Groundwood Fall 2012

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GROUNDWOOD
BOOKS
FALL 2012
House of Anansi
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groundwood awards
groundwood awards & reviews
Society of School Librarians
International (SSLI) 2011
Honor Book Award
ALA Notable Children’s Books
2012
Gangs: A Groundwork Guide
Written by Richard Swift
Written by Samhita Arni
Illustrated by Moyna Chitrakar
Mother Number Zero
No Ordinary Day
Written by Marjolijn Hof
Translated by Johanna W. Prins and Johanna H. Prins
Written by Deborah Ellis
Cooperative Children’s Book
Center Choices 2012
I’ll Be Watching
Sita’s Ramayana
Migrant
Written by Maxine Trottier
Illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault
A Few Blocks
What Are You
Doing?
Written by Elisa Amado
Illustrated by Manuel Monroy
Written and illustrated by
Cybèle Young
alcuin society award
the latinidad list:
best latino books of 2011
Money Boy
Migrant
Written by Paul Yee
stonewall honor
book
great lakes great
books award
Queen of Hearts
Written by Martha Brooks
Written by Pamela Porter
Sita’s Ramayana
The Composition
Grandpa’s Girls
Written by Antonio Skármeta
Illustrated by Alfonso Ruano
Translated by Elisa Amado
Written by Nicola I. Campbell
Illustrated by Kim LaFave
Let’s Go See Papá!
Written by Lawrence Schimel
Illustrated by Alba Marina Rivera
No Ordinary Day
Kirkus Best Books of 2011
A Few Blocks
Written and illustrated by Cybèle Young
Tilt
Written by Alan Cumyn
Queen of Hearts
2012 USBBY Outstanding
International Books
Loon
Written by Susan Vande Griek
Illustrated by Karen Reczuch
Sita’s Ramayana
Migrant
When Apples Grew Noses and
White Horses Flew:
Tales of Ti-Jean
Written by Jan Andrews
Illustrated by Dušan Petričić
High Riders, Saints and Death
Cars: A Life Saved by Art
Written by Nicholas Herrera as told to Elisa Amado
Photos by John T. Denne
tla 2012 maverick
graphic novel list
new york times best
seller
Mr. and Mrs. Bunny —
Detectives
Extraordinaire!
Written by Polly Horvath
★ horn book starred
review
★ publishers weekly
starred review
scholastic parent &
child magazine 100
greatest books for kids
Out of the Way!
Out of the Way!
Written by Uma Krishnaswami
Illustrated by Uma Krishnaswamy
★ kirkus starred review
Jimmy the Greatest!
Written by Jairo Buitrago
Illustrated by Rafael Yockteng
★ publishers weekly starred review
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).
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Stephen and the Beetle
August 1, 2012
By Jorge Luján
Illustrated by Chiara Carrer
A small boy’s encounter with a beetle could have drastic
consequences in this simple, strongly moral story, with strikingly
original art from one of Italy’s finest children’s book illustrators.
When Stephen spots a beetle he takes off his shoe and raises his arm, ready
to strike... but then he has second thoughts. He lays his head down on the
ground and the beetle walks right up to him. At the last moment the beetle
turns aside and each can go on with the day, having avoided the worst.
• JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues /
Values & Virtues
• 978-1-55498-192-2
• $18.95
• Hardback with printed dust jacket
• Ages 2 - 5
• 36 pages, full color
• 7.875" x 11.25"
• For sale with exclusive rights in: CA, US
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Doggy Slippers
Jorge Luján
Isol
$18.95
In this very simple story Jorge Luján presents the kind of deep moral question that can occur in even the smallest child’s day. Chiara Carrer’s very original
etched and painted illustrations perfectly complement the story, and are in
and of themselves beautiful works of art.
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
Jorge Luján is a prolific and highly respected author and poet. He has worked
with many of the world’s greatest illustrators to create an outstanding body of
work. His books include Rooster / Gallo, Tarde de invierno / Winter Afternoon,
Beyond My Hand, Daybreak, Nightfall, Sky Blue Accident / Accidente
celeste, Con el sol en los ojos / With the Sun in My Eyes and Colors! /
Colores! He has won many awards, including the Premio de Poesia para
Ninos de ALIJA (IBBY, Argentina). He is also a musician and architect. Jorge
lives in Mexico City.
