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We acknowledge for their financial support of our publishing program the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the Government of Ontario through the Ontario Media Development Corporation, and the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund (CBF).

What a Party!Written by Ana Maria MachadoIllustrated by Hélène Moreau Translated by Elisa AmadoH kirkus, starred review

The Girl of the Wish GardenWritten by Uma KrishnaswamiIllustrated by Nasrin KhosraviH kirkus, starred review

Kids of Kabul: Living Bravely Through a Never-ending WarWritten by Deborah Ellis

book links lasting connection

ApplesauceWritten and illustrated by Klaas Verplancke

kirkus best children's books shortlisted for the astrid lindgren memorial award

Summer in the CityWritten by Marie-Louise Gay and David HomelIllustrated by Marie-Louise Gay

new york public library 100 titles for reading and sharing

My Book of Life by AngelWritten by Martine Leavitt

canadian library association young adult book award

horn book fanfare white ravens selection

H school library journal, booklist, kirkus & publishers weekly, starred reviews

Jimmy the Greatest! Written by Jairo BuitragoIllustrated by Rafael Yockteng Translated by Elisa Amado

booklist's editors' choice new york public library 100 titles for reading and sharing

horn book fanfare school library journal 100 magnificent children's books

kirkus best children's books

I See the Promised Land: A Life of Martin Luther King Jr.Written by Arthur FlowersIllustrated by Manu Chitrakar H booklist, starred review H school library journal, starred review

A Troublesome BoyWritten by Paul Vasey

the society of school librarians international honor book

kirkus best teen books capital choices noteworthy titles for children and teens

My Name Is Parvana Written by Deborah Ellis

school library journal best books kirkus top 10 children's books

One Year in Coal Harbour Written by Polly HorvathH kirkus, starred review H school library journal, starred review H publishers weekly, starred review

groundwood awards & reviews

Cover illustration by Isabelle Arsenault

USBBY Outstanding International Books Honor List

Out of the Way! Out of the Way!

Written by Uma KrishnaswamiIllustrated by Uma Krishnaswamy

I Have the Right to Be a Child

Written by Alain SerresIllustrated by Aurélia FrontyTranslated by Helen Mixter

My Name Is Parvana

Written by Deborah Ellis

Kids of Kabul: Living Bravely Through a Never-ending War


La Malinche: The Princess Who Helped Cortés Conquer the

Aztec Empire

Written by Francisco SerranoIllustrated by Pablo SerranoTranslated by Susan Ouriou

Nobody Knows

Written by Shelley Tanaka

Ontario Library Association Best Bets

Middle of Nowhere

Written by Caroline Adderson

A Few Bites

Written and illustrated by Cybèle Young

Summer in the City

Written by Marie-Louise Gay and David HomelIllustrated by Marie-Louise Gay

Mr. and Mrs. Bunny — Detectives Extraordinaire!

Written by Polly HorvathIllustrated by Sophie Blackall

International Reading Association Notable Books for a

Global Society





The Cooperative Children’s Book Center Choices



My Name Is Parvana


My Book of Life by Angel

Written by Martine Leavitt

groundwood awards & reviews Groundwood Books congratulates Isol,

winner of the 2013 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award


Dear Friends,

This year marks the thirty-fifth anniversary of Groundwood Books. Starting in 1978, Groundwood’s founder, Patricia Aldana, worked to build a company known internationally for the quality of its publishing program and for its commitment to telling the stories of people whose voices are not always heard. In January 2013, Patsy stepped aside as publisher of Groundwood Books, and I stepped into that role.

Working with art director Michael Solomon, fiction editor Shelley Tanaka, senior editor Nan Froman and editorial assistant Suzanne Sutherland, I intend to build on Groundwood’s reputation as a publisher of beautiful, innovative and courageous books. And I believe that this catalogue, which I am so happy to share with you, reflects the best of what Groundwood has always been and also offers a glimpse of what is yet to come.

This season we are delighted to be offering new editions of six classic Groundwood picture books published over the past four decades (see pages 10-11 for details). And I’m excited that while this season’s list is international in scope, we are also publishing new work by some of Canada’s finest authors and illustrators.

I hope you enjoy reading about all our titles — and I would be very pleased to hear what you think of them.

Warmest wishes,

Sheila Barry, PublisherGroundwood Books

[email protected]

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AN UNPRECEDENTED 19 GOVERNOR GENERAL’S AWARDS FOR CHILDREN’S TEXT AND ILLUSTRATION

AWARDS AND ACCOLADES FROM 1978 TO 2013

OUR CREATORS HAVE WON THE TD CANADIAN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE AWARD 3 TIMES


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FOR 35 YEARS, GROUNDWOOD’S AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS HAVE BEEN ATTRACTING ATTENTION AND PRAISE. HERE ARE JUST SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.

SINCE 1978, WE’VE RECEIVED 108 STARRED REVIEWS — INCLUDING 23 IN THE PAST YEAR

USBBY HAS COMMENDED GROUNDWOOD 24 TIMES FOR OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL BOOKS

THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION HAS SELECTED GROUNDWOOD TITLES FOR COMMENDATION 9 TIMES


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JUVENILE FICTION / Family / SiblingsAges 2 to 5

978-1-55498-216-59 x 9 • 32 pages

Hardcover with jacketFull-color illustrations

$16.95BISAC: JUV013070

In this first new Stella book in four years, Stella introduces her little brother, Sam, to the pleasures of reading.

Sam has gathered a wagonload of branches to build a doghouse for Fred, and he won-ders if the book Stella is reading tells you how to make one. It doesn’t (although it is very funny), but Stella is more than willing to give Sam a hand. As soon as the doghouse is built, though, Sam worries that a wolf might come along and blow it down. Stella breezily banishes his fears, suggesting a picnic at Lily Pond. Stella cools her feet in the water, read-ing a story, while Sam tries to catch a frog. Are there frogs in Stella’s book, he wonders. No, Stella tells him, but there is a toad wear-ing a velvet jacket.

