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Cape Breton Captain
Publisher: Breton Books$9.95This is the true rough-and-tumble story of the life of David McLeod, a robust autobiography of saltwater and guts and passionate romance. Well-told story by the man himself.
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Archie Neil
Publisher: Breton Books$14.95Born in 1943 in Plattsburg, New York, Mary Anne Ducharme came to Cape Breton in 1979, with her husband Richard and their children, Richard and Kathryn. For the past twelve years she has edited Participaper, produced through the Inverness County Department of Recreation. Mary Anne has a Master’s Degree in English, and has been a schoolteacher and a playwright and director. With her husband, she raises acres of strawberries in Whycocomagh
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Stories From the Woman From Away
Publisher: Breton Books$14.95A novel of a woman’s rural life, and of the people whose weaknesses and wit enrich her Cape Breton community.
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Sterling Silver
Publisher: Breton Books$16.95The personal essay has so much potential as a literary form that it’s gratifying to see it being skilfully and engagingly employed in this book. Silver Donald Cameron has plenty on his mind, and he knows how to hold our attention. Cameron easily entices us into his essay “Rocky Mountain High” with this for openers:”Downhill skiing is a certifiably silly sport, I whimper to myself as the chair-lift bears me inexorably over the treetops and gullies, like a slab of beef going around the overhead conveyors in an abattoir. “.
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The Seven-Headed Beast and Other Acadian Tales from Cape Breton Island
Publisher: Breton Books$12.95This is the first book of Acadian tales now told in English, and establishes these stories as a part of Cape Breton heritage.
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Moonlight Skater 9 Cape Breton Stories and The Dream
Publisher: Breton Books$14.95A mischievous blend of Scottish and Acadian, these stories blossom, or explode softly, in your life.
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God & Me
Publisher: Breton Books$6.95In God & Me Sheila Green of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, offers a series of sort, unpretentious poems meant to share the experience of questions, answers an mysteries in discovering relationship with one another, and with God. The ease and caring of this little book make it a rare find for wide range of people. Alison R. Grapes has contributed drawings that, rather than illustrate, try to maintain the calm, urgent joy.
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Le retour du Capitaine Baboune
Artist: Réjean RoyPublisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$9.95Oh no! Captain Baboune is at it again! This time, at the helm of an infernal machine, capturing the winds and deregulating the climate.
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Adieu, Jacoby!
Artist: Camille Perron-CormierPublisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$10.95Beloved 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.
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La promesse du bout du monde
Artist: Stéphanie BourgeoisPublisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$14.95“He gets halfway up, screams and throws a stick towards the cougar, which hits it in the eye. The sound of his scream surprises the boy himself. He is full of a singular rage, of a refusal to die here, all alone. It’s the scream of a man who takes charge of his destiny. And the animal can smell it.”
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Ouaf? Ouaf? Cot! Cot!
Artist: Sarah DeligniesPublisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$11.95A little moment in the life of Henriette, Crème Brulée, Caro and Claude.
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Le chien d’or de Québec Une aventure des Trois Mousquetaires
Artist: Paul RouxPublisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$19.95Alexis Nadeau, director of the exhibits at the Civilisations museum in Montreal, has been receiving threats signed: Québec Golden Dog. The three musketeers Gabriel, Ania and Mamadou immediately start to investigate. Gabriel even spots a real golden dog walking around the streets of Quebec! Would it be the same legendary golden dog that stands on the Porte St-Jean at the entrance of the old Quebec. Does the bizarre professor, Bazil Bizaroff, have anything to do with it? And how do you protect yourself against a ferocious dog whose fur is lined with flames?
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Cours, Ben, cours!
Publisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$19.95Take part in the adventure of Ben, a father without legs and an albino crow… Careful what choices you make, the characters? survival depend on them!
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Le corps de l’ombre Recueil de poesie et slam par MC June
Publisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$12.95A collection of slam poems that juggles existential questionings with kindness and humour.
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(M)other
Publisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$13.95No, my son doesn’t have a father!
From the delivery room to the classroom, a woman whose motherhood is questioned explains: her son doesn’t have a father, but he’s got two moms. She is the other mother. A (m)other, but there was only room for one on the birth certificate. In the minds of some adults and kids, however, a father figure must be found. Adapted from a 2018 CBC Poetry Prize shortlisted poem, this book tells, with tenderness and accuracy, the difficulties that homoparental families face in being accepted for who they are: loving families.
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Luna n’aime pas
Artist: Nathasha PilottePublisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$8.95Unlike his brother Zim, Luna is a red-haired, hot-tempered cat. While his feline furry friend scurries and climbs around the house, Luna grrrr’s and growls.
With their piercing eyes, pudgy bellies, and pillows on their feet, even the best of us can’t resist to cats! But if they make us laugh, cats aren’t always in a good mood…
Will Luna’s human and brother cheer him up?
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Un petit bonheur tout rond
Artist: Magali BenPublisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$13.95Love is growing, and baby too! Inside mommy’s tummy, baby wiggles legs, fists and toes.
