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Children's Fiction Turtles

Nova Scotia Loves Gus

by (author) Doretta Groenendyk

Publisher
Acorn Press
Initial publish date
May 2024
Category
Turtles
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781773661599
    Publish Date
    May 2024
    List Price
    $14.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781773661605
    Publish Date
    May 2024
    List Price
    $8.99

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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels

  • Age: 3 to 7
  • Grade: p to 2

Description

Meet Nova Scotia's cherished, 100 year- old tortoise, Gus. Celebrated, supported and adored by visitors to the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History this sweet, illustrated story of the century long life of Gus will become a family and museum favourite.

About the author

Doretta Groenendyk, a painter, writer, and teacher, lives with her husband and three children on a small spot of land in the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia. Doretta is the author and illustrator of several children’s books by both The Acorn Press and Nimbus Publishing. Snow for Christmas, Thank You for My Bed, and I’m Drawing a Picture, have been shortlisted for the Lillian Shepherd Memorial Award for Illustration. She also co­wrote Spin to Sea with her daughter Izra Fitch.

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