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Simon and Catapult Man’s Perilous Playground Adventure
Artist: Brenda JonesPublisher: Nimbus Publishing$8.95Well-known children’s writer Norene Smiley’s delightful prose and award-winning illustrator Brenda Jones’s vibrant illustrations combine to bring the wonder of imaginative play to life. The quirky pictorial elements and interplay between real life and fantasy will make Simon and Catapult Man a winner with children, while teachers and librarians will appreciate the playground safety theme and related activity.
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Baby Look
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$8.95Baby 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.
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Baby Talk
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$8.95Baby 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.
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Canada Quiz: 150 Edition How Much Do you Know About Canada?
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$8.95Who was Canada’s first prime minister? Easy question, right? Okay, who was Canada’s second prime minister? Try these: Who created the ookpik? Whose real name was Gladys Mary Smith? What does the acronym CANDU stand for? You’ll find the answers to 750 questions like these in this entertaining collection of Canadian trivia.
There’s something here for everyone–from the born and bred Canadian to the visitor wanting to know more about this great country. In no particular order, and with easy and difficult questions intermixed, these 75 quizzes are sure to appeal to all ages and knowledge levels.
So, here’s your chance to educate your family, stump your friends, and become an expert on all things Canada.
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Lexicon 18
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$8.95Enjoy 52 all-new puzzles from Theresa William’s in the latest addition to the lexicon puzzle collection.
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Lexicon 17
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$8.95Theresa Williams’s lexicon puzzles have been hugely popular since they were first published by the Halifax Chronicle-Herald in 1988. Half-crossword, half-word search, the lexicon engages and entertains fans of all ages. Puzzle buffs will delight in this opportunity to try 52 all-new puzzles.
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The Cat From Kosovo
Artist: Tamara Thiébaux-HeikaloPublisher: Nimbus Publishing$9.95When the conflict between Serbs & Albanians becomes intense, a young couple from Kosovo decide to leave their home. Their young cat does too, and this story of triumph and generosity touches the heart.
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Saga of the Mary Celeste
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$9.95In December, 1872, the brigantine Mary Celeste was discovered at sea with sails set and everything in order; however, no one was on board or was ever found. The Saga of the Mary Celeste details this great sea mystery.Stanley T. Spicer is the author of numerous books and articles including Glooscap Legends and Captain From Fundy. He lives in Spencer’s Island, Nova Scotia.
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Lullaby for New Brunswick
Artist: Chris BrownPublisher: Nimbus Publishing$9.95Sing your way around the province with this charming lullaby. Vibrant imaged and evocative language combine to celebrate the beauty and diversity of New Brunswick’s landscape.
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Lis-moi un livre ! Un guide mensuel de lecture avec votre bebe pendant sa premiere annee
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$9.95Lis-moi un livre! Un guide mensuel de lecture avec votre bébé pendant sa première année.
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Animal Signatures
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$9.95Animal Signatures is a handy field guide that teaches one how to recognize and interpret animal signs—the tracks, droppings, and nibbled twigs that animals leave behind.
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A Guide to Whale Watching in the Maritimes
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$9.95In this easy-to-use guide, you will find interesting facts about a total of sixteen whale, dolphin, and porpoise species that frequent the waters from Brier Island to northern Cape Breton, the Golf of St. Lawrence, the Atlantic Coast, and the Bay of Fundy.
With illustrations for each species and their field marks, and quick reference fact boxes, this useful guide will assist identification of the cetaceans in our waters, providing information about behaviour, diet, habitat, and physical features. Complete with a glossary and a select listing of Maritime whale-watching tours, you’ll want this guide in your pocket when you set out to watch these magnificent mammels. -
Animal Signatures (2nd edition)
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$9.95Animal Signatures is a handy field guide that teaches one how to recognize and interpret animal signs — the tracks, droppings and nibbled twigs that animals leave behind.
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Theodore Too and the Too-Long Nap
Artist: Yolanda PoplawskaPublisher: Nimbus Publishing$9.95TOOT TOOT! It’s Theodore Too’s birthday, and all his friends are gathering for a party. There’s Macdonald Bridge, George Lighthouse, and Guy Seagull. Cruise Ship Gerta sailed all the way from Germany for the birthday celebrations. Then she went right to sleep. Now she’s taking a too-long nap!
