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Dear Carol,
On behalf of everyone at St. Philip I want to thank you once
again for your tremendous presentations at our school. You certainly went above and
beyond expectations when you stayed to work with our grade three students. Thank
you once again!! We can not say enough about your visit to our school and will certainly
recommend you to others. |
Carol Stevenson,
Principal, St. Philip School, Calgary, AB |
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Book Review: “In
the Path of Great Bear”
by Julie Baquiran for The Odyssey
In the Path of Great Bear is a mustbuy book for any outdoor enthusiast-especially those with children.
Local artists Carol McTavish, Lori Nunn and Linden Wentzloff
have created a brilliant children’s book based on a true story about a young
girl who is passionate about the oudoors.
Filled with educational poetry and eye-opening illustrations, this book has many lessons for both young and old alike...
It is interesting how the authors can tell this tale and not represent Great Bear as a creature that should be feared. Instead, he is portrayed as deserving of our respect-especially when we are visiting his home. We are aware that both man and bears love the outdoors but that it is up to us to look out for them. After all, it turns out that both Katie and Great Bear have the same secret spot, an old spruce tree with crooked limbs, where the bark has been rubbed and polished away…a beautiful spot where Katie can sit and look over the mountain slope and…Great Bear can scratch his back!
A portion of the sales of this book are donated to support projects for preserving ecosystems and maintaining healthy mountain parks.
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| "In
the Path of Great Bear is filled with real-life details
of a grizzly bear's life. I appreciate the authentic portrayal
of the bear's behaviour and how people can share the landscape." |
National
Park Interpreter |
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| "Lori
and Carol delivered a wonderful, hands-on, visual, tactile,
knowledgeable and well-organized presentation on bears using
their book, 'In the Path of Great Bear'. The presentation kept
all the kindergarten children engaged throughout the entire
45-minute presentation. Their passion and committment were
evident." |
Claire
LePage, teacher (Kindergarten) |
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| "Wow!
Fantastic presentation! This workshop was better than I
expected. Not only was your presentation informative and
engaging, I thought you were all personable and generous
with your information and personal experience. Thank You!" |
Workshop Participant |
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Dear Ms. McTavish and Mrs. Nunn,
All your storeys are awesome. I liked them. I really enjyed the song you played
about bears. I learned that bears can chravle far. I liked your bear prints,
they are cool. I learned that most of the time bears don’t eat meet.
I will remember when I’m outside in nacher that I will make nose and
Be in a groop of people and look for Bear thracs and sines. But most of all
I like you. |
Kennedy, Book Reading Participant |
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Dear Ms. McTavish, Mrs. Nunn, and Mrs. Wentzloff,
I like the book and the bager in the rock. No mater were you
look there is magic in the mountains. I love your book and
the way the animals are hiden you can hardly see them.
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Sara, Book Reading Participant |
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Hi you guys,
I love your book! I think you should start a series. The
best part of your wolf book is..I don’t know a lot
of authours that ask kids to help them edit a book. Mrs.
Wentzloff, I
really love your pictures. Mrs. Nunn, Nice ideas!!!! |
David, Book Reading Participant |
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Dear Ms. McTavish and Mrs. Nunn,
Thank you for reading us the story. I really like your song.
You are the best reader. I learned to be with a big group
outside. I was really excited when you came to the school.
It was really fun with you. |
Devon, Book Reading Participant |
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Dear Carol & Lori,
Thank you for your visit to my classroom! My students loved the books and presentation. They really enjoy writing and illustrating their stories. … We are all looking forward to your next book about wolves. Thanks so much for your visit and helping to inspire the students to write. |
Sincerely,
Sue Bjorge, 3B |
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Dear Ms. McTavish and Mrs. Nunn,
I love both your books. The writing is perfect and the illustrations are superb. All the hidden animals are neat. I give it a 10 out of 10. Your books are the best. |
Sean,
3B |
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Thank you!
It was the day after Halloween and there were two amazing authors at ERS. They were really good at writing. I loved the way that they wrote the Path of Great Bear. It reminded me of the first bear in my life. I was surprised by how the bear didn’t see the person. I supposed that she was really quiet. It was a really good book. It was the best book I’ve ever read.
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Brett,
3B |
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There before me stood two amazing authors! They were no ordinary authors; they had two books in their hands! I supposed that the book was called Magic in the Mountains. The other one was called In the Path of Great Bear. As they read it to me I noticed Katie found a fossil when Ethan was up in the rock. As I ran my eye across the page there were fossils all over the rocks. I was surprised that their mountains were beautiful. Then I looked out the window and I saw the same thing that was in the picture. I loved the book. Thank you. |
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Maddy, 3B |
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