Name: Devilfish : A book about the Giant Squids
Brand: Jenny Higgins
SKU: 417621
Price: 34.95 CAD
Availability: InStock

Devilfish : A book about the Giant Squids

$34.95

Devilfish” features over 130 images and 10 pull-out facsimile documents, designed to both inform and delight. It explores the remarkable history of the giant squid, blending education with a sense of wonder and fun. The book also includes dozens of bite-sized sidebars, making it a pop-up book for adults that is grounded in research and reaches for the wondrous

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Meet Our Local Maker "Jenny Higgins"

PHOTO: CHRIS HAMMOND

Jenny Higgins is a Canadian author and researcher based in Flatrock, Newfoundland and Labrador, who specializes in the history of the region. She has written for the provincial Department of Education, the Maritime History Archive, and various media outlets, including CBC and Memorial University’s Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Website. Higgins' debut novel, "Perished: The 1914 Newfoundland Sealing Disaster," won the Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award, and her second book, "Newfoundland in the First World War," won the 2017 Newfoundland and Labrador Book Award. She holds a bachelor's degree in English from Memorial University of Newfoundland and a master's degree from Queen's University. Higgins managed the English Language Research Centre at Memorial University from 2010 to 2012 and became the Wikipedian in Residence at the Centre for Newfoundland Studies in 2019. She also organizes "Wiki-Edit" events to enrich Wikipedia with information about Newfoundland and Labrador.