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Judy in July: Mine and Canada's 100th Birthday

by J. Campbell Childerhose

32 pages; Saddle stitched; illustrated; catalogue #05-0887; ISBN 1-4120-5986-0; US$17.50, C$20.00, EUR14.50, £10.00

Through the monthly diary entries of a 10-year-old, J. Campbell Childerhose provides a picture book memoir of 1967 as well as the basics of early Canada.

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Judy in July: Mine and Canada's 100th Birthday is written as a memoir of 1967. Seen through the eyes of a 10-year-old's 12 diary entries, it is a 32-page picture book that deals with the celebrations of that year. It's also a topic that lends itself to an introduction of a basic history of Canada. Any child who was in school that year learned at least two things: that Canada first became a country on July 1st, 1867 and that Sir John A. Macdonald was Canada's first Prime Minister.

"It's a year you'll always remember!" remarked Grandma Florence and undoubtedly, she was right. Set within the comfortable settings of school and family life, the reader will follow the author*s family connections to learn how Canada was first discovered, what peoples settled it, and other information about Canada. Told from a child's viewpoint, it includes comments that adults might think, but only a child would make. Adults who lived through the era, might welcome the opportunity to share their memories with their own children and grandchildren.

Designed as a flip-book, you can flip Judy in July to see in the right-hand margins, the Canadian flag waving, read the date of Canadian Confederation or see silhouettes of children marching. If flipped the opposite way, you can read in both languages the names of the provinces and territories as well as the dates they entered Confederation.

Watch a live performance of "They All Call it Canada" on youtube

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About the Author

Thanks to her Grandma Florence, Ms. Campbell Childerhose has grown up "feeling history" all around her. Her grandmother never seemed to tire of telling her and the "younger set", of their family members' connections to different places or to historical events. Her history-happens-at-home approach showed them that history is found not only in history books, but in our own homes and in our hearts. While not always willing to hear yet another story, she came to understand that we are living history, each day of our lives.

Following in the footsteps of both her grandmothers (Florence and also, Rita), Ms. Campbell Childerhose became a teacher. Having obtained B.A.'s from Brock University (1978 in Psychology) and Laurentian University (1980 in History) she graduated with a B.Ed. from Queen's University in 1981. In 1992 Ms. C.C. was the first recipient of the Andrew Love Memorial Award, a national award given to an Intervener by the Canadian Deafblind Rubella Association. In 1997, she studied through University of Western Ontario to become a Teacher of the Deafblind.

While working through kindergarten to high school with her student Jason who is deafblind, there were many opportunities to study Canada. Unfortunately, it was impossible to find a single book on Canada's Centennial Year! Not until the author and her husband Ted, were on their way to his military posting in Colorado, did she decide the time had come, to write about one of the happiest times of her childhood.

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March 1967

Dear Diary,

Our music teacher taught us a song called "CA-NA-DA" which was written by a man named Bobby Gimby. I think she said he's from Saskatchewan. In it he says there are 20 MILLION people in Canada. W-w-w-w-ow-ow-ow-ow!

For our figure skating carnival on March 10th, everyone will wear costumes of all the different nationalities of people living in our country. I'm going to wear a Scottish kilt, like the ones on the front of the records that Grandpa Campbell plays on the stereo (I know all the words just like I do for the "Mary Poppins" one that we get to listen to afterwards). I feel proud listening to the bagpipes like our ancestors played. Donna who just turned 8, will be a French girl like Grandpa Green's great-great grandmother. Our brother Mark who's 6, is excited because he gets to be a cowboy! Daddy and our 4-year-old brother Danny, will be Confederation Fathers. Laurel our baby sister, will sit in the stands with our mom, grandparents, Aunt Harriet, Uncle Joe and our cousin Ian who's the same age as me. I still have to ask my friend Jayne what she's going to be.

Every night after work, our dad has been busy building stuff for the carnival. Donna and I told all our friends that he made the big wooden Centennial symbol that hangs above the arena door. When he was working on it, Daddy said that it's just like the maple leaf on our flag; it has 11 points to represent the 10 provinces and both territories. He still has to finish the huge cake that we'll use in the finale. It's Daddy's real birthday that night so I joked and said that he has to make his own cake! There's going to be a giant R-R-R-RE-E-E-E-E-AL one, with ICE-CREAM, for all the kids in Ottawa on July 1st.

Additional comments: Ms. Campbell Childerhose has inherited the belief that a child is never too young to learn history, whether it be orally or sitting on an adults lap reading a book.

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