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Wallace, Ian, 1950-
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Purdon, Joe, 1914-1982 -- Juvenile literature.
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Conservationists -- Canada -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Wallace, Ian, 1950-
Purdon, Joe, 1914-1982 -- Juvenile literature.
Slipper orchids -- Protection -- Ontario -- Juvenile literature.
Conservationists -- Canada -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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The slippers' keeper / written and illustrated by Ian Wallace.
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Wallace, Ian, 1950-
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, c2015.
Call #:
333
.72092
P985w
Subjects
Purdon, Joe, 1914-1982 -- Juvenile literature.
Slipper orchids -- Protection -- Ontario -- Juvenile literature.
Conservationists -- Canada -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
9781554984145 (hardcover)
Description:
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 28 cm
Summary:
Born in 1914, Joe Purdon was one of North America's early conservationists. After stumbling as a child upon a cluster of Showy Lady's Slippers in bloom, Joe dedicated his life to protecting these rare orchids. In this picture book Ian Wallace depicts how Joe Purdon became a steward of a fragile piece of land in Eastern Ontario.
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Biography, Juvenile.
Preschool picture book.
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Sackville Public Library
Preschool Nonfiction
333.72092 P985w
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