Mom and Dad count the stars, baby jumps in the belly.
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.
A poetic escape into the adventure of being born.
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Cher père noël, où est mon banjo?
Artist: Murray BainPublisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$10.95The celebrated holiday song from multi-talented and multiple-award-winning Halifax-based roots musician David Myles is now available as a bright and fun children’s picture book, and with a French translation by none other than the great Marie-Jo Thério. Young David writes frantic letters to Santa every year, requesting a banjo, but to no avail: “How does he miss / the one thing on my list / in the letter that I sent to him?” Follow the ups and downs of the holiday season with David, his furry friends, and his family, as he pines for his most-wished-for holiday gift.
Featuring illustrations from the animation studio that created the song’s well-loved music video, a special holiday message from David Myles, and original sheet music for those who wish to play along, Santa Never Brings Me A Banjo is sure to inspire many a holiday singalong.
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La cabane
Artist: Christian QuesnelPublisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$10.95Alphonse built a splendid fishing hut and now he’s wait for a catch… But nothing’s coming, except spring, and now his beautiful hut is floating away with him inside. Along the melting ice, the unlucky fisherman, who’s got a big heart, will give away pieces of his hut, bits by bits, to those less fortunate than he. Alphonse will still come out of this a champion fisherman!
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Samuel et la tuque de Noel
Artist: Isabelle LégerPublisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$11.95Samuel is a scaredy-cat, scared of cats. He doesn’t get close to them. But one winter day, he sees a kitten outside and decides to take it home…
Later, Samuel is busy making snow angels when three snowflakes offer him to become one of Santa’s elves… But Samuel is just a normal boy, how could he ever be a brave and serviceable elf and deserve the famous Christmas touque?
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Comptines et cuisine
Artist: Frédéric GayerPublisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$13.95A cheerful parade of creatures and animals creating amusing, original and easy-to-remember nursery rhymes in their trail. Plus, dishes dreamed up by the author and based on these bizarre creatures with easy, mostly no-cook recipes. Children can prepare and taste their dishes without turning the kitchen upside down. Simple ingredients and festive, mainly healthy results. Children and parents may even want to create their own delicious bestiary!
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À dos d’amour
Artist: Patrick MinvillePublisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$9.95A daddy carries his child on his back.
The child’s eyes look in amazement and discover
nature’s wonders : the conversation between Birch and Cattail,
the wiggling eel, the great heron chasing a field mouse…
A day in the life of a father and his child.
A day out in nature, by a river.
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Congé pour maman
Artist: Isabelle LégerPublisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$10.95Sophie is jumping with joy. She’s bringing her mom to the beach for a well-deserved break. Of course, everything needs to be prepared: games, parasols, sunscreen, driving there. Then, at the beach, small problems arise that gets in the way of relaxation: gusts of wind and moods, stinging sand and jelly fish, and bathroom calls.
But Sophie persists. After all, mom deserves a break.
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Grandes roues et petits pois
Artist: Réjean RoyPublisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$9.95Émilie looks around her. Nobody close by to help her out. She’s unsure. She dreams of becoming a champion… Will today be the day she sets out on her bike to conquer her big wheels? But she is so small, the rocks so big, and she’s a little bit afraid… Mom, who’s not far in the garden tending to her peas, isn’t aware of Émilie’s hesitations. Come on! Take a deep breath and… let’s go!
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Le Revenant de la Baie Sainte-Marie
Artist: Paul RouxPublisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$19.95On the shores of Baie Sainte-Marie in Nova Scotia, an evil wizard has returned to haunt a mystified Acadian community. The three musketeers, Gabriel, Ania, and Mamadou and their faithful dog Dali leave New Brunswick to head for their eighth suspenseful adventure. Aided by mamie Josette, professor Jarnigoine and a slightly ridiculous Indiana Jones clone–can their little team vanquish the malicious spirit before the troubles get out of hand?
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En Attendant L’Autobus Melanie Legere
Artist: Serge V. RichardPublisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$9.95Every morning Claude and his dad wait for the bus at the roadside. Rain snow or shine, they entertain each other with jokes and stories while watching the little bus get bigger as it nears. But it seems like little Claude is getting bigger too, and pretty soon he’s not so eager to be seen there waiting with his daddy.
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le monstre du Lac Baker
Artist: Paul RouxPublisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$19.95In this first adventure, Ania, Gabriel, Mamadou and Dali the dog set up a private eye agency, with the help of Gabriel’s adventurous grandmother. Solving a lost cat case is a breeze, but confronting a sea monster on the shore of an uncle’s cottage proves to be quite daunting. However, with the help of a lunatic French inventor and his high-tech gadgets, the three friends succeed. Their agency is on its way!
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Les mathémagiciens
Publisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$14.95Vacations have just begun, and already these four friends are bored. Professor Mathou steps in and with him they will discover the Golden Ratio, and a few exciting “magical” tricks with numbers. But best of all, they will be taken for a ride on the longest Moebius strip in North America. Numbers can sometimes be daunting, but nothing is more magical than solving problems using your brain.
