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MORRIS MICKLEWHITE AND THE TANGERINE DRESS

Written by Christine Baldacchino Illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant

“A subtle and refreshing glimpse at a boy who simply likes to dress up.” — School Library Journal Fall 2014 Groundwood Groundwood Books House of Anansi Press groundwoodbooks.com Books CLASSROOM COLLECTIONS ILLUSTRATED NONFICTION / BIOGRAPHY

The Strongest Man Viola Desmond in the World Won’t Be Budged Written & illustrated by Written by Jody Nyasha Nicolas Debon Warner Illustrated by Richard Vibrant illustrations and Rudnicki moving text bring strongman Louis Cyr’s world of long-ago A picture-book biography of circuses and celebrity to life for Viola Desmond who defied young readers. an order to sit in a segregated section of a movie theater and was arrested for doing so. Ages 7 and up • 978-0-88899-731-9 Hardcover with jacket • $18.95 Ages 5 to 9 • 978-0-88899-779-1 Hardcover with jacket • $18.95

La Malinche The Princess Who Helped The Amazing Travels Cortés Conquer the Aztec of Ibn Battuta Empire Written by Fatima Written by Francisco Serrano Sharafeddine Illustrated by Pablo Serrano Illustrated by Intelaq Translated by Susan Ouriou Mohammed Ali

The story of “La Malinche” and The true story of a fourteenth- how she became an interpreter century traveler, whose journeys and advisor to Hernán Cortés, the Spanish conquistador. through the Islamic world and beyond were extraordinary for his time. Ages 9 to 12 • 978-1-55498-111-3 Hardcover with jacket • $18.95 Ages 7 to 11 • 978-1-55498-480-0 Hardcover with jacket • $17.95 A Gift from Childhood Tecumseh Memories of an African Written by James Laxer Boyhood Illustrated by Richard Written & illustrated by Rudnicki Baba Wagué Diakité A gorgeously illustrated A vivid and stunningly illustrated biography of Tecumseh, the memoir about growing up in a great leader of the First Peoples small village in Mali. during the War of 1812.

Ages 10 and up • 978-1-55498-421-3 Ages 9 to 12 • 978-1-55498-123-6 Paperback • $12.95 Hardcover with jacket • $19.95

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). Cover illustration by Marie-Louise Gay Dear Friends,

When we are acquiring books for the Groundwood list, the first question we ask is whether the submission is strong enough to be published in book form and kept in print, as many of our books are, for decades. Other questions follow: Is it a story that will resonate with children? Will it delight, entertain and inform them? Is it original, beautiful, important? Does it give us goose bumps? If we say yes enough times in answer to these questions, we have found ourselves a new title to cherish and champion.

But a strong publishing program doesn’t magically happen just because you’ve taken a bunch of wonderful books and thrown them all together. List planning requires its own set of questions: Do we have books for readers of every age, from babies and toddlers to young adults? Do we have something new from authors and illustrators who are already well known and well loved? Is there a new author or illustrator to celebrate? Do the books, looked at as a group, represent North America’s ethnic, racial and cultural diversity? Occasionally we have a season where, despite all our efforts, there is a gap on the list, a season where it just feels that there is something missing.

I’m happy to say that Fall 2014 is not one of those seasons. We have a new board book for young readers who love animals and jokes. We have groundbreaking new books from Marie-Louise Gay and Deborah Ellis. And we have a first-time author/illustrator to introduce. We have funny books, serious books and books that are just plain gorgeous. I hope you will agree that this really is a list that has everything. And I hope you will agree that there is a book here (maybe even more than one!) for every child.

Sheila Barry, Publisher [email protected] October DON’T WRITTEN BY LITSA TROCHATOS ILLUSTRATED BY VIRGINIA JOHNSON

An entertaining board book for the very youngest animal lovers LITSA TROCHATOS is an interior designer ALSO AVAILABLE who also enjoys painting and photography. She was inspired to write this story — her first THIS NEW BABY book — when her young nephew was born. She This cleverly conceived board lives in Toronto. Written by Teddy Jam Illustrated by Virginia book appeals to a young child’s sense of fun Johnson while providing facts about different animals. VIRGINIA JOHNSON is a well-known textile Teddy Jam’s poetic text A series of impossible but delightful-to-imag- designer who creates beautiful colorful prints paired with gorgeous illustrations by Virginia ine cautionary statements are followed by in- for clothing and home furnishings. Her col- Johnson make this the formative explanations: lection can be found in more than one hundred perfect board book for babies and their parents. stores all over the world. She has also illustrat- 978-1-55498-088-8 Don’t take a bath with a pig. It loves wallowing in ed This New Baby by Teddy Jam. She lives in Board book $8.95 the mud. Toronto. Don’t start a food fight with an octopus. It has six “A provocative musing on the transformative power of parenthood.” — Kirkus more arms than you do. “Delicate illustrations and ephemeral imagery . . .” The simplicity and humor in the text and — Publishers Weekly watercolor illustrations will make this book a story-time favorite. JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / General Ages 0 to 3 978-1-55498-355-1 8.75 x 8.75 • 24 pages Board book Full-color illustrations $9.95

