Nova Scotia Loves Gus
- Publisher
- Acorn Press
- Initial publish date
- May 2024
- Category
- Turtles
- Recommended Age
- 3 to 7
- Recommended Grade
- p to 2
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781773661599
- Publish Date
- May 2024
- List Price
- $14.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781773661605
- Publish Date
- May 2024
- List Price
- $8.99
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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.