With her characteristically light touch, Marie-Louise Gay imparts the joy of reading to her young audience. Her detailed, beauti-fully rendered and often amusing watercolor illustrations (spot the tiny bunny reading a book!) show yet again that Marie-Louise Gay is one of the very best artists creating picture books today.

August

READ ME A STORY, STELLAWRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY MARIE-LOUISE GAY


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STELLA! A TREASURY

Written and illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay

978-1-55498-292-9Hardcover$24.95

Here are five Stella books bound into one delightful volume.

MARIE-LOUISE GAY is a world-renowned author and illustrator of children’s books. She has won many prestigious awards, including the Governor General’s Award, the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Award, the Vicky Metcalf Award and the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award. She has also been nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award and the Hans Christian Andersen Award. Her books have been translated into more than fifteen languages and are loved by children all over the world. She lives in Montreal, Quebec.


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JUVENILE FICTION / Imagination & PlayAges 1 to 4

978-1-55498-370-45.875 x 6.3125 • 30 pages

Board book in slipcase Full-color illustrations

$12.95BISAC: JUV051000

Ingenuity saves the day in this cleverly constructed board book!

Bestselling author/illustrator Cybèle Young is back with a board book for the very young. The main character of this charming, nearly word-less story is a small unidentified mammal who accidentally loses his ball one day. Too small to look out the window, the little creature is at first frustrated in his attempts to see where his precious ball has gone. But undeterred, he perseveres until he comes up with a solution to his problem, at which point he discovers that an unusual parade is underway. This parade doesn’t feature the usual floats and mascots — instead, it is made up of amazing machines and strange hybrid creatures. Our young hero is thrilled, just as young readers will be. And best of all? On the very last page of the book, the lost ball is returned to its rightful owner.

This leporello-style board book is designed so that the first half of the story focuses on the attempt to see what is happening out the win-dow, while the second half, revealed only when the book is flipped over, shows a wonderfully inventive parade. Despite its simplicity, this is a story with much humor and many surpris-es. Nearly wordless, it is a book that even the youngest child will want to read independently as well as enjoy with others.

November (Canada), April 2014 (U.S.)

OUT THE WINDOWWRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY CYBÈLE YOUNG


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A FEW BLOCKS


978-0-88899-995-5Hardcover with jacket$18.95

“David Wiesner fans should give this a try … Amazing.” — Kirkus, starred review

A FEW BITES



“A good story and thoroughly engaging art.” — Kirkus, starred review

“Young’s illustrative and design powers are considerable …” — Publishers Weekly, starred review

CYBÈLE YOUNG is an award-winning art-ist who exhibits her exquisite paper sculpture (Japanese paper printed with etched copper-plates) internationally. She has illustrated sev-eral books for children, including Pa’s Harvest by Jan Andrews, which was nominated for the Governor General’s Award (Illustration) and Jack Pine by Christopher Patton. She has re-cently written and illustrated A Few Blocks, a Kirkus Best Children’s Book and winner of the Alcuin Award; Ten Birds, winner of the Governor General’s Award (Illustration); and A Few Bites, which received starred reviews in Kirkus and Publishers Weekly. Cybèle lives with her family in Toronto.


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JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / New Experience

Ages 4 to 7978-1-55498-386-58.5 x 8.1 • 40 pages


$16.95BISAC: 039090

978-1-55498-433-6ePub $14.95

A deceptively simple book about adapting to new situations.

In this delightful picture book, a small duck finds itself in a place full of unusual creatures who speak an unfamiliar language. Eventually it meets an animal whose big feet are a bit like its own, and with a friend by its side, the small duck soon can feel at home.

First published in Norway in 2012, this book will appeal to children who are just starting school or daycare, children who are about to move to a new home, or children who are learning a new language.

The illustrations are gently humorous, while the simple text affirms the importance of knowing who you are and being open to change. Without making unrealistic promises, this story reassures children that, with time, they can adapt to any new environment and make new friends to explore it with. And if, as happens to the little duck in this story, those new friends have to leave, the child, like the little duck, will be able to greet the next wave of newcomers with compassion and generosity.

October

THE VOYAGEWRITTEN BY VERONICA SALINASILLUSTRATED BY CAMILLA ENGMANTRANSLATED BY JEANNE EIRHEIM


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MIGRANT

Written by Maxine TrottierIllustrated by Isabelle Arsenault


978-1-55498-277-6ePub$18.95

NEW YORK TIMES BEST ILLUSTRATED BOOKS

ALA NOTABLE CHILDREN’S BOOKS

USBBY OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL BOOKS

NOTABLE BOOKS FOR A GLOBAL SOCIETY

VERONICA SALINAS is an author, dramatist and actor. She studied theater and Portuguese in Buenos Aires, and she holds a master’s degree in Spanish and Portuguese literature from the University of Oslo. The Voyage is her first chil-dren’s book.

CAMILLA ENGMAN is an illustrator and fine artist. Her work has been featured in many exhibitions and publications all over the world. She studied at the HDK School of Design and Crafts, and now lives and works in Gothenburg, Sweden.


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CLASSIC GROUNDWOOD PICTURE BOOKS REISSUED FOR OUR 35TH ANNIVERSARY

THE HURON CAROLILLUSTRATED BY IAN WALLACEHardcover | 978-1-55498-394-0 | 10.25 x 9.25 | 32 pages | $14.95ePub | 978-1-55498-400-8 | $12.95Ages 4 and up

Renowned children’s book illustrator Ian Wallace brings his masterful ability to paint landscape and his cultural sensitivity to “The Huron Carol,” a beauti-ful and unusual song with a rich history.

