Footsteps in the Snow: The Red River Diary of Isobel Scott, Rupert's Land, 1815 by Carol Matas (2002).

With Nothing But Our Courage: The Loyalist Diary of Mary MacDonald, Johnstown, Quebec, 1783 by Karleen Bradford (2002).

A Prairie as Wide as the Sea: The Immigrant Diary of Ivy Weatherall, Milorie, Saskatchewan, 1926 by Sarah Ellis (2001).

Orphan at My Door: The Home Child Diary of Victoria Cope, Guelph, Ontario, 1897 by Jean Little (2001).The series covers both familiar and little-known topics such as Home Children, North-West Rebellion, and the 1837 Rebellion. They are similar to the Dear America series, with each book written in the form of the diary of a fictional young woman living during an important event in Canadian history. The books are published by Scholastic Canada Ltd. She is the Artistic Director for two storytelling series and the Director of Storysave, a project for recording elders from the Canadian storytelling community for CDs and audio website.Dear Canada is a series of historical novels marketed at kids first published in 2001 and continuing to the present. Her specialty is letting her listeners know how much she cares about them. She gives teacher workshops and does conference presentations. Jan loves to do school visits and is prepared to travel widely to remote and urban locations.

She has a new book coming out in 2007 entitled The Stories at the Door-a work of rollicking fun and humour. New Tales for Canada and set down the true story of Pa's Harvest as heard from another teller. She has contributed to the Dear Canada series through her book Winter of Peril.Īn accomplished storyteller with a passionate concern for oral traditions, she has produced the folktale collection Out of the Everywhere. Her titles include such classic picture books as Very Last First Time and The Auction. Jan has been part of the world of Canadian children's literature for thirty years and more. She has a love for the Canadian wilderness and, when not writing, can often be found canoeing, cross-country skiing, hiking or rock climbing, depending on the season. The plants and creatures in her Orca book The Twelve Days of Summer can all be found in her backyard. Jan Andrews lives at the end of the road on a lake in Eastern Ontario.

Winter of Peril by Jan Andrews