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  • Oak Island Revenge A Jonah Morgan Mystery

    Oak Island Revenge A Jonah Morgan Mystery

    Created by: Cynthia D'Entremont
    Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

    Jonah is fourteen and lives on the Western Shore of Nova Scotia in 1958. He and his best friend, Beaz, have figured out a way to get to the forbidden Oak Island to seek treasure. They find a gold locket down one of the treasure shafts and can’t believe their luck—until they realize that the locket is not pirate’s booty but possibly evidence in a current murder investigation, one which Jonah already knows more about than he can handle. Beaz is in danger from his abusive mother if she finds out he’s gone to Oak Island, so Jonah keeps the secret even though there is a killer at large in his small community.

    Oak Island Revenge is a coming-of-age story, with much higher stakes than most teenagers have to contend with.

    $12.95
  • Gus the Tortoise Takes a Walk

    Gus the Tortoise Takes a Walk

    Created by: Erin Arsenault
    Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

    It’s a busy day at the Museum of Natural History in Halifax. Gus the Tortoise is getting his new home, and while the curator is away, Elliot is in charge of moving all the boxes in and out of the museum to set up Gus’s home. But Elliot makes a big mistake, and the box with Gus in it gets left outside long enough for Gus to wander away! He strolls up and down Spring Garden Road, taking in all the exciting Halifax sights, while Elliot frantically searches for him. Finally Gus ends up in a quiet, shady corner of the Public Gardens, just right for a tortoise. Elliot goes to the Public Gardens to make a wish in a fountain that he will find Gus—and it comes true! He brings him back to his comfortable new home in the museum and Gus settles in for a long sleep after his big adventure.

    Based on true events, when Gus really did “run” away from the museum!

    $18.95
  • Time Flies When You're Chasing Spies A Halifax Mystery

    Time Flies When You’re Chasing Spies A Halifax Mystery

    Created by: Allison Maher
    Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

    Andrew’s mother, Marion, works for Epsom Electronics, a security company that makes high-tech spy gear to keep world leaders safe. When she goes missing on the eve of a G8 summit in Halifax, Andrew and his father work desperately to find her. Luckily, Andrew and his best friend, both thirteen, are no strangers to danger, and they follow Andrew’s instincts-which run directly counter to the instructions his father gave him.When the two friends are nearly caught in a huge explosion at Citadel Hill, Andrew realizes his mother could be in even deeper trouble than he thought. Enlisting help from a credulous news reporter, the boys chase clues all over the HRM, narrowly avoiding serious harm on many occasions.Finally, they finally uncover a top-secret assassination plot-but are they just in time, or just a little too late?

    $12.95
  • Baby Play

    Baby Play

    Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

    Playing with baby is a bit like a dance-a joyful, back-and-forth rhythm. Baby Play gets the fun rolling with this loving look at baby’s day. Babies will love listening to the bouncy rhythm and rhyme of the text and looking at the bright, bold photos of a baby and family. This is the perfect board book for new parents, baby programs, and baby shower gifts. Extra information for parents is also available through the web link provided on the book’s back cover. Baby Play is the first book in a new series, “Baby Steps”. Each book in the series will focus on a key developmental stage in baby’s first year.

    $9.95
  • Baby Look

    Baby Look

    Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

    Baby Look is an accordion-style book that can be unfolded to entertain your baby during tummy time. Babies love to look at baby faces and this book is dual-sided, featuring beautiful photos of babies on each side. Younger babies will love the close-up baby faces on one side, while older babies will enjoy the words and actions on the back of the book. This is the perfect board book for new parents, baby programs, and baby shower gifts.

    Baby Look is the second book in the “Baby Steps” series. Each book in this series focusses on a key developmental stage in baby’s first year. More information for parents on tummy time is available through the web link provided on the book’s back cover.