Chiara Carrer is one of Italy’s best-known children’s book illustrators. She has
been creating children’s books for more than twenty years, with more than
one hundred titles to her credit. Chiara has won many major awards, including
the UNICEF Prize, the Austrian Kinder und Jugendbuch-Illustrationspreis, the
BolognaRagazzi New Horizons Award (Special Mention) and the Golden
Apple at the Biennial of Illustration, Bratislava. She also teaches art and has
exhibited her work in Europe, Japan and Brazil. She lives in Rome.
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Snow Children
August 1, 2012
Written and illustrated by Masako Yamashita
A gentle, sweetly illustrated story about two snow children who
discover the importance of global warming and decide to do
something about it.
• JUVENILE FICTION / Nature & the Natural
World / Weather
• 978-1-55498-144-1
• $17.95
• Ages 4 - 7
• 8.0625" x 8.25
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978-1-55498-316-2
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The Red Rock
Tomio Nitto
$16.95 CAD/$15.95 US
Yuta and Yuna are snow children. They are attending an ice festival in their
hometown when they hear about a meeting on global warming. Yuna doesn’t
want to go, but Yuta persuades her. On their way they meet a family of
rabbits who have almost been buried by an avalanche, hungry polar bears who
can no longer hunt on the frozen ocean, and a herd of caribou who can’t find
the grasses they like to eat.
Snow people from all around the world have gathered for the meeting, and
although Yuta and Yuna feel shy, they tell the group about the animals they
have encountered. "Colder is better," some people say. "Maybe, but what can
we do about the heat?" say others.
But when shimmering snowflakes begin to fall, all the snow people are filled
with joy. They recognize that they have a beautiful world and that it is up to
them to save it.
This is a picture book that works well as a story and as a vehicle to address
the crucial issue of global warming with very young children. It includes facts
on the effects of climate change as well as a list of things that even the
youngest readers can do to help the situation.
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTOR
Masako Yamashita has had a lifelong passion for painting and drawing, and
she studied traditional Japanese painting in Kyoto. Her illustrations have won
a number of awards and prizes at picture book competitions in Japan. This is
her first picture book. She and her husband, a former diplomat, have lived in
the United States, Indonesia, Belgium, Taiwan, Germany, Bangladesh,
Sweden and Canada. They now live in Tokyo.
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Stella!
October 1, 2012
A Treasury
Written and illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay
Here at last are all five of Marie-Louise Gay’s beloved Stella picture
books bound into one glorious volume.
• JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Siblings
• 978-1-55498-292-9
• $24.95
• Ages 2 - 5
• 9" x 9"
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Caramba and
Henry
Marie-Louise Gay
$17.95
Marie-Louise Gay published Stella, Star of the Sea more than ten years ago.
It was an immediate hit, and since then she has written and illustrated four
more books featuring the engaging red-headed heroine, Stella, and her little
brother, Sam — Stella, Queen of the Snow; Stella, Fairy of the Forest; Stella,
Princess of the Sky and, most recently, When Stella Was Very, Very Small.
With gentle humor, freshness, a sense of whimsy and exquisite watercolors,
Marie-Louise Gay gives us stories about two young siblings discovering their
world.
Stella, Star of the Sea: Stella and Sam are spending the day at the sea.
Stella has been to the sea before and knows all its secrets, but Sam has
many questions and Stella has an answer for them all. The only thing she
isn’t sure of, and neither are we, is whether Sam will ever come into the water.
Stella, Queen of the Snow: Winter was never so magical as in this
marvelous book about Stella and Sam discovering a familiar landscape
transformed by a heavy snowfall. Stella delights in showing Sam the many
pleasures of a beautiful winter’s day, from skating and sledding to making
snow angels in a fluffy, white magical world.
Stella, Fairy of the Forest: Little brother Sam wonders whether fairies are
invisible. Stella assures him that she has seen hundreds of them and says
that if she and Sam venture across the meadow and into the forest, they are
likely to find some. But Sam surprises Stella and himself by having a few
ideas of his own.
