Through Ellie’s vivid descriptions of her ‘new home’, we are introduced to a part of Canadian history that can often be over looked. A Prairie as Wide as the Sea, Footsteps in the Snow, and With Nothing But Our Courage to develop childrens understanding of historical concepts and. Ellie’s fear of not knowing the where abouts of her father combined with uncertainty make her homesick for her life in England and her grandmother.
Once they arrive in Upper Canada, their Father leaves them with strangers while he forges on ahead to look for a suitable spot to ‘settle’. Footsteps in the Snow : The Red River Diary of Isobel Scott: .uk: Matas, Carol: 9780439988353: Books Childrens Books Literature & Fiction Buy new: £204. Ellie’s new home by Canadian author Becky Citra was my first introduction to this Orca Young Readers series and this author! It is 1835 and Ellie and her brother Max find themselves uprooted from living a comfortable life in England to the deep wilderness that is Upper Canada.
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