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Deirdre Kessler

Deirdre Kessler. Charlottetown writer Deirdre Kessler is the author of five children’s novels and five picture books, as well as poetry, plays, non-fiction and radio documentaries. She teaches children’s literature and creative writing at the University of Prince Edward Island. “Home for Christmas” was published as an illustrated book by Pottersfield Press 鴆9) and appears here by permission of the publisher and the author.

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Afternoon Horses

Afternoon Horses

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Deirdre Kessler teaches creative writing and children's literature at the University of Prince Edward Island. Her poetry has appeared in a number of collections, including The New Poets of Prince Edward Island and Landmarks: An Anthology of New Atlantic Canadian Poetry of the Land, and in chapbook form: Subtracting by Seventeen. She is the author o …

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Anne of Green Gables Young Readers

Anne of Green Gables Young Readers

Stories for Young Readers
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Now even the youngest Anne of Green Gables fans can celebrate the centennial anniversary.
2008 Marks the one-hundredth anniversary of the publication of Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic tale of the red-headed orphan who is mistakenly sent to live with Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert of Avonlea, Prince Edward Island. The story has …

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Anne: La Maison aux pignons verts

Anne: La Maison aux pignons verts

Recits pour jeunes lecteurs
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Anne Shirley is hot-tempered, melodramatic, impulsive, accident-prone, and one of the best-loved literary characters in the world. From her feud with Gilbert Blythe to her near-drowning in the pond to the incident with the currant wine, Anne's adventures come to life for a whole new generation in Anne of Green Gables: Stories for Young Readers. Thi …

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Dreamtime

Dreamtime

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Deirdre Kessler teaches creative writing and children's literature at the University of Prince Edward Island. She is the author of five children's novels, including the Canadian Children's Book Centre Award-winning Brupp Rides Again, and six other picture books, including perennial favourites Lobster in My Pocket and Lena and the Whale.

Christina Pa …

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Gifts to Last

Gifts to Last

Christmas Stories from the Maritimes and Newfoundland
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also available: Audiobook (CD)
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Christmas a-glitter, Christmas on a shoestring. Christmas wrecked. Christmas salvaged. Christmas in city, village and country, in church and shopping mall and barn -- they're all here, in stories by the best writers in the Maritimes and Newfoundland. Walter Learning's Christmas treat opens with "Matthew Insists on Puffed Sleeves," from Anne of Gree …

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Green Gables

Green Gables

Lucy Maud Montgomery's Favourite Places
by Deirdre Kessler
by (photographer) Alanna Jankov
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The landscape of Prince Edward Island set Lucy Maud Montgomery's imagination on fire. This book explores the places where she grew up and explores the settings of her most famous works of fiction.

Green Gables, once the home of Montgomery's relatives, is now furnished and decorated based on descriptions in her most famous novel. Nearby is the autho …

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Lena and the Whale

Lena and the Whale

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Lena has a 6th sense for knowing when animals are in trouble. That's how she found Hawkster, a young crow with a broken wing, and others. Her 6th sense puts her in the right place when a baby humpback whale swims too close to shore.

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Lobster in My Pocket

Lobster in My Pocket

illustrated by Brenda Jones
by Deirdre Kessler
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Lee lives in a fishing village. One day she hears a little voice coming from a lobster crate and she discovers Lucky, a talking lobster.

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Lobster in my Pocket  2nd edition

Lobster in my Pocket 2nd edition

illustrated by Brenda Jones
by Deirdre Kessler
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This Maritime classic tells the magical story of Lee,alonely girl in a coastal fishing village. One day shemeets Lucky, a talking lobster trapped in a crate onthe wharf. Lee sets Lucky free, and the two becomefriends. When Lee falls into the ocean during a terriblestorm, Lucky shows how much he cares about her! Now in a new, full-colour edition, Lo …

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