    $8.95
  • Apples and Butterflies A Poem for Prince Edward Island

    Apples and Butterflies A Poem for Prince Edward Island

    Created by: Shauntay Grant
    Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

    I want to rest inside a sunrise dreaman endless stretch of sea and sand and foamI want to gogo where butterflies dance like children

    $19.95
  • What's Going On at the Time Tonight?
  • A Bluenose Twelve Days of Christmas

    A Bluenose Twelve Days of Christmas

    Created by: Bruce Nunn
    Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

    On the fifth day of Christmas,
    My true love gave to me
    Five Highland flings!
    Four coal seams,
    Three lobster traps,
    Two fiddle tunes,
    And a Bluenose in at Pier Three.

    “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.

    $17.95
  • I Spy a Bunny

    I Spy a Bunny

    Created by: Judy Dudar
    Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

    Mandy and her Aunt Carla are spending the day at White Point Beach. They are playing I Spy, but Mandy is too busy climbing rocks, building sandcastles, and watching surfers to find the white-nosed bunny rabbit Aunt Carla spies.

    This is a wonderful book for anyone who loves Nova Scotia beaches, bright colours, and bunny rabbits!

    Now available in softcover.

    $12.95
  • My Goat Gertrude

    My Goat Gertrude

    Created by: Starr Dobson
    Artist: Dayle Dodwell
    Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

    Starr Dobson is a little girl living in a big, rambling house in the country with her family and lots of pets–including a mischievous goat, Gertrude Allawishes, who is known for eating anything and everything. One day Starr’s cousin Leanne comes to visit, but this time, she’s only brought one chocolate bar and doesn’t want to share with Starr. Before either Starr or Leanne realize what is happening, Gertrude arrives and solves the problem! Although names have been changed to protect certain cousins (who usually shared their chocolate just fine), Starr’s account of Gertrude Allawishes and her bizarre tastes is absolutely true! Now available in a softcover edition.

    $12.95
  • Lis-moi un livre ! Un guide mensuel de lecture avec votre bebe pendant sa premiere annee

    Lis-moi un livre ! Un guide mensuel de lecture avec votre bebe pendant sa premiere annee

    Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

    Lis-moi un livre! Un guide mensuel de lecture avec votre bébé pendant sa première année.

    $9.95
  • Halifax Harbour 123 (BB)

    Halifax Harbour 123 (BB)

    Created by: Yolanda Poplawska
    Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

    Halifax’s busy and beautiful harbour is on display in this new counting book from bestselling illustrator Yolanda Poplawska. Young readers can search out one lighthouse, two bridges, three ferries—all the way up to ten! With tugboats, container ships, starfish, and dolphins on display in Yolanda’s bright and whimsical paintings, readers of all ages will be happy to pore over Halifax Harbour 123 again and again.

    $14.95
  • The Gathering

    The Gathering

    Alex is attending her first Mi’kmaw spiritual gathering, or mawiomi. Though she is timid at first, older cousin Matthew takes her under his wing. Meeting Elders along the way, they learn about traditional Mi’kmaw culture: the sacred fire, drumming, tanning and moccasin decorating, basket- and canoe-making, and enjoy a Mi’kmaw feast. Most importantly, Alex finds her voice in the talking circle.

    With contemporary illustrations by the bestselling illustrator Art Stevens, The Gathering is an inclusive story that will educate and entertain Indigenous and non-Indigenous readers alike.

    $22.95
  • Singily Skipping Along

    Singily Skipping Along

    Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

    Kidlit heavyweight Sheree Fitch of River John and world-renowned rug hooking artist Deanne Fitzpatrick of Amherst have teamed up to create a kids’ book about body movement called Singily Skipping Along .Fitzpatrick’s rugs are on sale in an online auction (singilyskipping.ca) with all proceeds going toward L’Arche Atlantic, which is dedicated to homes, programs and support networks for people who have intellectual disabilities.“I didn’t want those rugs to get sold off one by one. I wanted something special to happen to them,” says Fitzpatrick.The rugs, each 38 centimetres by 38 centimetres, are “about being in the moment, about play.”