Stella, Princess of the Sky: Stella and Sam explore the wonders of the
natural world. A vast luminous sky, the sun, the stars and the rising moon
form the backdrop for their nocturnal expedition.
When Stella Was Very, Very Small: This is the story of a lovely tiny Stella,
whose world is full of small adventures and slivers of magic. And she delights
in sharing it all with Sam when he comes along.
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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Nocturne
September 1, 2012
Dream Recipes
By Isol
A boring dream is a waste of a night! Nocturne: Dream Recipes offers
the solution. Anyone can use this witty book with glow-in-the-dark
pictures to inspire nights of wonderful dreams.
• JUVENILE FICTION / Bedtime & Dreams
• 978-1-55498-179-3
• $17.95
• Coil binding with stand-up easel
Nocturne: Dream Recipes is a unique bedtime book that hints at the magic
inherent in dreaming. Twelve glow-in-the-dark pictures present possible
inspirations for a night in which the hidden world becomes visible. Just choose
a dream from among the pictures and descriptions in the book, and then turn
off the light to see a surprising glow-in-the-dark image. Included are dreams
such as the dream of going far away, the dream of the cat who smelled the
tuna casserole, and even the drawn dream (which children can create
themselves).
Once again Isol’s extraordinary creativity and humor have produced a truly
wonderful, very original book.
• Ages 4+
• 6.5" x 9.046875"
ALSO AVAILABLE
The Black Book of
Colors
Menena Cottin
Rosana Faría
$17.95
Isol is an Argentine author and illustrator of children’s books with a passion for
comic book artistry, literature and the visual arts. She has been nominated for
the Astrid Lindgren Award, has been selected twice as a finalist for the Hans
Christian Andersen Award and has won a Golden Apple at the Biennial of
Illustration, Bratislava. Her delightful leporello, Tener un patito es util / It’s
Useful to Have a Duck, was chosen by AIGA as one of its "50 Books/50
Covers" for concept and design, and it was also named one of "Los mejores
libros para niños y jóvenes 2008" (The best books for children and youth 2008) by Venezuela’s Banco del Libro. She has also written and illustrated
Petit, the Monster and Beautiful Griselda, and she has illustrated Doggy
Slippers by Jorge Luján. Her books are highly acclaimed by reviewers and have been published in Argentina, Mexico, Spain, France, Canada and the
US. Isol is also an advertising illustrator, a professional singer and a comic
book writer. She lives in Buenos Aires.
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A Few Bites
September 1, 2012
In this sequel to A Few Blocks, acclaimed artist Cybèle Young uses collage and paper sculpture to tell the story of an older sister creating
imaginary worlds to persuade her brother to eat his lunch. In the end
he turns the tables.
• JUVENILE FICTION / Imagination & Play
• 978-1-55498-295-0
• $18.95
• Ages 4 - 7
• 10.375" x 7.125"
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A Few Blocks
Cybèle Young
$18.95
It’s time for Ferdie to eat lunch, but he’d much rather find the special part for
his fighter ship. When big sister Viola promises to help him, he comes to the
table. But he finds broccoli on his plate, and carrots! Ever resourceful and
imaginative, Viola convinces Ferdie that dinosaurs ate broccoli to escape their
fiercest predators, and that carrots are just like the Orange Power Sticks that
aliens eat for super vision. Doesn’t Ferdie want to be just like them? Viola
continues to persuade Ferdie to eat up, but when her energy finally flags, it’s
Ferdie’s turn to create a wonderful surprise.
Just as in A Few Blocks, an ordinary event seen through a child’s eyes
becomes an amazing adventure. This time the children switch back and forth
between the lunch table and the elaborate fantasy worlds they imagine
(shown in Cybèle Young’s intricate paper sculptures, which she has created
from paintings of the children’s surroundings). At the end of the story, the
world of the imagination and the everyday magically come together, and Viola
and Ferdie each enjoy a few bites.
Cybèle Young is an award-winning artist who exhibits her exquisite paper
sculpture (Japanese paper printed with etched copperplates) internationally.
She has illustrated several books for children, including Pa’s Harvest by Jan
Andrews, which was nominated for a Governor General’s Award for Illustration,
and Jack Pine by Christopher Patton. She has most recently written and
illustrated A Few Blocks, a Kirkus Best Children’s Book and winner of an
Alcuin Society Award for Excellence in Book Design, and Ten Birds, winner of
a Governor General’s Award for Illustration. Cybèle lives with her family in Toronto.
