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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

Ages
3 to 7
Grades
p to 2

Truck !

by (author) Doretta Groenendyk

Ages
3 to 6
Grades
p to 1

Groundhog Night

Shubenacadie Sam's Shadow

by (author) Doretta Groenendyk

Ages
4 to 8
Grades
p to 3

What If?

by (author) Doretta Groenendyk

Ages
4 to 8
Grades
p to 3

Truck

by (author) Doretta Groenendyk

Ages
4 to 8
Grades
p to 3

You Make Me Happy

by (author) Doretta Groenendyk

Ages
3 to 8
Grades
p to 3

Love You More than Anything

by (author) Doretta Groenendyk

Ages
3 to 7
Grades
p to 2

Fiddles and Spoons

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

Ages
8 to 12
Grades
2 to 4

Hockey Morning, Noon and Night

by (author) Doretta Groenendyk

Ages
4 to 8
Grades
p to 3

A Harbour Seal in Halifax

by (author) Doretta Groenendyk

Ages
4 to 8
Grades
p to 3

I'm Drawing a Picture

by (author) Doretta Groenendyk

Ages
8 to 12
Grades
3 to 7

Hockey Morning Noon and Night

by (author) Doretta Groenendyk

Step Outside

by (author) Doretta Groenendyk

Spin to Sea

by (author) Izra Fitch & Doretta Groenendyk

Ages
4 to 8
Grades
p to 3

A Bluenose Twelve Days of Christmas

by (author) Bruce Nunn
illustrated by Doretta Groenendyk

Ages
3 to 9
Grades
p to 4

Bully 101

by (author) Doretta Groenendyk

Ages
4 to 8
Grades
p to 3

Fiddles and Spoons

Journey of an Acadian Mouse

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

Thank You for My Bed

by (author) Doretta Groenendyk

Snow for Christmas

by (author) Doretta Groenendyk

Ages
4 to 8
Grades
p to 3

I'm Writing a Story

by (author) Doretta Groenendyk

Ages
8 to 12
Grades
3 to 7

Bounce and Beans and Burn

by (author) Doretta Groenendyk & Shannon Murray

Ages
4 to 8
Grades
p to 3