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$4.95 WINTER 2018 VOL. 41 NO. 4 RECOMMENDED BOOKS + OPINIONS + PROFILES + NEWS + REVIEWS Graphic Novels: A Booming Business Faith Erin Hicks and her Diverse Collection of Work Bookmark! Give the Gift of Reading this Holiday Season Reviews of 35+ books by Kallie George & Geneviève Godbout, Naseem Hrab & Josh Holinaty, Wab Kinew & Joe Morse PRINTING OF THIS ISSUE DONATED BY FRIESENS Books Matter. FRIESENS.COM | 1.866.324.6401 CONTENTS THIS ISSUE booknews Winter 2018 Volume 41 No.4 Editor Sandra O’Brien Burlington author Lana Button reads from her new book, Copy Editor and Proofreader Mary Roycroft Ranni My Teacher’s Not Here!, during a beautiful summer day at the Design Perna Siegrist Design 10th Annual Telling Tales Festival. Advertising Michael Wile This informative magazine published quarterly by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre is available by yearly subscription. Single subscription – $24.95 plus sales tax (includes 2 issues of Best Books for Kids & Teens) Contact the CCBC for bulk subscriptions and for US or overseas subscription rates. Winter 2018 (December 2018) Canadian Publication Mail Product Sales Agreement 40010217 Published by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre ISSN 1705 – 7809 For change of address, subscriptions, or return of undeliverable copies, contact: The Canadian Children’s Book Centre 40 Orchard View Blvd., Suite 217 Toronto, ON M4R 1B9 Tel 416.975.0010 Fax 416.975.8970 Email [email protected] Website www.bookcentre.ca Review copies, catalogues and press releases should be sent to the Editor at: [email protected] or to Sandra O’Brien c/o the above address. For advertising information, contact: Michael Wile at [email protected] or 647.677.7948 Alyssa Lai 4 17 Tribute to Charlotte Teeple Focus: Classic Books Reissued Friends and colleagues pay tribute to Charlotte Having a book reissued is an author’s dream Teeple, the CCBC’s executive director for the come true. Rachel Seigel asks Vicki Grant, Shane last 24 years. Peacock and Richard Scrimger about their books that were reissued this year and how they feel 7 about their being introduced to a whole new News Roundup generation of readers. In Memoriam: Barbara Hehner, 1947-2018; TD Canadian Children’s Book Week 2019: The 20 COVER: Illustration from Goodnight, Anne written Tour Roster; Celebrating 10 Magical Years of Bookmark! by Kallie George and illustrated by Geneviève Telling Tales; Woozles Celebrates 40 years Indie Bookseller Picks for 2018 Godbout. ©2018 Geneviève Godbout. Reproduced A gift-giving guide for students from with permission from Tundra Books, a division of 8 Kindergarten to Grade 12 Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers, Keep Your Eye On... a Penguin Random House Company. For more Wendy McLeod MacKnight 22 information visit www.penguinrandomhouse.ca Red Leaf Literature MEDIUM: Artwork rendered in pastels and 10 This column features titles chosen by coloured pencils. Opinion: Graphic Novels Canadian Children’s Book News reviewers. Naseem Hrab talks about the benefits of ABOUT THE ILLUStrator: Geneviève Godbout These books are thought to be of the highest was born and raised in Quebec. She studied introducing and reading graphic novels to kids. quality and signify titles of exceptional calibre. traditional animation at the Cégep du Vieux-Montréal followed by another degree at the prestigious school 14 32 of Gobelins in Paris. She then fell in love with London Profile: Faith Erin Hicks We Recommend where she worked and lived for seven years. In 2013 Having always been attracted to comics as Reviews of the latest Canadian books for she moved back to Montreal to become a full-time a storytelling medium, Faith Erin Hicks has children and teens illustrator. Her clients include The Walt Disney become an award-winning author/illustrator Company, Chronicle Books, Tundra Books, Penguin with a diverse collection of work in the field 40 Random House, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, les of graphic novels. Get to know Faith better as Index of Reviews éditions Milan, Comme des Géants and she chats with Marylynn Miller Oke about her La Pastèque. career and future endeavours. Printed in Canada. C016245 WINTER 2018 CANADIAN CHILDREN’S BOOK NEWS 1 2018 AWARD WINNERS FROM GROUNDWOOD BOOKS GOVERNOR GENERAL’S LITERARY AWARD FOR YOUNG PEOPLE’S LITERATURE — ILLUSTRATED BOOKS THEY SAY BLUE Written & illustrated by Jillian Tamaki TD CANADIAN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE AWARD TOWN IS BY THE SEA Written by Joanne Schwartz Illustrated by Sydney Smith GROUNDWOODBOOKS.COM FROM THE EDITOR SANDRA O’BRIEN 2018 AWARD WINNERS FROM Board of Directors Leslie McCallum, President GROUNDWOOD BOOKS Robin Taylor, Treasurer Jane Kilburn Boyle Lynne Missen Nancy Hartry Sylvia Moretti Dr. Dave Jenkinson Roland Stringer Heather Kuipers Zain Velji GOVERNOR GENERAL’S