A Halifax Time-Travelling Tune
Grandma closed the piano lid. “I love singing those old tunes with you.
I wish you could have seen the Halifax I once knew.”
This dreamy and whimsical story… Read More
By: Jan Coates (CA)
Grandma closed the piano lid. “I love singing those old tunes with you.
I wish you could have seen the Halifax I once knew.”
This dreamy and whimsical story… Read More
By: Doretta Groenendyk (CA)
Seal went for a stroll…
The icy puddles were too small for swimming
The rocks were too tall for climbing.
Seal saw bright lights. They sparkled.
Seal liked… Read More
By: Jennifer Houle (CA)
The inhabitants of the bottom of the bay are discouraged. So much waste accumulates there. Not a day goes by without one of them getting stuck in a plastic object…. Read More
By: Heidi Jardine Stoddart (CA)
Back to the Beach is a simple but lively story about Gus and his dog, Sam, who experience a gleeful day at the beach. Amidst their playful romping, racing, splashing, and exploring, Gus and Sam come… Read More
By: Lori Doody (CA)
Kate is excited for the beginning of summer, but all this rain, drizzle, and fog is no fun. “Capelin weather” her grandmother declares, setting Kate on the lookout for the silvery fish whose arrival ushers in summer…. Read More
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Prepare for liftoff! Award-winning illustrator Josée Bisaillon makes her authorial debut with the story of fun-loving, space-obsessed Esther, who dreams of building a spaceship to explore the galaxy. This STEM-friendly… Read More
By: Dave Atkinson (CA)
Kate is an odd duck-literally. When the full moon arrives, the rest of her family turns into wolves, but she is a happy wereduck. Relatively happy, that is. Her family has been uprooted from the wilds of New… Read More
By: Susan MacDonald (CA)
Someone wants Alec dead. Someone who can invade innocent bystanders, bending their will to his, forcing them to murder. Someone who can travel through multiple dimensions, has powers beyond Earthly… Read More
By: Prune Harris (CA), Lilian Marshall (CA), Murdena Marshall (CA)
The story of Muin and the Seven Bird Hunters is a very old Mi’kmaw legend. It happens in the North Sky as the stars that show the story of Muin and the Seven Bird Hunters move around Tatapn, the North… Read More
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She dreams of Sable Island
She goes there in her sleep
The fog comes softly to her
and she drifts across the deep.
Nova… Read More
By: Don McKay (CA)
Petra loves rocks, and collects them with a passion. She keeps them in her bedroom, in the kitchen cupboards, between the cushions of the living-room sofa, even in the bathroom… Read More
By: Dave Atkinson (CA)
The thrilling conclusion to the entertaining, critically acclaimed Wereduck series. Catch up with fourteen-year-old Kate, wereduck in a family of werewolves, as she races to uncover a way to undo the curse that haunts… Read More
By: Sara O'Leary (CA)
Ruby is curious about her world and has big ideas about how it works. A delightful picture book celebration of science and creativity, and a welcome companion to Sara O’Leary’s… Read More
By: Susan MacDonald (CA)
Picking up where Edge of Time left off, Time of Treason continues the story of Riley and Alec, otherwise normal teens whose special genetic traits grant them powers they are… Read More
By: Susan MacDonald (CA)
Being a teenager is hard enough. It’s even more difficult when you have supernatural powers you barely understand. Now that Alec and his terrifying abilities are under the control of… Read More
By: Jennifer Houle (CA)
English description follows. Les habitants du fond de la baie sont découragés. Tantet tant de détritus s’y accumulent. Pas un jour ne passe sans que l’un d’eux se retrouve coincé… Read More
By: Sarah Jane Conklin (CA)
Flora has been travelling all around the world and has seen wonderous things. How does she remember all the places she has been? Does she take artifacts home? Or does… Read More
By: Sal Sawler (CA), Emma FitzGerald (CA)
A love letter to the ocean, and to adapting to climate change, the newest picture book by award-winning creators Sal Sawler and Emma FitzGerald will inspire young readers to build… Read More
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