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La Malinche
October 1, 2012
The Princess Who Helped Cortés Conquer the Aztec Empire
Written by Francisco Serrano
Illustrated by Pablo Serrano
Translated by Susan Ouriou
• JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography &
Autobiography / Historical
• 978-1-55498-111-3
• $18.95
• Ages 9 - 12
• 8.25" x 10.625"
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The Poet King of
Tezcoco
Francisco Serrano
Pablo Serrano
$18.95
This beautifully illustrated book tells the story of "La Malinche," the remarkable woman who became an interpreter and advisor to Hernán Cortés. To some she was the mother of a mestizo Mexico, while to others she was a traitor to her people.
In the early 1500s, Hernán Cortés and his conquistadors defeated the great Aztec Empire, built a new city for colonists from Spain and took control of
vast lands stretching from today’s southwestern US down through most of
Central America.
But many people don’t know that one of the reasons for the success of this
conquest was the invaluable help of a beautiful woman, Princess Malinali,
known today as La Malinche. She was a Náhuatl princess from the coast lands of Tabasco whose kingdom was at war with the Aztec Empire. Because
of her knowledge of Maya and Náhuatl languages, and her rapid acquisition of Spanish, she came to act as an interpreter and advisor to Cortés. She also bore him a child.
La Malinche is described here, as she often is in Mexico, as the embodiment
of a new culture, one in which the mixing of races, Spanish and Aztec,
created a new world. This view is not shared by all Mexicans, however. For
some La Malinche is the symbol of a great betrayal that led to the death of
millions of her fellow indigenous people. No one disagrees, however, that La
Malinche was an extraordinary woman, whose life is fundamental to
understanding the history of ancient and modern Mexico.
Includes beautiful illustrations by Pablo Serrano, maps, a timeline and further
reading.
Francisco Serrano is a noted Mexican poet who also writes plays, librettos
and children’s books and edits literary anthologies. He is the author of The
Poet King of Tezcoco (New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and
Sharing) and Our Lady of Guadalupe (La Virgen de Guadalupe). He lives in
Mexico City.
Pablo Serrano is a visual artist who studied at UNAM (Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de México), where he took classes with the painter Luis Nishizawa. He has shown his work in solo and group exhibitions and received
an honorable mention in the Aguascalientes 2002 competition for young
artists. He has also illustrated The Poet King of Tezcoco. He lives in Mexico
City.
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One Year in Coal Harbour
September 1, 2012
The long-awaited, ever-so-charming follow-up to the Newbery Honor
Book Everything on a Waffle!
Readers rejoice — Primrose Squarp is back! The wise and curious heroine of
the Newbery Honor Book Everything on a Waffle is facing another adventurefilled year in Coal Harbour. Even though her parents, once lost at sea, are
home, there’s a whole slew of problems and mysteries to keep Primrose —
and eager fans — busy. There’s Uncle Jack and Kate Bowzer, who may (or
may not) be in love. There’s Ked, a foster child, who becomes Primrose’s
friend. And there’s the new development on the outskirts of town that
threatens the Coal Harbour Primrose knows and treasures. Prolific and
brilliant, Horvath has delivered a masterful sequel to a beloved novel, sure to
please old fans and gain new ones.
• JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues /
Friendship
• 978-1-55498-188-5
Polly Horvath is one of the most highly acclaimed authors writing today. Her
books include The Canning Season (winner of the National Book Award and
the CLA Young Adult Book Award), Everything on a Waffle (a Newbery Honor
Book, an ALA Notable Book and winner of the Mr. Christie’s Book Award and
the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize), The Trolls (National Book
Award finalist), My One Hundred Adventures (a School Library Journal Best
Book of the Year, a Booklist Editors’ Choice, a Kirkus Reviews Best
Children’s Book of the Year and winner of a NAPPA Gold Award and the
Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize), and Northward to the Moon (an
Oprah’s Book Club Kids’ Reading List selection and winner of a Parents’ Choice Gold Award). Her most recent book is Mr. and Mrs. Bunny —
Detectives Extraordinaire! Polly lives in Metchosin, British Columbia.
