<p>An easy-to-read, highly-illustrated book about animals that have gone into space that will grab the attention of any curious young reader</p>
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Age 6-10. Since the first spacecraft launched in 1957, there have been many ground-breaking missions that have expanded our knowledge of the solar system. The 50 featured in this collection […]
Identify constellations, planets, and stars with this beginner’s guide to 50 things to see in the night sky.
On the fifth day of Christmas,<br/>
My true love gave to me<br/>
Five Highland flings!<br/>
Four coal seams,<br/>
Three lobster traps, <br/>
Two fiddle tunes,<br/>
And a Bluenose in at Pier Three.<br/>
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“The Twelve Days of Christmas” gets a taste of Nova Scotian revelry in this energetic retelling by storyteller Bruce Nunn. With Doretta Groenendyk’s charming and funny illustrations, readers young and old will want to read–and sing!–this version of the carol every Christmas.
<p>Born on a farm in the village of Cormier Cove in New- Brunswick, the young Roméo LeBlanc did not expect that one day, thanks to his loving family and some […]
<p>Finally, the remarkable story of honourary Newfoundlander Lanier Phillips is available for young children in this heartwarming picture book.</p> <p>A young African American and the son of sharecroppers, Lanier Phillips escapes the violence, racism, and segregation of his Georgia home by joining the navy during the Second World War. But tragedy strikes the USS Truxtun one February night off the southeastern coast of Newfoundland, and Lanier is the lone Black survivor of the terrible shipwreck. Covered in oil when he arrives onshore, the community’s kindness and humanity brings him back to health and changes his outlook on life. He would go on to march for Black rights with Martin Luther King, and remained forever grateful to the small town of St. Lawrence, Newfoundland.</p> <p>With vibrant illustrations by celebrated artist Erin Banks, <i>A Change of Heart</i> vividly depicts Lanier’s life-changing experiences in Newfoundland that fateful February.</p>
Each set in the Little Porcupine Plus series is comprised of 4 titles (Levels A, B, C, D) on a single theme or topic. The themes and designs of this […]
<b>Angus MacAskill, known far and wide as the Cape Breton Giant, travelled the world performing for crowds, but never stopped longing to return to the place he loved the best: his Cape Breton home.<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. At the […]
<p>In this touching, often humorous remembrance, Diana Daly introduces young readers to her smart, funny, and caring great-aunties and -uncles – six remarkable people who lived with skeletal dysplasia at […]
Everyone knows that the oceans are full of treasures and hidden dangers–with Sylvain Rivière we discover twenty-six of them. With the sail set to cruising, <i>Ah! pour Atlantique</i> explores the myths of Ulysses and Neptune, kayak and yacht voyages, the threat presently posed by green crabs and multiple other aspects of the marine trades. All sails set, Rivière’s verses resonate like a foghorn, illustrated by the talented Réjean Roy. These marine terms offer a special passage into francophone America–its dreamscapes and majestic views, a wellspring of treasures and adventures firmly anchored in our Maritime vocabulary.
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. All About […]
