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Bill Slavin has illustrated more than fifty books for children, including The Big Book of Canada, Bleeps and Blips to Rocket Ships and Shooting Hoops and Skating Loops. His work has received numerous awards, including the 2004 Blue Spruce Award and the 2004 CLA Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's medal, both for his work on Stanley's Party. He shares his studio in Millbrook, Ontario with his wife, Esperança Melo.
Visit Bill Slavin's website.
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Little Chicken Duck
Written by Tim Beiser
Illustrated by Bill Slavin
Hardcover | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Animals - Ducks, Geese, Etc.; Juvenile Fiction - Animals - Frogs & Toads; Juvenile Fiction - Social Situations - Emotions & Feelings | 978-1-77049-392-6 (1-77049-392-1) | November 2013 | 19.99
In a pond so deep and chilly sat a frog upon a lily,
Catching flies the size he'd never seen before.
All at once, he started chuckling at a fluffy yellow duckling
Shaking shyly on the sand along the shore.
And so begins the charming story of Little Chicken Duck, whose fear of water prevents... [read more]
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Bleeps and Blips to Rocket Ships
Written by Alannah Hegedus and Kaitlin Rainey
Illustrated by Bill Slavin
Trade Paperback | Tundra Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - History - Canada; Juvenile Nonfiction - Sports & Recreation | 978-0-88776-452-3 (0-88776-452-5) | March 2001 | 19.99
Our fast-paced world of fax machines, digital cameras, and cell phones is possible because of the work of inventors who paved the way for modern communications.
Meet:
Reginald Fessenden, who thought of a continuous wireless signal when he noted the ripples resulting from a rock he tossed in a lake;
Alexander Graham Bell... [read more]
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Shooting Hoops and Skating Loops
Written by Alannah Hegedus and Kaitlin Rainey
Illustrated by Bill Slavin
Trade Paperback | Tundra Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - History - Canada; Juvenile Nonfiction - Sports & Recreation | 978-0-88776-453-0 (0-88776-453-3) | September 1999 | 19.99
Did you know that the first “snow car” was invented in the 1920s? That talented players are buried with their lacrosse sticks to this day, so they can play in the afterlife? That long before the modern game of ice hockey there was Oochamkunutk, played by the Mi’kmaq?
Shooting Hoops and Skating... [read more]
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All Aboard!
Written by Monica Kulling
Illustrated by Bill Slavin
Trade Paperback | Tundra Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - Biography & Autobiography - Historical; Juvenile Nonfiction - Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology | 978-1-77049-514-2 (1-77049-514-2) | August 2013 | 8.99
In the second of Tundra's Great Idea Series, biographies for children who are just starting to read, Monica Kulling presents the life of an extraordinary man. There were few opportunities for the son of slaves, but Elijah McCoy's dreams led him to study mechanical engineering in Scotland. He learned everything there... [read more]
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All Aboard!
Written by Monica Kulling
Illustrated by Bill Slavin
Hardcover | Tundra Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - Biography & Autobiography - Historical; Juvenile Nonfiction - Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology | 978-0-88776-945-0 (0-88776-945-4) | August 2010 | 19.99
In the second of Tundra's Great Idea series, biographies for children who are just starting to read, Monica Kulling presents the life of an extraordinary man.
There were few opportunities for the son of slaves, but Elijah McCoy's dreams led him to study mechanical engineering in Scotland. He learned everything there was... [read more]
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It's a Snap!
Written by Monica Kulling
Illustrated by Bill Slavin
Trade Paperback | Tundra Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - Biography & Autobiography - Historical; Juvenile Nonfiction - Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology; Juvenile Nonfiction - Curiosities & Wonders | 978-1-77049-513-5 (1-77049-513-4) | August 2013 | 8.99
George Eastman had a new hobby: photography. The year was 1877, and photography was not as easy as you might think. It cost a lot and the equipment was bulky, but George was about to change all that. What he lacked in formal education, George more than made up for in... [read more]
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It's a Snap!
Written by Monica Kulling
Illustrated by Bill Slavin
Hardcover | Tundra Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - Biography & Autobiography - Historical; Juvenile Nonfiction - Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology; Juvenile Nonfiction - Curiosities & Wonders | 978-0-88776-881-1 (0-88776-881-4) | August 2009 | 19.99
In 1877 in Rochester, New York, George Eastman couldn’t understand why picture-taking was so difficult. Having left school at fourteen to support his mother and two sisters, George decided to find out by making photography his hobby. He packed up glass plates, a plate holder, a tent, a heavy tripod, a... [read more]
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Pandemic Survival
Written by Ann Love and Jane Drake
Illustrated by Bill Slavin
Hardcover | Tundra Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - Health - Diseases; Juvenile Nonfiction - Health - Personal Hygiene; Juvenile Nonfiction - History - Other | 978-1-77049-268-4 (1-77049-268-2) | August 2013 | 24.99
The Black Death. Yellow Fever. Smallpox. History is full of gruesome pandemics, and surviving those pandemics has shaped our society and way of life. Every person today is alive because of an ancestor who survived--and surviving our current and future pandemics, like SARS, AIDS, bird flu or a new and unknown... [read more]
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Pandemic Survival
Written by Ann Love and Jane Drake
Illustrated by Bill Slavin
eBook | Tundra Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - Health - Diseases; Juvenile Nonfiction - Health - Personal Hygiene; Juvenile Nonfiction - History - Other | 978-1-77049-499-2 (1-77049-499-5) | August 2013 | 12.99
The Black Death. Yellow Fever. Smallpox. History is full of gruesome pandemics, and surviving those pandemics has shaped our society and way of life. Every person today is alive because of an ancestor who survived--and surviving our current and future pandemics, like SARS, AIDS, bird flu or a new and unknown... [read more]
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Talking Tails
Written by Ann Love and Jane Drake
Illustrated by Bill Slavin
Trade Paperback | Tundra Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - Animals - Pets; Juvenile Nonfiction - Science & Technology - Zoology; Juvenile Nonfiction - History - Other | 978-1-77049-359-9 (1-77049-359-X) | August 2012 | 11.99
From our earliest beginnings, we have shared our lives with animals. Explore the ties that people and their pets have formed from prehistoric times to present day.
With fun and fascinating facts, learn whether you are a Dog Person or a Cat Person, how to pick and care for your pet... [read more]
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Talking Tails
Written by Ann Love and Jane Drake
Illustrated by Bill Slavin
Hardcover | Tundra Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - Animals - Pets; Juvenile Nonfiction - Science & Technology - Zoology; Juvenile Nonfiction - History - Other | 978-0-88776-884-2 (0-88776-884-9) | April 2010 | 24.99
Pets and their owners appear together in a book as heartwarming as it is informative.From our earliest beginnings, we have shared our lives with animals. Jane Drake and Ann Love explore the ties that humans and their pets have formed. With fun and fascinating facts, they address Dog People and Cat... [read more]
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The Big Book of Canada
Written by Christopher Moore
Illustrated by Bill Slavin
Introduction by Janet Lunn
Hardcover | Tundra Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - People & Places; Juvenile Nonfiction - People & Places - Canada | 978-0-88776-457-8 (0-88776-457-6) | August 2002 | 39.99
This gorgeous book is the must-have geography resource for every young reader. Leading the reader across Canada, province by province, veteran writer Christopher Moore introduces the things that make this country unique. Each province and territory is explored and defined not only by its physical features, but also by its history... [read more]
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