{"id":3467,"date":"2015-02-21T23:24:43","date_gmt":"2015-02-21T23:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/?p=3467"},"modified":"2023-09-16T16:40:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T16:40:26","slug":"silver-threads-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/silver-threads-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Silver Threads"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3467 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/teachers-guides\/silverthreads\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"136\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/silverthreads-150x136.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"silverthreads\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/silverthreads-150x136.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/silverthreads-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/silverthreads.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 85vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/cover_silverthreads\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/cover_silverthreads-150x120.gif\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-78\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-78'>\n\t\t\t\tUkrainian edition\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/korst\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"134\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/korst-150x134.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/korst-150x134.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/korst-300x268.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/korst.jpg 769w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 85vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-171'>\n\t\t\t\tKorean edition\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_8244\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8244\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/silverthreadsoriginal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8244 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/silverthreadsoriginal-300x245.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/silverthreadsoriginal-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/silverthreadsoriginal-1024x836.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/silverthreadsoriginal-150x123.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/silverthreadsoriginal-1200x980.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/silverthreadsoriginal.jpg 1436w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8244\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Original edition, 1996<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8251\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8251\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/newsilv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8251 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/newsilv-300x266.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/newsilv-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/newsilv-150x133.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/newsilv.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Silver Threads is the magical story of Anna and Ivan, two young newly-weds who escape poverty and hardship in Ukraine to start a new life on the Canadian frontier. As they struggle to build their homestead, World War I breaks out. And when Ivan volunteers to fight for his new homeland, tragedy strikes. While Anna works and waits alone, hope comes from an unexpected source. Based on true events, Silver Threads is a stirring lesson in history and a heart-warming tale of love and faith.<\/p>\n<p>Silver Threads was selected by the Ontario Library Association as a Best Bet for 1996.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian edition available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ualberta.ca\/canadian-institute-of-ukrainian-studies\/centres-and-programs\/ulec\/resources\/ulec-publications\/enrichment-resources.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-3467 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/silver-threads-teachers-guide\/tpic1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tpic1-300x228.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tpic1-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tpic1-150x114.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tpic1-263x200.jpg 263w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tpic1.jpg 394w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-277'>\n\t\t\t\tWith tears in their eyes, Anna and Ivan travelled across the ocean to Canada.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/tpic2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tpic2-300x232.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tpic2-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tpic2-150x116.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tpic2-259x200.jpg 259w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tpic2.jpg 388w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-278'>\n\t\t\t\tTheir last night together was Sviat Vechir &#8212; Christmas Eve.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span class=\"mbm-book-reviews-label\">Reviews:<\/span><span class=\"mbm-book-reviews-block\"><span class=\"mbm-book-reviews-header\"><span class=\"mbm-book-reviews-reviewer-name\">Macleans<\/span><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>wrote:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"mbm-book-reviews-text\"><p>\u201cA classic fable about the power of love.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"mbm-book-reviews-block\"><span class=\"mbm-book-reviews-header\"><span class=\"mbm-book-reviews-reviewer-name\">Lubomyr Luciuk<\/span><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>on<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"mbm-book-reviews-website\">Kingston Whig Standard<\/span><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>wrote:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"mbm-book-reviews-text\"><p>\u201cRemarkably, Ms Skrypuch has retrieved an all-but-forgotten indignity in Canadian history without bitterness\u2026.This is a book that every Canadian grade school library should own.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"mbm-book-reviews-block\"><span class=\"mbm-book-reviews-header\">on<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"mbm-book-reviews-website\">Edmonton Journal<\/span>:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"mbm-book-reviews-text\"><p>\u201cCanadian readers of all stripes like Silver Threads.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"mbm-book-reviews-block\"><span class=\"mbm-book-reviews-header\">on<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"mbm-book-reviews-website\">Ukrainian Weekly<\/span>:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"mbm-book-reviews-text\"><p>\u201cIt was not at all hard for me to become enthralled, immediately, with \u2018Silver Threads.\u2019 \u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<style>\n  #goodreads-widget {<br \/>    font-family: georgia, serif;<br \/>    padding: 18px 0;<br \/>    width:575px;<br \/>  }<br \/>  #goodreads-widget h1 {<br \/>    font-weight:normal;<br \/>    font-size: 16px;<br \/>    border-bottom: 1px solid #BBB596;<br \/>    margin-bottom: 0;<br \/>  }<br \/>  #goodreads-widget a {<br \/>    text-decoration: none;<br \/>    color:#660;<br \/>  }<br \/>  iframe{<br \/>    background-color: #ffffff;<br \/>  }<br \/>  #goodreads-widget a:hover { text-decoration: underline; 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As they struggle to build their homestead, World War I breaks out. And when Ivan volunteers to fight for his new homeland, tragedy strikes. While Anna &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/silver-threads-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Silver Threads&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425,426,300,623,543],"tags":[301,303,225,542,196,7,302],"class_list":["post-3467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-american-books","category-canadian-books","category-silver-threads","category-ukrainian-themed-books","category-wwi-canadian-internment","tag-301","tag-enemy-aliens","tag-first-world-war-internment","tag-internment-novel","tag-skrypuch","tag-ukrainian","tag-world-war-i"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3467"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8996,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3467\/revisions\/8996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}