Out of the Deeps
Like many children throughout Canada's history, Savino had to quit school when he was twelve to work and help his family. In Out of the Deeps, Savino spends his first day at the mine working alongside his father and Nelson, his father's pit pony. When Savino's headlamp goes out deep in the coal...
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Like many children throughout Canada's history, Savino had to quit school when he was twelve to work and help his family. In Out of the Deeps, Savino spends his first day at the mine working alongside his father and Nelson, his father's pit pony. When Savino's headlamp goes out deep in the coal mine, Nelson leads Savino out of the danger. In 1944 the miners received their first paid holiday and insisted that their pit ponies receive a week's holiday too. In Out of the Deeps, Anne Laurel Carter captures a boy's first day at work in the mines and a special pit pony's first glimpse of daylight.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781551435596 (1551435594)
Publish date: October 1st 2008
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
I found this book to be kind of choppy, and I had a hard time reading it aloud to the kids. So, that's the first thing. Secondly, this book did not capture my kindergarten aged nephew's attention. He was almost totally bored by it, but I think that's partially because it was above his level of ...
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