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JackFruit Press is a publisher of high-quality non-fiction books for kids and young adults.
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How a quiet man helped our country find its voice.
The story of Canada's first female prime minister.
A simple, beautifully illustrated tale of sustainable development.
The story of how Canada almost didn't become a country.
A First Nations woman explains to a young boy how modern land claim disputes came to be.
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Maple Leaf Forever? The Warts & All Story of Canada's Creation Gets a Glowing Review
"The innovative minds at JackFruit Press know the secret to engaging kids in their own country’s history: take the subject out of the school textbooks and turn it into a tale teeming with conspiracy, bravery, and humour." Quill & Quire
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Friends in High Places
Last June, at Book Expo 2007, JackFruit publisher Jackie Brown met the scrapper himself, former prime minister Jean Chrétien, subject of the JFP biography, Jean Chrétien: The scrapper who climbed his way to the top.
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Our Featured Series
Canadian Prime Ministers
Warts & All
No one else has told Canada's story quite this way before . . .
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Roy MacGregor of the Globe and Mail says:
"… Canadian Prime Ministers: Warts & All may prove to be an inspired way to get Canadian kids to dip into their country's past … The series is, in fact, a celebration of the flawed, something all Canadians of all ages might reflect upon in this time of endless elections."
Desmond Morton, Hiram Mills Professor Emeritus, Department of History, McGill University:
"I am sure that many people will enjoy the opportunity to catch up on some of the strange and fascinating people who happened to join our "Right Honourables" over the years since Confederation. Thank you … JackFruit for making them better known."
Liz Braun of the Toronto Sun says:
"These books put some much-needed zip in the old sea-to-shining-sea adventure."
Kayak magazine:
"A valuable classroom resource."
Gail Hamilton, Canadian Review of Materials:
"Definitely has a place in school and public libraries."
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