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Author Wallace, Ian, 1950- author, illustrator.

Title The slippers' keeper / [written and illustrated by] Ian Wallace.

Publication Info. Toronto, Ontario ; Berkeley, CA : Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2015.
©2015

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Location Call No. Status
 Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department  J PICTURE BOOK WALLACE    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Children's Department  JB-PURDON, J.    Check Shelf
Description 1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 x 28 cm
Form Issued also in electronic format.
Summary "After stumbling as a child upon a cluster of Showy Lady's Slippers in bloom, Joe dedicated his life to protecting these rare orchids. In this picture book ... Ian Wallace depicts how [he] became a steward of a fragile piece of land in Eastern Ontario. Thanks to his passion, diligence, and generosity, the Purdon Conservation Area (now the Mississippi Valley Conservation Area) was established in 1982. It is home to one of the largest colonies of Showy Lady's Slippers in North America"--Amazon.com.
Subject Purdon, Joe -- Juvenile literature.
Slipper orchids -- Protection -- Ontario -- Juvenile literature.
Conservationists -- Canada -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Other Form: Wallace, Ian, 1950-, author, illustrator. Slippers' keeper. (CaOONL)20149057997
ISBN 9781554984145 (bound)
1554984149 (bound)
9781554984152 (pdf)
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