    $19.95
  • The Long Wait

    The Long Wait

    Created by: Budge Wilson
    Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

    Deidre did not have a sleek and velvet coat. She did not have a lean and graceful body. She did not walk like a queen with her head in the air. But to the Wilsons, Deidre was a very special cat. Whenever they came home, she was always there, waiting on the braided mat in the front hall.

    Then, one year a terrible thing happened.

    $5.95
  • Buried Secrets at Louisbourg

    Buried Secrets at Louisbourg

    Created by: JoAnn Yhard
    Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

    Fred has had a rough summer. His secret crush on Mai is going strong, his mother has barely recovered from a battle with cancer, and his unreliable father’s diving business has gone completely underwater.

    Now Fred, Mai, and Grace, extraordinary fossil hunters, are at the Fortress of Louisbourg hunting a different kind of treasure. They are secretly excavating the historic site, trying to find a mass of jewels Fred’s ancestor may have buried there—jewels that could save Fred’s family.

    But Fred uncovers far more than he bargained for, including a dangerous plot that could leave Fred’s family in even more serious trouble.

    The young detectives from the bestselling The Fossil Hunter of Sydney Mines shine in this fast-paced mystery for middle readers.

    $12.95
  • Évangéline Récits pour jeunes lecteurs

    Évangéline Récits pour jeunes lecteurs

    Created by: Helene Boudreau
    Artist: Patsy MacKinnon
    Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s epic poem, Evangeline, tells the story of two young people deported from beautiful Acadie just before they are to be married—and their search for each other that lasts the rest of their lives. First published in 1847, the poem has been important to Acadian identity ever since.In Évangéline: Récits pour jeunes lecteurs, the tragic story of Evangeline and Gabriel’s Deportation is recounted to a new generation. In simple prose true to Longfellow’s poem, Hélène Boudreau describes the utopian village of Grand-Pré where Evangeline grows up, the traumatizing Deportation, and Evangeline’s relentless search across America for her true love. Patsy MacKinnon’s stunning illustrations bring the story to life in full colour.Évangéline: Récits pour jeunes lecteurs is a vital, French-language interpretation for children of Longfellow’s classic.

    $11.95
  • There Were Monkeys in My Kitchen (pb)

    There Were Monkeys in My Kitchen (pb)

    Created by: Sheree Fitch
    Artist: Sydney Smith
    Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

    Willa Wellowby’s house has been overrun by monkeys. They’re ballet dancing, playing the bagpipes, listening to the Beatles, and causing mayhem and destruction all over the house and yard. And the more Willa asks them to leave, the more havoc they wreak. She calls the police, the RCMP, the FBI, and Scotland Yard to get rid of these monkeys…but when the Mounties finally show up, it’s Willa who’s in trouble!

    First published in 1992, There Were Monkeys in My Kitchen won the Canadian Children’s Book Centre Mr. Christie Award for Best Canadian Children’s book, ages 8 and under. This new softcover edition will introduce the bestselling book to a whole new generation.

    $12.95
  • Baby Talk

    Baby Talk

    Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

    Baby Talk is the third book in the Baby Steps series. Each book in the series focuses on a key developmental stage in baby’s first year. Babies love to communicate with the ones they love. With its modern twist on classic nursery rhymes, Baby Talk gives families the opportunity to have fun with sounds and words that are the building blocks of early language. Baby Talk will encourage baby’s first words in a fun and playful way.

    $8.95
  • L'Nu'k: The People Mi'kmaw History, Culture and Heritage

    L’Nu’k: The People Mi’kmaw History, Culture and Heritage

    Created by: Theresa Meuse
    Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

    The Mi’kmaq lived in Canada long before the country even got its name. Before Europeans arrived, they lived in homes called wigwams and hunted and fished throughout the Maritime provinces, living off and giving back to the land. They enjoyed storytelling, drumming, and dancing within their tight­knit communities.

    In L’nuk: the Mi’kmaq of Atlantic Canada, First Nations educator Theresa Meuse traces the incredible lineage of today’s Mi’kmaq people, sharing the fascinating details behind their customs, traditions, and history. Discover the proper way to make Luski (Mi’kmaw bread), the technique required for intricate quillwork and canoe­building, what happens at a powwow, and how North America earned its Indigenous name, Turtle Island.

