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Kate loves going to Highland dance class each week and is thrilled when her teacher suggests she compete at the Highland Games for the first time. Kate agrees to practice, but quickly changes her mind when she finds out that dancing at home by herself is not as much fun as dancing with friends in her class. Besides, she figures her dancing is already good enough. Everything will be fine...or will it? A single misstep sets off a hilarious chain of events across the whole Highland Games field in this over-the-top tale. Winner of the Alice Kitts Memorial Award for Excellence in Children's Writing, New Brunswick.

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"""This high-spirited and rollicking tale captures the festive energy of the traditional Highland Games, noting the various elements from the caber toss to the wool-spinning demonstrations, and from the Celtic music to the kiltmakers. All of these and more become part of the merry mayhem as the errant sword that Kate accidentally kicks leads to complete chaos. ""The story is light and humorous and features lively, expressive watercolour illustrations that cheerfully depict the havoc that Kate wreaks. Loose lines and sketchy outlines, along with exaggerated facial expressions and cartoony characters lend a further air of whimsy. ""The rhyming text suits the playful tone of the tale...words and images combine to create a frolicsome tale of hilarity and hijinks, one where the main character learns her lesson, but isn't too fazed by it all."" --Lisa Doucet, Woozles Children's Bookstore, Halifax, Nova Scotia"

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Riel Nason is a Canadian writer living in New Brunswick. She writes for both adults and children. Her debut novel The Town That Drowned won the Commonwealth Book Prize for Canada and Europe and the Margaret and John Savage First Book Award. She is the author of the middle-grade novel Waiting Under Water and the best-selling picture book The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt. Riel is also a certified Highland dance teacher who loves attending Highland Games in North America and Scotland along with her daughter, a competitive Highland dancer. Nathasha Pilotte was born in Quebec City and now makes her home in Saint John, New Brunswick. She likes to paint in watercolour and acrylics and takes her inspiration from daily life to create a colourful, imaginative world. Her book Luna n'aime pas (Bouton d'Or Acadie) was on the TD Summer Reading Club recommended read list for 2021.

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