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Les Sept Amis
Artist: Daniela ZekinaPublisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$8.95Monday throws on warm clothing, Tuesday takes the train to meet Wednesday while Thursday crawls out of bed to meet up with Friday… for a whole week’s worth of rhyme and sparkling illustrations.
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Le Départ de Julie
Artist: Réjean RoyPublisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$8.95Du lever au coucher du soleil, Julie vivait son quotidien. Chaque lundi, elle faisait son lavage. Avec la complicité de mère nature et un « Salut, Marie », les nuages gris disparaissaient. Mais un insecte à six pattes l’observait et attendait son heure. Puis, un jour, les draps blancs de Julie furent noirs de fourmis… Mais où emmène-t-on Julie et sa petite ?
Texte poétique magnifiquement illustré. Il a été inspiré par la Déportation des Acadiens de 1755, mais il peut fort bien s’appliquer aux nombreux départs forcés ou déplacements de population actuels.
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La Sirène des Iles de la Madeleine
Artist: Dominic BercierPublisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$8.95Un conte à saveur écologique où les animaux passent à l’action… On y découvre pourquoi la petite Julie des Îles de la Madeleine est entraînée au fond des mers par le homard Pince-sans-rire.
Transformée en sirène, elle ne parcourra plus les plages à la recherche de trésors, mais on pourrait bien l’apercevoir pourchassant les braconniers et les pêcheurs sans scrupule…
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Flo remonte la riviere / Flo Up the River
Artist: Joycelyne DoironPublisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$8.95A winding river seems to beckon Flo away from her beloved Maritime bay. In this fourth adventure for the little traveling buoy, Flo gathers her courage and goes upstream. Her curiosity is put to the test as she discovers a whole new world of colors, animals and sounds. But at the end of the day, a friendly encounter allows the little buoy to quietly fall asleep, cradled by the river.
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Dis dix dinosaures / Say Ten Dinosaurs
Artist: Denise PaquettePublisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$8.95This is Bouton d’or Acadie’s first foray into the world of dinosaurs. Dis dix dinosaures steps into a burgeoning world where each page is an opportunity for children to have fun counting and associating details of the images to numbers. On the splash page, one finds the scientific names of dinosaurs frequently found in other works, but (in our opinion) never illustrated with such stunning colours. Denise Paquette, one of Acadie’s most seasoned illustrators, had the time of her life with this one. As for the Moncton author Gaëtane Pinet, with such imagination, she makes a striking debut!
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Sous mon lit / Beneath My Bed
Artist: Danica BrinePublisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$8.95Clinging on to his blanky, his gaze sparkling with curiosity, a child examines what hides underneath his bed. He focuses his flashlight on some of the animals of the Maritime Provinces; some well know, and others to discover. Each is absorbed in some rather whacky activity: let’s not reveal the smelt’s or the weasel’s, but the turtle, the lobster and skunk seem to be having a merry party indeed!
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Capitaine Baboune / Captain Crankypants
Artist: Réjean RoyPublisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$8.95Arnaud, previously met in The Ogre’s belly finds himself too old for outdoor play. He appears to have mutated into the king of grouches, and so will be kidnapped onto Captain Crankypants’ celestial ship, which strangely enough, runs on grouses and grumbles. Fortunately, Loïc, Arnaud’s little brother, is not too old to trust Dylan of the Mountains, a gentle dragon who has come to Arnaud’s rescue. Armed mostly with good faith, they pair off to save Arnaud. Captain Crankypants better be wary!
Crankiness might be the order of the day for Arnaud but will he really enjoy being forcibly enlisted on Captain Crankypants celestial ship?
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Sous ma roche
Artist: Danica BrinePublisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$8.95A curious child lifts a garden rock and discovers a lively universe. These bugs might send a small shiver down an adult’s spine, but the colorful, whimsical illustrations are just what any playful child relishing gooey and squigly creatures wants to approach. The short rhythmic sentences are a perfect tool to approach French reading and natural sciences to boot, since all these charming creatures are found in the Atlantic provinces!
