Herman loves to entertain his Street Monster pals at Sarah’s Cafe, making their favourite hot beverage – the DOUBLE TROUBLE CHOCOLATE BUBBLE VANILLA TRUFFLE MOCCACHINO with SPRINKLES! But they soon […]
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JUVENILE FICTION
Age 4-10. While on a fishing trip with his grandfather in western Newfoundland, Daniel discovers a maple tree that has stood there for decades. What he doesn’t realize is just […]
The Porcupine Collection is a collection of fiction and nonfiction titles for beginning readers (Levels A – L) designed to support students’ ability to read strategically and independently. A Pet […]
The Porcupine Collection is a collection of fiction and nonfiction titles for beginning readers (Levels A – L) designed to support students’ ability to read strategically and independently. A Pocketful […]
<b>A spellbinding, action-packed middle-grade novel about girls who must fight for their friendship across time using witchcraft, healing, and magic – set in the wonderful forests of Germany’s 19th Century Kingdom of Wurrtemberg and present-day Nova Scotia.</b>
<b>A riotous, quirky nonsense-poetry alphabet with a focus on literacy featuring bright and silly illustrations of a diverse cast of characters.</b>
The Porcupine Collection is a collection of fiction and nonfiction titles for beginning readers (Levels A – L) designed to support students’ ability to read strategically and independently. A Winter […]
<p><i>Spring. Beautiful blossoms. Chirping peepers. Trees swaying in their new greenery. Pussy willows glistening in furry white coats. Rain and warmth. New births and new beginnings…</i></p><p>Ten-year-old Abigail Price is excited about spring in her new home in Birchtown. Spring means lots of things, like flower buds and fresh leaves and her Aunt Dinah’s new baby. She’s hoping it also means she’ll get a new dress to wear for the celebration, but new clothing, like many things, is hard to come by.</p><p>The first children’s picture book set in historic Birchtown, Nova Scotia, Abigail’s Wish is a window into the life of a Black Loyalist family in the early years of the historic colony. Through the eyes of young Abigail, this stunning collaboration between poet and novelist Gloria Ann Wesley and awardwinning illustrator Richard Rudnicki will teach readers about Black Loyalist life, and the value of friendship and patience.</p>
English description follows. Après avoir embauché trois gouvernantes, le père d’Adélaïde, notaire à Québec, n’en peut plus : Adélaïde ira pensionnaire au couvent de Lamèque. Pour une jeune fille qui […]
Beloved dog Jacoby, who’s helped numerous children deal with their anxiety and has helped them with their reading skills, is very sick. Seeing him in such pain, his owner Madame Ève decides to take him to the vet to put him own. As she learns to live without her dear companion, Madame Ève is comforted by the soothing memories of him. The children Jacoby helped miss him and decide to throw him a goodbye party. Slowly but surely, without ignoring the pain, or the sorrow, life goes on.
A powerful reimagination of what it was like to live in Africville in the 1960s through the eyes of a young girl.
English description follows.
Alors qu’une jeune fille visite le site historique d’Africville, à Halifax en Nouvelle-Écosse, elle se remémore les histoires qu’elle a entendues dans sa famille.
À quoi ressemblait la communauté ? Des maisons aux couleurs vives, logées dans la colline ; des champs où les garçons jouaient au football ; un étang où les enfants faisaient du rafting ; la pêche en abondance; des immenses feux de joie… La jeune fille sort de sa rêverie ; elle visite le parc historique actuel et le cadran solaire où le nom de son arrière-grand mère est gravé dans la pierre, et célèbre un jour d’été aux retrouvailles annuelles d’Africville.
