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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

What If?

Le Canada, c'est moi

I Am Canada: A Celebration

You Make Me Happy

Love You More than Anything

Hockey Morning, Noon and Night

I Am Canada

A Harbour Seal in Halifax

I'm Drawing a Picture

Hockey Morning Noon and Night

Step Outside

Spin to Sea

A Bluenose Twelve Days of Christmas

Bully 101

Fiddles and Spoons

Thank You for My Bed

Snow for Christmas

I'm Writing a Story

Bounce and Beans and Burn