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Nimbus Publishing Spring 2021 Table of Contents Anne's Cradle: The Life and Works of Hanako Muraoka, Japanese Translator of Anne of Green Gables by Eri Muraoka, 4 Cathy Hirano 5 Fishnets & Fantasies by Jane Doucet 6 Marilla Before Anne by Louise Michalos 7 One Who Has Been Here Before by Rebecca Babcock 8 The Family Way by Laura Best 9 Canada: Above & Beyond by George Fischer 10 Somebeachsomewhere: A Harness Racing Legend from a One-Horse Stable by Marjorie Simmins 11 Titanic: True Stories of Her Passengers, Crew, and Legacy by Nicola Pierce 12 Memories on the Bounty: A Story of Friendship, Love, and Adventure by Janet Coulter Sanford 13 Senior Moment: Navigating the Challenges of Caring for Mom by Monica Graham 14 Évangéline: The Many Identities of a Literary Icon by Joseph Yvon Thériault, Marie-France Guénette, Amélie Lemieux 15 Clary Croft: My Charmed Life in Music, Art, and Folklore by Clary Croft Dusty Dreams and Troubled Waters: A Story of HMCS Sackville and the Battle of the Atlantic by Brian Bowman, 16 Richard Rudnicki, Susan Tooke 17 Cultivating Success: The Life of Acadian Seaplants Founder Louis Deveau by Jim Meek 18 Read Talk Play: Baby Steps to Reading by Carol McDougall, Shanda LaRamee-Jones 19 Here Babies, There Babies in Summer by Nancy Cohen, Carmen Mok 20 Forest Magic: A Guidebook for Little Woodland Explorers by Sarah Grindler 21 Sweetgrass by Theresa Meuse, Arthur Stevens 22 The Land Puffin by Lori Doody 23 Wildflower by Briana Corr Scott 24 Seeing Stars: The Secret Life of Starfish by Denise Adams 25 The Last Time I Saw Her by Alexandra Harrington 26 The Little Book of Nova Scotia by Len Wagg 27 Atlantic Seafood: Recipes from Chef Michael Howell by Michael Howell Whispers of Mermaids and Wonderful Things: Atlantic Canadian Poetry and Verse for Children by Sheree Fitch, 28 Anne Hunt 29 The Life of Boston King by Carmelita A M Robertson, Ruth Holmes Whitehead 30 Kisses Kisses, Baby-O!: Trilingual Edition by Sheree Fitch, Hilda Rose, Bernie Francis 31 Amazing Black Atlantic Canadians: Inspiring Stories of Courage and Achievement by Lindsay Ruck, James Bentley It's Our Time: Honouring the African Nova Scotian Communities of East Preston, North Preston, Lake Loon/Cherry 32 Brook by Wanda Taylor 33 Northwest Territories, Naturally by George Fischer 34 Des vagues et des ailes: photographies aériennes des Îles de la Madeleine by George Fischer 35 Kimmy & Mike by Dave Paddon, Lily Snowden-Fine 36 The Degrees of Barley Lick by Susan Flanagan 37 Hare B&B by Bill Richardson, Bill Pechet 38 Mr. Beagle and the Georgestown Mystery by Lori Doody Nimbus Publishing 1 Nimbus Publishing Spring 2021 39 Catalina by Lori Doody 40 Petit Pico by Fabien Melanson, Nathasha Pilotte 41 Où tu vas, Emma? by Hélène Devarennes, Omar Al-Hafidh 42 Le chien d'or de Québec: Une aventure des Trois Mousquetaires by Denis Boucher, Paul Roux 43 Ouaf? 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Cot! by Carolyn Rowe-Turner, Sarah Delignies 44 Sur la rue Tout-le-Monde by Sheree Fitch, Emma FitzGerald 45 La promesse du bout du monde by Danielle Marcotte, Stéphanie Bourgeois 46 L'étoile dans la pomme by Marie-France Comeau, Gilles Cormier 47 La nouvelle vie de Madame Bouteille (Madam Bottle's New Life) by Angèle Delaunois, Jacinthe Chevalier 48 Le retour du Capitaine Baboune by Michel Ouellette, Réjean Roy 49 Cléo matelot by Jeanne Mout, Émilie Leduc 50 Bodkin Beag and Bodkin Mòr: A traditional Gaelic tale by Emily MacDonald Biorachan Beag agus Biorachan Mor: Sgeulachd thraidiseanta air a dealbhadh le Eimilidh Dhomhnallach by Eimilidh 51 Dhòmhnallach 52 Bana-phrionnsa a' Phoca Phaipeir by Robert Munsch, Michael Martchenko, Mòrag Anna NicNèill 53 G comme Gaël: L'alphabet de la culture gaélique en Nouvelle-Écosse by Shelayne Hanson, Etta Moffatt, Melany Close 54 Pearleen Oliver: Canada's Black Crusader for Civil Rights by Ronald Caplan 55 Disaster at the Highland Games by Riel Nason, Nathasha Pilotte 56 A Calf for Olive by Cheryl Dawn Buchan 57 Hold This by Carolyn Cory Scoppettone, Priscilla Alpaugh 58 Chowder Rules: The True Story of an Epic Food Fight by Anna Crowley Redding, Vita Lane 59 Spoonhandle by Ruth Moore 60 True North: Finding the Essence of Aroostook by Kathryn Olmstead 61 Working from Home for a Harmonious Life by Luc Desroches 62 Wild Green Light by David Adams Richards 63 Unspoken Truth: Unmuted and Unfiltered by Angela Bowden 64 The Race to the Bottom: How Scuba Diving in Nova Scotia Saved My Life by Bob Chaulk 65 The Perfect Day and Other Stories by Harry Bruce 66 Nova Scotia Politics 1945-2020: From Macdonald to MacNeil by Graham Steele 67 No Thanks, I Want to Walk: Two Months on Foot Around New Brunswick and the Gaspé by Emily Taylor Smith 68 The Hermit of Africville: The Life of Eddie Carvery by Jon Tattrie 69 Grain Elevators: Beacons on the Prairies by Chris Attrell, Christine Hanlon 70 Vintage Moncton: A History in Pictures by Ryan Gagné 71 Ontario Picnics: A Century of Dining Outdoors by Lindy Mechefske 72 Forgotten Nova Scotia by Ted Pritchard, Ingrid Bulmer 73 Classified: Off the Beat 'N Path by Nimbus Publishing 2 Nimbus Publishing Spring 2021 Anne's Cradle The Life and Works of Hanako Muraoka, Japanese Translator of Anne of Green Gables By (author) Eri Muraoka , Translated by Cathy Hirano May 25, 2021 | Paperback , Trade | $24.95 The bestselling biography of renowned Japanese translator of Anne of Green Notes Gables is available in English for the first time. Rights: World English The name Hanako Muraoka is revered in Japan. Her Japanese translation of L. M. Montgomery's beloved children's classic Anne of Green Gables, Akage no An Promotion Plans (Red-haired Anne) was the catalyst for the book's massive and enduring popularity in Japan. A book that has since spawned countless interpretations, from manga to a long-running television series, and has remained on Japanese curriculum for half a century. For the first time, the bestselling biography of Digital ARCs available in March 9781771089241 Hanako Muraoka written by her granddaughter, Eri Muraoka, and translated by Co-promotion with Japanese English the award-winning Cathy Hirano (The Life-changing Magic of Tidying Up), is available in English. Consulate 12 b/w images and one 8-page colour insert Virtual author event A young girl born into an impoverished farming family in Yamanashi Prefecture, 5.75 x 8.25 in when Hanako Muraoka is given the opportunity to attend the illustrious girls' National and regional media and 288 pages school Toyo Eiwa Jogakuin, she falls in love with the English language, and with review mailing Nimbus Publishing Limited translating poetry. This love of the written word leads to a career as a children's writer, but her burgeoning literary life is cut tragically short with the death of her Outreach to academic/educational son and the bankruptcy of her husband's printing company. When the Second contacts Subject World War brings an end to her stint reading children's stories over the radio— Outreach to historical/Anne of for which she is known across Japan as "Aunty Radio"—she turns to her first love: Green Gables contacts BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / translation. Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / Asian & National and regional print and Asian American It was the story of a young girl in a pastoral setting with a love of poetry that digital ads spoke most powerfully to Muraoka's heart. Amidst the wail of air raid sirens, she Festival circuit (English translator) Other formats began translating her copy of Anne of Green Gables into Japanese around 1943, completing the majority of the work during the Second World War. In 1952, Netgalley 9781771086691 despite the crumbling of the Japanese publishing industry and the censorship enforced by the occupation, a publisher took a chance on an unknown translator, US promotion and the rest is history. Distributor Also Available Nimbus Publishing Limited From rural Japan to mid-century Tokyo, Anne's Cradle tells the complex and captivating story of a woman who came of age in conservative twentieth-century Japan, and risked everything to bring the best of children's literature to her Spark Joy (Hardcover) people, and cultivated a literary career that led generations of Japanese readers Marie Kondo to fall in love with a plucky redhead from Prince Edward Island. 9781607749721 $24.99 Jan 05, 2016 Contributor Bio Eri Muraoka, granddaughter of Hanako Muraoka, graduated from Seijo The Life-Changing Magic of University in Tokyo in 1990, majoring in literature and arts, and subsequently Tidying Up (Hardcover) worked as a writer for a women's magazine. In 2014, her celebrated biography of Marie Kondo her grandmother's translation of Anne of Green Gables into Japanese, An no 9781607747307 Yurikago Muraoka Hanako no Shogai, became the basis of a six-month TV drama $19.99 series on NHK, Japan's Public television station, which received high acclaim. In Oct 14, 2014 2019 she published the biography of Tokiko Iwatani. Cathy Hirano graduated from International Christian University in Tokyo in 1983 with a BA in cultural anthropology and has been translating professionally since 1984. Her translations of YA fiction and fantasy have won several awards, including a 2020 Michael L. Printz Honor award for The Beast Player by Nahoko Uehashi. Her translations of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up and its sequels by Marie Kondo are international bestsellers. She lives in Shikoku, Japan. Comparable Titles 9781771087704 Imagining Anne by Elizabeth Epperly , Paperback / softback, Jul 17, 2019, $32.95, 9780773541405 Anne around the World by Jane Ledwell , Paperback / softback, May 02, 2013, $29.95, 9781771087216 Anne of Green Gables : The Original Manuscript by Lucy Maud Montgomery , Paperback / softback, Jul 10, 2019, $29.95, 9781771084994 After Many Years by Carolyn Strom Collins , Paperback / softback, Jun 30, 2017, $21.95, Nimbus Publishing 4 Nimbus Publishing Spring 2021 Fishnets & Fantasies By (author) Jane Doucet Jul 13, 2021 | Paperback , Trade | $22.95 Wendy Hebb has been a fisherman's wife for forty years.