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Tundra Books is the oldest children ' ___MASK32___ book publisher in Canada . Canada ( French : ) is a country in the northern half of North America . Its ten provinces and ___MASK98___ territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean , covering , making ___MASK91___ the world ' ___MASK32___ second - largest country by total area and the fourth - largest country by land area . Canada ' ___MASK32___ border with the United States is the world ' ___MASK32___ longest land border . The majority of the country has a cold or severely cold winter climate , but southerly areas are warm in summer . Canada is sparsely populated , the majority of its land territory being dominated by forest and tundra and the Rocky Mountains . About four - fifths of the country ' ___MASK32___ population of 36 million people is urbanized and live near the southern border . Its capital is Ottawa , its largest city is Toronto ; other major urban areas include Montreal , Vancouver , Calgary , Edmonton , Quebec City , Winnipeg and Hamilton . Pointillism is a technique of painting in which small , distinct dots of color are applied in patterns to form an ___MASK71___ . Georges Seurat and Paul Signac developed the technique in 1886 , branching from Impressionism . The term " Pointillism " was first coined by art critics in the late 1880s to ridicule the works of these artists , and is now used without its earlier mocking connotation . The movement Seurat began with this technique is known as Neo - Impressionism . The Divisionists , too , used a similar technique of patterns to form images , though with larger cube - like brushstrokes . ___MASK43___ painted in 1884 , is one of Georges Seurat ' s most famous works . It is a leading example of pointillism technique , executed on a large canvas . Seurat ' s composition includes a number of Parisians at a park on the banks of the River Seine . Neo - Impressionism is a term coined by French art critic Félix Fénéon in 1886 to describe an art movement founded by Georges Seurat . Seurat  ___MASK32___ greatest masterpiece , " ___MASK43___ ", marked the beginning of this movement when it first made its appearance at an exhibition of the Société des Artistes Indépendants ( Salon des Indépendants ) in Paris . Around this time , the peak of France  ___MASK32___ modern era emerged and many painters were in search of new methods . Followers of Neo - Impressionism , in particular , were drawn to modern urban scenes as well as landscapes and seashores . Science - based interpretation of lines and colors influenced Neo - Impressionists ' characterization of their own contemporary art . The Pointillist and Divisionist techniques are often mentioned in this context , because it was the dominant technique in the beginning of the Neo - impressionist movement . Georges - Pierre Seurat ( 2 December 1859  29 March 1891 ) was a French post - Impressionist painter and draftsman . He is noted for his innovative use of drawing media and for devising the painting techniques known as chromoluminarism and pointillism . Seurat ' ___MASK32___ artistic personality was compounded of qualities which are usually supposed to be opposed and incompatible : on the one hand , his extreme and delicate sensibility ; on the other , a passion for logical abstraction and an almost mathematical precision of mind . His large - scale work , " ___MASK43___ " ( 1884  1886 ), altered the direction of modern art by initiating Neo - impressionism , and is one of the icons of late 19th - century painting . I Want a Dog is a children ' ___MASK32___ book written and illustrated by Dayal Kaur Khalsa , originally published by Tundra Books and Clarkson N . Potter in 1987 . The cover painting of the original book , which was also featured in the film version , is based on Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat . The book ' ___MASK32___ main character was named after May Cutler , founder of its Canadian publisher , Tundra .