In Return to the Sea, a young girl and her family set off on a summer road trip from Ontario to the Maritimes. On their way to their grandparents’ cottage in New Brunswick they visit many of the most famous tourist attractions east of Ontario: historic Quebec City; the world’s longest covered bridge in Hartland, New Brunswick; the legendary tides of the Bay of Fundy; Peggy’s Cove; the city of Halifax; and Anne’s Prince Edward Island. Everything from the car ride, to pirate stories, bonfires, and bike rides, is cherishingly documented by a young girl. <BR />
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Following in the footsteps of East to the Sea, Heidi Jardine Stoddart’s Return to the Sea is another enchanting story that captures the wonder and curiosity of a child. Stoddart’s storybook rhyming verse is accompanied by her detailed illustrations making this a perfect tale for all children. In particular, this book makes a wonderful souvenir for boys and girls who have visited the east coast: like the characters in the book, they can remember and recount their magical trip.
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<p>Molly loves searching for sea glass at Gram’s cottage. When she moves away, Molly finds herself in a faraway city wishing for another sea glass summer. Will her wish come true? With vibrant, paper-collage illustrations, <i>Sea Glass Summer</i> is a gentle, lyrical story celebrating the lure of the ocean.</p>
Adopted into a mixed family, thirteen-year-old Jacob Jollimore is having the worst summer of his life helping to care for an elderly Vietnamese woman that he ran into and injured […]
To an outsider, it might seem like an uneventful summer, but to Jackie it’s a whole new world. Her father has a new girlfriend — a young tattoo-artist named Nicole. Her mother seems more interested in Theresa, the sick girl living across the street, than she is in her own daughter.
<p>Thirteen-year-old Neil MacLeod feels like a fish out of water. He’s trying to adjust to his new life in Ottawa, but it’s half a continent away from his friends in Vancouver, not to mention a whole lot colder. Even worse, his mother still refuses to tell him the truth about the father he’s never met.</p>
<p>After being forced into an awkward visit with a grandmother he never knew existed, Neil stumbles across a clue to his father’s identity, and beins to unravel the mystery with some help from his new friend Courtenay. When he uncovers a shocking secret, and the truth about his unconventional family sinks in, Neil decides to run away, all the way to his grandfather’s horse farm in New Brunswick. </p>
<p>A sensitive and moving story about growing up, <i>The Disappearing Boy</i> teaches us that every family is different, and love is never as simple as it seems on the surface.</p>
<p>Tulia May lives in rural Nova Scotia with her mother, who works in the laundry of the nearby Ideal Maternity Home. It’s a place where unwed mothers can discreetly give birth, a place where adoptions by rich Americans can be quickly arranged. Tulia doesn’t think about the workings of the home much; mostly she hates being roped in to helping scrub the endless diapers. Her friend Finny Paul has suspicions that the home is holding sinister secrets—the worst being that unadoptable babies are being buried in butterboxes—but Tulia thinks he’s being ridiculous. When Tulia’s sister Becky ends up in the home, Tulia truly starts to consider Finny’s concerns. And when she and Finny discover what’s really going on there, she knows she has to act quickly to keep Becky’s baby safe. </p>
<p>Based on the true story of the Ideal Maternity Home, and its tragic Butterbox Babies, <i>The Family Way</i> is a thoughtful and engaging exploration of family and of Nova Scotia’s history. A stand-alone middle-grade novel, it also serves as a prequel to the critically acclaimed Cammie novels, <i>Flying With a Broken Wing</i> and <i>Cammie Takes Flight</i>.</p>
In this illustrated picture book, a young boy asks his grandmother to knit him a sweater, which he wears as he grows up and travels the world, before returning to his seaside village.
<p>Aly spends Remembrance Day with her great-grandfather. The latter is all dressed up, beret on his head and medals lined up on his veteran’s chest. Cling, clang, cling… One medal […]
<p>Love is growing, and baby too! Inside mommy’s tummy, baby wiggles legs, fists and toes. </p>
<p>Mom and Dad count the stars, baby jumps in the belly. </p>
<p>Patiently, Mom feels the kicks and Dad dreams and draws. Weeks go by, the belly grows high, and the parents don’t know what else to count to keep on waiting. </p>
<p>A poetic escape into the adventure of being born. </p>
<p><b>A tender story celebrating the natural world and our place within it, featuring lyrical verse and bold, tactile paper-collage illustrations.</b></p> <p>A tender and lyrical story celebrating the natural world and […]
