Adopt-A-Book Library Lists
Adult Adopt-A-Book List 2011 ~ (For libraries in Dominion, Donkin, Florence, Louisbourg, Main-A-Dieu, New Waterford, North Sydney, Reserve Mines, Sydney Mines & Cape Breton Bookmobile.)
AF = Adult Fiction
ANF = Adult Non-fiction
JF = Junior Fiction
JNF = Junior Non-fiction
Author |
Title |
Branch |
Type |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold, Jennifer | Through a Dog’s Eyes: Understanding Our Dogs by Understanding How They See the World | NW | Adpt | ANF |
| Binchy, Chris | Five Days Apart | NS | Adpt | AF |
| Blaine, Gerald | The Kennedy Detail | Br | Adpt | ANF |
| Bond, Jess | More Cape Breton Stories | NW | Adpt | AF |
| Bond, Jess | More Cape Breton Stories | NS | Adpt | AF |
| Bowden, Bobby | Called to Coach: Reflections on Life, Faith, and Football | NW | Adpt | ANF |
| Browne, Rita Mae | A Nose for Justice | Res | Adpt | AF |
| Caplan, Ron | Talking Cape Breton Music | Flo | Adpt | ANF |
| Chopra, Sanjiv | Doctor Chopra Says: Medical Facts & Myths Everyone Should Know | NS | Adpt | ANF |
| Clark, Mary Jane | To Have and To Kill | SM | Adpt | AF |
| Cox, Brian | Why Does E=MC˛? (and Why Should We Care?) | NS | Adpt | ANF |
| Crowell, Bill | The Best of Times, The Worst of Times: A Story of World War II | NS | Adpt | ANF |
| Eire, Carlos | Learning to Die in Miami: Confessions of a Refugee Boy | Dom | Adpt | ANF |
| Feintuch, Burt | In the Blood: Cape Breton Conversations in Culture | NW | Adpt | ANF |
| Fiedler, Arkady | 303 Squadron: The Legendary Battle of Britain Fighter Squadron | NS | Adpt | ANF |
| Fitzpatrick, Deanne | Inspired Rug-Hooking: Turning Atlantic Canadian Life Into Art | Res | Adpt | ANF |
| Flinn, Craig | Fresh & Frugal | NS | Adpt | ANF |
| XXX | Fortune Favours the Brave: Tales of Courage & Tenacity in Canadian Military History | NW | Adpt | ANF |
| Goddard, Robert | Long Time Coming | NW | Adpt | AF |
| Hollingsworth, Paul | Sidney Crosby: The Story of a Champion | SM | Adpt | ANF |
| Levine, Laura | Death of a Trophy Wife | SM | Adpt | AF |
| MacDougall, Paul | Distinction Earned: Cape Breton Boxing Legends 1947-1970 | NS | Adpt | ANF |
| McKinley, Robin | Sunshine | NW | Adpt | AF |
| McNeil, Ian | Pit Talk: The Legacy of Cape Breton’s Coal Miners | NW | Adpt | ANF |
| McNeil, Ian | Pit Talk: The Legacy of Cape Breton’s Coal Miners | Dom | Adpt | ANF |
| XXX | Magnificent Obsessions: They Wrote About Cape Breton | SM | Adpt | AF |
| XXX | Magnificent Obsessions: They Wrote About Cape Breton | NW | Adpt | AF |
| Maida, Marybeth | Beauty Pearls for Chemo Girls | Br | Adpt | ANF |
| Martans, Rainer | Complete Guide to Slowpitch Softball | Dom | Adpt | ANF |
| Norris, Michele | The Grace of Silence: A Memoir | NS | Adpt | ANF |
| O’Brien, Teresa | The Keys: 10 Stories | Louis | Adpt | AF |
| Okun, Barbara | Saying Goodbye: How Families Can Find Renewal Through Loss | SM | Adpt | ANF |
| O'Neal, Barbara | How to Bake a Perfect Life | NW | Adpt | AF |
| Persson, Leif | Between Summer’s Longing and Winter’s End | NW | Adpt | AF |
| Plaskin, Glenn | Katie Up and Down the Hall | NS | Adpt | AF |
| Poyer, David | Ghosting | Dom | Adpt | AF |
| Rozan, S.J. | On the Line | Dom | Adpt | AF |
| Savage, Roz | Rowing the Atlantic: Lessons Learned on the Open Ocean | Louis | Adpt | ANF |
| Sawlor, Harvey | Unforgettable Atlantic Canada | NW | Adpt | ANF |
| Scott, Peter | Edible Plants of Atlantic Canada | Res | Adpt | ANF |
| Scott, Peter | Edible Plants of Atlantic Canada | NW | Adpt | ANF |
| Turtledove, Harry | Atlantis and Other Places | NS | Adpt | AF |
| XXX | Underground Nova Scotia | NS | Adpt | ANF |
| Urquhart, Alistair | The Forgotten Highlander: An Incredible WWII Story of Survival in the Pacific | Br | Adpt | ANF |
| Walter, Ryan | Hockey Plays and Strategies | NW | Adpt | ANF |
| Weigel, George | The End and the Beginning: Pope John Paul II | NS | Adpt | ANF |
| Wiseman, Valerie | Harbour of my Tomorrows | Dom | Adpt | AF |
Children's Adopt-A-Book List ~ (For libraries in Dominion, Donkin, Florence, Louisbourg, Main-A-Dieu, New Waterford, North Sydney, Reserve Mines, Sydney Mines & Cape Breton Bookmobile.