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Ahmed et le nid de sable
Artist: Jeffrey DommPublisher: Nimbus Publishing$8.95Lorsqu’il vivait au Kawait, Ahmed gardait de jolis oiseaux dans une cage installee au jardin. Aujourd’hui, il vit a Dartmouth, en Nouvelle-Ecosse, dans un appartment au les animaux ne sont pas admis. Un jour, Ahmed rencontre Alice et Martine, deux gardiens des pluviers siffleurs, qui viennent parler de ces petits oiseaux a son ecole. Ahmed decide alors d’aider ces oiseaux.
Tous les samedis, Ahmed, Alice et Matrin rendent visite a in couple de plouviers siffleurs qui ont construit leur nid sur la plage. Ahmed apprend a connaitre ces oiseaux et tour les dangers qui les guettent. Il les aide a affronter les difficluties jusqu’a leur depart vers le sud a la fin de l’ete.
Les illustrations hautes en couleur animent cette histories educative sur une espece d’oiseaux en danger de disparition au Canada. -
Simon et el catapulte la périlleux aventure au parc
Artist: Brenda JonesPublisher: Nimbus Publishing$8.95Simon et son audacieux compagnon, El Catapulte, sont pr’ts pour une avant-midi d’aventure extraplanétaire au parc. Ils ont pour mission de faire le tour de la galaxie en explorant tous les périls du terrain de jeux. La découverte d’un monde lointain est une t‚che dangereuse- particulièrement quand El Catapulte est de la partie! Heureusement, Simon est toujours là pour veiller à sa sécurité. Mais quand Simon et El Catapulte se retrouvent dans une situation si désespérée que m’me Simon ne peut les sauver, qui sera assez brave pour venir à leur secours?
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Imperfect Perfect Christmas
Publisher: Pottersfield Press$8.95Andrea Doucette lives in a fishing village in Nova Scotia. It’s Christmas Eve and everyone in her house is feeling excited and happy-except for Andrea who is feeling very gloomy. Then, a number of things take place that make Andrea wonder weather this Christmas is going to be quite fine-or maybe end up being the worst disaster of all.
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Knots and Splices Revised 2nd Edition
$8.95Cyrus Day completed his major work over 50 years ago and did a great deal of research into ropes and ropework in general. Colin Jarmen is an accomplished photographer and journalist and the author of Knots in Use.
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Hangman’s Noose A New Brunswick Book
Artist: Carol TaylorPublisher: Neptune Publishing$8.95In her book The Hangman’s Noose, Dorothy Dearborn explores the stories and traditions of more than 200 years of legal lynchings in New Brunswick. The most successful hangmen turned, what was often perceived as a ghoulish task, into what others considered to be a work of art, the success of which was based on effecting a clean and quick kill.
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Bubba Begonia, You’ll Be Sorry
Artist: Brenda JonesPublisher: Acorn Press$8.95Bubba Begonia is a young boy who desperately wants to make a good impression on the first day at his new school. But Bubba is nervous. Very nervous. And when he gets nervous his finger just seems to naturally head to his nose. “Bubba! Don’t be messin’ with your nose,” admonishes his mother. “Your finger’ll get stuck and then you’ll be sorry!”But Deerwatson Elementary isn’t your ordinary school. And Bubba’s classmates aren’t your ordinary students. In meeting the zaniest bunch of kids ever assembled, Bubba makes a memorable first impression when his mother’s words of warning come true.In his first chapter book (ages 8 and up), Gerry O’Brien creates an hilarious story of a young boy who overcomes an embarrassing personal habit with the help of his equally embarrassing little sister.
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Bubba Begonia and the Bully
Artist: Dale McNevinPublisher: Acorn Press$8.95It was the first day of school and Bubba Begonia felt great. Then -SPLAT! Bubba meets his new classmate Stinky Biggs. He also meetsa stalking crow, a pair of puppets who speak Wabatawbee, a skunknamed Chiclet, a Flying Bag of Doom, and a dog with gas. He accidentallyrobs a bank, he’s called a ‘hero’ and is given a reward. Hehas the worst birthday party ever, sees his favourite teacher drippingwith egg, buys a wedding cake that tastes like ‘looove’, saves abully’s butt and nearly ends up in the slammer. This can’t be good,can it?
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Tihtiyas and Jean
Artist: Naomi MitchamPublisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$8.95À travers le regard de Tihtiyas, on assiste à la grande aventure de l’arrivée, de l’installation et du premier hiver des Français à l’île Muttoneguis (Sainte-Croix). Parmi eux, se trouve Jean qui se liera d’amitié avec Tihtiyas.