LITERARY Carol McDougall Staff AWARD FOR YOUNG PEOPLE’S Charlotte Teeple Executive Director Shannon Howe Barnes Program Coordinator Meghan Howe Library Coordinator LITERATURE — ILLUSTRATED BOOKS Emma Hunter Marketing and Website Coordinator Patrons Marilyn Baillie THEY SAY BLUE Ian and Deb Wallace Written & illustrated More and more graphic novels seem to be coming across my desk lately and I’ve got to Sponsors by Jillian Tamaki say, I’m gaining a whole new appreciation for this genre of storytelling. From stories for the Amazon.ca Charles Baillie very young to pieces that deal with mature and difficult subjects, authors, illustrators and Fleck Family Foundation publishers seem to be embracing this format more and more. Naseem Hrab, author of Friesens Ira Crumb Makes a Pretty Good Friend and Ira Crumb Feels the Feelings, shares her story Mary Macchiusi Perna Siegrist Design about her love of comics as a kid and discusses some fabulous titles that have been Rawlinson Moving & Storage released of late. Be sure to read Naseem’s piece to learn more about the world of graphic John Spray Sylvan Learning novels and see if you can find a title that will appeal to a young reader in your life. TD Bank Group Charlotte Teeple, executive director of the Canadian Children’s Book Centre for the past Funders 24 years, will be retiring in January 2019. A few of Charlotte’s friends and colleagues Canada Council for the Arts have written tributes to her in a special section in this issue. I would like to take this Canadian Heritage (Canada Book Fund) opportunity to wish Charlotte all the best and thank her for her dedication to promoting Manitoba Department of Culture, Heritage and Tourism Canadian children’s literature over the years. Ontario Arts Council Ontario Arts Foundation Faith Erin Hicks, a well-known Canadian graphic novel artist and writer, has been working Toronto Public Library in the field for the last 20 years. Marylynn Miller Oke chatted with Faith about her web com- ics, graphic novels and collaborations and asked her for advice for young artists trying to find their way into the business. Faith creates comics and graphic novels for pre-teen and TD CANADIAN CHILDREN’S teenage audiences and has a hard time keeping up with all the deadlines she has to meet. LITERATURE AWARD Our Thanks This year, we saw the re-release of The Dylan Maples series, the Norbert books and We acknowledge the financial support of the Quid Pro Quo. Shane Peacock, Richard Scrimger and Vicki Grant were kind enough to chat Government of Canada. with Rachel Seigel about the experience of having their books introduced to a whole new TOWN IS BY THE SEA generation of readers and what that means to them. Written by Joanne Schwartz As we have for the past two years, we’ve included a list of Canadian booksellers’ favourite titles to help you with gift-giving ideas, so be sure to check out your local indie bookstore to Illustrated by Sydney Smith We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, which last year invested $153 million to bring find these books. We’ve also included the list of authors, illustrators and storytellers going the arts to Canadians throughout the country. out on the 2019 TD Canadian Children’s Book Week tour and the winners from this year’s TD Canadian Children’s Literature Awards. In our “Keep Your Eye On...” column you’ll meet Wendy McLeod MacKnight, author of It’s a Mystery, Pigface! and The Frame-Up, who is very excited to be joining the TD Canadian Children’s Book Week tour in May 2019. And please We acknowledge the support of the Ontario Arts enjoy the reviews our fabulous cast of reviewers have written in our “Red Leaf Literature” Council (OAC), an agency of the Government of Ontario. and “We Recommend” columns. In 2016-17, OAC funded 1,657 individual artists and 1,098 organizations in 212 communities across Ontario for Wishing you all the best in 2019! a total of $50.8 million. Sandra O’Brien Your feedback is important! Thank you to Friesens for generously sponsoring the EMAIL COMMENTS TO [email protected] printing of this magazine. Like us! facebook.com/kidsbookcentre Follow us! @kidsbookcentre GROUNDWOODBOOKS.COM WWW.BOOKCENTRE.CA WINTER 2018 CANADIAN CHILDREN’S BOOK NEWS 3 FEATURE Friends and colleagues pay tribute to CHARLOTTE TEEPLE “ It is a rare advocate of children’s reading who has a sense of humour, an ability to influence others, enthusiasm, full personal knowledge of the sector, and a sense of obligation.” As I reflected on the years that Charlotte Teeple has been my friend and professional associate, I tried to think of the things that make her a great champion for children’s reading. One of the most important of these is a sense of humour coupled with both a sense of purpose and collaboration. When I first stepped into the role of my predecessor, I had very big shoes to fill as a programme sponsor.
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