Mirror with a Memory

A Nation's Story in Photographs

Janice Weaver

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Tundra Books
15 May 2011

Art: general interest (Children's&YA); People & places (Children's&YA); Educational: History

Canada and the art of photography came into existence together in the middle of the nineteenth century. Both had shaky beginnings - one was an upstart country struggling to emerge from the shadow of its great neighbor, the other a rough art form capable of capturing only blurred, grainy images - but each eventually came into its own. Today, Canada is a bold and prosperous nation, while photography, in the words of Edward Steichen, is ""a major force in explaining man to man.""

Mirror with a Memory is a photographic journey through the history of this country. It includes those famous shots that have defined a nation; from the Fathers of Confederation grouped stiffly on the steps of Charlottetown's Confederation Hall to the massive Maple Leaf flag drifting over the heads of federalists on the eve of the last referendum. But the book also features the faces of ordinary Canadians going about their everyday lives - a family of newly arrived, turn-of-the-century immigrants on the platform at Toronto's Union Station; a line of 1920s seal hunters picking their way across the Newfoundland ice floes; pith-helmeted soldiers at a Boer War field hospital in Bloemfontein, South Africa.

Through extended captions and, of course, the photographs themselves, Mirror with a Memory brings to life the story of Canada from confederation to the present day. In the end, it gives us an unforgettable portrait of the people and events that forged a nation.

By: Janice Weaver
Imprint: Tundra Books
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 261mm, Width: 239mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 913g
ISBN: 9780887767470
ISBN 10: 0887767478
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 15 May 2011
Recommended Age: From 5 to 9 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Janice Weaver is the author of several previous works of nonfiction for young people. Her first two books, Building America and From Head to Toe, were both named Notable Books by the International Reading Association. From Head to Toe was also nominated for both the Rocky Mountain Book Award and the Ontario Library Association's Red Maple Award. She lives in Toronto.

Reviews for Mirror with a Memory: A Nation's Story in Photographs

Praise for Building America This is more than a marvelous illustrated history of architecture in America; it provides an easy-to-take social context for the buildings it showcases. -- Philadelphia Inquirer . ..a fascinating record of how United States architecture has evolved in the past 300 years.... -- Winnipeg Free Press Praise for From Head to Toe [An] always engaging and often enthralling account of the place of clothes and assorted adornments through the ages.... Weaver is that exemplary explicator for whom one thing always leads to another.... -- Globe and Mail