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Nicholas Oldland

Nicholas Oldland earned a degree in fine arts at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, Canada, and enjoyed success as a commercial artist and filmmaker before taking up the role of creative director at Hatley, a popular apparel company. Big Bear Hug is his first picture book.

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10, 9, 8 dinosaures

10, 9, 8 dinosaures

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Un livre adorable pour apprendre à compter à rebours, de 10 à zéro! (Les dinosaures ont disparu après tout!). Les petits y découvriront le nom de plusieurs dinosaures en plus des verbes associés à chacune de leurs actions.

L'humour enjoué de Nicholas Oldland et ses illustrations amusantes redonnent vie à un concept familier mais combien po …

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Big Bear Hug

Big Bear Hug

illustrated by Nicholas Oldland
edition:Hardcover
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A huge bear is wandering through the forest - but wait a minute! Who's that he's hugging? A beaver? And a moose? And a bird? And a tree? Welcome to the world of Big Bear Hug, a contemporary fable about a bear who has an appetite for hugging everything in sight - even creatures that bears have been known to eat. One day, the benevolent bear meets up …

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Dinosaur Countdown

Dinosaur Countdown

illustrated by Nicholas Oldland
edition:Hardcover
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Count down from ten striding velociraptors to a ferociously funny end in this counting book for dinosaur lovers of all ages!

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Making the Moose Out of Life

Making the Moose Out of Life

illustrated by Nicholas Oldland
edition:Hardcover
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From the creator of Big Bear Hug comes the comic-adventure story of a mild-mannered moose who learns how to take life by the antlers. This moose may live in the wild, but he doesn't act it -- he watches from the sidelines as his friends have fun. Every now and then, he wonders if he's missing out on anything. When the moose finally takes a chance a …

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The Busy Beaver

The Busy Beaver

illustrated by Nicholas Oldland
edition:Hardcover
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The busy but careless beaver spends his days following random impulses, rarely thinking things through and leaving in his wake a devastated forest filled with stumps, half-nibbled trees and injured, homeless animals. But then one day the beaver finds himself on the wrong side of a falling tree, which as it turns out, is just the thing to knock some …

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Up the Creek

Up the Creek

illustrated by Nicholas Oldland
edition:Hardcover
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The bear, the moose and the beaver are the best of friends, even though they often disagree. On a canoe trip, the trio's squabbling leads them into rough waters. Can they agree on a plan before it's too late?

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