    Includes informative sidebars, highlighted glossary terms, recommended reading, a historic timeline, index, and over 60 full­colour historical and contemporary images.

    $19.95
  • King of Keji

    King of Keji

    Created by: Jan L. Coates
    Artist: Patsy MacKinnon
    Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

    Jacob’s brother, Ben, is always king of the castle. Jacob is tired of being the dirty rascal!

    Jacob and his grandfather decide to set out on a camping trip to Nova Scotia’s Kejimkujik National Park. There, they find lots of hidden treasure fit for a king, like emeralds (the green of a hemlock’s foliage), amber (the eyes of a deer), and diamonds (in the sky).

    Jacob even builds himself a crown, and it isn’t long before Gramps declares Jacob the King of Keji!

    $12.95
  • Flying With a Broken Wing
  • Here Babies, There Babies

    Here Babies, There Babies

    Created by: Nancy Cohen
    Artist: Carmen Mok
    Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

    This delightful board book for babies follows baby on a typical day: Babies at the park, at the store, and at the library. Babies having their naps. Babies being busy! Vivid, colourful artwork complements the bold, rhythmic text. For babies up to age 2.

    $10.95
  • Quai 21: Écoutez mon histoire

    Quai 21: Écoutez mon histoire

    Created by: Christine Welldon
    Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

    Découvrez des moments parmi les plus marquants de l’histoire du Canada en apprenant à connaître les enfants et les familles débarqués au Quai 21 de Halifax. Venus de pays lointains tels l’Estonie, l’Italie et l’Ukraine (pour n’en nommer que quelques-uns), ces immigrants ont tous franchi les « ports de la liberté » pour faire du Canada leur nouvelle patrie.

    Jamie, un « enfant invité » originaire d’Ecosse et Mariette, une petite orpheline juive, ont tous deux été envoyés au Canada à un jeune âge afin d’échapper à la même guerre. La famille de Heili, in jeune Estonienne, a fui le régime communiste russe en prenant la mer à bord du Walnut. La famille de Luigi est venue d’Italie chercher du travail au Canada après la guerre et la famille de Maryke est arrivée de Hollande à la rechercher de terres à cultiver.

    Aujourd’hui connu sous le nom de Mussée canadien de l’immigration, le Quai 21 a accueilli plus d’un million de nouveaux Canadiens, de 1928 à 1971. Beaucoup d’entre eux craignaient ce que leur réservait leur pays d’adoption. Cependant, toutes ces familles, même si elles étaient de cultures et d’origines différentes, ont cru à promesse d’un vie meilleure et plus sûre que leur offrait le Canada. En débarquant au pays, les immigrants échappaient au passé, emportant dans leur cœur de précieux souvenirs de leur lieu d’origine. Le Quai 21 représentait le premier pas vers une nouvelle vie.

    $15.95
  • Maritime Christmas Treasury

    Maritime Christmas Treasury

    A collection of best-loved Maritime Christmas stories in one beautiful book for children. From the hilarious Gadzooks the Christmas Goose to the heartwarming A Christmas Dollhouse, each carefully selected story highlights another aspect of the Christmas season. Love, family, the natural world, and yes, even Christmas presents, are all celebrated in this gorgeous treasury.

    Interspersed with the stories are classic poems and Christmas carols (including Bruce Nunn’s Bluenose version of “Twelve Days of Christmas”!), as well as beautiful and lively illustrations from a range of artists. A Maritime Christmas Treasury is sure to be cherished by Christmas lovers of all ages.