“The elegant watercolor landscapes … blend the Huron culture and the Christmas carol perfectly.” — Multicultural Review

I KNOW HERE WRITTEN BY LAUREL CROZAILLUSTRATED BY MATT JAMESHardcover | 978-1-55498-393-3 | 7 x 9.125 | 40 pages | $14.95ePub | 978-1-55498-230-1 | $12.95 Ages 4 to 7

This simple, beautifully written story, complemented by Matt James’s vibrant, imaginative illustrations, will resonate deeply with anyone who has had to leave their home for a new place.

BOSTON GLOBE-HORN BOOK AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE

EZRA JACK KEATS NEW WRITER AWARD

A SALMON FOR SIMON WRITTEN BY BETTY WATERTONILLUSTRATED BY ANN BLADESHardcover | 978-1-55498-392-6 | 7.5 x 8.75 | 32 pages | $14.95ePub | 978-1-55498-236-3 | $12.95 Ages 3 to 6

This simple story, with its evocative watercolor paintings of the Northwest Coast, was an environmental fable before its time when it was first pub-lished in 1978. But its true power rests in the magical combination of text and pictures, which have made it a bestselling classic.

GOVERNOR GENERAL’S LITERARY AWARD (ILLUSTRATION)

AMELIA FRANCES HOWARD-GIBBON ILLUSTRATOR’S AWARD

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ZOOM AT SEAWRITTEN BY TIM WYNNE-JONESILLUSTRATED BY ERIC BEDDOWSHardcover | 978-1-55498-391-9 | 10.25 x 8.125 | 32 pages | $14.95ePub | 978-1-55498-397-1 | $12.95Ages 3 to 7

This fanciful nautical adventure stars a winsome cat named Zoom, who stays indoors paddling in the sink or sailing in the bathtub all night when other self-respecting cats are out mousing and howling at the moon.

AMELIA FRANCES HOWARD-GIBBON ILLUSTRATOR’S AWARD

RUTH SCHWARTZ CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD

CARAMBA WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY MARIE-LOUISE GAYHardcover | 978-1-55498-390-2 | 9 x 9 | 40 pages | $14.95ePub | 978-1-55498-396-4 | $12.95 Ages 2 to 6

Award-winning author and illustrator Marie-Louise Gay brings us an endearing character in Caramba, a sweet, shy cat who bravely accepts that he is different, and then discovers his own special talent.

MARILYN BAILLIE PICTURE BOOK AWARD

RUTH AND SYLVIA SCHWARTZ CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD

GHOST TRAIN WRITTEN BY PAUL YEEILLUSTRATED BY HARVEY CHANHardcover | 978-1-55498-389-6 | 8.0625 x 10.75 | 32 pages | $14.95ePub | 978-1-55498-271-4 | $12.95 Ages 6 to 10

A young Chinese girl arrives in North America only to discover that her father has died building the railway. This powerful, unforgettable and multi-award-winning tale is based on the lives of the Chinese who settled on the West Coast of North America in the early 1900s.

GOVERNOR GENERAL’S LITERARY AWARD (TEXT)

ELIZABETH MRAZIK-CLEAVER CANADIAN PICTURE BOOK AWARD

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JUVENILE FICTION / Bedtime & DreamsAges 4 to 7

978-1-55498-138-08.5 x 10.5 • 36 pages


$17.95BISAC: JUV010000

978-1-55498-402-2ePub $14.95

In this exquisite lullaby, the beauty and wonder of a northern winter night unfold.

As a young child sleeps, wrapped in a downy blanket, a snowflake falls, and then another and another. The poem describes the forest of snow-covered pines, where a deer and fawn nibble a frozen apple, and a great gray owl swoops down with its feathers trailing through the snow. Two snowshoe hares scamper and play under the watchful eyes of a little fox, and a tiny mouse scurries in search of a midnight feast. When the snow clouds disappear, stars light up the sky, followed by the mystical shim-mering of northern lights — all framed by the frost on the window.

Jean E. Pendziwol’s lyrical poem reflects a deep appreciation of the magic of a northern winter night where, even as a child slumbers, the world outside does not rest but continues its own natural rhythms.

Isabelle Arsenault’s spare, beautifully rendered illustrations, with their subtle but striking use of color, make us feel that we too are experienc-ing the enchantment of that northern night. They simultaneously evoke winter’s nighttime life and the cozy warmth and security of a beloved child’s sleep.

August

ONCE UPON A NORTHERN NIGHTWRITTEN BY JEAN E. PENDZIWOLILLUSTRATED BY ISABELLE ARSENAULT


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MARJA’S SKIS

Written by Jean E. PendziwolIllustrated by Jirina Marton


“The evocative text is rich with elements of Nordic culture, and endnotes provide a historical context.” — School Library Journal

JEAN E. PENDZIWOL is an award-winning writer who has published several highly acclaimed picture books with Groundwood, including Dawn Watch and The Red Sash, illus-trated by Nicolas Debon, and Marja’s Skis, illustrated by Jirina Marton. She lives with her family in Thunder Bay, where she draws inspiration for her work from the rich culture and stunning geography of Lake Superior and Northern Ontario, capturing the senses with her words and bringing the region’s diversity and beauty to life.

ISABELLE ARSENAULT is a very talented Quebec illustrator who has won an impressive number of awards and has achieved interna-tional recognition. She has illustrated Migrant by Maxine Trottier, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book and a finalist for the Gov-ernor General’s Award; Virginia Wolf by Kyo Maclear, winner of the Governor General’s Award; Le coeur de monsieur Gauguin by Marie-Danielle Croteau, winner of the Governor General’s Award; and My Letter to the World and Other Poems by Emily Dickinson, a finalist for the Governor General’s Award. She has also illustrated Jane, the Fox and Me by Fanny Britt, forthcoming from Groundwood. Isabelle has won the Grand Prix for illustration (Maga-zines du Québec) for six years running. She lives with her family in Montreal.


