Fêtons l'Acadie! - Let's celebrate Acadie!

Célébrons le 15 août, La Fête nationale de l'Acadie avec quelques auteurs et autrices acadiens et des livres en lien avec l'Acadie! (Titres en français et en anglais), titres pour différents âges.

Let's celebrate August 15, National Acadian Day, with some Acadian authors and Acadian-related books! (English and French titles) - titles for different all ages.

Updated August 12, 2024
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Adelaide au couvent : de Quebec a lameque
Mallet, Chantal Duguay.
After having tried three governesses, Adelaïde's father, a notary in Québec, can't take it anymore. Adelaïde will go to boarding school at the convent in Lamèque. For a young girl who has lived all her life in a big city, the island of Lamèque is the end of the world! It's so far away that the...
Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Paper Book
The poem about the expulsion of the Acadians has become mythologized and immortalized by Acadians in the Maritimes and Cajuns in Louisiana.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is an American author, but this very famous poem is about the expulsion of the Acadians and worth to mention in this list!

For the French version, look for the ISBN 9780920852163 in our catalog.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow est un auteur américain, mais ce poème très célèbre traite de l'expulsion des Acadiens et mérite d'être mentionné dans cette liste !

Pour la version en français (Evangeline : une conte d'Acadie), cherchez l'ISBN 9780920852163 dans notre catalogue.

Bayou des Acadiens: Blind River
Matherne, Beverly
«Un vieux hangar tabac, tout impr gn des odeurs du pass . Un lit d'h pital o une malade exhale son dernier soupir. Un a roport o deux trang res vivent un moment de complicit . Bayou des Acadiens, c'est tous ces lieux et d'autres encore, que Beverly Matherne a peupl s des fant...

Originaire du sud-est de la Louisiane/ A native of southeastern Louisiana

Acadian kid.
Ebook

E-book in French

Livre numérique en français

Acadian star /
Boudreau, Helene
Paper Book
The Acadian Star competition is the biggest thing to ever happen in Meg Gallant's small Cape Breton town. Meg dreams of performing onstage with her best friend Nève. If they're lucky, they might even make it to the finals in Halifax. But Meg's weird old aunt, Tante Perle, has been acting stranger...
L'Acadie en baratte : [online electronic book] petit guide inusite des Maritimes
Leger, Diane Carmel, 1957-
Ebook
Annabelle
Paper Book
Un homme poignard , une femme d figur e, des chats d capit s, un message perturbant et beaucoup, beaucoup de sang: lorsque l'inspecteur Hamelin est appel sur les lieux d'un crime, ce jour-l , il se doute bien qu'il n'a vu que la pointe de l'iceberg. Alors que les indices semblent pointer dans...
Aventures des Trois Mousquetaires le bateau fantóme de petit-rocher
Boucher, Denis, 1961-
Paper Book
Gabriel, Ania and Mamadou, followed by their faithful dog, are on a ski vacation in Campbellton. But soon, they find themselves scouting a terrifying beast up frozen paths and towards a splendid mansion nestled near Mount Sugarloaf. The owner is a likeable Swiss chocolate millionaire, however Ania,...
Glooscap, les castors et le mont sugarloaf = Klu'skap, kopitk aqq sugarloaf moun
Roy, Rejean, 1964-
Paper Book
Tilingual album - French, Mi'kmaq, & English. This Mi'kmaq legend tells the story of how a certain mountain, and other highlights of the Chaleur area (New Brunswick) were formed. +++++++++ Album trilingue: fran ais, mi'kmaq et anglais. Cette l gende mi'kmaq, racont e dans...
Jo elle
Paper Book
Pantry and palate : remembering and rediscovering Acadian food /
Thibault, Simon, 1976-
Paper Book
In Pantry and Palate, journalist Simon Thibault explores his Acadian roots by scouring old family recipes, ladies' auxiliary cookbooks, and folk wisdom for 50 of the best-loved recipes of Acadians past and present. Recipes run the gamut from Acadian staples such as potato pancakes called...
Pélagie the cart.
Paper Book
In 1979, the legendary Acadian novelist Antonine Maillet won France's most coveted literary award, the Prix Goncourt, for the original version of this novel, Pélagie-la-Charette. In her acceptance speech, she said, "I have avenged my ancestors." Goose Lane Editions is proud to...

Cherchez l'ISBN 9782760930360 dans notre catalogue pour la version originale en français: Pélagie-la-Charette!

Look for the ISBN 9782760930360 in our catalog for the original French version: Pélagie-la-Charette!


Sous mon arbre [braille] /
Mallet, Chantal Duguay.
Paper Book
After the huge success of Sous mon lit [Under my bed] in 2013 and Sous ma roche [Under my rock] in 2015, Acadian duo of creators Chantal Duguay Mallet and Danica Brine are back with Sous mon arbre [Under my tree] ! On the menu : short sentences, rhymes and a...
Val erie
Paper Book
Winds of L'Acadie.
Donovan, Lois, 1955-
Paper Book
When sixteen-year-old Sarah from Toronto learns that she is to spend the summer with her grandparents in Nova Scotia, she is convinced that it will be the most tedious summer ever. She gets off to a rough start when she meets Luke, the nephew of her grandmother's friend, and one unfortunate event...

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