A Handful of Time
by Kit Pearson | Children's Books | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 014032268x Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 014032268x Global Overview for this book
Registered by JessicaEby of Cambridge, Ontario Canada on 11/13/2017
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
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I bought this book last year at a local charity shop here in Cambridge, Ontario. I can see that it once belonged to Canadian Martyrs School in Burlington, so it's travelled about 50km so far. This book was written when I was a baby and it's a pretty well-known Canadian children's book, having won the Canadian Library Association's "Book of the Year for Children" Award, but it's one that I managed to grow up without reading, somehow.
I have been reading a lot of non-fiction lately, mostly relating to my country's military history, and I felt like I needed a bit of a lighter read-- something quick and easy and fictional-- so I decided it would be a good time to read "A Handful of Time." I found it an enoyable book, and it held my interest well, even though it's not always the happiest read. I think it seems a little bit dated at times (the world has changed a lot in the last 30 years) but it didn't really bother me. The main themes are universal enough that the setting's not the most important thing. It reminded me a fair bit of The Girl From Away by Claire Mowat, which came out a few years after this one-- only this one is a bit more fanciful with a time-travel element, and it's set in Canada's west rather than Canada's east.
Anyway, in celebration of the sesquicentennial, I have dedicated my 2017 bookcrossing activity to the reading and sharing of Canadian stories. As this story was written by Canadian author Kit Pearson and is an award-winning book here in Canada, I thought that it would be a good inclusion in my Canada 150 project.
I have been reading a lot of non-fiction lately, mostly relating to my country's military history, and I felt like I needed a bit of a lighter read-- something quick and easy and fictional-- so I decided it would be a good time to read "A Handful of Time." I found it an enoyable book, and it held my interest well, even though it's not always the happiest read. I think it seems a little bit dated at times (the world has changed a lot in the last 30 years) but it didn't really bother me. The main themes are universal enough that the setting's not the most important thing. It reminded me a fair bit of The Girl From Away by Claire Mowat, which came out a few years after this one-- only this one is a bit more fanciful with a time-travel element, and it's set in Canada's west rather than Canada's east.
Anyway, in celebration of the sesquicentennial, I have dedicated my 2017 bookcrossing activity to the reading and sharing of Canadian stories. As this story was written by Canadian author Kit Pearson and is an award-winning book here in Canada, I thought that it would be a good inclusion in my Canada 150 project.
Journal Entry 2 by JessicaEby at Ancaster Square in Ancaster, Ontario Canada on Sunday, November 26, 2017
Released 6 yrs ago (11/26/2017 UTC) at Ancaster Square in Ancaster, Ontario Canada
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
While out and about in the Hamilton region today, I left this book in Ancaster at Ancaster Square. I left it on a bench just across the sidewalk from the old fashioned town clock.If you've found this book, thanks for picking it up and checking out its journal! If you're new to bookcrossing, welcome. We'd love it if you'd stick around with us a while. I really hope that you enjoy both this book and the whole bookcrossing experience!
This book was released as part of the 2017 "52 Towns in 52 Weeks" Release Challenge. I finished my 52 in August, but I've kept on going. Ancaster was Town #67 for me!