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JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Middle EastAges 4 to 7

978-1-55498-381-07.0625 x 10.5 • 40 pages


$17.95BISAC: JUV030110

Inspired by a retelling of a traditional Muslim hadith, or account of the words or ac-tions of the Prophet, this is the story of a camel whose cruel owner only realizes what suffering he has caused when the Prophet appears and shows love to the animal.

The camel has worked its entire life for a man called Halim, carrying bundles of spices, dates, incense, silver and wool on long journeys across the desert, east of the Red Sea. It often has to climb steep dunes, run when it is exhausted, and wait in the hot sun while Halim sits in the shade talking to the other merchants. One day the camel is overwhelmed by sadness and finds itself in tears. But still Halim shows no sym-pathy.

When they arrive in the beautiful garden-filled city of Medina where the Prophet lives, the merchant refreshes himself with food and drink and then naps on a pillow of sand, once again leaving the tired camel to stand alone in the burning sun. But when the Prophet sees the camel’s plight, everything changes. Halim finally empathizes with the camel’s pain and suffering.

The Camel in the Sun was inspired by a Muslim story told to the author when he was in Sri Lan-ka. That story was a retelling of a hadith, and this book was respectfully inspired by both the retelling and a translation of the hadith itself. It is an unforgettable story about empathy. It

September (Canada), October (U.S.)

THE CAMEL IN THE SUNWRITTEN BY GRIFFIN ONDAATJEILLUSTRATED BY LINDA WOLFSGRUBER


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STEPHEN AND THE BEETLE

Written by Jorge LujánIllustrated by Chiara CarrerTranslated by Elisa Amado


978-1-55498-315-5ePub$16.95

NEW YORK TIMES BEST ILLUSTRATED BOOKS

“This simple yet powerful life-or-death drama between the boy and the beetle is vividly captured in Carrer’s striking, highly original acrylic, ink pencil, oil pastel and collage illustrations.” — Kirkus, starred review

is beautifully, respectfully and sensitively illus-trated by Linda Wolfsgruber, whose images and earthy palette reflect her time spent in the Middle East.

GRIFFIN ONDAATJE is a writer and docu-mentary filmmaker. He edited The Monkey King and Other Stories, a collection of South Asian tales. He directed Complete Unknown, a documentary feature film on Bob Dylan, and worked as a producer for CBC’s Documentary Unit. His next book is a children’s novel enti-tled The Mosquito Brothers. He has three chil-dren and lives in Toronto with his family.

LINDA WOLFSGRUBER is a world-renowned artist who has exhibited her work throughout Europe and in the United States and Japan. She has won many awards, including the Austrian Children’s and Juvenile Book Award for Illus-tration (four times) and the Golden Apple of the Biennial of Illustration Bratislava, and she has been nominated for the Hans Christian Ander-sen Award. Her striking illustrations appear in many books, including Inanna: From the Myths of Ancient Sumer, Stories from the Life of Jesus, Brunhilda and the Ring and A daisy is a daisy is a daisy. She lives in Vienna.


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JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Exploration & Discovery

All ages978-1-55498-153-3

9.25 x 12.25 • 56 pagesHardcover with jacketFull-color illustrations

$24.95BISAC: JNF025080

978-1-55498-403-9ePub $19.95

For hundreds of years, nations, ex-plorers and commercial interests have dreamt of conquering the Northwest Passage, often with tragic consequences. Award-winning artist Matt James takes the iconic song “Northwest Passage” by legendary Canadian singer-song-writer Stan Rogers and tells the dramatic story of the search for the elusive route through the Arctic Ocean to the Pacific.

Explorers attempted, for hundreds of years, to find the Northwest Passage — a route through Canada’s northern waters to the Pacific Ocean and Asia. Others attempted to find a land route. Many hundreds of men perished in the attempt, until finally, in 1906, Roald Amundsen completed the voyage by ship. Today global warming has brought interest in the passage back to a fever pitch as nations contend with each other over its control and future uses.

The historic search inspired Canadian folk musician Stan Rogers to write “Northwest Pas-sage,” a song that has become a widely known favorite since its 1981 release. It describes Stan’s own journey overland as he contemplates the arduous journeys of some of the explorers, including Kelsey, Mackenzie, Thompson and especially Franklin. The song is moving and haunting, a paean to the adventurous spirit of the explorers and to the beauty of the vast land and icy seas.

September

NORTHWEST PASSAGESTAN ROGERSAS SEEN BY MATT JAMES


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CANADIAN RAILROAD TRILOGY

By Gordon LightfootIllustrated by Ian Wallace

978-0-88899-953-5Hardcover with jacket $24.95

978-1-55498-304-9ePub$20.95

“A huge and unusual project, and Wallace has executed it with admirable care.” — Publishers Weekly, starred review

“The atmospheric illustrations … capture not only the workers’ toil but also the splendor of the Cana-dian landscape.” — Kirkus, starred review

The lyrics are accompanied by the striking paintings of multiple award-winning artist Matt James. Matt brings a unique vision to the song and the history behind it, providing commentary on the Franklin expedition and its failure to heed the wisdom of Inuit living in the North. The book also contains the music for the song, as well as a final verse that was never recorded, maps, a timeline of Arctic exploration, mini-biographies and portraits of the principal explorers, and suggestions for further reading.

Following on the success of Canadian Railroad Trilogy, this is another beautiful book in which a memorable song illuminates a fascinating history that has taken on new resonance today.