• $14.95 CAD
• Trade paperback with flaps
• Ages 9 - 12
• 224 pages
• 5.5" x 8.25"
• For sale with exclusive rights in: CA
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978-1-55498-310-0
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Everything on a
Waffle
Polly Horvath
$9.95 CAD
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That Night's Train
October 1, 2012
Written by Ahmad Akbarpour
Translated by Majid Saghafi
A young motherless girl becomes friends with a teacher/writer who
weaves the story of their friendship into her novel. A moving book
about promises and the nature of stories.
• JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places /
Middle East
• 978-1-55498-169-4
• $14.95
• Ages 9+
• 96 pages
• 5" x 7.5"
• For sale with exclusive rights in: CA US
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978-1-55498-306-3
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978-1-55498-170-0
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Home Is Beyond
the Mountains
Celia Barker Lottridge
$12.95 CAD/$8.95 US
On a train trip with her grandmother, young Banafsheh meets a woman who
reminds her of her dead mother. The woman is a teacher and a writer, and
she promises she will call Banafsheh and come and tell her stories. Later, the
teacher weaves the encounter into a story that she tells to the children in her
classroom. The children are entranced by the story and imagine how it will
turn out. Surely, they say, the teacher will call the little girl.
But the teacher never calls, though Banafsheh waits faithfully by the phone
and refuses even to go out to play. Meanwhile, the teacher is disconcerted by
her class’s reaction, and she agonizes over how to end her story. As a writer,
she feels that the story is more important than anything else, and that the
ending must be exciting and eventful, no matter what. Perhaps Banafsheh will
even have to become ill and die?
In the end, the teacher does visit Banafsheh, but finds that it is too little too
late. Banafsheh is very angry with the teacher, and hurt. Finally, the teacher
makes the biggest sacrifice she knows — her manuscript — in order to save
the friendship.
This is a thought-provoking and emotionally powerful novel that raises
intriguing and child-friendly questions about how real life and stories are
interwoven, who owns stories, and whether they can ever truly disappear.
Ahmad Akbarpour is a novelist, short-story writer and author of children’s
books. He has won the Iranian National Book Award and was selected for the
IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) honor list in 2006. He
is the author of the picture book Good Night, Commander, illustrated by
Morteza Zahedi. He lives in Shiraz, Iran.
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Nobody Knows
August 1, 2012
Written by Shelley Tanaka
Based on a true story, from the award-winning film by Hirokazu
Kore-eda, this is a powerfully moving novel about four children who
become invisible to almost everyone in their community and manage
— for a time — to survive on their own.
It’s autumn in Tokyo, and twelve-year-old Akira and his younger siblings,
Kyoko, Shige and little Yuki, have just moved into a new apartment with their
mother. Akira hopes it’s a new start for all of them, even though the little ones
are not allowed to leave the apartment or make any noise, since the landlord
doesn’t permit young children in the building. But their mother soon begins to
spend more and more time away from the apartment, and then one morning
Akira finds an envelope of money and a note. She has gone away with her
new boyfriend for a while.
• JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Siblings
• 978-1-55498-140-3
• $16.95
• Ages 10+
• 160 pages, b/w photos
• 5" x 7.5"
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978-1-55498-305-6
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978-1-55498-118-2
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Middle of Nowhere
Caroline Adderson
$9.95 CAD (US 2013)
Akira bravely shoulders the responsibility for the family. He shops and cooks
and pays the bills, while Kyoko does the laundry. The children spend their
time watching TV, drawing and playing games, wishing they could go to
school and have friends like everyone else. Then one morning their mother
breezes in with gifts for everyone, but she is soon gone again.
Months pass, until one spring day Akira decides they have been prisoners in
the apartment long enough. For a brief time the children bask in their freedom.
They shop, explore, plant a little balcony garden, have the playground to
themselves. Even when the bank account is empty and the utilities are turned
off and the children become increasingly ill-kempt, it seems that they have
been hiding for nothing. In the bustling big city, nobody notices them. It’s as if
nobody knows.
