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Images of the Keji Country
Publisher: SSP Publications$24.95Artist Don Pentz’s watercolours illuminate the pristine beauty of this beautiful National Park and pay homage to the Mi’kmaq’s sacred territory.
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Des vagues et des ailes photographies aériennes des Îles de la Madeleine
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A Calf for Olive
Publisher: Chocolate River Publishing$10.95Olive is devastated when she overhears a kid at school making fun of her for wanting to raise a calf for the 4-H calf competition. They think she can’t possibly do it because she has cerebral palsy. But, with the love and support from her family and friends, Olive develops a strong bond with a Jersey calf and draws on her problem-solving skills to get her calf ready for the fall competition.
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Disaster at the Highland Games
Artist: Nathasha PilottePublisher: Chocolate River Publishing$15.95Kate doesn’t think she needs to practice her Highland dancing to get ready for the Highland Games. Practicing at home isn’t as much fun as dancing in class. She’s good enough already, and everything will be fine. Or will it?
This high-energy picture book by author and Highland dance teacher Riel Nason showcases Highland dancing and the Highland Games culture and is brought to life by the whimsical illustrations of Nathasha Pilotte.
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My island’s the house I sleep in at night
Publisher: Island Studies Press$18.95“Being an Islander means that you aren’t like everyone else.” Bounded by water, you can live your life with certainty knowing where your edges are. Drawn from interviews with artists from Newfoundland and Tasmania, these poems capture what it means to be an islander. To know every rock and tickle, “the sea your road /the whole in the sky /your light to travel by. In My island’s the house I sleep in at night, Brinklow weaves stories and images with her own poetic imaginings.
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Planet Digby Future Landscapes
Photographer: HMS SmithPublisher: SSP Publications$15.95What will our planet look like 100 years from now? in 1000 years? 10,000 years? Smith’s amazing photographs offer a breathtaking glimpse into the future.
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What Once Was Lost The Blacksmith’s Art in Nova Scotia
Publisher: SSP Publications$14.95Author Frank Smith exposes the rich history of blacksmithing in Nova Scotia, explores the subsequent emerging art form and provides a resource of practicing artisans’ profiles.
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Finding Avalon
Publisher: Chocolate River Publishing$12.95Avalon Monday doesn’t mind telling schoolmates that her mother ran off to California to live with a guy she met on the internet. After all, that’s way less embarrassing than the truth.
One fresh start and three years later Avalon discovers there are things you can never truly leave behind. When the past collides with the present it exposes her secret and threatens to leave her new life in ruins.
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Home Is Where the Water Is
Publisher: Island Studies Press$27.95Born and raised in tumultuous times in East Asia, Hung-Min Chiang survived earthquakes, wars, foreign occupation, dictatorship, and illness before making his way to Prince Edward Island. While navigating his perilous journey, Chiang practiced the “The Way of Water,” Daoist lessons for living drawn from Nature. Home Is Where the Water Is examines the many critical turning points in a life and how these shaped the person he became.
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An Extra Dash of Love Letters Celebrating Down Syndrome
Publisher: Chocolate River Publishing$19.95A celebration of Down syndrome from parents, grandparents, siblings, coaches, teachers, classmates and many more who feel so fortunate to have such beautiful people in their lives. The letters, poems and artwork came from New Brunswick, across Canada, the US and even Australia. With a forward by Natalie MacMaster, this book would make a special gift for new parents to let them know life will be amazing.
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Yukon, Rugged Beauty
Publisher: George Fischer$39.95From hot stuff like cancan dancers to cold stuff like snowy mountains, it’s all cool in the Yukon. George Fischer presents a bonanza of breathtaking images that take you up into the soaring heavens and down into the frosty fjords. In between, you’ll stand in the footsteps of gold rush hopefuls. Stroll the streets of Wild West sagas. Immerse yourself in ancient cultures. And sip Yukon Jack in cosmopolitan Whitehorse.
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Peggy Of The Cove A Legend
Publisher: Ivan Fraser$15.00Peggy of the Cove is the legend of a young girl who was the only survivor of a shipwreck at Halibut Rock, Nova Scotia in the mid 1800s. Live through her ordeal from storm to shipwreck to rescue during the terrible storm. Discover how Peggy’s Cove was named. Also available is an illustrated version
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Hold This
Artist: Priscilla AlpaughPublisher: Islandport Press$15.95Join Mika and her father on a walk through the woods to experience the sights, sounds, smells, and feel of the woods, and to unearth a true treasure.
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The Little Fisherman
Artist: Dahlov IpcarPublisher: Islandport Press$13.95Margaret Wise Brown’s The Little Fisherman, a delightful story of a big fisherman and a little fisherman working at sea, is now condensed into a Board Book format.
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Albert’s Almost Amazing Adventure
Publisher: Islandport Press$15.95Just what did Albert do over his summer vacation? Is it possible that sharks, pirates, and mad scientists were involved? Author and illustrator Marty Kelley explores the imaginative power of children in this hilarious picture book that will delight—and surprise—young readers.
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Cape Breton’s Christmas Book 9 A Treasury of Stories and Memories
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Cape Breton’s Christmas, Book * A Treasury of Stories and Memories
Publisher: Breton Books$19.95“We sit under the tree on Christmas morning and read these stories aloud..”
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Cape Breton’s Christmas, Book 6 A Treasury of Stories and Memories
Editor: Ronald CaplanPublisher: Breton Books$19.95A CHRISTMAS TRADITION IN BOOK FORM, Book 6 of Cape Breton’s Christmas is a fresh annual gathering of warmth, joy, and family love—50 well-told memories and stories shot through with sparks of humour, tears of longing, and small flames of faith. Good reading year-round, this Christmas tradition brings together Cape Breton writers—both well-known and lately inspired—presenting sparkling seasonal gems for readers of all ages. A rare collection that preserves some of the best of what it is to be human. This generous book will last.
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Magnificent Obsessions
Editor: Ron CaplanPublisher: Breton Books$17.9514 provocative chapters by writers who go a little further out, a little deeper, and bring back treasures for the rest of us. Each chapter stands on its own and each on is part of the portrait of Cape Breton Island. Magnificent Obsessions is essential and utterly enjoyable bedside reader.
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Sam SiXmoineauX, orthogaffeur !
Publisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$17.95Will Sam SiXmoineauX convince his French teacher to accept his orthogaffes (spelling blunders) with his fictionary?
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G pour généreuse Gaspésie
Artist: Réjean RoyPublisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$19.95From the town of Bonaventure to the York River, by way of Forillon National Park and the village of Miguasha, discover Gaspésie through a magnificent alphabet book.
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