STAN ROGERS was a gifted Canadian musi-cian, famous throughout the English-speaking world of folk music. He began his musical career as a teen, playing as a rock bassist, and then started writing songs about his Maritime roots, recorded on his first album, Fogarty’s Cove. He had a talent for writing about the people who worked on farms, and in mines and fisheries across Canada. He traveled frequently and tragically died in an aircraft fire in 1983. The Canadian Conference of the Arts post-humously awarded Stan Rogers the Diplôme d’honneur, the Ontario Council of Folk Fes-tivals awarded him the Estelle Klein Award, and SOCAN, a National Achievement Award. Rogers’ music has been nominated twice for a Juno Award. The musical A Matter of Heart

features Stan Rogers’ songs and stories, which continue to move people young and old.

MATT JAMES is a noted painter, illustrator and musician. His first picture book, Yellow Moon, Apple Moon by Pamela Porter, won the New Mexico Book Award and was a finalist for the Governor General’s Award. I Know Here by Laurel Croza won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, and was a finalist for the Gover-nor General’s Award, the TD Canadian Chil-dren’s Literature Award, the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award and the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator’s Award. Matt lives in Toronto


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JUVENILE FICTION / Legends, Myths, Fables / General

Ages 5 and up978-1-55498-212-77.5 x 10 • 64 pages


$19.95BISAC: JUV022000

978-1-55498-214-1ePub $16.95

Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories is one of the best-loved story collections ever written for children. Now Ian Wallace, one of Canada’s most accomplished children’s book illustrators, reinterprets the famous tales with his vibrant art, bringing Kipling to a whole new generation of young readers.

Kipling wrote the stories for his young daugh-ter, who would only sleep if they were told “just so.” The first edition was published in Great Britain in 1902, along with black-and-white illustrations by the author himself. The sto-ries have remained in print ever since, delight-ing young readers all over the world. Many of the tales are origin stories, explaining how an animal came to be the way it is. They are ripe with imagination, inventive vocabulary and word play. This new edition, published more than 110 years after the original, has been edited to remove any racist language. The first handsome volume includes “How the Whale Got His Throat,” “How the Camel Got His Hump,” “How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin,” “How the Leopard Got His Spots,” “The Elephant’s Child” and “The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo.” The second volume will be published in spring 2014.

Inspired by these remarkable stories from all around the world, Ian Wallace has chosen to make an annual donation to IBBY’s Fund for Children in Crisis.

September

JUST SO STORIESVOLUME 1WRITTEN BY RUDYARD KIPLINGILLUSTRATED BY IAN WALLACE


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THE NAME OF THE TREE

Written by Celia Barker LottridgeIllustrated by Ian Wallace 978-0-88899-097-6Hardcover with jacket $18.95

ELIZABETH MRAZIK-CLEAVER CANADIAN PICTURE BOOK AWARD

MR. CHRISTIE’S BOOK AWARD

“A strong read-aloud, handsomely illustrated.” — Booklist

RUDYARD KIPLING (1865-1936) was an author of books for children and adults who achieved wide critical acclaim in his lifetime. Born in India, he was sent to school in England, where he endured difficult years with a foster family but discovered a love for reading. When he was seventeen he returned to India for a time, where he worked as a journalist before turning to poetry, short stories — for which he is best known — and novels. The Jungle Book became an instant classic and was followed by other much-loved children’s books, including Kim and Just So Stories. Kipling’s many awards include the Gold Medal of the Royal Society of Literature and the Nobel Prize in Literature.

IAN WALLACE has had a long and distin-guished career as an author and illustrator of picture books, publishing many classics such as Chin Chiang and the Dragon’s Dance, Boy of the Deeps, The Name of the Tree by Celia Barker Lottridge and Canadian Railroad Trilogy by Gordon Lightfoot. He has won the Eliza-beth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award, the Mr. Christie’s Book Award, the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award and the IODE Violet Downey Book Award. He has also been nominated for the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award and the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award. Ian currently lives in Brookline, Massachusetts, with his wife, Deb.


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JUVENILE FICTION / Mysteries & Detective StoriesAges 8 to 11978-1-55498-387-25 x 7.5 • 208 pagesHardcover with jacket$14.95BISAC: JUV028000

978-1-55498-401-5 Paperback $8.95 CDN (2015 U.S.)

978-1-55498-388-9 ePub $8.95

At Queensview Elementary, grade-six students are required to complete a community service unit as part of their school curriculum. Derek Knowles-Collier was sick when groups were assigned, so he is stuck with what’s leftover: landscape and repair duty at the local cemetery.

Derek is not happy about his assignment. When he was very young, his friend Dennis was killed by a car after running into the road to catch a ball. Ever since, Derek has had recurring nightmares, and is afraid that spending time in a cemetery will make it even harder for him to sleep through the night. It’s a relief, therefore, when his group’s lessons on all aspects of cemetery care are so inter-esting and strange that Derek doesn’t have time to dwell on his experience with death.

One day a book arrives at the library, an anonymous donation that happens every year. On reading the book, Derek and his group-mates find a secret code written in the margins. One code leads to the next, with the last code leading the students to a time capsule. Through a series of discoveries and deductions, Derek and his friends discover who has been sending books to the library every year. They also discover the truth behind Dennis’s long-ago death, which means that Derek is finally able to put his terrifying memories (and his nightmares) to rest.

INCLUDES A SECRET CODE FOR READERS TO DECIPHER

JESSICA SCOTT KERRIN is the author of the best-selling Martin Bridge series. Martin Bridge: Ready for Takeoff was chosen by both the Horn Book and the New York Public Library as one of the best books of 2005. Jessica lives with her family and pet tortoise in downtown Halifax, where she is surrounded by historic cemeteries.