    $29.95
  • Children of Africville (2nd edition)
  • Sinking Deeper Or, My Questionable(Possibly Heroic) Decision to Invent a Sea Monster

    Sinking Deeper Or, My Questionable(Possibly Heroic) Decision to Invent a Sea Monster

    Created by: Steve Vernon
    Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

    The tiny fishing community of Deeper Harbour is in serious trouble, and so is fourteen-year-old Roland MacTavish. His parents are separated, and his mother has just told him that she’s moving to Ottawa and taking him with her. She doesn’t think Deeper Harbour, with its closing school and dismal economic future, has anything to offer her and Roland anymore. But Roland disagrees. He loves his father, his weird friend Dulsie, and most of all, his wild, hilarious, unpredictable grandfather, Angus. So with the help of his friends, he does what any rational teenager would do: he invents a sea monster.

    News of the monster spreads, until real live tourists start to turn off the new highway and visit Deeper Harbour, giving everyone hope that the town may actually be resuscitated. But before he can celebrate his successes, Roland faces a sadness that goes far beyond separated parents and new cities, and finally discovers that change, however frightening, is not the most painful thing in the world.

    $12.95
  • Flight of the Griffons

    Flight of the Griffons

    Created by: Kate Inglis
    Artist: Sydney Smith
    Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

    In Flight of the Griffons, the sequel to The Dread Crew: Pirates of the Backwoods, we follow young Missy Bullseye as she ventures from her pirate crew’s adopted Nova Scotian home base to begin probationary work terms along the road to union-certified junking. From the deep northern woods of Ontario and Quebec to the great western prairies, Missy wanders far on a secret mission—one that turns her against her own.

    While tracking and spying on a blacklisted crew, Missy encounters mechanical moths, an outlawed tilt-rotor airship, a mega-pipeline, and the unexpected sound of grassland drums. What she discovers along the way is that heroes can look like villains, crimes can look like profit, and heights aren’t so bad—as long as a true-hearted pirate is holding the rope. Includes 15 full-page illustrations from artist Sydney Smith.

    $19.95
  • Butterflies Don't Lie

    Butterflies Don’t Lie

    Created by: B.R. Myers
    Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

    Sixteen-year-old magazine quiz junkie Kelsey Sinclair wants to make this summer unforgettable by (hopefully) seducing her secret crush, Blaine Mulder. Armed with romance advice articles, Kelsey tackles true love with scientific precision, including getting a job at the seaside restaurant that overlooks the yacht club where Blaine teaches sailing.

    However, visions of rendezvous on the beach are clouded when the new kitchen guy’s laid back attitude and smouldering stare quickly get under her skin. With his renegade demeanour and unpredictable stunts, Luke is the opposite to Blaine’s golden boy reputation. Determined to follow through with her original goal, Kelsey ignores her growing attraction to Luke, certain he’s not the guy for her. But when she finally manages to get Blaine’s attention, Kelsey worries the magazines are all wrong, and that sometimes the best matches are the ones you least expect.


    $15.95
  • Girl on the Run

    Girl on the Run

    Created by: B.R. Myers
    Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

    When seventeen-year-old track and field star Jesse Collins’s dreams of a full scholarship are shattered after the sudden death of her dad, she leaves home to work as a summer camp counsellor to escape the nosy stares in small town…and her own secret guilt. After a mix-up at registration, she’s put in charge of a boys’ cabin, and the head counsellor, Kirk, predicts she won’t last the first two weeks.

    In the midst of fending off four twelve-year-old boys who are hell-bent on mortifying her and a growing attraction to Kirk, Jesse finds the inspiration to run again from an unlikely source. After all, a good pair of legs can take a girl far, but it’s facing the truth that makes all the difference.

    $17.95
  • Hullabaloo Bugaboo Day

    Hullabaloo Bugaboo Day

    Created by: Sheree Fitch
    Artist: Kelly Ulrich
    Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

    Upper Millidocket Elementary School is an exceptionally lovely place to be. The children are excited to learn, the teachers are excited to teach, and the school secretary holds everything together. But when Mr. Tiggle, the principal, forgets to recite his daily poem during the morning announcements, everything goes upside down. Miss Argyle, the school secretary, disappears (and decides to stay disappeared for a while), tarantulas escape their cages, and the school comes very close to falling completely apart. A second edition of a Sheree Fitch classic with new illustrations from Kelly Ulrich.

    $11.95