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Keywords

assertiveness, canada, christmas, conflict resolution, cooperation, escape, farm, food, history, holidays, hope, immigrants, love, loyalty, multicultural, patience, prayer, spider, stress management, ukrainian, war

Title

Silver threads

Description

Ivan and Anna flee from Ukraine and sail to Canada where they are promised land for farming. They begin a new life, but Canada soon joins World War I. Ivan tries to fight for Canada in the war, but they take him as a prisoner instead. Years pass and Anna waits alone until Ivan finally returns to the farm from an internment camp

Author

Skrypuch, Marsha Forchuk

Publisher

Fitzhenry & Whiteside

Illustrator

Martchenko, Michael

ISBN

1-55041-901-3

City of Publication

Markham, Ontario

Year of Publication

2004

Author of Abstract

Abstract provided by Laura Esch, 2006

Citation

Skrypuch, Marsha Forchuk, “Silver threads,” Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University, accessed October 1, 2023, https://dlp.lib.miamioh.edu/picturebook/items/show/13371.