The Stupendous Adventure of Gregory Green
, written
by Jason Noble and illustrated by his brother Matthew Noble, is the story of a boy that tries to save the forest from Sawtooth, Sludge, and Smog, three monsters that threaten to destroy the forest. Included with the book is a CD of Gordon Pinsent narrating the story.
In Uncle Joe and Sally: It's ok to be Different, written by Marion Quinton-Brake and illustrated by Cassandra Boone, Uncle Joe and Sally are two bunnies that the kids think must have something wrong with them because they are different. A boy, named Tim, however, loves and accepts the bunnies in spite of the fact that they are different and helps prove that the bunnies don't have anything wrong with them.
The text in A Silly Codfish Tale is written in English by Pat Whelan and in French by Arlene Luke. The book is illustrated by Ronan Kennedy. In the book Dapper Tom Codfish tells about his life in the sea, and about what happens when he gets caught and eaten. Each double page spread has a text page and an illustration page. Illustrations are pencil drawings. Text is just a sentence or two on each page and there is an English and French version on each page.
A Newfoundland Alphabet, written and illustrated by Dawn Baker, is a simple alphabet book with beautiful pictures. Each page features just one letter of the alphabet with a word or two, or three, that starts with the letter, and each word is illustrated somehow on the page. Many of these words and illustrations have a distinct Newfoundland appeal. 
Digger Donald is a book with definite boy appeal, but that doesn't mean that you shouldn't expose girls to it too. Digger Donald is an excavator that is excited when he gets a job to do. He's even more excited about all the other machines he gets to meet and work with on the way to, and while doing, the job. Both boys and girls will learn the names and functions of all kinds of different big machines in this book. The story was written by Blanche Smith and her daughter, Carmel Smith, drew the pictures.
In There's No Place Like My Newfoundland and Labrador Home, written and illustrated by Necie Mouland, each double page spread features an illustration and rhyming text. Every page gives reasons for why living in Newfoundland and Labrador is great! What Newfoundlander wouldn't want to share such a book with children they love? In the back of the book there is a section about plants and sea creatures common in Newfoundland and also a glossary of some words used in the book.
Down by Jim Long's Stage, subtitled Rhymes for children and young fish, was written by Al Pittman and features illustrations by Pam Hall. This book contains more wonderfully silly rhymes, this time featuring fish of all kinds. Once again Anna and I got a kick out of the rhymes and pictures. I think we preferred Down by Jim Long's Stage over On a Wing and a Wish: Salt Water Bird Rhymes. Each double page spread in Down by Jim Long's Stage features a single poem, while in On a Wing and a Wish: Salt Water Bird Rhymes there was often more than one poem per page. Apparently Down by Jim Long's Stage book has been around for 25 years but this is my first time encountering it and I'm sad that it took so long to come across it. It really is a fun book.
As April is Poetry month I figured this is a good time to feature On a Wing and a Wish: Salt Water Bird Rhymes
, written by Al Pittman and illustrated by Veselina Tomova. This book contains wonderfully silly rhymes featuring salt water birds of all kinds! Anna and I got a kick out of some of the rhymes and pictures in this book, even if some of the poems didn't make a lot of sense to us. At the back of the book is a list of the names of the different birds featured in the poems.
A Gift of Music: Emile Benoit & his Fiddle
, written by Alice Walsh and illustrated by Geoff Butler, tells the story of the birth and childhood of one of Newfoundland's most well known fiddle players.
The Colours of My Home: a portrait of Newfoundland & Labrador
, written
by Susan Pynn and illustrated by Nancy Keating, is the author's first book and the illustrator's second. With rhyming text and a collage of illustrations each double page spread of this book is devoted to a different colour. Many of the things depicted are things that have a distinct Newfoundland connection. The illustrations are beautiful. 
Forget-Me-Not, written
by Maxine Trottier and illustrated by Nancy Keating, is set in a Newfoundland outport in 1917. It tells the story of how Bridget, a young girl in the community, brings food to a young soldier that returns to the community but keeps himself separated from the others, possibly because he's ashamed of his injuries. The soldier initiates a note writing relationship with Bridget, naming the wildflowers that she usually leaves with his food. The last flower he names, with the last note he writes to her, is the Forget-Me-Not.
My Newfoundland and Labrador Counting Book, written by Betty Organ and illustrated by Dana Carter, is the first published book for both author and illustrator, who are both from Newfoundland.