Theodore Too and friends have to wake her up—or she’ll miss the party!
With his cheery red hat and big smile, beloved tugboat Theodore Too has captured the hearts of thousands of visitors to the Halifax waterfront. Now Theodore Too can come with you!
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Theodore Too and the Shipwreck School
Artist: Yolanda PoplawskaPublisher: Nimbus Publishing$9.95It’s a beautiful day in Halifax Harbour, and Theodore Too and Lucy Tug decide to visit the Shipwreck School. But when the tugboats reach the ship, there’s no sign of the fish. Where are they? Could they be in trouble?
Theodore Too and Lucy Tug work together to save the day. Hooray for Theodore Too and Lucy Tug, and hooray for new friends!
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Theodore Too and the Mystery Guest
Artist: Yolanda PoplawskaPublisher: Nimbus Publishing$9.95The third story in the popular Theodore Too series finds Theodore Too and Lucy Tug with a mystery to solve. The tugboats, always ready for adventure, hear that Halifax Harbour will soon have a famous visitor-who could it be? With the help of their friends-Dartmouth Ferry, George Lighthouse, Fisherman Murphy and Guy Seagull-they set out to find and welcome the mystery guest. When they meet the beautiful Bluenose II, they make a brand new friend and learn just why everyone loves her.
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Eagle of the Sea
Artist: Jeffrey DommPublisher: Nimbus Publishing$9.95Powerful and fast, bald eagles are some of the most majestic birds in the world. They can spot their prey from two kilometres away, build a larger nest than any other North American bird, and dive at speeds up to 160 kilometres an hour! And in eastern Canada, bald eagles are thriving.
Learn about these amazing birds—their habitat, hunting skills, nesting habits, and more—in Eagle of the Sea. With vibrant, detailed illustrations and accessible text, Eagle of the Sea is both educational and awe-inspiring. -
Baby Play
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$9.95Playing 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.
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Smallest Rabbit (new edition)
Artist: Barb MartinPublisher: Nimbus Publishing$9.95Award-winning author Joyce Barkhouse has created a wonderful story beautifully illustrated by Barbara Martin. A charming story about Smallest Rabbit’s first winter.
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Bébé Regarde
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$9.95An 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. The second in the popular Baby Steps series, each of which focuses on a key developmental stage in baby’s first year, Bébé Regarde is the perfect board book for new parents, baby programs, and baby shower gifts.
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Time for Bed
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$9.95The newest book in the popular Baby Steps series, Time for Bed is a fun and simple step-by-step bedtime story for babies and toddlers. From bathtime to storytime, this book guides families through a healthy nightly routine with simple, read-aloud text and joyful photos. Time for Bed is sure to help parents get baby’s bedtime routine off to a great start.
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Say Goodnight
Artist: Becky CameronPublisher: Nimbus Publishing$9.95This charming lift-the-flap book is perfect for parents and children to read together to get ready for bedtime. With soft rhyming text and beautiful artwork, it encourages young ones to say goodnight by putting away their toys, closing the curtains, and turning on the nightlight. Each page has fun flaps to open and close which change the time on the clock, open the toy box, draw back the drapes to reveal cute animal friends, and more.
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Ninen Na Mi’kma’ji’jk (CD)
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$9.99Ninen na Mi’kma’ji’jk, a CD of Mi’kmaw rhymes and songs, will delight young children. The CD features Dr. Bernie Francis, accomplished musician and respected authority on the Mi’kmaw language. The CD includes a reading of Weska’qelmut Apje’juanu, the Mi’kmaw translation of Sheree Fitch’s popular book Kisses Kisses Baby O!
Early childhood experiences play an important role in preserving language and culture, and this CD will bring the richness of the Mi’kmaw language to listeners. Includes a booklet with all lyrics in both Mi’kmaq and English. Ninen na Mi’kma’ji’jk is the perfect resource for those who wish to encourage and enjoy the Mi’kmaw language.
