Lois W Marlatt: 17 books

Travel with Brock and Becca to the city of Calgary, Alberta. Read about the sights of the world famous Calgary Stampede: the parade, the grandstand show, the midway, and the various exhibits. Enjoy Brock and Becca's exploits as the two children experience the excitement of staying in a city filled...

Brock and Becca enjoy many adventures in the Yukon and Alaska. They see lots of wild animals and birds, and none of them are in cages. Two flat tires at the same time on the lonely Dempster highway leading to the Arctic Circle was a worry, but Mom’s disappearance in a museum was of greater concern....

Brock and Becca are a young brother and sister who share many exciting adventures in different Canadian settings. In "Canoeing on the Grand River" their day of adventure begins with saving the life of a box turtle, and ends with a visit from a family of raccoons. Between these two events...

Brock and Becca and their parents spend a week at a working cattle ranch in Southern Saskatchewan. The most exciting event for the two children was the first time they rode on a full-grown horse. Now ponies will no longer do. It was exciting for Mother as well because she had never been on a horse...

Brock and Becca traveled to Churchill, Manitoba on the shore of Hudson Bay. It is the polar bear capital of the world. There are more bears in that area than anywhere else. The bears and the wolves often come into town looking for food, so there are people with guns protecting the town. If a bear...

Brock and Becca help Quebec City celebrate its 400th birthday. There are tours to all the famous places and they learn about the big battle between the English and the French on the Plains of Abraham under the commands of Generals Wolfe and Montcalm. Then they spend a week on the tall ship, Caledonia,...

Brock and Becca travel to Edmonton from Medicine Hat in an RV, but not with their Mom and Dad. For the first time in their lives they are away from their parents for several days. They are with friends of the family and their parrot Pauli. It is an exciting trip as they stop to see and do so many...

Brock and Becca are happy. Instead of being in school, they are vacationing on Manitoulin Island. They find out about the lives of beavers, and some history of the island including a little about the early settlers. They enjoy their picnic lunches with Mom and Dad in many of the different island areas....

Brock and Becca are going to visit New Brunswick and do something they had never done before. They are going to sleep overnight on a train. Brock climbs a giant lobster in Shediac and their van moves slowly backwards up a Magnetic Hill while the engine is in neutral. Brock and Becca visit the Cherry...

Brock and Becca enjoy touring Newfoundland and Labrador with other families. John, the only other boy on the tour, has lots of good ideas when it comes to teasing the girls. Brock does a little showing off and gets hurt, but not badly. Mom is not amused. Every day at least one moose can be seen wandering...

Brock and Becca’s family vacation is to be spent on Prince Edward Island, which is off of Canada’s eastern shore. Brock and Becca are excited. Almost as soon as they get there, they meet some pirates. An island is surrounded by water so there are lighthouses to be climbed, beaches to be explored,...

In the final book of the Laurence triogy, 14 year-old Laurence and his family move into town as he finishes grade 8 and begins high school. The move meant that Laurence left behind his good friends, and his pets, Spot and Henrietta. His enemy Mitch returns to threaten him. Disappointments and loneliness...

Happiness and sadness follow the 13 year-old Laurence through the second book in the series: ‘The Trapper'. His friends; a new pet named Henrietta; working on Uncle Andy’s farm; and a trip to the Toronto Exhibition, bring joy. A father who is out of work; a dog that is costing the family...

Laurence: the Champion, is the first in a trilogy following the life of a young boy as he grows to manhood during the Great Depression in rural Ontario. Laurence is 12 years old, lives in a haunted house and is bothered by the resident ghost. At school he faces a crabby teacher and a school bully....