Judy in July: Mine and Canada's 100Th Birthday

By J. Campbell Childerhose

Judy in July: Mine and Canada's 100th Birthday is written as a memoir of 1967. Seen through the eyes of a 10-year-old's 12 diary entries, it is a 32-page picture book that deals with the celebrations of that year. It's also a topic that lends itself to an introduction of a basic history of Canada. Any child who was in school that year learned at least two things: that Canada first became a country on July 1st, 1867 and that Sir John A. Macdonald was Canada's first Prime Minister.

"It's a year you'll always remember!" remarked Grandma Florence and undoubtedly, she was right. Set within the comfortable settings of school and family life, the reader will follow the authorÕs family connections to learn how Canada was first discovered, what peoples settled it, and other information about Canada. Told from a child's viewpoint, it includes comments that adults might think, but only a child would make. Adults who lived through the era, might welcome the opportunity to share their memories with their own children and grandchildren.

Designed as a flip-book, you can flip Judy in July to see in the right-hand margins, the Canadian flag waving, read the date of Canadian Confederation or see silhouettes of children marching. If flipped the opposite way, you can read in both languages the names of the provinces and territories as well as the dates they entered Confederation.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Release date: Feb 8, 2006
• ISBN: 9781466981522

J. Campbell Childerhose

Thanks to her Grandma Florence, Ms. Campbell Childerhose has grown up "feeling history" all around her. Her grandmother never seemed to tire of telling her and the "younger set", of their family members' connections to different places or to historical events. Her history-happens-at-home approach showed them that history is found not only in history books, but in our own homes and in our hearts. While not always willing to hear yet another story, she came to understand that we are living history, each day of our lives. Following in the footsteps of both her grandmothers (Florence and also, Rita), Ms. Campbell Childerhose became a teacher. Having obtained B.A.'s from Brock University (1978 in Psychology) and Laurentian University (1980 in History) she graduated with a B.Ed. from Queen's University in 1981. In 1992 Ms. C.C. was the first recipient of the Andrew Love Memorial Award, a national award given to an Intervener by the Canadian Deafblind Rubella Association. In 1997, she studied through University of Western Ontario to become a Teacher of the Deafblind. While working through kindergarten to high school with her student Jason who is deafblind, there were many opportunities to study Canada. Unfortunately, it was impossible to find a single book on Canada's Centennial Year! Not until the author and her husband Ted, were on their way to his military posting in Colorado, did she decide the time had come, to write about one of the happiest times of her childhood.

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