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Glooscap, the Beavers and the Sugarloaf Mountian
Artist: Réjean RoyPublisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$8.95After creating the Mi’kmaqs, the great Glooscap was certain that he had established harmony on earth. But a problem remained: the beavers had built a huge dam across the Restigouche River, preventing the salmon from swimming upriver as far as the camp of the Mi’kmaqs who had come to fish there. Young Mi’kmaq men were convinced they could remedy the situation. However, completely failing to put things right, they asked the loon to call Glooscap to helpthem. Will the beavers once more outmaneuver Master Glooscap?
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Ice King
Artist: Naomi MitchamPublisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$8.95Because they did not know how to defend themselves against the Ice King, the inhabitants of a Mi’kmaq village risked death every winter – until a day when a brave Mi’kmaq dared to stand up to him. Will he manage to subdue this formidable enemy? The moral of this American Indian tale is evident. The wise and farsighted man knows how to cope with even the greatest difficulties.This book is in English, French, and Mi’kmaq.
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Peril at Plover Point
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing$8.95Summer vacation reunites David, Mary and Stephen, the three young detectives. While exploring the area, the trio discovers a series of puzzling clues in this action packed mystery.
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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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Save the World for Me
Publisher: Pottersfield Press$8.95Maxine Tynes is a poet who has lived all her life in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. She is the author of ‘Borrowed Beauty’ and ‘Woman Talking Woman’. In 1988, Maxine was named the Milton Acorn People’s Poet of Canada for her lively and intense writing. She teaches English at Cole Harbour High School.
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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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Zim s’imagine
Artist: Nathasha PilottePublisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$8.95Domestic cat or street cat, mysterious cat or old cat: all feline friends are adventurers in their own way. Who hasn’t laughed at a silly pose a cat has taken? Zim is a kitty with a vivid imagination, and with him children will discover words, rhymes, pictures and incredible situations!
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Mighty Glooscap Transforms Animals and Landscape
Artist: Réjean RoyPublisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$8.95After creating the Mi’kmaqs, the great Glooscap was certain that he had established harmony on earth. But a problem remained: the beavers had built a huge dam across the Restigouche River, preventing the salmon from swimming upriver as far as the camp of the Mi’kmaqs who had come to fish there. Young Mi’kmaq men were convinced they could remedy the situation. However, completely failing to put things right, they asked the loon to call Glooscap to help them. Will the beavers once more outmaneuver Master Glooscap?
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Sous mon arbre
Publisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$8.95Robins, swallows, sparrows, and chickadees… Birds are frolicking on the grass, but in the tree, a cat is watching. Will their songs sing its vigilance to sleep? Writer and seasoned teacher Chantal Duguay Mallet and young local illustrator in high demand Danica Brine are back with a third charming book in the Sous mon… series…, made of rhymes, short sentences and a rich vocabulary combined with colourful and amusing illustrations!
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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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Robin’s Impossible, Crazy Idea
$8.95Ever since starting grade four, Robin’s days at Ernest Lee Elementary School have been dreary. At the center of this unhappiness is her teacher, Ms. Beetroot, whose stern looks and endless lists of rules leave no room for fun. All this changes when Robin and her class are greeted by a wild and wonderful substitute teacher.
“Welcome, children! My name is Mr. Cunningham. That’s cunning as in sly, and ham as in joking around. I will be your substitute grade 4 teacher for today. Let the show begin!” He turned, opened the large door, and gave a welcoming bow.”
Mr. Cunningham brings excitement and fun back into the grade 4 classroom, but that night Robin must face the inevitable – Beetroot would be back the next day. That is when an impossible crazy idea begins to take shape in Robin’s mind. But how will she convince the grade 4 class that this crazy idea will work and how will she keep this impossible idea a secret from Ms. Beetroot?
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Luna The Cat Doesn’t Like That
Artist: Nathasha PilottePublisher: Bouton d'or Acadie$8.95Unlike his brother Zim, Luna is a little red-haired, hot-tempered cat. While his feline furry friend scurries and climbs around the house, Luna grrrrs and growls, being his grumpy self. With their piercing eyes, pudgy bellies, and little pads on their feet, even the best of us can’t resist cats! But even though they make us laugh, cats aren’t always in a good mood.Will Luna’s human and his brother be able to cheer him up?
