Jessie Willcox Smith. Composed in charcoal, water and oil, 1916. Public domain.
The Making of Death on the Ice By Nancy Earle
A popular guest speaker in the
province’s schools following the
publication of Death on the Ice, in the
1970s and 1980s Cassie Brown was
many children’s first introduction to a
Newfoundland author... [ Read
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Marjorie Mews: All classes, kinds and creeds By Suzanne Sexty
On October 30, 1935 Mews was appointed as 2nd
Assistant Librarian with the salary of $720 per
annum. Why, or how, this appointment came about
is unclear, but it was a fortunate selection, and for
the next 30 years Mews would devote her
professional life to expanding library services in St.
John’s and especially to the provision of services to
children...
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