman. She tells them the story of her grandfather, John Ramsay, of the Sandy Bar community on Lake Winnipeg. Ramsay's land was taken by the government and given to the new settlers from Iceland who arrived there in 1875. Yet many owed their survival to Ramsay, who helped them through freezing winters, hunger, and a devastating smallpox epidemic.
The Land of Os is one book in the Tales from Big Spirit series. Tales from Big Spirit is a unique seven-book graphic novel series that delves into the stories of seven great Indigenous heroes from Canadian history—some already well known and others who deserve to be. Designed to correspond to grades 4–6 social studies curriculums across Canada, these full colour graphic novels could be used in literature circles, novel studies, and book clubs to facilitate discussion of social studies topics. These books will help students make historical connections while promoting important literacy skills.
About the authors
DAVID A. ROBERTSON is the winner of the Beatrice Mosionier Aboriginal Writer of the Year Award, the John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer and the TWUC Freedom to Read Award. His books include The Barren Grounds: The Misewa Saga; When We Were Alone (winner of the Governor General’s Award, a finalist for the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award and a McNally Robinson Best Book for Young People); Will I See? (winner of the Manuela Dias Book Design and Illustration Award, graphic novel category); and the YA novel Strangers (recipient of the Michael Van Rooy Award for Genre Fiction). He is the creator and host of the podcast Kiwew. Through his writings about Canada’s Indigenous peoples, Robertson educates as well as entertains, reflecting Indigenous cultures, histories and communities while illuminating many contemporary issues. David A. Robertson is a member of Norway House Cree Nation. He lives in Winnipeg.
David A. Robertson's profile page
Wai Tien graduated with honours from the School of Art at the Univeristy of Manitoba. When he's not busy drawing comics or painting murals, Wai pulls double duty on guitar and vocals with his band, All On Red. He lives in Winnipeg with his partner, Marissa. This is his first published work.
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The Sleeping Giant
The Misewa Saga, Book Five
The Portal Keeper
The Misewa Saga, Book Four
The Kodiaks
Home Ice Advantage
The Stone Child
The Misewa Saga, Book Three
The Song That Called Them Home
Version Control
The Great Bear
The Misewa Saga, Book Two
Sugar Falls
A Residential School Story
