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THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2013. PAGE 11
Books for all ages
BARNYARD GAMES & PUZZLES
For kids who like the farm this book
contains 100 mazes, word games,
jokes and riddles, brain teasers and
fun activities illustrated with lots of
cartoon barnyard animals. $13.50
GRANDMA’S TURKEYS
Area author Sally Raspin writes
and illustrates this children’s tale
of raising a summer flock of 10
turkeys, from their arrival as two-
week old chicks from a nearby
turkey farm, through their growing
season, showing even Grandma
can get excited. $10.00
THE GIFT OF COUNTRY LIFE
Saskatchewan writer Victor Carl
Friesen turns his memories of
growing up on a small farm in the
1940s into poems. Illustrated by his
own photos, he tells of a simpler time
when less was more. $18.95
HATCHING AND BROODING
YOUR OWN CHICKS
Hatching your own chicks is
almost a lost art but it’s a
fascinating and fruitful practice.
This book offers more than 200
pages of instructions on hatching
chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese
and guinea fowl. $29.95
HOME CHEESE MAKING:
Recipes and instructions on how to
make 75 homemade cheeses.
Illustrations, equipment information
and more for making milk from cows’
or goats’ milk. Information on storing
cheese, recipes for use. $22.95
GREAT SCOTS! How the Scots
Created Canada
Immigrants from Scotland played a
huge role in shaping the Canada
we know now, from exploring the
country to establishing early
government to the biggest
businesses. $26.95
HERBAL ANTIBIOTICS
Through indiscriminate use
of antibiotics humans have
created “superbugs”,
bacteria with resistance to
drugs. Stephen Buhner
offers evidence that plant
medicines offer alternatives
with their mix of antibiotic
compounds. $17.50
LETTERS HOME
from Willis Machan
Flight Sergeant Willis Machan of
Brussels served with the RCAF prior
to his death in the Azores in 1943. In
his letters to his parents, brother and
sisters he reveals the thoughts of a
young man at war. $18.00
A PADDLER’S GUIDE TO ONTARIO’S
LOST CANOE ROUTES
For canoe adventurers who want to explore
less-known routes, this book offers 15 trips
in northern and eastern Ontario. Lots of
colour photos let you preview the trip.
Includes 21 maps. $19.95
THE POWER OF THE MAITLAND
Local authors, John Hazlitt and Ted Turner,
explore the waterways of the Maitland
watershed to uncover evidence of early
settlers harnessing the power of the
Maitland River. Full colour throughout with
historical maps and early photos of dams
sites and the mills they powered.$65.00
TAN YOUR HIDE
Learn how to tan your own leather and
fur to create handsome and durable
homemade goods with little cost other
than your own time: what tools and
chemicals you’ll need, how to select
the hide, steps in tanning, how to
make your own dyes, etc. $15.95
SHEDS: The Do-It-Yourself
Guide for Backyard Builders
More than 200 pages, including
colour photos, plans, instructions
and tips for building everything from
a garden shed to a gazebo, pool
houses to boat houses to protection
for your firewood. $19.95
UNDER A SUNFLOWER SUN ON
STRAGGLE’S FARM
Wingham poet Hilary Gillespie has created
a book of poems for children about farm life,
beautifully illustrated by Lynn Smith. Poems
about farm animals, the weather, and things
grown on the farm. $9.95
THE URBANITE’S GUIDE
TO THE COUNTRYSIDE
There’s so much to explain to
a non-farmer about living in
the Ontario countryside. This
book gives the answers to
questions from what the crops
are to the types of barns to
rural issues. $24.95
THE POINT: A Lake Huron Story
John Weber, author of Letters
Home,has created an action-
packed novel of beach fires and
brawls, love and heartache as
young Mike Seagrave tries to save
the family legacy, Seagrave Point,
from developers. $18.00