October

THE TINY BOY AND OTHER TALES FROM INDONESIARETOLD BY MURTI BUNANTA ILLUSTRATED BY HARDIYONO

August

THE SPOTTED DOG LAST SEENWRITTEN BY JESSICA SCOTT KERRIN


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JUVENILE FICTION / Fairy Tales &

Folklore / Country & Ethnic

Ages 9 and up978-1-55498-193-9 6.25 x 9.5 • 84 pagesHardcover with jacketFull-color illustrations$24.95BISAC: JUV012020

978-1-55498-419-0 ePub $19.95

Eight tales about heroes and sacrifice, love and family — all rooted in a land that is both challenging and abundant. Some of the stories strike a familiar chord. There is the tiny child, no bigger than a thumb, who out-wits a giant; the poor farmer who cannot feed his children and leaves them abandoned in the forest; the princess who breaks an enchantment and releases a prince. Yet the tales are filled with the unexpected, too, as humans, monsters and the natural world transform and intersect.

The stories are exceptionally relevant today, as they draw our attention to the value of the odd and the small, the preciousness of children and our natural resources and the need to not take our food for granted.

Royalties from the sales of this book will go to INABBY for work with children in crisis.

MURTI BUNANTA is a pioneer in Indonesia, working to promote the reading habit and the quality of children’s literature. She is the first person to receive a doctorate from the University of Indonesia using research in chil-dren’s literature as the topic for her dissertation. Murti is the founder and president of the Indonesian chapter of the International Board on Books for Young People (INABBY).

HARDIYONO is a graduate of the Indonesia Fine Art Academy. His illustrations have appeared in more than two dozen books. In 2008 he was named to the IBBY Honour List for Masarasenani dan Matahari (Masarase-nani and the Sun).

October

THE TINY BOY AND OTHER TALES FROM INDONESIARETOLD BY MURTI BUNANTA ILLUSTRATED BY HARDIYONO


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JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic NovelsAges 10 to 14

978-1-55498-360-58.5 x 11.25 • 104 pages

Hardcover Full-color illustrations

$19.95BISAC: JUV008000

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An emotionally honest and visually stunning graphic novel.

Hélène has been inexplicably ostracized by the girls who were once her friends. Her school life is full of whispers and lies — Hélène weighs 216; she smells like BO — and her loving mother is too tired to be any help. Fortunately, Hélène has one consolation, Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre. Hélène identifies strongly with Jane’s tribulations, and when she is lost in the pages of this wonderful book, she is able to ignore her tormentors. But when Hélène is humili-ated on a class camping trip in front of her entire grade, she needs more than a fictional character to see herself as a person deserving of laughter and friendship.

Leaving the outcasts’ tent one night, Hélène encounters a fox, a beautiful creature with whom she shares a moment of connection. But when Suzanne Lipsky frightens the fox away, insisting that it must be rabid, Hélène’s despair becomes even more pronounced: now she believes that only a diseased and dangerous creature would ever voluntarily approach her. But then a new girl joins the outcasts’ circle, Géraldine, who does not appear to notice that she is in danger of becoming an outcast herself. And before long Hélène realizes that the less time she spends worrying about what the other girls say is wrong with her, the more able she is to believe that there is nothing wrong at all.

September

JANE, THE FOX AND MEWRITTEN BY FANNY BRITTILLUSTRATED BY ISABELLE ARSENAULTTRANSLATED BY CHRISTELLE MORELLI & SUSAN OURIOU


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Written by Hervé BouchardIllustrated by Janice NadeauTranslated by Helen Mixter 978-1-55498-075-8Hardcover$19.95

GOVERNOR GENERAL’S LITERARY AWARD (TEXT AND ILLUSTRATION)

“A great graphic novel to give to a younger child trying to understand the pain of bereavement.” — School Library Journal

“A sparse, evocative look at a father’s death … Harvey’s child’s-eye perspective is flawlessly conveyed.” — Kirkus Reviews

Jane, the Fox and Me reveals the casual brutality of which children are capable, but also assures readers that redemption can be found through connecting with another, whether the other is a friend, a fictional character or even, amazingly, a fox.

FANNY BRITT is a Quebec playwright, author and translator. She has written a dozen plays (among them Honey Pie, Hôtel Pacifique and Bienveillance) and translated more than fifteen others. She has also written and translated sev-eral works of children’s literature. Jane, the Fox and Me is her first graphic novel.

ISABELLE ARSENAULT is a very talented Quebec illustrator who has won an impressive number of awards and has achieved interna-tional recognition. She has illustrated Migrant by Maxine Trottier, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book and a finalist for the Governor General’s Award; Virginia Wolf by Kyo Maclear, winner of the Governor General’s Award; Le coeur de monsieur Gauguin by Marie-Danielle Croteau, winner of the Governor General’s Award; and My Letter to the World and Other Poems by Emily Dickinson, a finalist for the Governor General’s Award. She has also illus-trated Once Upon a Northern Night by Jean E. Pendziwol, forthcoming from Groundwood. Isabelle has won the Grand Prix for illustration (Magazines du Québec) for six years running. She lives with her family in Montreal.


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JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

Ages 12 to 15978-1-55498-376-6

4.5 x 7.5 • 192 pagesPaperback

$9.95BISAC: JUV039140

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Hold Fast is the widely acclaimed story of a young boy’s struggle to survive in a new environment and his fight against those who stand as threats to his pride in himself and his way of life.

Michael turned fourteen in May. By June, both his parents are dead, victims of a car crash. And for Michael, who has lived all his life in a small Newfoundland outport community, this means being suddenly uprooted and sent to live with relatives in St. Albert, a city hundreds of miles away.

Hold Fast is the story of Michael’s struggle to survive in his new world. In vivid, honest prose, it depicts his fight against those who threaten him — the loud-mouthed Kentson who makes fun of the way he talks at school, and his uncle who tries to rule life at home with an iron hand. It is also the story of the friendship that develops between Michael and Curtis, his cousin, and of his new uncertain feelings for Brenda.

The book was written, Kevin Major says, “out of love for a way of life and a people. It is an appeal for us Newfoundlanders to be like cer-tain of the species of seaweed that inhabit our shores, which, when faced with the threat of being destroyed by forces they cannot control, evolve an appendage to hold them to the rocks, a holdfast.”

