Set in rural Newfoundland and Labrador, Jack and the Hurricane follows young, willful Jack on his adventure to save his cousin's birthday party, no matter what Mother Nature has in store.
Despite the appeals...
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Jack and the Hurricane
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A Moose Goes a-Mummering
In this Newfoundland “Twelve Days of Christmas,” Chris Moose loves to go mummering. But everyone, from 2 giggling geese to 12 blushing beavers, see through his festive costume. With bobbles, lights and garlands,...
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Life Lines: The Lanier Phillips Story
When the USS Truxtun was shipwrecked off the coast of Newfoundland in 1942, Lanier Phillips, an African-American serviceman, was rescued by the people of the town of St. Lawrence. The kindness he received transformed...
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Borrowed Black: A Labrador Fantasy
The twenty-fifth anniversary edition of Ellen Bryan Obed's Borrowed Black tells the story of an imaginary creature who lives on the coast of Labrador. He borrows everything from his surroundings -- even the wind...
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One Wonderful Fine Day for a Sculpin Named Sam
Softcover. Breakwater Books celebrates the 30th anniversary of Al Pittman’s classic story for children with a beautiful new softcover edition. Sam, the colourful sculpin, is different. And on one warm summer...
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Wow Wow and Haw Haw
Acclaimed poet George Murray and award-winning painter Michael Pittman team up for their first-ever childrens’ picture book. Wow Wow the fox pup has learned a lot about the hows and whys of being a fox. He...
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Pirate Gran Goes For Gold
In her second book, Pirate Gran’s got wind of the Olympics—and in her latest adventure with old shipmate Fingers O’Malley, her long-suffering croc and the rest of the crew, she’s dead-set on becoming World...
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One Wonderful Fine Day for a Sculpin Named Sam
Breakwater Books celebrates the 30th anniversary of Al Pittman’s classic story for children with a beautiful new softcover edition. Sam, the colourful sculpin, is different. And on one warm summer day, he swims...
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The Adventures of Gus and Isaac: HO, HO, NO Christmas
The second Installment in the Gus and Isaac series,Ho Ho NO Christmas! follows the adventures of Gus the seagull and Isaac the bob-tailed cat in their attempt to save Christmas and help Santa, who has become lost...
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Almost Home – The Sinking of the S.S. Caribou
In the early hours of October 14, 1942, under cover of darkness, the German submarine U-69 torpedoed and sank the passenger ferry SS Caribou off the southwest coast of Port aux Basques, Newfoundland. Now, seventy...
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