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  • Down by Jim Longs Stage: Rhymes for children and young fish

    Al Pittman

    Hardcover (Breakwater Books Ltd., June 1, 1976)
    A long-cherished children's classic is now back in print! This 25th Anniversary Collectors Edition of the classic children's book is a new illustrated edition. It's time for a new generation of children to enjoy this lighthearted collection of rhymes by the acclaimed poet Al Pittman. All new whimsical illustrations by Pam Hall dance through the pages with a sublime silliness perfectly balancing Pittman's rhymes. Her original work was the Winner of the prestigious Amelia Francis Howard Gibbon Award for best Canadian illustration. The late acclaimed poet and author, Al Pittman, died on August 26, 2001 at the age of sixty-one, after a lengthy illness. He was one of Newfoundland's best contemporary writers. Al built an inte ational reputation over the last 40 years creating award-winning poetry, plays and scripts for radio and television. Some of these include the Borestone Mountain Poetry Award, The Canada Council Arts Award, the Lydia Campbell Award, the Stephen Leacock Centenial Award, The Writer's Alliance Book Award for Poetry and has been inducted into the Arts Council's Hall of Honour. Up until his death he was a Writer in Residence at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College in Co er Brook, Newfoundland.
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  • Pocket Pegasus

    Susan Stafford

    eBook (Breakwater Books Ltd., Oct. 6, 2008)
    Laura Connor’s summer suddenly switches from boring to magical flying mayhem when her favourite Pegasus model horse, Flash, comes to life during a violent thunderstorm. Follow their adventures as fantasy collides with reality and Laura tries to keep her two-hand-high, walking, talking, flying equine a secret from the rest of the world.For more information visit www.pocketpegasus.com
  • Almost Home: The Sinking of the S. S. Caribou

    Jennifer Morgan

    eBook (Breakwater Books Ltd., Oct. 31, 2012)
    In the early hours of October 14, 1942, under cover of darkness, the German submarine U-69 torpedoed and sank the passenger ferry SS Caribou off the southwest coast of Port aux Basques, Newfoundland.Now, seventy years later, writer and artist Jennifer Morgan recreates that eventful night in full colour. These vivid illustrations, in comic book form, bring the history and aftermath of the Caribou’s final voyage to life for a whole new generation of readers.
  • Time of Treason

    Susan MacDonald

    language (Breakwater Books Ltd., April 15, 2014)
    Picking up where Edge of Time left off, Time of Treason continues the story of Riley and Alec, otherwise normal teens whose special genetic traits grant them powers they are only now learning to control – powers that also make them targets for the extraterrestrial Tyons. Riley and Alec travel back in time to the start of their adventures, courtesy of Alec’s creepy time shifting abilities. But instead of fixing things, it’s made everything much worse. The Tyons tracked their time shift and are hot on their heels, and Rhozan is back, more dangerous than ever. After a brazen attack, Alec finds himself out of the frying pan and definitely into the fire. Can Riley save him? Or is Alec just a pawn of time?
  • The Immortality Game

    Ted Cross

    Paperback (Breakwater Harbor Books, Nov. 24, 2014)
    Moscow, 2138. With the world only beginning to recover from the complete societal collapse of the late 21st Century, Zoya scrapes by prepping corpses for funerals and dreams of saving enough money to have a child. When her brother forces her to bring him a mysterious package, she witnesses his murder and finds herself on the run from ruthless mobsters. Frantically trying to stay alive and save her loved ones, Zoya opens the package and discovers two unusual data cards, one that allows her to fight back against the mafia and another which may hold the key to everlasting life.
  • Footprints

    Robert Rayner

    eBook (Breakwater Books Ltd., April 29, 2008)
    When three teenage friends oppose the annexation of their favourite beach by a prominent businessman and philanthropist, their efforts to keep it public are rebuffed or ignored. Their actions quickly move beyond conventional protest, despite the wa ings of an adult friend, the gentle, enigmatic Dexter Lully. As the friends, frustrated and desperate, are driven towards the dark, morally ambiguous world of direct action, one embraces it, one is thrust into it, and one teeters on the brink, appalled at the widening rift he sees separating his friends from him, and from society, for ever.
  • Buried Truths

    Alice Walsh

    eBook (Breakwater Books Ltd., April 15, 2013)
    After her mother dies, fourteen year old Zoe is whisked away to Newfoundland to live with a father she has never met. In the tiny village of Port au Choix, she gets caught up in solving the mystery of finding the habitation site of the Maritime Archaic Indian, an ancient culture that lived in the area more than four thousand years ago. At the same time, Zoe has her own mystery to solve. Going through her mother’s journals, she discovers secrets that baffle and confuse her. Could Zoe’s life have been nothing more than an elaborate lie?
  • A Moose Goes a-Mummering

    Lisa Dalrymple, David Sturge

    Paperback (Breakwater Books Ltd., Oct. 1, 2014)
    In this Newfoundland "Twelve Days of Christmas," Chris Moose loves to go mummering. But everyone, from 2 giggling geese to 12 blushing beavers, see through his festive costume. With bobbles, lights and garlands, Chris' disguise grows more and more elaborate until he begins to wonder if he will ever find a way to keep his true identity from his friends!
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  • A Viking Ship for Brendan

    Catherine Simpson, Joanne Snook-Hann

    Paperback (Breakwater Books Ltd., June 16, 2000)
    A little boy who wants a Viking ship of his very own has a unique adventure out of time and receives a special gift from the great Viking, Leif the Lucky. The boy discovers that, even when you don't get exactly what you want, you may receive something far more valuable - the gift of heritage, the gift of imagination
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  • The Atlantic Edge: Living in Newfoundland & Labrador

    Frank Cramm

    Hardcover (Breakwater Books Ltd., April 1, 1991)
    Newfoundland is on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean, on the edge of our country, Canada, and the North American continent. Its position on the edge has affected all aspects of development. Developed for the elementary student.
  • One Wonderful Fine Day for a Sculpin Named Sam

    Al Pittman, Shawn O’Hagan

    Hardcover (Breakwater Books Ltd., April 10, 2013)
    Sam, the colourful sculpin, is different. And on one warm summer day, he swims through an underwater community teeming with lively fish of all shapes and sizes. But Sam doesn’t look like anyone else. He feels lonely. Until he finds Sara, his perfect match, in a world where everyone is different in their own way. Al Pittman’s classic story, vibrantly illustrated by Shawn O’Hagan, is a perennial favourite. Breakwater Books is proud to make One Wonderful Fine Day for a Sculpin Named Sam available in a new edition for a whole new generation of readers.
  • The Beothuk of Newfoundland: A Vanished People

    Ingeborg Marshall

    Paperback (Breakwater Books Ltd., July 1, 1991)
    A wonderful history of the Red Indians of Newfoundland. Exciting in its detail, this book shares all available information conce ing every aspect of Beothuk life-housing, clothing, hunting methods, arts and social life. Ingeborg Marshall gives us a rare picture of a lost people whose culture was completely destroyed after the arrival of white settlers.