The Vimy oaks : a journey to peace / Linda Granfield ; illustrated by Brian Deines.

By:

Granfield, Linda

Contributor(s):

Deines, Brian

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1443148504 (hardcover)
9781443148504 (hardcover)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

940.4/65 23

Summary: Recounts the story of Lieutenant Leslie H. Miller, a teacher and farmer, who was part of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the battle of Vimy Ridge in April 1917. At the battle, he picked up a handful of acorns and mailed them home where they were planted at his farm in Ontario and became oak trees. In April 2017, seedlings from these oaks will be repatriated to their original territory at Vimy Ridge as part of the ceremonies to mark Canada's contribution to the war.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
BOOK	Meaford Public Library Junior Collection	Non-fiction	J 940 .4 Granf (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	Forest of Reading nominee 2018		15423
BOOK	Meaford Public Library Junior Collection	Non-fiction	J 940 .4 Granf (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	Forest of Reading nominee 2018		13834

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Includes index.

Recounts the story of Lieutenant Leslie H. Miller, a teacher and farmer, who was part of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the battle of Vimy Ridge in April 1917. At the battle, he picked up a handful of acorns and mailed them home where they were planted at his farm in Ontario and became oak trees. In April 2017, seedlings from these oaks will be repatriated to their original territory at Vimy Ridge as part of the ceremonies to mark Canada's contribution to the war.

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