October

HOLD FAST35TH ANNIVERSARY AND MOVIE TIE-IN EDITIONWRITTEN BY KEVIN MAJOR


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“[Major] has a finely honed sense of character and an excellent ear for authentic dialogue.” — School Library Journal, starred review

“[A] truly significant book. A must read.” — VOYA

KEVIN MAJOR is one of the best Canadian writers of his generation, and in 1992 he won the Vicky Metcalf Award for a Body of Work. He has written sixteen novels for young people and adults, several of which have been trans-lated into other languages. His books include Hold Fast (Hans Christian Andersen Honor List, winner of the Governor General’s Liter-ary Award, the Canadian Library Association Award and the Ruth Schwartz Award), Far from Shore (winner of the Canadian Young Adult Book Award), and The House of Wooden Santas (Mr. Christie’s Book Award and the Ann Connor Brimer Award). Most recently, Ann and Seamus was shortlisted for eight book awards, including the Governor General’s Award, and has been adapted into an opera. Kevin lives in St. John’s, Newfoundland.


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JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography / Autobiography / Cultural Heritage

Ages 12 and up978-1-55498-120-5

5.5 x 8.5 • 256 pagesHardcover with jacket

$15.95BISAC: JNF038120

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After her critically acclaimed books of interviews with Afghan, Iraqi, Israeli and Palestinian children, Deborah Ellis turns her attention closer to home. For two years she traveled across the United States and Canada interviewing Native children. The result is a compelling collection of interviews with chil-dren aged nine to eighteen. They come from all over the continent, from Iqaluit to Texas, Haida Gwaii to North Carolina, and their stories run the gamut — some heartbreaking; many others full of pride and hope.

You’ll meet Tingo, who has spent most of his young life living in foster homes and motels, and is now thriving after becoming involved with a Native Friendship Center; Myleka and Tulane, young artists in Utah; Eagleson, who started drinking at age twelve but now con-tinues his family tradition working as a carver in Seattle; Nena, whose Seminole ancestors remained behind in Florida during the Indian Removals, and who is heading to New Mexico as winner of her local science fair; Isabella, who defines herself more as Native than American; Destiny, with a family history of alcoholism and suicide, who is now a writer and pow wow dancer.

Many of these children are living with the legacy of the residential schools; many have lived through the cycle of foster care. Many others have found something in their roots that sustains them, have found their place in the arts, the sciences, athletics. Like all kids,

September

LOOKS LIKE DAYLIGHTVOICES OF INDIGENOUS KIDSWRITTEN BY DEBORAH ELLIS


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Written by Deborah Ellis 978-1-55498-181-6Hardcover with jacket $15.95

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USBBY OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL BOOKS

“It’s a gritty, poignant, and intensely personal glimpse into the effects of war and poverty.” — Publishers Weekly

they want to find something that engages them, something they love.

Deborah briefly introduces each child and then steps back, letting the kids speak directly to the reader, talking about their daily lives, about the things that interest them, and about how being Native has affected who they are and how they see the world.

As one reviewer has pointed out, Deborah Ellis gives children a voice that they may not other-wise have had the opportunity to express so readily in the mainstream media. The voices in this book are as frank and varied as the children themselves.

DEBORAH ELLIS is best known for her Breadwinner series set in Afghanistan and Pakistan — a series that has been published in twenty-five languages, with more than one million dollars in royalties donated to Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan and Street Kids International. She has won the Governor General’s Award, the Ruth Schwartz Award, the University of California’s Middle East Book Award, Sweden’s Peter Pan Prize, the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award and the Vicky Metcalf Award for a Body of Work. She recently received the Ontario Library Asso-ciation’s President’s Award for Exceptional Achievement, and she has been named to the Order of Ontario. Deborah lives in Simcoe, Ontario.


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JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Physical & Emotional Abuse Ages 14 and up978-1-55498-334-65.4375 x 8.25 • 224 pagesHardcover with jacket$16.95BISAC: JUV039010

978-1-55498-335-3Paperback$9.95 CDN (2015 U.S.)

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After her older sister is murdered in a horrific incident of domestic abuse, Taylor begins a new life in a new town. She meets Lily, whose open, warm manner conceals a difficult personal life of her own, coping with her brain-injured mother. The two girls embark on a ten-tative friendship. But just when life seems to be smooth-ing out, Taylor’s abusive boyfriend, Devon, arrives on the scene, and before they know it, the girls find themselves in a situation that is both scary, and incredibly dangerous.

Abetted by Conor, a friend who owes him a favor, Devon takes the girls to a remote cabin. There is no heat, no food, no water. There is a hunting rifle, which Devon uses to intimidate the others. As he becomes increasingly agitated, and Conor threatens to bail, the girls engage in a silent battle of their own. Lily wants to escape, while Taylor feels hopelessly trapped by her relationship with Devon and uses sex and flattery to try to keep the situ-ation calm. The cabin becomes a pressure cooker, filled with tension as the four teenagers wrestle with their anger, fear, resentment and boredom — any one of which could tip the situation into disaster.

From the opening moments when Taylor witnesses her sister’s autopsy to the final cathartic scene after the two girls have survived their ordeal, the reader is glued to every page of this frank, gripping and beautifully written novel that raises questions for every teenager.

ELISE MOSER was born in Brooklyn and spent her childhood in small-town New Jersey. She moved to Montreal to do an English degree at McGill University, and stayed on. Elise was president of the Quebec Writers’ Federation between 2009 and 2012. She presently divides her time between Montreal and Sauk City, Wisconsin.

