Anne Laurel Carter

• Sep-1999
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• Oct-1999
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"Written with grace and charm, this is the poignant tale of a young girl coming to terms with the departure of her beloved grandfather. In the beginning Marie tries to persuade Poppa to stay the winter. But as the story evolves and the two share a fi...

• May-2001
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Gwyn's family has traveled from Vancouver to Nova Scotia, where they plan to make their new home in Mahone Bay. Gwyn doesn't care for the idea at all and, in fact, has sulked from the west coast to the east, unlike her little sister, Linden, who'...

• Sep-2001
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On her seventh birthday, Pauline rode across the lawns on her street followed by her best friend Henry, he on the blue wooden horse, she on the red. On the seventh lawn at the top of the street, she collapsed, becoming a sudden victim of the polio ou...

• Mar-2002
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Bless This House tells the story of Elizabeth, who moves with her Planter family from New England to Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley in 1762. The area's previous settlers, the Acadians, have been deported by the English, forced to leave their homes an...

• Oct-2002
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When a boy's living room is transformed into a circus, the least the boy can do is make sure his friends Dan, Nisha, and little Stuie, who want to play along in the circus too, stay true to the grand traditions of the Big Top by not including a safar...

• Mar-2003
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Centuries ago, Princess Sheila NaGeira finds herself stranded with her lover on a rocky outcrop ten leagues from Newfoundland's shore. In the late nineteenth century, Sybil finds love in the parched badland...

• Sep-2003
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When Fanny and her friendsí hopes to play on a team are dashed, Fanny comes up with the grand solution: figure skates. She and her team will learn moves never dreamed of by a hockey coach. And learn they do. After a few weeks of training, the F Team...

• Apr-2004
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As a storm looms in the prairie sky, a boy must ride out to find his wayward younger brother, Will. He dons his red serge coat and stetson hat, saddles up and begins the search. ""You can't hide from a Mountie,"" he calls, but Will roams far, eluding...

• Sep-2008
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Winner of the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year Award for Children, the Society of School Librarians International Best Book Award and a Jane Addams Children's Book Award Honor Book Ever since she was a little girl, Amani has wanted to be...

• Oct-2008
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Like many children throughout Canada's history, Savino had to quit school when he was twelve to work and help his family. In Out of the Deeps, Savino spends his first day at the mine working alongside his father and Nelson, his father's pit pony. Whe...

• Apr-2012
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Night is a boy who knows it's much more fun to play than go to sleep. When the sun sets, he travels through the night sky in a spaceship with his teddy. Night's favorite game is hide-and-go-seek, which he plays each evening with his older sister, Day...

• Sep-2019
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All day at school, Rocky stares out the window, imagining fishing boats sailing across the sky. He wants nothing more than to fish for lobster with his dad, and finally one season he’s old enough to go along.

Before dawn, Rocky, Dad and si...

• May-2021
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In this memorable story, a young boy finds solace flying his kite from the rooftop after soldiers take his father and brother away. Without his father and brother, the young boy’s life is turned upside down. He and his family have to stay insid...