About the Publication
by Laurie Stanley-Blackwell (author), Teresa MacKenzie (illustrator)
Paperback
$25.00CAD
Buy NowA Pictou Christmas offers a whimsical spoof of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” with a Pictou-Scottish twist. This beautifully illustrated new holiday book also contains a brief account of Christmases past in Pictou town and county.
The author and illustrator hope that A Pictou Christmas, with its fanciful tableau of people, objects, and animals, and historical overview of Christmas yore, will be a welcome and humorous antidote to the season’s stresses, excesses, and strains.
Product details
- Publisher : The Pictou Bee Press (26 November 2023)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 52 pages
- ISBN : 978-0-920297-05-6
- Item weight : 197 g
- Dimensions : 17.78 x 25.4 x 0.5 cm (7 x 10 x 0.2 in)
The Author
Dr. Laurie Stanley-Blackwell resides in Pictou, Nova Scotia. A former history professor at St. Francis Xavier University, she is the author of numerous books, articles, and websites relating to the history of Maritime Canada. Her most recent publications include two children’s books, Big Rory of Market Square and The Pets That Came to Palmerston Street / Na Peataichean a thàinig gu Sràid Phalmerston.
The Illustrator
Teresa MacKenzie is curator of the McCulloch House Museum & Genealogy Centre in Pictou, Nova Scotia. She is a highly regarded artist whose work has been featured in The Griffin and appears on banners and historical interpretive panels in Pictou. Her first book, Pictou town, was praised by Quill & Quire for its “exquisite watercolours”. Her illustrations also appear in The Pets That Came to Palmerston Street / Na Peataichean a thàinig gu Sràid Phalmerston.