B is for Bluenose

Written and illustrated by Susan Tooke, B is for Bluenose is an alphabetical tribute to the province where she lives.  From the mountains of Cape Breton, to the wild and windswept Sable Island, Susan explores with us some of the special people and places of her home province.

Annapolis Valley

Grand Pré

The Citadel/Louisbourg Historic Site

Alan Syliboy

Cyrus Eaton/Thinkers Lodge

Pier 21

Music/Lunenburg

Sable Island

Joggins

Leatherback Turtle

all images © Susan Tooke

F is for Fiddlehead

With text by Marilyn Lohnes, published by Sleeping Bear Press, F is for Fiddlehead is an alphabet book based on the province of New Brunswick.  One of the Canadian Maritime provinces, New Brunswick boasts of a varied landscape, bustling cities and is the only officially bilingual province.

all images © Susan Tooke

Full Moon Rising

With text by my dear friend, Joanne Taylor, Full Moon Rising tells of the Moon, and activities under each full moon as experienced by a Nova Scotian farm family.  Winner of the Lillian Shepherd Memorial Award for Excellence in Illustration and the Mayors Award for Illustration.

text by Joanne Taylor, artwork Susan Tooke

Hay Moon (Full Moon Rising)

Corn Moon (Full Moon Rising)

Hunger Moon (Full Moon Rising)

Planter Moon (Full Moon Rising)

                           

A Fiddle for Angus:

A Fiddle for Angus, Tundra Books, text by Budge Wilson

Ceilidh at the Red Shoe (A Fiddle for Angus)

I'm a fiddler (A Fiddle for Angus)

Brave Jack and the Unicorn:

Brave Jack and the Unicorn, text by Janet McNaughton, Tundra Books

Feast at the Magician's Castle (Brave Jack and the Unicorn)

Queen of the Ants (Brave Jack and the Unicorn)

Climbing the Glass Mountain ( Brave Jack and the Unicorn)

The Golden Apple ( Brave Jack and the Unicorn)

A Seaside Alphabet, my first book...

A Seaside Alphabet, text by Donna Grassby, Tundra Books 2000

Ceilidh At the Red Shoe (A Fiddle for Angus)

The Corn Moon, (Full Moon Rising)

Full Moon Rising, text by Joanne Taylor, Tundra Books

The Hunger Moon (Full Moon Rising)

Planter Moon (Full Moon Rising)

Up Home, text by Shautay Grant, is Up Home (Nimbus Publishing). Up Home won the Lillian Shepherd Award for Illustration and The Best Published Book at the Atlantic Book Awards in 2009.  Many thanks to the community of North Preston, Nova Scotia: