Groundwood Fall 2016

Dear Readers and Friends,

One of the things we look forward to each season is the chance to bring new authors and illustrators to our list. We treasure the relationships we have with those people who have published with us for many years, and it is always a thrill to add newcomers to that group.

This season we have a few creators who are completely new to the world of children’s books, as well as some who are venturing into new genres. I hope you will give a warm welcome to all our new faces:

• Acree Graham Macam and Natalie Nelson, author and illustrator of The King of the Birds • Kit Peel, author of Snow Summer • Jane Ozkowski, author of Watching Traffic • John Sobol, author of Friend or Foe?, with illustrations by Dasha Tolstikova • Sandra V. Feder, author of The Moon Inside, with illustrations by Aimée Sicuro • Julianna Swaney, who provided illustrations for Book Uncle and Me, a chapter book by Uma Krishnaswami

Happy reading! And, as always, I will be interested to hear your thoughts. Please feel free to email me at the address below.

Sheila Barry, Publisher Groundwood Books [email protected]

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In this picture book, inspired by the life of Flannery O’Connor, a young fan of fowl brings home a peacock to be the king of her collection, but he refuses to show off his colorful tail. The girl goes to great lengths to encourage the peacock to display his plumage — she throws him a party, lets him play in the fig tree, feeds him flowers and stages a parade — all to no avail.

Then she finally stumbles on the perfect solu-tion. When she introduces the queen of the birds — a peahen — to her collection, the pea-cock immediately displays his glorious shim-mering tail.

This delightful story, full of humor and heart, celebrates the legacy of a great American writer.

Includes a note about Flannery O’Connor.

JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / PetsAges 4 to 7 / Grades K to 2

8.5 x 10 • 44 pagesFull-color illustrations

978-1-55498-851-8Hardcover with jacket

$17.95

978-1-55498-852-5PDF

BISAC: JUV002190

A joyful picture-book debut.

THE KING OF THE BIRDSWRITTEN BY ACREE GRAHAM MACAMILLUSTRATED BY NATALIE NELSON

September

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ALICE BABETTE

Written by Monica Kulling Illustrated by Qin Leng

978-1-55498-820-4Hardcover with jacket$16.95

978-1-55498-821-1PDF

ACREE GRAHAM MACAM is an advertis-ing copywriter and the winner of Emory Uni-versity’s Louis B. Sudler Prize in the Arts for creative writing. This is her first picture book. Acree lives in Atlanta.

NATALIE NELSON’s illustrations have app-eared in many publications, including the New York Times, New York Magazine and the Washington Post. This is her first picture book. Natalie lives in Atlanta.

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Yellow is Ella’s favorite color — she loves the bright, sunny daytime. But every night, as darkness falls, she becomes afraid. Her mother encourages her to look at the soft glow of the moon and fireflies dancing in the night. Ella listens to the chirping of crickets and the gentle rustling of the wind as she grad-ually realizes that nighttime can be something to look forward to rather than something to fear.

With sweet illustrations by Aimée Sicuro, this story will inspire parents and children to wel-come the peaceful nature of nighttime into their homes and hearts.

JUVENILE FICTION / Bedtime & DreamsAges 2 to 5 / Grades Pre K to K

9.25 x 9.25 • 32 pagesFull-color illustrations


$17.95

978-1-55498-824-2PDF

BISAC: JUV010000

Luminous illustrations enhance a classic story about overcoming fears.

THE MOON INSIDEWRITTEN BY SANDRA V. FEDERILLUSTRATED BY AIMÉE SICURO

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ONCE UPON A NORTHERN NIGHT

Written by Jean E. Pendziwol Illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault


978-1-55498-890-7PDF

“A beautiful, lyrical celebration” — Kirkus, starred review

“A reverent ode to the magic and wonder of an icy winter night.” — Publishers Weekly, starred review

“A lovely wintry bedtime story.” — School Library Journal, starred review

“A sweet and lovely tale.” — Booklist, starred review

SANDRA V. FEDER is the author of the pop-ular Daisy series of early chapter books. The Moon Inside is her first picture book. She has always found comfort in the sights and sounds of nature, and loves seeing the moon’s light reflected on San Francisco Bay.

AIMÉE SICURO is an award-winning illus-trator who recently published her first picture book, Bright Sky, Starry City by Uma Krish-naswami, which has been highly acclaimed. Aimée lives in Brooklyn.

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Mom’s friend Mrs. Cunningham is coming for a visit, and she’s bringing her baby! While Buddy tries to explain the ins and outs of babydom to Earl, neither of them is prepared for the chaos the small and adorable creature brings with him.

When the baby manages to escape from his cage — which Buddy gently suggests is really just a playpen — it’s up to our favorite odd cou-ple to save the day.

This third title in the critically acclaimed Bud-dy and Earl series follows a dog who likes to play by the rules and a hedgehog who knows no limits on another fun adventure in deduc-tive reasoning and imaginative play.

JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / FriendshipAges 4 to 7 / Grades K to 2



$16.95

978-1-55498-717-7PDF

BISAC: JUV039060

When Buddy and Earl babysit, hilarious chaos erupts.

BUDDY AND EARL AND THE GREAT BIG BABYWRITTEN BY MAUREEN FERGUSILLUSTRATED BY CAREY SOOKOCHEFF

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BUDDY AND EARL

Written by Maureen Fergus Illustrated by Carey Sookocheff


978-1-55498-713-9PDF

“Subliminal sophistication.” — Kirkus, starred review

“Truly outstanding.” — Booklist, starred review

“An understated winner of a friendship story.” — Publishers Weekly, starred review

BUDDY AND EARL GO EXPLORINGWritten by Maureen Fergus Illustrated by Carey Sookocheff


978-1-55498-715-3PDF

“Life is good for Buddy and Earl in this aerobic exercise of the imagination.” — Kirkus, starred review

MAUREEN FERGUS is an award-winning author of books for kids of all ages. Her novels include The Gypsy King trilogy and Ortega; her picture books include InvisiBill and The Day My Mom Came to Kindergarten. She lives in Winnipeg.

CAREY SOOKOCHEFF’s illustrations have garnered awards from Communication Arts and American Illustration as well as the Society of Illustrators. She lives in Toronto.

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COMING IN 2017

BUDDY AND EARL GO TO SCHOOL

Written by Maureen Fergus Illustrated by Carey Sookocheff

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When a teacher asks the children in her class to think about what makes their families special, the answers are all different in many ways — but the same in the one way that matters most of all.

One child is worried that her family is just too different to explain, but listens as her class-mates talk about what makes their families special. One is raised by a grandmother, and another has two dads. One has many stepsib-lings, and another has a new baby sibling.

As her classmates describe who they live with and who loves them — family of every shape, size and every kind of relation — the child realizes that as long as her family is full of car-ing people, it is special.

A warm and whimsical look at many types of families written by award-winning author Sara O’Leary, with quirky and sweet illustrations by Qin Leng.

JUVENILE FICTION / Family / GeneralAges 4 to 7 / Grades K to 2



$17.95 US / $18.95 CDN

978-1-55498-795-5PDF

BISAC: JUV013000

A funny picture book that answers an important question: What is a family?

A FAMILY IS A FAMILY IS A FAMILYWRITTEN BY SARA O’LEARYILLUSTRATED BY QIN LENG

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MORRIS MICKLEWHITE AND THE TANGERINE DRESS

Written by Christine Baldacchino Illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant


978-1-55498-350-6PDF

“Morris is a complex character whose creativity and personality shine.” — Kirkus, starred review

“A subtle and refreshing glimpse at a boy who simply likes to dress up.” — School Library Journal

SARA O’LEARY is a writer of fiction for adults and children. A graduate of the UBC Creative Writing Program, she has taught screenwriting and writing for children at Con-cordia University in Montreal. She lives in Hudson, Qubec.

QIN LENG lives and works as a designer and illustrator in Toronto. She graduated from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema and has received many awards for her animated short films and artwork. Throughout her career, Qin has illustrated picture books, magazines and book covers for publishers around the world.

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Bear loves his forest home, but some-times he gets lonely. It’s hard being the biggest animal around. As the days grow shorter and autumn turns to winter, Bear springs into ac-tion and comes up with a festive plan to make friends with all the other forest creatures.

Bear makes invitations for the other animals, inviting them to a winter party in his den. He decorates his home and lights a roaring fire and bakes delicious treats. But as the night grows dark, Bear worries that his forest neigh-bors may be too frightened to come. Just when he is about to give up hope, Bear spots Deer peeking out from behind a tree…

Written by award-winning author Deborah Hodge, Bear’s Winter Party is brought to life with exuberant illustrations by Lisa Cinar. Together they have created a story that is at once timeless, tender and true.

Includes a recipe for Bear’s own honey-ginger cookies.

JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / FriendshipAges 4 to 7 / Grades K to 2



$16.95 US / $18.95 CDN

978-1-55498-854-9PDF

BISAC: JUV039060

Will bear’s party be a success? Or will the other animals be too afraid to come?

BEAR’S WINTER PARTYWRITTEN BY DEBORAH HODGEILLUSTRATED BY LISA CINAR

September

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WEST COAST WILD

Written by Deborah Hodge Illustrated by Karen Reczuch

978-1-55498-440-4Hardcover with jacket$18.95 US / $19.95 CDN

978-1-55498-441-1PDF

“It’s the rare reader who won’t want to travel there after they reach Z.” — Publishers Weekly, starred review

“Charming and original.” — School Library Journal

DEBORAH HODGE is an award-winning author of more than twenty-five books for children. Her honors include the Information Book Award of Canada and the Green Prize for Sustainable Literature, and she was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award for Chil-dren’s and Young Adult Literature. Her work has also appeared on lists such as ALA’s Top Ten Best Environmental Books for Youth and IBBY’s Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities. Deborah, a former teacher and curriculum writer, lives in Vancouver.

LISA CINAR is an educator and the author and illustrator of two picture books, The Day It All Blew Away, nominated for the Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize, and Paulina P. ( for Petersen). She lives in Van-couver.

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A little girl falls asleep and in her dream becomes a huge gray wolf, like the one in her bedtime story. Out the window she leaps, and a marvelous nighttime adventure unfolds. A rooster and reindeer join in the fun, until the three are suddenly stopped in their tracks by a giant dazzling star. The reindeer climbs up on the wolf, and the rooster up on the reindeer to reach the star and carry it home.

This vibrantly illustrated wordless picture book is a celebration of the inspiration and freedom to be found in stories, dreams and the imagination.

JUVENILE FICTION / Bedtime & DreamsAges 4 and up / Grades Pre-K and up

9 x 11 • 40 pagesFull-color illustrations


$18.95

978-1-55498-842-6PDF

BISAC: JUV010000

A wordless book that celebrates a child’s imaginative freedom.

TURN ON THE NIGHTBY GERALDO VALÉRIO

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SONG FOR A SUMMER NIGHT

Written by Robert Heidbreder Illustrated by Qin Leng


978-1-55498-494-7PDF

“The poetry is a soft and lovely lullaby.” — School Library Journal

“Get ready to snuggle in and share this summer lullaby tonight.” — BookDragon

“A sweet evocation of the pleasures of nighttime.” — Kirkus Reviews

GERALDO VALÉRIO was born in Brazil, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Draw-ing, followed by a Master of Arts at New York University. His illustrations appear in books published in Canada, the United States, Bra-zil and Portugal. They include Do You Have a Dog? and When You Are Happy by Eileen Spi-nelli, Abecedário de Aves Brasileiras and My Book of Birds. Geraldo lives in Toronto.

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“A lonely mouse lived in a small house beside a great palace. In the great palace lived a cat.”

Each night the mouse gazes up at the cat in the palace tower. Is the cat my friend? he wonders. Determined to find out, he bravely climbs all the way up to the tower, where the cat sits on the windowsill.

“Hello, are you friend or foe?” he squeaks.

This simple story by John Sobol has a surpris-ing outcome, giving young readers a chance to draw their own conclusions. It is perfectly complemented by Dasha Tolstikova’s subtle yet striking illustrations.

JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / GeneralAges 4 to 7 / Grades K to 2



$18.95

978-1-55498-408-4PDF

BISAC: JUV002000

A stunningly illustrated fable about friendship.

FRIEND OR FOE?WRITTEN BY JOHN SOBOLILLUSTRATED BY DASHA TOLSTIKOVA

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STEPHEN AND THE BEETLE

Written by Jorge Luján Illustrated by Chiara Carrer Translated by Elisa Amado


978-1-55498-315-5ePub

A NEW YORK TIMES BEST ILLUSTRATED BOOK

“This simple yet powerful life-or-death drama between the boy and the beetle is vividly captured.” — Kirkus, starred review

JOHN SOBOL is an author, musician and poet who has performed at festivals and clubs in a dozen countries. He also likes reciting poems to children. This is his first picture book. He lives in Ottawa.

DASHA TOLSTIKOVA’s illustrations have appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the New Yorker. Her graphic-novel memoir, A Year Without Mom, has received four starred reviews and has been translated into Korean and Swedish. She has also illus-trated The Jacket, written by Kirsten Hall, a New York Times Notable Book. Dasha lives in Brooklyn.

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ROOSTER / GALLOWRITTEN BY JORGE LUJÁNILLUSTRATED BY MANUEL MONROYTRANSLATED BY ELISA AMADO

The song of the rooster draws forth the universe and gives way to the dance of beings and objects as day draws its first brilliant breath. Written in Spanish and English, this book is so supremely simple that a baby can delight in it, and yet so complex that an adult reader can find joy in the poem and beautiful images over and over again.

Jorge Luján dreamed this myth and, when he wrote it, understood that the rooster is the poet of the day. Manuel Monroy dipped his pen in the ink of the night and, when he withdrew it, found it was spangled with stars.

JORGE LUJÁN is an author, poet and musician who has published forty-two books and seven CDs and has been nominated three times for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. Jorge lives in Mexico City.

MANUEL MONROY has won many awards and has exhibited his art in Mexico, Cuba, the Czech Republic, Italy, Japan and the Netherlands. Manuel lives in Mexico City.

“Imagery in paintings as luminous as the changing sky.” — Horn Book, starred review

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JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Farm AnimalsAges 2 and up / Grades Pre-K and up8.125 x 7.625 • 24 pagesFull-color illustrations

978-1-55498-936-2Paperback$8.95

978-1-55498-956-0PDF

BISAC: JUV002090

One of our bestselling bilingual picture books.

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NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK

DOS CONEJOS BLANCOSWRITTEN BY JAIRO BUITRAGOILLUSTRATED BY RAFAEL YOCKTENG

In this moving and timely story, a young child de-scribes what it is like to be a migrant as she and her father travel north toward the US border.

As many thousands of people, especially children, in Mexico and Central America continue to make the ardu-ous journey to the US border in search of a better life, this is an important book that shows a young migrant’s perspective.

JAIRO BUITRAGO has collaborated with Rafael Yock-teng on several award-winning picture books, including Jimmy the Greatest! He lives in Mexico City.

RAFAEL YOCKTENG has illustrated many highly acclaimed children’s books, including Sopa de frijoles / Bean Soup by Jorge Argueta. Rafael lives in Bogotá.

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TWO WHITE RABBITSTranslated by Elisa Amado

A NOTABLE BOOK FOR A GLOBAL SOCIETY (IRA)

“An important and timely picture book.” — School Library Journal, starred review

“A masterpiece of understatement.” —Kirkus, starred review

“Hope and hardship coexist in this haunting look at refugees.” — Publishers Weekly, starred review

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JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / MexicoAges 4 to 7 / Grades K to 28.86 x 8.27 • 56 pagesFull-color illustrations


978-1-55498-904-1PDF

BISAC: JUV030100

From the highly acclaimed creators of Jimmy the Greatest! — the Spanish edition of Two White Rabbits.

October

NOW AVAILABLE IN

SPANISH


978-1-55498-742-9PDF

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Why are young people leaving their country to walk to the United States to seek a new, safe home? Over 100,000 such children have left Central America. This book of poetry helps us to understand why and what it is like to be them.

This powerful book by award-winning Salva-doran poet Jorge Argueta describes the terrible process that leads young people to undertake the extreme hardships and risks involved in the journey to what they hope will be a new life of safety and opportunity. A refugee from El Salvador’s war in the eighties, Argueta was born to explain the tragic choice confronting young Central Americans today, who are say-ing goodbye to everything they know because they fear for their lives. This book brings home their situation and will help young people who are living in safety to understand those who are not.

Compelling, timely and eloquent, this book is beautifully illustrated by master artist Alfonso Ruano who also illustrated The Composition, considered one of the 100 Greatest Books for Kids by Scholastic’s Parent and Child Magazine.

JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues/Emigration & Immigration

Ages 7 to 12 / Grades 2 to 78.25 x 9.125 • 36 pages

Full-color illustrations


$18.95

978-1-55498-850-1PDF

BISAC: JUV039250

An eloquent and timely plea for understanding refugees.

SOMOS COMO LAS NUBES / WE ARE LIKE THE CLOUDSWRITTEN BY JORGE ARGUETAILLUSTRATED BY ALFONSO RUANOTRANSLATED BY ELISA AMADO

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THE COMPOSITION

Written by Antonio SkármetaIllustrated by Alfonso Ruano Translated by Elisa Amado

978-0-88899-550-6Paperback$7.95

978-1-55498-256-1PDF

UNESCO TOLERANCE AWARD

JANE ADDAMS CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD

AMÉRICAS AWARD COMMENDED LIST

JORGE ARGUETA is an award-winning author of picture books and poetry for young children. He has won the International Latino Book Award, the Américas Book Award, the NAPPA Gold Award and the Independent Pub-lisher Book Award for Multicultural Fiction for Juveniles. A native Salvadoran and Pipil Nahua Indian, Jorge spent much of his life in rural El Salvador. He lives in San Francisco.

ALFONSO RUANO is the illustrator of The Composition by Antonio Skármeta, which has won several awards, and Tricycle (El triciclo) by Elisa Amado, a USBBY Outstanding Inter-national Book. After three decades as the art director for Grupo SM, the world’s larg-est publisher of Spanish-language children’s books, he has left to devote more time to illus-tration and painting. He lives in Madrid.

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On a trip to Japan in 1978, Milly Zantow noticed that people were putting little bundles out on the street each morning. They were re-cycling. When she returned to Sauk City, Wis-consin, she discovered that her town’s landfill was nearing capacity, and that plastic made up a large part of the garbage. No one was recy-cling plastics. Milly decided to figure out how.

Milly and a friend established E-Z Recycling. They worked with local school children and their community, and they helped other com-munities start their own recycling programs. But Milly knew that the large-scale recycling of plastics would never work unless people could easily identify the seven different types. She came up with the idea of placing an iden-tifying number in the little recycling triangle, which has become the international standard.

Milly’s story is a glimpse into the early days of the recycling movement and shows how, thanks to her determination, hard work and community-building, huge changes took place, spreading rapidly across North America.

Includes black-and-white illustrations, side-bars, sources for further information, a glos-sary and an index.

JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Social Activists

Ages 8 to 11 / Grades 3 to 66.75 x 8.5 • 48 pages

24 black-and-white illustrations

978-1-55498-893-8Paperback

$9.95 US / $11.95 CDN

978-1-55498-894-5 ePub

BISAC: JNF007110

The extraordinary story of the woman who made plastics recycling possible.

WHAT MILLY DIDThe Remarkable Pioneer of Plastics RecyclingWRITTEN BY ELISE MOSERILLUSTRATED BY SCOT RITCHIE

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TALKING WITH MOTHER EARTH / HABLANDO CON MADRE TIERRA

Written by Jorge Argueta Illustrated by Lucía Angela Pérez


$17.95

“This literary offering stands out for its beauty and depth of expression. A unique and lovely collection.” — School Library Journal

ELISE MOSER was born in Brooklyn and spent her childhood in small-town New Jer-sey. She moved to Montreal and did an Eng-lish degree at McGill University, then worked at Paragraphe Bookstore for many years. Her young adult novel, Lily and Taylor, received a starred review from Kirkus. She presently divides her time between Montreal and Sauk City, Wisconsin.

SCOT RITCHIE is an award-winning illustra-tor and author with more than fifty books to his credit, most recently, P'ésk'a and the First Salmon Ceremony. Scot has worked with the National Film Board of Canada, and his illus-trations have been exhibited at the National Gallery of Canada. He lives in Vancouver.

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For hundreds of thousands of years great auks thrived in the icy seas of the North Atlantic, bobbing on the waves, diving for fish and struggling up onto rocky shores to mate and hatch their fluffy chicks. But by 1844, not a single one of these magnificent birds was alive.

In this stunningly illustrated non-fiction pic-ture book, Jan Thornhill tells the tragic story of these birds that “weighed as much as a sack of potatoes.” Their demise came about in part because of their anatomy. They could swim swiftly underwater, but their small wings meant they couldn’t fly and their feet were so far back on their bodies, they couldn’t walk very well. Still the birds managed to escape their preda-tors much of the time … until humans became seafarers.

Although undeniably tragic, the final demise of the great auk led to the birth of the conser-vation movement.

JUVENILE NONFICTION / Animals / BirdsAges 9 to 12 / Grades 4 to 7



$18.95

978-1-55498-866-2PDF

BISAC: JNF003030

For hundreds of thousands of years, great auks thrived. And then they were gone . . .

THE TRAGIC TALE OF THE GREAT AUKWRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY JAN THORNHILL

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MY BOOK OF BIRDS

Written and illustrated by Geraldo Valério


978-1-55498-801-3PDF

“An inviting combination of information and artistry that subtly encourages readers to observe and reflect on bird life.” — Publishers Weekly

“A delight to browse, the book also provides resources to further engage budding ornitholo-gists.” — Kirkus Reviews

JAN THORNHILL is an author, illustrator and designer who brings her fascination with the natural world to her books for children. They include I Found a Dead Bird (National Parenting Publications Gold Award, Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction, Children’s Literature Roundtables of Canada Information Book Award); The Wild-life 123 (UNICEF-Ezra Jack Keats Interna-tional Award for Excellence in Children’s Book Illustration, Governor General’s Award finalist); and The Wildlife ABC (Governor General’s Award finalist). Jan recently won the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People. She spends her spare time in the woods obsessively collecting and cataloging wild mushrooms and slime molds. She lives near Havelock, Ontario.

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Evelyn is both aghast and fascinated when a new boy comes to grade five and tells everyone his name is Queen. Queen wears shiny gym shorts and wants to organize a chess/environment club. His father plays weird loud music and has tattoos.

How will the class react? How will Evelyn?

Evelyn is an only child with a strict routine and an even stricter mother. And yet in her quiet way she notices things. She takes particular notice of this boy named Queen. The way the bullies don’t seem to faze him. The way he seems to live by his own rules. When it turns out that they take the same route home from school, Evelyn and Queen become friends, almost against Evelyn’s better judgment. She even finds Queen irritating at times. Why doesn’t he just shut up and stop attracting so much attention to himself?

Yet he is the most interesting person she has ever met. So when she receives a last-minute invitation to his birthday party, she knows she must go.

JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / FriendshipAges 8 to 11 / Grades 3 to 6

5 x 7.5 • 80 pages

978-1-55498-905-8 • Hardcover with jacket$14.95

978-1-55498-906-5 • ePub

BISAC: JUV039060

Who will be brave enough to make friends with the boy named Queen?

A BOY NAMED QUEENWRITTEN BY SARA CASSIDY

October

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KABUNGO

Written by Rolli Illustrated by Milan Pavlovic


978-1-55498-806-8ePub

“Fresh and original, this appealing account of friendship celebrates differences and community.” — Kirkus, starred review

SARA CASSIDY is a poet, journalist and nov-elist, and the author of six books for young readers, including Double Play and Skylark. Her books have been selected for the Junior Library Guild, and she has been a finalist for the Chocolate Lily Award and the Bolen Books Children’s Book Prize. She has also won a National Magazine Award (Gold) for a piece in Today’s Parent. Sara has taught at Camosun College and she is co-founder and past artistic director of the Victoria Writers Festival. She lives in Victoria, British Columbia.

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Every day, nine-year-old Yasmin borrows a book from Book Uncle, a retired teacher who has set up a free lending library next to her apartment building. But when the mayor tries to shut down the rickety book-stand, Yasmin has to take her nose out of her book and do something.

But what can she do? The local elections are coming up but she’s just a kid. She can’t even vote!

Then Yasmin remembers a story that Book Uncle selected for her. It’s an old folktale about a flock of doves trapped in a hunter’s net. The birds realize that if they all flap their wings at the same time, they can lift the net and fly to safety. And Yasmin has friends who care about what goes on in their community.

And so the children get to work, launching a campaign to make sure the voices of the com-munity are heard.

JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / AsiaAges 7 to 10 / Grades 3 to 6

5 x 7.5 • 96 pages


978-1-55498-810-5 • ePub

BISAC: JUV030020

It’s election time, but how can one kid help to make things change when she can’t even vote? Plenty, as it turns out . . .

BOOK UNCLE AND MEWRITTEN BY UMA KRISHNASWAMIILLUSTRATED BY JULIANNA SWANEY

September

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THE MISSING DOG IS SPOTTED

Written by Jessica Scott Kerrin


978-1-55498-728-3ePub

“A poignant companion to the previous volume.” — School Library Journal

“The story unfolds in a steady, satisfying way.” — Booklist

UMA KRISHNASWAMI is the author of more than twenty books for children. Her books have been published in eleven languages and have been picked for CCBC Choices, Parents’ Choice, IRA’s Notable Books for a Global Society, the Scientific American Young Read-ers’ Book Award, Bank Street Best Books of the Year and the Paterson Prize. Born in New Delhi, Uma teaches at Vermont College of Fine Arts in the MFA program in writing for children and young adults. She lives in Victo-ria, British Columbia.

JULIANNA SWANEY is an artist, designer and printmaker specializing in watercolors. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

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Massive climate change has caused a winter that will not thaw, and it seems that the forces of nature have turned on humanity itself. But in the sleepy British village of Pate-ley, one special girl may hold the key to the earth’s survival.

Wyn, an orphan, has always known that she is different. Unable to feel the biting cold of wind and snow of Pateley’s endless winter, she does what she can to blend in. But when mysterious figures start to appear in the village, insisting that she may have the power to restore order to the natural world, Wyn must look deep inside herself to face the secrets of her past that she has kept hidden even from herself.

From debut author Kit Peel, Snow Summer is an immersive fantasy novel that expertly con-veys the beauty of the natural world and its conflict with human development. A powerful allegory for climate change and global warm-ing, it is nevertheless a timeless story, reminis-cent of classics of the genre.

JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & MagicAges 12 and up / Grades 7 and up

5.5 x 8.5 • 200 pages


978-1-55498-359-9 • ePub

BISAC: JUV037000

To prevent the world from sinking into eternal winter, Wyn must embrace her hidden power.

SNOW SUMMERWRITTEN BY KIT PEEL

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CALVIN

Written by Martine Leavitt

978-1-55498-720-7Paperback$14.95

978-1-55498-721-4ePub

“A fresh, funny voice that never diminishes the seriousness of schizophrenia.” — Booklist, starred review

“Equal parts coming-of-age tale, survival adven-ture, and love story.” — Kirkus, starred review

“Memorable.” — Horn Book, starred review

KIT PEEL is a garden designer and beekeeper and former foreign news journalist and editor. He wrote the joint-winning libretto for the 2003 Genesis Opera prize. Snow Summer is his first book. He lives in the Yorkshire Dales in Great Britain.

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Emily has finally finished high school in the small town where she has lived her whole life. At last, she thinks, her adult life can begin.

But what if you have no idea what you want your new life to look like? What then?

While Lincoln gets ready to go backpacking in Australia, Melissa packs for university on the east coast, and a new guy named Tyler provides welcome distraction, Emily wonders whether she will end up working forever at Pamela’s Country Catering, cutting the crusts off party sandwiches and stuffing mushrooms. Is this her future? Being known forever as the local girl whose mother abandoned her in the worst way possible all those years ago?

With poetic prose and a keen eye for the quirks and ironies of small-town life, Jane Ozkowski captures the bittersweet uncertainty of that weird, unreal summer after high school — a time that is full of possibility and completely terrifying at the same time.

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A stunning debut novel about that uncertain summer after high-school graduation.

WATCHING TRAFFICWRITTEN BY JANE OZKOWSKI

August

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“The prose is absolutely gripping. An excellent and absorbing cautionary tale.” — Kirkus, starred review

“Brutal and understated, Taylor’s story is a power-ful examination of the cycle of abuse.” — Horn Book

JANE OZKOWSKI has a BA in English and Creative Writing from York University. She works in the office at a motorcycle driv-ing school, and although she does not have a motorcycle, she does have her license in case she needs to make a quick getaway. Watching Traffic is her first novel.

Jane is the winner of House of Anansi’s Broken Social Scene Story Contest and is currently working on an adult novel set in Toronto dur-ing the apocalypse. She lives in Toronto.

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For Charlotte, university life is better than she’d ever dreamed — a sophisti-cated and generous roommate, the camaraderie of dorm living, parties, clubs and boyfriends. Most of all, Charlotte is exposed to new ideas, and in 1981 Ghana, this may be the most excit-ing — and most dangerous — adventure of all.

At first Charlotte basks in her wonderful new freedom, especially being out of the watchful eye of her controlling and opinionated father. But Ghana is fraught with a history of conflict. And in the middle of her freshman year, the government is overthrown, and three judges are abducted and murdered. As political forces try to mobilize students to advance their own agendas, Charlotte is drawn into the world of student politics.

“The struggle continues! Aluta! Aluta conti-nua!” she shouts, rallying the crowd with the slogan of the oppressed. But her love of the spotlight puts her in the public eye. And when she is entrusted with a mysterious package of documents, she suddenly realizes she may be in real danger.

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In 1981 Ghana, 18-year-old Charlotte is exposed to political ideas that are both exciting and dangerous.

ALUTAWRITTEN BY ADWOA BADOE

September

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“This honest glimpse of one adolescent is as par-ticular to the well-detailed West African setting as it is universal in subject and theme.” — Horn Book

“Badoe’s sharp and engaging prose unfolds the sto-ry with spryness, deftly navigating readers through heady social issues.” — Kirkus Reviews

“The story provides a fascinating glimpse into a culture.” — School Library Journal

ADWOA BADOE is a Ghanaian-born physi-cian, storyteller, educator, writer and Afri-can dance instructor. She is the author of the novel Between Sisters, as well as several picture books, including The Pot of Wisdom, illustrat-ed by Baba Wagué Diakité and Nana’s Cold Days, illustrated by Bushra Junaid. She lives in Guelph, Ontario.

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Where Did You Sleep Last Night is a love story about a teenage girl who embarks on a relationship with Kurt Cobain.

LYNN CROSBIE is a cultural critic, author and poet. Her books (of poetry and prose) include Pearl, Queen Rat and Dorothy L’Amour. She is also the author of the controversial book, Paul’s Case, and most recently, Life Is About Losing Everything.

“Bold, kaleidoscopic, full of absurd black humour, Lynn Crosbie’s new novel is quite unlike anything else that’s been published recently.” — The Globe and Mail

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WHERE DID YOU SLEEP LAST NIGHTWRITTEN BY LYNN CROSBIE

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BONE AND BREADWRITTEN BY SALEEMA NAWAZ

November

A startling debut novel by a major new voice, Bone and Bread is the story of a woman veering between memory and fresh grief as she at-tempts to uncover the mysterious circumstances around her sister’s death.

SALEEMA NAWAZ is the author of the short story collection Mother Superior and winner of the prestigious Writers’ Trust of Canada / McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize. Bone and Bread won the 2013 Quebec Writers’ Federation Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction. She lives in Montreal, Quebec.

“Nawaz hustles the reader along with vivid writing, scintillating characters, and the alluring element of mystery.” — Toronto Star

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FROM HOUSE OF ANANSI

Aluta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Amado, Elisa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 16, 17, 18, 19

Argueta, Jorge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 21

Arsenault, Isabelle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Badoe, Adwoa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 33

Baldacchino, Christine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Bear’s Winter Party . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Between Sisters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Bone and Bread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Book Uncle and Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Boy Named Queen, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Buddy and Earl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Buddy and Earl and the Great Big Baby . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Buddy and Earl Go Exploring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Buitrago, Jairo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Calvin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

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

Cassidy, Sara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Cinar, Lisa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Composition, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Crosbie, Lynn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Dos conejos blancos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Family Is a Family Is a Family, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Feder, Sandra V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Fergus, Maureen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, 7

Friend or Foe? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Gallo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Hablando con Madre Tierra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Happy Birthday, Alice Babette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Heidbreder, Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Hodge, Deborah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10, 11

Kabungo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Kerrin, Jessica Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

King of the Birds, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Krishnaswami, Uma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Kulling, Monica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Leavitt, Martine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Leng, Qin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 8, 13

Lily and Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Luján, Jorge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 16

Macam, Acree Graham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Malenfant, Isabelle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Missing Dog Is Spotted, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Monroy, Manuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Moon Inside, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress . . . . . . . . . 9

Moser, Elise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 31

My Book of Birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Nawaz, Saleema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Nelson, Natalie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

O’Leary Sara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Once Upon a Northern Night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Ozkowski, Jane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Pavlovic, Milan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Peel, Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Pendziwol, Jean E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Pérez, Lucía Angela . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Reczuch, Karen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Ritchie, Scot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Rolli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Rooster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Ruano, Alfonso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 19

Sicuro, Aimée . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Skármeta, Antonio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Snow Summer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Sobol, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Somos como las nubes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Song for a Summer Night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Sookocheff, Carey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, 7

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

Swaney, Julianna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Talking with Mother Earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Thornhill, Jan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Tolstikova, Dasha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Tragic Tale of the Great Auk, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Turn On the Night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Two White Rabbits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Valério, Geraldo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 23

Watching Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

We Are Like the Clouds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

West Coast Wild . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

What Milly Did . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Where Did You Sleep Last Night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Yockteng, Rafael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

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