Author |
Title |
Branch |
Cost |
Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base, Graeme | The Legend of the Golden Snail | NW | Adpt | JF |
| Beccaloni, George | Biggest Bugs | NS | Adpt | JNF |
| Berenstain, Jan & Mike | The Berenstain Bears’ Computer Trouble | NS | Adpt | JF |
| Berne, Jennifer | Calvin Can’t Fly: The Story of a Bookworm Birdie | NS | Adpt | JF |
| Block, Francesca Kia | Dangerous Angels | NW | Adpt | JF |
| Brewster, Hugh | I Am Canada: Prisoner of Dieppe, World War II | NS | Adpt | JNF |
| Brewster, Hugh | I Am Canada: Prisoner of Dieppe, World War II | NW | Adpt | JNF |
| Carson, Mary Kay | The Bat Scientists | SM | Adpt | JNF |
| Collins, Gary & Maggie Rose Parsons | What Colour is the Ocean | NS | Adpt | JF |
| XXX | Danger: Open With Extreme Caution! | NS | Adpt | JNF |
| XXX | Dora’s 10 Best Adventures: 10 Stories in One Big Book | NW | Adpt | JF |
| Eaton, Maxwell | Two Dumb Ducks | NW | Adpt | JF |
| Eaton, Maxwell | Two Dumb Ducks | NS | Adpt | JF |
| Harrison, David | Mammoth Bones and Broken Stones: The Mystery of North America’s First People | NS | Adpt | JNF |
| XXX | Ideas That Changed the World: Incredible Inventions & the Stories Behind Them | NS | Adpt | JNF |
| James, Richard | Chess for Kids: How to Play and Win | NW | Adpt | JNF |
| Kirk, Daniel | Library Mouse: A World to Explore | NS | Adpt | JF |
| Lassieur, Allison | Troll to Attack | NW | Adpt | JF |
| Locricchio, Matthew | Teen Cuisine | NS | Adpt | JNF |
| MacAulay, David | Built to Last: Castle, Cathedral, Mosque | Br | Adpt | JNF |
| O’Connor, Jane | Fancy Nancy and the Fabulous Fashion Boutique | Dom | Adpt | JF |
| Patterson, Heather | Canada from Above | NS | Adpt | JNF |
| Peters, Bernadette | Stella is a Star! | NW | Adpt | JF |
| Schwartz, John | Short: Walking Tall When You’re Not Tall at All | NS | Adpt | JNF |
| Shecter, Vicky Alvear | Cleopatra Rules! The Amazing Life of the Original Teen Queen | NS | Adpt | JNF |
| Stinson, Kathy | Highway of Heroes | Dom | Adpt | JNF |
| XXX | Switching on the Moon: A Very First Book of Bedtime Poems | NW | Adpt | JNF |
| Thomas, Keltie | Animals That Changed the World | Dom | Adpt | JNF |
| Warner, Jody Nyasha | Viola Desmond Won’t Be Budged | NS | Adpt | JNF |
| Webb, Jonathan | Canada’s Wars: An Illustrated History | NW | Adpt | JNF |
| Woodward, John | This Book Made Me Do It: Cool Things to Make, Do, and Explore | Dom | Adpt | JNF |
| Yates, Louise | Dog Loves Books | NS | Adpt | JF |