But by August the city is sweltering, and the children are too malnourished
and exhausted even to go out. Akira is afraid to contact child welfare,
remembering the last time the authorities intervened, and the family was split
up. Eventually even he can’t hold it together any more, and then one day
tragedy strikes...
Shelley Tanaka is an award-winning author, translator and editor. She has
written more than twenty books for children and young adults, winning the
Orbis Pictus Award, the Mr. Christie’s Book Award, the Science in Society
Book Award and the Information Book Award, and she has twice been
nominated for the Deutsche Jugendliteraturpreis. Other honors include Texas
Blue Bonnet runner-up, School Library Journal Best Books, ALA Notables and
IRA Young Adults’ Choice. Shelley teaches at Vermont College of Fine Arts,
in the MFA Program in Writing for Children and Young Adults. She lives in
Kingston, Ontario.
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My Name Is Parvana
September 1, 2012 (Canada)
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By Deborah Ellis
In this stunning sequel to The Breadwinner, Parvana, now fifteen, is
found in a bombed-out school and held as a suspected terrorist by
American troops in Afghanistan.
On a military base in post-Taliban Afghanistan, American authorities have just
imprisoned a teenaged girl. The army major thinks she may be a terrorist
working with the Taliban. The girl does not respond to questions in any
language and remains silent, even when she is threatened, harassed and
mistreated over several days. The only clue to her identity is a tattered
shoulder bag containing papers that refer to people named Shauzia, Nooria,
Leila, Asif, Hassan — and Parvana.
• JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places /
Middle East
• 978-1-55498-297-4
• $16.95
• Ages 11+
• 176 pages
• 5.25" x 8"
Other Formats
EPUB, $16.95
978-1-55498-299-8
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The Breadwinner
Trilogy
Deborah Ellis
$18.95
As Parvana waits for foreign military forces to determine her fate, she
remembers the past four years of her life. Reunited with her mother and
sisters, she has been living in a village where her mother has finally managed
to open a school for girls. But even though the Taliban has been driven from
the government, the country is still at war, and many continue to view the
education and freedom of girls and women with suspicion and fear.
As her family settles into the routine of running the school, Parvana, a bit to
her surprise, finds herself restless and bored. She even thinks of running
away. But when local men threaten the school and her family, she must draw
on every ounce of bravery and resilience she possesses to survive the
disaster that kills her mother, destroys the school, and puts her own life in
jeopardy.
A riveting page-turner, Deborah Ellis’s new novel is at once harrowing,
inspiring and thought-provoking. And, yes, in the end, Parvana is reunited with
her childhood friend, Shauzia.
Deborah Ellis is best known for her Breadwinner Trilogy 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 Association’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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Last Leaf First Snowflake
to Fall
September 15, 2012
Written and illustrated by Leo Yerxa
A beautifully illustrated, award-winning picture book from Leo Yerxa,
an artist of Ojibway ancestry, now available in paperback.
Last Leaf First Snowflake to Fall takes us on a dreamlike voyage into nature
at that secret moment when fall turns into winter. We find ourselves in a kind
of paradise, which humans may be part of but which they have not despoiled.
• JUVENILE FICTION / Nature & the Natural
World / General
• 978-1-55498-124-3
• $9.95
• Trade paperback
• Ages 5 - 8
• 8" x 10.75"
A father and son lead us through forests, down rivers, over lakes and ponds.
Along the way we experience the primordial beauty of the physical world. This
is nature as we all feel in our hearts it must once have been. Through lyrical
words and a masterful collage technique, Leo Yerxa has created an exquisite
and poetic evocation of this moment.
Leo Yerxa was born on the Little Eagle Reserve in northern Ontario. His first
book, Last Leaf First Snowflake to Fall, was nominated for a Governor
General’s Award and won the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award, the Mr.
Christie’s Book Award and the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Award. His book
Ancient Thunder won the 2006 Governor General’s Award for Illustration. Leo
lives in Ottawa, Ontario.
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Ancient Thunder
Leo Yerxa
$9.95
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Un barrilete para el Día de los Muertos /
Barrilete: A Kite for the
Day of the Dead
August 1, 2012
Photographs by Joya Hairs
Translated by Claudia M. Lee
• JUVENILE NONFICTION / Holidays &
Celebrations / Other, Non-Religious
• 978-1-55498-112-0
• $9.95
• Trade paperback
• Ages 5 - 9
• 8.25" x 8.625"
ALSO AVAILABLE
What Are You
Doing?
