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Val Ross


McClelland & Stewart and Tundra author Val Ross was a renowned journalist and won a National Newspaper Award. She was highly respected throughout the publishing industry for her coverage of books and the people who create them. She was an arts reporter at The Globe and Mail and her first book, The Road to There: Mapmakers and Their Stories was nominated for many awards and won the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s non-fiction. Val Ross passed away in 2008.

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The Road to There
Written by Val Ross

Trade Paperback | 152 pages | Tundra Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - History - Exploration & Discovery; Juvenile Nonfiction - History
978-0-88776-933-7 (0-88776-933-0)

September 8, 2009 | $17.99

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The Road to There
Written by Val Ross

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780887769337
Our Price: $17.99
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Winner of the 2004 Norma Fleck Award for Canadian children’s non-fiction

Honor Book for the Society of School Librarians International’s Best Book Award – Social Studies, Grades 7-12


Shortlisted for the Children's Literature Roundtable Information Book of the Year

2003 winner of the Mr. Christie’s Book Award Seal

Shortlisted for the 2004 Norma Fleck Award...

Also available as an eBook and a hardcover.

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Robertson Davies
Written by Val Ross

Trade Paperback | 400 pages | Emblem Editions | Biography & Autobiography; Biography & Autobiography - Literary
978-0-7710-7776-0 (0-7710-7776-9)

August 4, 2009 | $24.99

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Robertson Davies
Written by Val Ross

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780771077760
Our Price: $24.99
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National bestseller and a Globe and Mail Best Book

A fascinating, larger-than-life character, Davies left a treasure trove of stories about him when he died in 1995 — expertly arranged here into a revealing portrait.

From his student days onward, Robertson Davies made a huge impression on those around him. He was...

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You Can't Read This
Written by Val Ross

eBook | 160 pages | Tundra Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - Language Arts; Juvenile Nonfiction - History
978-1-77049-086-4 (1-77049-086-8)

July 10, 2009 | $13.99

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You Can't Read This
Written by Val Ross

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781770490864
Our Price: $13.99


Wherever people can read, there are stories about the magic, mystery, and power of what they read. Val Ross presents a history of reading that is, in fact, the story of the monumental, on-going struggle to read. From Enheduanna, daughter of Sargon the Great, the world’s oldest signed author to Empress...

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The Road to There
Written by Val Ross

eBook | pages | Tundra Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - History - Exploration & Discovery; Juvenile Nonfiction - History
978-1-77049-062-8 (1-77049-062-0)

June 5, 2009 | $10.99

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The Road to There
Written by Val Ross

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781770490628
Our Price: $10.99


Winner of the 2004 Norma Fleck Award for Canadian children’s non-fiction

Honor Book for the Society of School Librarians International’s Best Book Award – Social Studies, Grades 7-12


Shortlisted for the Children's Literature Roundtable Information Book of the Year

2003 winner of the Mr. Christie’s Book Award Seal

Shortlisted for the 2004 Norma Fleck Award...

Also available as a hardcover and a trade paperback.

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Robertson Davies
Written by Val Ross

eBook | pages | Douglas Gibson Books | Biography & Autobiography; Biography & Autobiography - Literary
978-1-55199-211-2 (1-55199-211-6)

February 24, 2009 | $19.99

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Robertson Davies
Written by Val Ross

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781551992112
Our Price: $19.99


National bestseller and a Globe and Mail Best Book

A fascinating, larger-than-life character, Davies left a treasure trove of stories about him when he died in 1995 — expertly arranged here into a revealing portrait.

From his student days onward, Robertson Davies made a huge impression on those around him. He was...

Also available as a trade paperback.

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You Can't Read This
Written by Val Ross

Hardcover | 152 pages | Tundra Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - Language Arts; Juvenile Nonfiction - History
978-0-88776-732-6 (0-88776-732-X)

April 4, 2006 | $26.99

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You Can't Read This
Written by Val Ross

Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780887767326
Our Price: $26.99
   Quantity: 1 


Wherever people can read, there are stories about the magic, mystery, and power of what they read. Val Ross presents a history of reading that is, in fact, the story of the monumental, on-going struggle to read. From Enheduanna, daughter of Sargon the Great, the world’s oldest signed author to Empress...

Also available as an eBook.

book cover
The Road to There
Written by Val Ross

Hardcover | 152 pages | Tundra Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - History - Exploration & Discovery; Juvenile Nonfiction - History
978-0-88776-621-3 (0-88776-621-8)

September 30, 2003 | $29.99

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The Road to There
Written by Val Ross

Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780887766213
Our Price: $29.99
   Quantity: 1 


Winner of the 2004 Norma Fleck Award for Canadian children’s non-fiction

Honor Book for the Society of School Librarians International’s Best Book Award – Social Studies, Grades 7-12


Shortlisted for the Children's Literature Roundtable Information Book of the Year

2003 winner of the Mr. Christie’s Book Award Seal

Shortlisted for the 2004 Norma Fleck Award...

Also available as an eBook and a trade paperback.

              
              



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