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Be kind, be calm, be safe : four weeks that shaped a pandemic / by Henry, Bonnie,Dr.,author.; Henry, Lynn,author.;
Dr. Bonnie Henry has been called "one of the most effective public health figures in the world" by The New York Times. She has been called "a calming voice in a sea of coronavirus madness," and "our hero" in national newspapers. But in the waning days of 2019, when the first rumours of a strange respiratory ailment in Wuhan, China began to trickle into her office in British Colombia, these accolades lay in a barely imaginable future. Only weeks later, the whole world would look back on the previous year with the kind of nostalgia usually reserved for the distant past. With a staggering suddenness, our livelihoods, our closest relationships, our habits and our homes had all been transformed. In a moment when half-truths threatened to drown out the truth, when recklessness all too often exposed those around us to very real danger, and when it was difficult to tell paranoia from healthy respect for an invisible threat, Dr. Henry's transparency, humility, and humanity became a beacon for millions of Canadians. And her trademark enjoinder to be kind, be calm, and be safe became words for us all to live by. Coincidentally, Dr. Henry's sister, Lynn, arrived in BC for a long-planned visit on March 12, just as the virus revealed itself as a pandemic. For the four ensuing weeks, Lynn had rare insight into the whirlwind of Bonnie's daily life, with its moments of agony and gravity as well as its occasional episodes of levity and grace. Both a global story and a family story, Be Kind, Be Calm, Be Safe combines Lynn's observations and knowledge of Bonnie's personal and professional background with Bonnie's recollections of how and why decisions were made, to tell in a vivid way the dramatic tale of the four weeks that changed all our lives. Be Kind, Be Calm, Be Safe is about communication, leadership, and public trust; about the balance between politics and policy; and, at heart, about what and who we value, as individuals and a society.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Henry, Bonnie, Dr.; Henry, Lynn.; British Columbia. Office of the Provincial Health Officer; Health officers; Sisters; COVID-19 (Disease); Epidemics;
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My very first book of shapes = Mi primer libro de figuras / by Carle, Eric.;
In this split-page book, readers can match shapes on the top pages to pictures on the bottom pages.LSC
Subjects: Shapes; Form perception; Split-page books; Spanish language materials;
© 2013, c1974., Philomel Books,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Circle! sphere! / by Lin, Grace.;
"Manny, Olivia, and Mei are blowing bubbles. Manny's wand is a circle, Olivia's wand is a square, and Mei's wand is a heart. What shape will their bubbles be? Engages young children in exploring geometry and making predictions."--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Shapes; Geometry;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Round is a tortilla : a book of shapes / by Thong, Roseanne.; Parra, John.;
A little girl discovers things that are round, square, and rectangular in her Hispanic American neighborhood.LSC
Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Shapes; Form perception; Hispanic American children;
© c2013., Chronicle Books,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Land : how the hunger for ownership shaped the modern world / by Winchester, Simon,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Explores the concept of land ownership and how it has shaped history, examining how people fight over, steward, and occasionally share land, and what humanity's proprietary relationship with land means for the future.
Subjects: Land tenure;
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One sunny day / by Salzano, Tammi.; Wood, Hannah.;
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Subjects: Bears; Shapes; Play;
© 2012., ME Media,
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Scribble / by Ohi, Ruth.;
Scribble invites Circle, Square, and Triangle to play and together they make all sorts of things, such as a tree, a hot air balloon, and a rocket ship.LSC
Subjects: Shapes; Drawing; Play;
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Square / by Barnett, Mac.; Klassen, Jon.;
When his friend Circle asks him to do her portrait after praising him as an artistic genius, Square struggles to carve her likeness from a stone block.LSC
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Shapes; Sculpture; Friendship;
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A womb in the shape of a heart : my story of miscarriage and motherhood / by Gallant, Joanne,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."A thirty year old pediatric nurse with dreams of motherhood, Joanne Gallant was confident that she and her partner would conceive soon after they married--it was a matter of when, not if. And yet. Her first pregnancy, a set of twins, is riddled with dangerous complications that endanger her life, and results in devastating loss. After emergency surgery, Gallant is diagnosed with biconuate uterus, a rare condition also known as a heart shaped womb. There is no cure, no pill, no surgery that can alter her fate. What is happening to her now was preordianed long before her own birth. As motherhood continues to elude her, Gallant and her partner navigate the world of infertility--up until the pregnancy that results, to their astonishment, in the premature birth of their son. What follows are not the blissful, pastel day of early motherhood, but months of severe post-partum anxiety and post traumatic stress; she is sure her son will be taken from her. It is a matter of when, not if. Punctuated by moments of incredible joy as she raises her young son, A Womb in the Shape of a Heart is the intimate story of Gallant's journey through miscarriage and motherhood, holding space for the complicated paradoxes of grief and gratitude, of life and death, and the impenetrable depths of a mother's love."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Gallant, Joanne; Gallant, Joanne.; Infertility, Female; Miscarriage; Motherhood.; Postpartum depression;
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Invisible influence : the hidden forces that shape behavior / by Berger, Jonah,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Social influence.;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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