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Doretta Groenendyk

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.

Books by Doretta Groenendyk

Nova Scotia Loves Gus

by (author) Doretta Groenendyk

Truck !

by (author) Doretta Groenendyk

Groundhog Night

Shubenacadie Sam's Shadow

by (author) Doretta Groenendyk

Truck

by (author) Doretta Groenendyk

What If?

by (author) Doretta Groenendyk

What if?

From Worries to Wonder

by (author) Doretta Groenendyk

Le Canada, c'est moi

by (author) Heather Patterson
illustrated by Genevieve Cote, Jon Klassen, Barbara Reid, Marie-Louise Gay, Ashley Spires, Irene Luxbacher, Jeremy Tankard, Ruth Ohi, Qin Leng, Danielle Daniel, Eva Campbell, Cale Atkinson & Doretta Groenendyk

I Am Canada: A Celebration

A Celebration

by (author) Heather Patterson
illustrated by Jon Klassen, Barbara Reid, Marie-Louise Gay, Danielle Daniel, Genevieve Cote, Ashley Spires, Qin Leng, Jeremy Tankard, Ruth Ohi, Irene Luxbacher, Eva Campbell, Cale Atkinson & Doretta Groenendyk

You Make Me Happy

by (author) Doretta Groenendyk

Love You More than Anything

by (author) Doretta Groenendyk

Fiddles and Spoons

by (author) Lila Hope-Simpson
illustrated by Doretta Groenendyk

Hockey Morning, Noon and Night

by (author) Doretta Groenendyk

A Harbour Seal in Halifax

by (author) Doretta Groenendyk

I'm Drawing a Picture

by (author) Doretta Groenendyk

Hockey Morning Noon and Night

by (author) Doretta Groenendyk

Step Outside

by (author) Doretta Groenendyk

Spin to Sea

by (author) Izra Fitch & Doretta Groenendyk

A Bluenose Twelve Days of Christmas

by (author) Bruce Nunn
illustrated by Doretta Groenendyk

Bully 101

by (author) Doretta Groenendyk

Thank You for My Bed

by (author) Doretta Groenendyk

Snow for Christmas

by (author) Doretta Groenendyk

I'm Writing a Story

by (author) Doretta Groenendyk

Bounce and Beans and Burn

by (author) Doretta Groenendyk & Shannon Murray