Elisa Amado
$16.95
Now available in a bilingual paperback edition, this is a beautifully
photographed story about three Guatemalan brothers who, upon the
death of their grandfather, lead their family’s Day of the Dead
celebrations.
In Guatemala, there is a village called Santiago Sacatepéquez. It is a very small but famous place because once a year, on the Day of the Dead, the
people of Santiago fly some of the biggest kites in the world. As large as
seven meters (twenty-three feet) in diameter, they fill the sky over the
cemetery with brilliant colors.
Juan and his brothers always helped their grandfather build the kite for the
Day of the Dead. But this year the boys must carry on the tradition on their
own. This fascinating book shows us the village of Santiago and tells us
Juan’s story as he gathers the materials, builds the kite and, finally, flies it
with the help of his friends.
Elisa Amado is a Guatemalan-born author and translator who once flew one of
the barriletes of Santiago. She has written Cousins (Primas) and Tricycle (El
triciclo), which is on the Américas Award Commended List and is a USBBY Outstanding International Book. Her most recent book, What Are You Doing?
(illustrated by Manuel Monroy), has received stellar reviews. She lives in
Toronto, Ontario.
Joya Hairs, who lived in Guatemala for thirty years, is a renowned
photographer. She visited Santiago Sacatepéquez many times to visit the kite makers. This book was photographed in the 1970s, before the civil war that
resulted in the deaths of many Maya.
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Doctor Kiss Says Yes
August 1, 2012
Written by Teddy Jam
Illustrated by Joanne Fitzgerald
A new edition of the magical Governor General’s Award-winning book,
now reissued as a fundraiser for IBBY Canada’s Joanne Fitzgerald
Fund.
• JUVENILE FICTION / Bedtime & Dreams
• 978-1-55498-194-6
• $17.95
• Ages 4 - 7
• 9" x 8.5"
Doctor Kiss is quite prepared to say yes when she finds a letter asking her to
come to the aid of a young knight who has been injured in battle. She waits
until after her usual goodnight kisses and hugs from her parents, and then she
takes her medical bag and climbs through her bedroom window into a gilded,
magical world from the age of chivalry.
Teddy Jam and Joanne Fitzgerald have created a richly satisfying story about
a very imaginative young heroine. Winner of the Governor General’s Award for
Illustration when it was first published in 1991, this new edition will delight a
whole new generation of young readers.
All royalties from the sales of this book will be donated to the Joanne
Fitzgerald Fund at IBBY Canada.
Other Formats
EPUB $17.95
978-1-55498-261-5
ALSO AVAILABLE
How We Were
Teddy Jam
Ange Zhang
$25.00
Teddy Jam (Matt Cohen) was the pseudonymous author of many wonderful
children’s books, including Night Cars, illustrated by Eric Beddows, This New
Baby, illustrated by Virginia Johnson, and How We Were, illustrated by Ange
Zhang. He was also a novelist and won the Governor General’s Award for his
last novel, Elizabeth and After.
Joanne Fitzgerald was a very talented illustrator who had a rewarding and
prolific career in children’s books. She illustrated many well-loved titles, such
as The Little Rooster and the Diamond Button (winner of the Mr. Christie’s
Book Award) and Ten Small Tales by Celia Barker Lottridge, and Emily’s
House by Niko Scharer. She also wrote and illustrated several books,
including This is Me and Where I Am.
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Tecumseh
August 1, 2012
Written by James Laxer
Illustrated by Richard Rudnicki
A gorgeously illustrated biography of Tecumseh — the great leader of
North America’s First Peoples — published to coincide with the 200th
anniversary of the War of 1812.
Two hundred years after his death, the Shawnee chief Tecumseh is still
considered one of the greatest leaders of North America`s First Peoples. This
richly illustrated biography tells the story of his remarkable life, culminating in
the War of 1812.
