A Bluenose Twelve Days of Christmas
Bruce Nunn Doretta Groenendyk
9781551099385
32 pages
Nimbus Publishing
Overview
On the fifth day of Christmas,My true love gave to me
Five Highland flings!
Four coal seams,
Three lobster traps,
Two fiddle tunes,
And a Bluenose in at Pier Three.
“The Twelve Days of Christmas” gets a taste of Nova Scotian revelry in this energetic retelling by storyteller Bruce Nunn. With Doretta Groenendyk's charming and funny illustrations, readers young and old will want to read–and sing!–this version of the carol every Christmas.
Author Bio
Bruce Nunn is a popular storyteller and the author of several books, including Nova Scotia History with a Twist and The Magical Christmas Light of Old Nova Scotia. His history stories have aired on CBC radio and television, and in 2005 his storytelling earned him an Atlantic Journalism Gold Award. He lives in Dartmouth.
Doretta, a painter, writer and teacher, lives with her husband and three children on a small spot of land in the Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia. She is the author and illustrator of Snow for Christmas, and Thank you for My Bed, both of which were shortlisted for the Lillian Shepherd Memorial Award for Illustration. Her other titles include Step Outside, I’m Writing a Story, and Bully 101. She is also the co-author of Spin to Sea with her daughter, Izra Fitch.
