Download or read book A Guide to First Spring on the Grand Banks written by Stanley Sparkes and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 1981-01-01 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide has been prepared to assist teachers at the senior elementary and early secondary levels who would like to use Bill Freeman's First Spring on the Grand Banks young adult novel in English and in Canadian history classes. Stanley Sparkes has written a comprehensive guide includes a commentary on Newfoundland literature; an historical background on the social, political and economic setting of the story; a selection of varied teaching methods by which the novel may be approached; and a list of resources relevant to the themes of the book.