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Three Atlantic Canadian Children’s Picture Books

June 2, 2024June 1, 2024 by Melanie Métivier

Big Rory of Market Square, written by Laurie-Stanley Blackwell and illustrated by Karen Megronigle, is an entertaining tale of an admirable, somewhat-mysterious, local storytelling kitty. A Newfoundland Alphabet: 25th Anniversary Edition, written and illustrated by Dawn Baker is a must have for little ones! Poppa and His Drum, written by Judith M. Doucette, and illustrated by Rebecca Reid, is an uplifting story of an Indigenous child and their grandfather

Kings of Their Own Ocean: Tuna, Obsession, and the Future of Our Seas by Karen Pinchin

May 12, 2024May 11, 2024 by Carrie Stanton

Author Karen Pinchin has given us a gift. It is her perfectly paced, exquisitely written work of creative nonfiction.

A field of pink and red flowers. A path runs through the field. There are trees on the horizon and the sky is grey. The title is in white letters written vertically on the left side of the image.

Threshold Stories by Carol Bruneau

May 6, 2024May 5, 2024 by Steven Mayoff

Carol Bruneau is an award-winning writer from Halifax and has been a key figure on the Atlantic-Canadian literary scene for many years. She is also one of the finest writers this country has produced and has published internationally.

An off white image with a + sign. Inside the + sign is an image of a large hospital ship on the ocean. The title is in large blue letters at the top of the image, outside of the +. The author's name is at the bottom of the image. A blurb is tucked into the outside left hand corner of the +.

Atrocity On The Atlantic by Nate Hendley

March 24, 2024 by Heather McBriarty

It was the greatest Canadian naval disaster of the First World War.

Against the Tides by Ronald Rudin

October 23, 2023October 23, 2023 by Bryn Robinson

The untold story of the engineers who dammed Canada’s Maritime marshlands.

My First East Coast Bird Book by Jeffrey C. Domm

July 17, 2023 by Bryn Robinson

An all-new, richly illustrated easy-to-use guide that with the six identifying features of each of the most common birds on the east coast.

High Water Mark: Atlantic Canadian Stories 1983-2023 Edited by Lesley Choyce

June 7, 2024May 29, 2023 by Alison Manley

High Water Mark is an anthology of short fiction from some of the finest writers of Atlantic Canada over the last forty years.

Eclipsing the Aurora, by Peter J. Foote

October 11, 2024March 15, 2023 by Lisa Timpf

Anyone who has been exposed to Foote’s newsletter “Foote Notes,” which includes the advice of Grump the Gargoyle, might expect a bit of humorous sarcasm in the novel, and they won’t be disappointed.

Amazing Black Atlantic Canadians, Words by Lindsay Ruck, Art by James Bentley

February 11, 2022 by Kayla Geitzler

Created primarily for young readers, Amazing Black Atlantic Canadians will enrich and inform audiences of all ages. Written by Dartmouth, NS author Lindsay Ruck and beautifully illustrated by James Bentley, this is truly a collection of “inspiring stories of courage and achievement”.

Alexa! Changing the Face of Canadian Politics by Stephen Kimber

January 15, 2022May 23, 2021 by Alison Manley

Alexa McDonough’s impact on Canadian politics cannot be measured solely by election victories or seat tallies. As the first female leader of a mainstream Canadian political party, she helped transform Nova Scotian and Canadian politics. In the process, she transcended party affiliation and gender to become simply “Alexa” to Canadians across the country.

This Is How It Is by Sharon King-Campbell

April 11, 2021 by Alison Manley

These poems are unapologetically Atlantic Canadian. Even though King-Campbell’s collection traverses the world, it is centred with these roots in Atlantic Canada.

Nova Scotia Shaped By the Sea: A Living History by Lesley Choyce

April 4, 2021April 4, 2021 by Mala Rai

The history of Nova Scotia is an amazing story of a land and a people shaped by the waves, the tides, the wind, and the wonder of the North Atlantic. Choyce weaves the legacy of this unique coastal province, piecing together the stories written in the rocks, the wrecks, and the record books of human glory and error.

Atlantic Canada’s Greatest Storms by Dan Soucoup

June 2, 2022July 29, 2020 by Jeffery D. Muzzerall

Atlantic Canada’s Greatest Storms chronicles many of the most dramatic and tragic storms that have struck the east coast, from 1745’s Grand Armada Tragedy to 2017’s Ice Storm.

Stompin’ Tom Connors: The Myth and The Man by Charlie Rhinedress

April 2, 2020 by Lana Shupe

Charlie Rhindress takes his reader on a Canadian coast to coast journey as we travel with this drifter man, Stompin’ Tom Connors.

Malagash by Joey Comeau

November 11, 2022January 27, 2018 by Naomi MacKinnon

(The following is an excerpt from a review written by Naomi MacKinnon at Consumed by Ink. It is reproduced here in part with her kind permission.) Malagash is a gem of a book. And I can’t think of anyone I wouldn’t recommend it to. The title of the book refers to the community where the …