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Lightning and Blackberries
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$10.95Seventeen-year-old Elizabeth Evans is the privileged and naive only child of prominent New Englanders, part of a group of Planters who settled in Nova Scotia following the deportation of the Acadian people. As a teenager, she is leading a carefree life in the Annapolis Valley, tending to her cows on the family farm, daydreaming by the brook, and resisting her mother’s attempts to refine her manners and marry her off. She thinks nothing will ever change. But a stranger’s arrival at Evans Hall, and a chance meeting with a mysterious Acadian girl in the woods nearby turn Elizabeth’s carefree life upside down. And when she learns the truth about the history of the farm she loves so well, she knows nothing will ever be the same.
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Ghost At Mahone Bay
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$10.95Do ghosts exist? Join inseparable friends Emmie Seegal and Angela Black, who live near Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, as they discover that the answer to that question could be yes! One memorable summer, unexplained events and strange rescues from life-threatening dangers lead the two girls to believe that a kind spirit must be watching over them. Ghosts or no ghosts, Angela and Emmie have no shortage of escapades, encountering rogue kittens, friendly boat captains, and other colourful characters as they involve the whole town of Mahone Bay in their spirited adventures.
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Hatchling’s Journey
Artist: Jeffrey DommPublisher: Nimbus Publishing$10.95In 1953 Nova Scotia zoologist Sherman Bleakney made a surprising discovery. He found a female Blanding’s turtle living near Kejimkujik Lake. Until then, scientists did not know that the freshwater Blanding’s turtles lived in Nova Scotia. In 1990, this small population of Blanding’s turtles in southwestern Nova Scotia became a protected species and three years later was designated a threatened species.
Set in Nova Scotia’s Kejimkujik National Park, this remarkable story is about a young Mi’kmaw girl and her family’s encounter with a Blanding’s turtle hatchling. Richly illustrated by the award-winning artist Jeffery C. Domm, The Hatchling’s Journey provides us with first-hand experience observing the turtle hatchlings emerging from their nests and their fascinating journey into the Kejimkujik woods for winter. Nominated for a 2005 Hackmatack Award. -
Danger At Mason’s Island
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$10.95Danger at Mason’s Island, the second in the Angela and Emmie Adventure series, is a junior fiction adventure aimed at middle readers.
It’s summertime once again in Mahone Bay, and Angela and Emmie are hoping to make some money with their pet-sitting business. But when they go to Mason’s Island to take care of the troublesome cat Rascal, they find a lot more money than they’ve ever dreamed of! Who’s hidden twenty thousand dollars on the captain’s island? When are they coming back for it? And will Angela and Emmie be safe when they do? Join the girls in a heart-pounding adventure story, as they discover that even the quaint town of Mahone Bay has a criminal underworld. -
Famous Nova Scotians
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$10.95Heroes from the province’s exciting past including Membertou, Portia White, and Jack Gray.
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Magic Rug Of Grand-Pré
$10.95Rose-Marie and Constant go on a night-time quest with Johnny à Minou, the magic mailman, to find the twelve strands of wool to complete the hooked rug of Grand-Pré. Soaring the stars, they visit the four corners of Acadie. Each stop on their journey brings them closer to their Acadian ancestors.
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Blood on the Coal
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$10.95Over 400 people have died mining for coal under the town of Springhill. This is the stirring account of two explosions, a “bump” and two major fires. Pieced together from interviews, diaries and newspaper files.
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Anne of Green Gables
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$10.95“The sweetest creation of childlike yet written” – Mark TwainSince it was first published on 1908, Anne of Green Gables has been treasured by millions of readers around the world. Anne Shirley, an orphan, arrives at Green Gables by mistake; the Cuthberts wanted a boy. But for Anne, Green gables is a dream come true. Thanks to her endearing nature, she wins the hears of the Cuthberts, finds “kindred spirits” and “a bosom friend,” and takes a staid island community on a merry ride of adventure and surprise.In this Classic Edition, Nimbus presents Anne of Green Gables as it originally appeared–complete, easy to read, and as enduring as the heartwarming story of Anne herself.Lucy Maude Montgomery was born in the charming village of New London, PEI, in 1874. She grew up in nearby Cavendish, surrounded by rolling farmlands and the sparkling waters of the ocean. Anne of Green Gables is based on her own childhood experiences.
