Silver Threads.Silver Threads Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, author Michael Martchenko Michael Martchenko (born August 1 1942) is a Canadian illustrator best known for illustrating many of the stories of Robert Munsch. Born in France, he moved to Canada when he was seven, where he graduated from the Ontario College of Art. , illustrator Fitzhenry & Whiteside 121 Harvard Ave., #2, Allston, MA 02134 1550419013 $16.95 www.fitzhenry.ca Written by the grandchild of one of many interned in·tern also in·terne n. 1. a. A student or a recent graduate undergoing supervised practical training. b. individuals, Silver Threads is a children's picturebook based on true events of history. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Anna and Ivan, a young married couple from the Ukraine began a new life on a homestead on the Canadian frontier. When World War I erupts, Ivan volunteers to fight for his new country, yet Canadian authorities seize him and send him to an internment internment, in international law, detention of the nationals or property of an enemy or a belligerent. A belligerent will intern enemy merchant ships or take them as prize, and a neutral should intern both belligerent ships that fail to leave its ports within a camp solely because he is from the Ukraine. Anna must continue struggling to provide for herself and keep her homestead's land cleared for years in spite of her husband's absence. Yet she never gives up hope, and on Christmas Day, a miracle occurs. Silver Threads is a story based on Canada's internment of "enemy aliens"--Ukranian, European, and Japanese citizens who had committed no crime but were hated solely because of where they came from--during and after World War I. The Canadian government has not acknowledged the injustice nor returned the confiscated con·fis·cate tr.v. con·fis·cat·ed, con·fis·cat·ing, con·fis·cates 1. To seize (private property) for the public treasury. 2. To seize by or as if by authority. See Synonyms at appropriate. adj. belongings to this day. Though Silver Threads is ultimately a heartwarming heart·warm·ing or heart-warm·ing adj. 1. Causing gladness and pleasure. 2. Eliciting sympathy and tender feelings: a heartwarming tale. Adj. 1. tale, illustrated in beautiful color, it is also a profound introduction to acts of injustice that humans commit against one another. |
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