September

LILY AND TAYLORWRITTEN BY ELISE MOSER

September

A GIFT FROM CHILDHOODMEMORIES OF AN AFRICAN BOYHOODWRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY BABA WAGUÉ DIAKITÉ


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JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography &

Autobiography / Cultural Heritage

Ages 10 and up978-1-55498-421-3 6.375 x 9 • 136 pagesPaperback$12.95BISAC: JNF007050

Baba Wagué is only four years old when he is sent to the tiny Malian village of Kassar, West Africa, to be raised by his paternal grandparents, according to the family tradition. He is most unhappy about this at first, but under his grandmother’s patient and wise tutelage, he comes to love his close-knit village community, as he listens to his grandmother’s stories, learns about his own history and traditions, and experiences many hilarious and sobering adventures along the way. He learns how to catch a catfish with his bare hands, learns the true mean-ing of the appearance of a snake in the granary, flees from an army of bees and mistakes a hungry albino cobra snake for a pink inner tube. And he survives, with trepidation and pride, his circumcision — a ceremony that brings together the entire village.

Finally, Grandma Sabou decides that Baba is educated enough to go to school, and he moves back to the city, where his family struggles to provide him with a formal education. But he brings his village stories with him, and in the process of sharing them with his neighborhood, he not only uncovers his immense artistic and storytelling talents, but eventually finds his way to America, where he embarks on a new life as a writer and artist.

BABA WAGUÉ DIAKITÉ is is an award-winning art-ist, ceramicist, writer and storyteller. He is the author/illustrator of Mee-Ann and the Magic Serpent, and he is the illustrator of The Pot of Wisdom by Adwoa Badoe. He is the founder and director of the Ko-Falen Cultural Center in Bamako, Mali, an organization that promotes cultural, artistic and educational exchanges between people of the U.S. and Mali. He is married to Portland artist Ronna Neuenschwander and divides his time between Bamako and Portland, Oregon.

September

A GIFT FROM CHILDHOODMEMORIES OF AN AFRICAN BOYHOODWRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY BABA WAGUÉ DIAKITÉ


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INDEX

Amado, Elisa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Arsenault, Isabelle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9, 12–13, 22–23

Beddows, Eric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Blades, Ann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Bouchard, Hervé . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Britt, Fanny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22–23

Bunanta, Murti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Camel in the Sun, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14–15

Canadian Railroad Trilogy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Caramba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Carrer, Chiara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Chan, Harvey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Croza, Laurel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Diakité, Baba Wagué . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Eirheim, Jeanne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Ellis, Deborah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26–27

Engman, Camilla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Far From Shore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Few Bites, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Few Blocks, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Gay, Marie-Louise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 5, 11

Ghost Train . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Gift From Childhood, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Hardiyono . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Harvey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Hold Fast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Huron Carol, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

I Know Here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

James, Matt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 16–17

Jane, the Fox and Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22–23

Just So Stories, Volume I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18–19

Kids of Kabul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Kipling, Rudyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18–19

Lightfoot, Gordon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Lily and Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Looks Like Daylight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26–27

Lottridge, Celia Barker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Luján, Jorge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Major, Kevin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24–25

Marja’s Skis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Marton, Jirina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Migrant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Mixter, Helen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Morelli, Christelle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Moser, Elise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Nadeau, Janice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Name of the Tree, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Northwest Passage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16–17

Once Upon a Northern Night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12–13

Ondaatje, Griffin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14–15

Ouriou, Susan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Out the Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Pendziwol, Jean E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12–13

Read Me a Story, Stella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–5

Rogers, Stan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16–17

Salinas, Veronica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–9

Salmon for Simon, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Scott Kerrin, Jessica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Spotted Dog Last Seen, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Stella! A Treasury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Stephen and the Beetle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Tiny Boy and Other Tales from Indonesia, The . . 21

Trottier, Maxine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Voyage, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–9

Wallace, Ian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 17, 18–19

Waterton, Betty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Wolfsgruber, Linda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14–15

Wynne-Jones, Tim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Yee, Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Young, Cybèle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–7

Zoom at Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11


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H school library journal, booklist, kirkus & publishers weekly, starred reviews

Jimmy the Greatest! Written by Jairo BuitragoIllustrated by Rafael Yockteng Translated by Elisa Amado

booklist's editors' choice new york public library 100 titles for reading and sharing

horn book fanfare school library journal 100 magnificent children's books

kirkus best children's books

I See the Promised Land: A Life of Martin Luther King Jr.Written by Arthur FlowersIllustrated by Manu Chitrakar H booklist, starred review H school library journal, starred review

A Troublesome BoyWritten by Paul Vasey

the society of school librarians international honor book

kirkus best teen books capital choices noteworthy titles for children and teens

My Name Is Parvana Written by Deborah Ellis

school library journal best books kirkus top 10 children's books

One Year in Coal Harbour Written by Polly HorvathH kirkus, starred review H school library journal, starred review H publishers weekly, starred review

groundwood awards & reviews

Cover illustration by Isabelle Arsenault

USBBY Outstanding International Books Honor List

Out of the Way! Out of the Way!

Written by Uma KrishnaswamiIllustrated by Uma Krishnaswamy



My Name Is Parvana




La Malinche: The Princess Who Helped Cortés Conquer the

Aztec Empire

Written by Francisco SerranoIllustrated by Pablo SerranoTranslated by Susan Ouriou

Nobody Knows

Written by Shelley Tanaka

Ontario Library Association Best Bets

Middle of Nowhere

Written by Caroline Adderson

A Few Bites


Summer in the City

Written by Marie-Louise Gay and David HomelIllustrated by Marie-Louise Gay

Mr. and Mrs. Bunny — Detectives Extraordinaire!

Written by Polly HorvathIllustrated by Sophie Blackall

International Reading Association Notable Books for a

Global Society





The Cooperative Children’s Book Center Choices



My Name Is Parvana


My Book of Life by Angel

Written by Martine Leavitt

groundwood awards & reviews Groundwood Books congratulates Isol,

winner of the 2013 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award


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