Canada ABCs: A Book About the People and Places of Canada
Written by Brenda Haugen
Narrated by Various Narrators
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About this audiobook
An alphabetical exploration of the people, geography, animals, plants, history, and culture of Canada.
Brenda Haugen
Brenda Haugen started in the newspaper business and had a career as an award-winning journalist before finding her niche as an author. Since then, she has written more than 50 books and edited hundreds more, most of them for children. A graduate of the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, Brenda lives in North Dakota with her dog, Alice, who chose Brenda when she went to the Humane Society thinking she was there to adopt another dog.
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