Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet
Author of A Prairie Alphabet
About the Author
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Works by Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Bannatyne-Cugnet, Jo
- Birthdate
- 1951-07-19
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- Canada
- Country (for map)
- Canada
- Birthplace
- Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Places of residence
- Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada
Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada - Education
- University of Saskatchewan, B.N.
- Occupations
- nurse
childrens' book author - Organizations
- Writer's Union of Canada
Saskatchewan Writer's Guild - Short biography
Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet was born and raised in Estevan, Saskatchewan. After graduating from the University of Saskatchewan with a nursing degree, she spent one year in Weyburn, Saskatchewan as a rural public health nurse before travelling to South America with plans to relocate and work there. While touring in Paraguay she accepted a marriage proposal via a midnight telephone call from a Weyburn farmer, Ken Cugnet. She came home to Canada and life on a farm. A self-described city slicker, Jo found her inspiration for writing as she raised her four sons. Seeing life on their wheat and cattle farm as her children did was both exciting and frustrating. Many times she could not answer questions her children asked her about farming. The result was two best-selling picture books on prairie life, A Prairie Alphabet and A Prairie Year.
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A Prairie Alphabet (ABC Our Country) by Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet
The art is lovely, beautifully representing the prairie landscape. Some great activities are included for primary school children.
Each letters sentence incorporates as many words begging with that specific letter as possible, which lets the reader learn many words associated with farming. There is also a description of the range of the prairie and how it was the French who gave it a name.
Author: Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet
Title: A Prairie Alphabet
Illustrator: Yvette Moore
Publisher: Tundra Books
Date: 2009
Pages: 32
Type: ABC book
Summary: It tells what they do on the prairie farms. Describes the work they do starting with A ending with Z. It also shows the kids the hard tasks you have to do to live on a prairie farm.
I liked this book, it helps kids a good understanding about farms, and also helps them learn the alphabet. I think any book that can grabs the child's attention will be a great book!… (more)
Title: A Prairie Alphabet
Illustrator: Yvette Moore
Publisher: Tundra Books
Date: 2009
Pages: 32
Type: ABC book
Summary: It tells what they do on the prairie farms. Describes the work they do starting with A ending with Z. It also shows the kids the hard tasks you have to do to live on a prairie farm.
I liked this book, it helps kids a good understanding about farms, and also helps them learn the alphabet. I think any book that can grabs the child's attention will be a great book!… (more)
Review: This book informs the reader about the Canadian prairie and all that is has to offer, through the engaging and conceptual approach of the alphabet as well as from a child's perspective. Wonderfully detailed pictures help this alphabet book to be more than the words on the page.
Genre: This book is an excellent example of am informational text for multiple reasons. This book is considered a concept book because of its use of the alphabet to organize and present information. Vocabulary and terms presented certainly stimulate and spark the mind of the reader. Alliterations with each letter make this book fun and interesting to read. Extension paragraphs for each letter are located in the back of the book to let the reader continue to explore the letter and topic. The incredibly detailed illustrations in this book help this informational text to engage the reader and enhance the information that they are receiving via the text.… (more)
Genre: This book is an excellent example of am informational text for multiple reasons. This book is considered a concept book because of its use of the alphabet to organize and present information. Vocabulary and terms presented certainly stimulate and spark the mind of the reader. Alliterations with each letter make this book fun and interesting to read. Extension paragraphs for each letter are located in the back of the book to let the reader continue to explore the letter and topic. The incredibly detailed illustrations in this book help this informational text to engage the reader and enhance the information that they are receiving via the text.… (more)
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Statistics
- Works
- 8
- Members
- 378
- Popularity
- #63,851
- Rating
- 4.3
- Reviews
- 5
- ISBNs
- 18
- Languages
- 1