• JUVENILE NONFICTION / History /
Canada / Pre-Confederation
• 978-1-55498-123-6
• $19.95
• Ages 9 - 12
• 8.25" x 10.625"
Other Formats
EPUB, $19.95
978-1-55498-205-9
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The Red Sash
Jean E. Pendziwol
Nicolas Debon
$18.95
Tecumseh, born in 1768, lived during turbulent times: the thirteen colonies
revolted against British rule, becoming the United States in 1776, and settlers
had begun to push westward, rapidly encroaching on the traditional lands of
the First Peoples. Tecumseh realized that unless the tribes came together to
form a great confederacy, they would never be able to hold onto their land.
And so he began to travel great distances, encouraging many tribes to join
forces with him against the Americans.
On June 18, 1812, the US declared war on Great Britain. Tecumseh sided
with the British, hoping to create an independent native state north of the Ohio
River. He developed a magnetic friendship with Major General Isaac Brock,
commander of the British troops in Upper Canada, and together they took Fort
Detroit. Tecumseh and Brock agreed that one of the goals of their alliance
should be to restore lands that had been taken from native peoples. But
shortly afterwards Brock was killed in the Battle of Queenston Heights.
Tecumseh rallied those loyal to him and fought on relentlessly, but was killed
in the Battle of Moraviantown in 1813. Tecumseh`s dreams were never fulfilled,
but he remains a symbol of justice for the First Peoples of North America.
The book includes an epilogue, a timeline, a glossary and maps.
James Laxer is the award-winning author of twenty-four books, including
Tecumseh and Brock; the Groundwork Guides Empire, Oil and Democracy;
The Acadians: In Search of a Homeland and The Border: Canada, the U.S.
and Dispatches from the 49th Parallel. He was the host of Reckoning, a
series of films on the global economy produced by the National Film Board of
Canada. James Laxer is a professor of political science in the Department of
Equity Studies at York University in Toronto, Ontario.
Richard Rudnicki has illustrated several award-winning children’s books,
including Viola Desmond Won’t Be Budged!, a finalist for the Norma Fleck
Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction and for the Mayor’s Award for
Excellence in Book Illustration (Halifax). It has also been nominated for the
Golden Oak Award and the Shining Willow Award. Richard is well known for
his paintings of Nova Scotia. He also teaches figure drawing and portraiture
and gives school workshops. He lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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Index
(All titles appear in bold)
Adderson, Caroline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Melanson, Luc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Akbarpour, Ahmad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Middle of Nowhere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Amado, Elisa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 14
Mixter, Helen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Ancient Thunder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Monroy, Manuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Applesauce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Mother Number Zero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Banjo of Destiny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
My Book of Life by Angel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Barrilete para el Día de los Muertos, Un /
My Great Big Mamma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Barrilete: A Kite for the Day of the Dead . . 14
My Name Is Parvana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Black Book of Colors, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Nitto, Tomio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Breadwinner Trilogy, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Nobody Knows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Caramba and Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Nocturne: Dream Recipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Carrer, Chiara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
One Year in Coal Harbour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Cottin, Menena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Ouriou, Susan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Debon, Nicolas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Pendziwol, Jean E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Doctor Kiss Says Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Poet King of Tezcoco, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Doggy Slippers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Prins, Johanna H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Ellis, Deborah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Prins, Johanna W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Everything on a Waffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Ravel, Edeet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Fagan, Cary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Red Rock, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Faría, Rosana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Red Sash, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Few Bites, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Rudnicki, Richard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Few Blocks, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Saghafi, Majid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Fitzgerald, Joanne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Saver, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Gay, Marie-Louise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Serrano, Francisco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Hairs, Joya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Serrano, Pablo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Hof, Marjolijn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Snow Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Home Is Beyond the Mountains . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Stella! A Treasury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Horvath, Polly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Stephen and the Beetle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
How We Were. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Tanaka, Shelley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Isol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 5
Tecumseh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Jam, Teddy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
That Night’s Train . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Ka, Olivier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Verplancke, Klaas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Last Leaf First Snowflake to Fall . . . . . . . . . . . 13
What Are You Doing? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Laxer, James. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Yamashita, Masako . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Leavitt, Martine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Yerxa, Leo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Lee, Claudia M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Young, Cybèle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Lottridge, Celia Barker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Zhang, Ange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Luján, Jorge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Malinche, La: The Princess Who Helped
Cortés Conquer the Aztec Empire . . . . . . . . . 7
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