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An interesting history about our Canadian flag. Good work book for school to use as well. There are a lot of Canadian flags flying around these days. #ISpyBingoJuly @TheAromaofBooks

The French wrote this song first by Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier, and then Robert Stanley wrote the English version in 1908. #JulyJazz Flag @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Part history, part travel book, Disappointment River looks back at the life and effort of Alexander Mackenzie to find the NW Passage in 1789. Castner then recreates the voyage along the river that now bears Mackenzie‘s name. I really enjoyed this! I thought both parts were done so well.

Happy Canada Day from me and my Finch, Bookworm. #canadaday

This post is mot meant to be political but never before have Canadians flown this flag before Donald Trumps wishes for Canada do become 51st State. @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

THE KNOWING is intense; both an in-depth history of the harm perpetuated against Indigenous people on Turtle Island and a personal look at the impact on Tanya Talaga‘s own family.

It‘s also one of many, many, MANY books I‘ve read about the evil done by various Christian churches over the last 500 years, and I realize I‘ve never read anything in which a Christian writer reckons with this horrific legacy. Can any of you recommend one to me?

“My first encounter with the originality of Canadian French-speaking cultures came at an early age, when living in Ottawa during the 1950s. It was immediately apparent that the French taught in English- language public schools belonged to a world apart from the everyday French spoken in the streets.” #FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

While it was lovely to hear the Cree in this book spoken aloud, I don't think audiobook was the best choice for this, as the print copy is full of art! The book traces the literal beginning of time to 19th cent. from the perspective of a queer Cree shape-shifting immortal being. Often funny, very sexy, and scathing. Europeans come out looking, rightly so, as heartless idiots. I would have liked more content that didn't focus on colonization.

Happy Flag Day, Canada 🇨🇦