978-1-55498-356-8 ePub $9.95

BISAC: JUV002000

2 3 November SAM! A LITTLE TREASURY WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY MARIE-LOUISE GAY

All three books about Stella’s little brother, Sam, bound together for the first MARIE-LOUISE GAY is a world-renowned ALSO AVAILABLE time author and illustrator of children’s books. She has won many prestigious awards, including STELLA! A TREASURY two Governor General’s awards, the Eliza- the world beth Mrazik-Cleaver Award, the Vicky Metcalf Written and illustrated by Children all around Marie-Louise Gay have read about Stella and Sam, and their gen- Award and the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Five of Marie-Louise Gay’s tly funny, nurturing relationship. Stella has a Award. She has also been nominated for the beloved Stella picture creative and whimsical answer for all of Sam’s Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award and the Hans books bound into one glorious volume, featuring many questions, and their explorations of the Christian Andersen Award. Her books have the endearing relation- world are sweet, silly and often poignant. been translated into more than fifteen languages ship between Stella and her little brother, Sam. and are loved by children all over the world. She This book brings together all three books lives in Montreal. www.marielouisegay.com 978-1-55498-292-9 Hardcover about Stella’s little brother — Good Morn- $24.95 ing, Sam; What Are You Doing, Sam? and Good Night, Sam — for the first time. It also features an illustrated introduction from Stella herself and new endpaper art.

JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Siblings Ages 2 to 5 978-1-55498-705-4 8 x 8 • 92 pages Hardcover Full-color illustrations $19.95

BISAC: JUV013070

4 5 October NAPTIME WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY IRIS DE MOÜY TRANSLATED BY SHELLEY TANAKA

A sweet and silly book, perfect for any child who has ever said no to a nap IRIS DE MOÜY is a French illustrator who has ALSO AVAILABLE exhibited her work around the world. Her illustrations have appeared in numerous magazines NIGHT SOUNDS such as Elle and Vogue, and she has illustrated All of the animals on the savannah are for clients such as Hermès. She lives in Paris. Written by Javier Sobrino Illustrated by Emilio grumpy — no, they will not take a nap! The Urberuaga crocodile and hippo insist that naps are for ba- SHELLEY TANAKA is an award-winning Translated by Elisa Amado bies, the ostrich hides its head in the sand, and author, translator and editor. She has writ- When the moon comes up the hyena simply laughs at the suggestion. But ten more than twenty books for children and over the mountains, all the cranky expressions on the animals’ faces young adults, winning the Orbis Pictus Award, the animals in the rain forest go to sleep. But . . . what’s that noise? And how can the animals make it stop? give them away — these grouchy beasts are all the Mr. Christie’s Book Award, the Science in in serious need of a nap! Society Book Award and the Information Book 978-1-55498-332-2 Hardcover with jacket Award, and she has twice been nominated for $16.95 JUVENILE FICTION / Bedtime & Dreams Fortunately for these sleepy creatures, a little the Deutsche Jugendliteraturpreis. Other “The text is amusing, sweet, and engaging.” Ages 2 to 5 girl appears who knows the secret to a good honors include Texas Blue Bonnet runner- 978-1-55498-487-9 — School Library Journal snooze: first close one eye, then close the other up, School Library Journal Best Books, ALA 11 x 6.25 • 28 pages “Funny and endearing . . .” — Publishers Weekly Hardcover with jacket one. And, just like that, all of the animals are Notables and IRA Young Adults’ Choice. Shel- Full-color illustrations out like a light. It’s naptime on the savannah! ley teaches at Vermont College of Fine Arts, in $16.95 the MFA Program in Writing for Children and Young Adults. She lives in Kingston, Ontario. 978-1-55498-488-6 ePub $14.95

BISAC: JUV010000

6 7 October MOVÍ LA MANO / I MOVED MY HAND WRITTEN BY JORGE LUJÁN ILLUSTRATED BY MANDANA SADAT TRANSLATED BY ELISA AMADO

A simple but empowering poem about creating a world, told from a young MANDANA SADAT is an award-winning ALSO AVAILABLE child’s perspective author and illustrator of children’s books who lives near Paris. She has a diploma in illustra- TARDE DE INVIERNO / tion from Les arts décoratifs de Strasbourg WINTER AFTERNOON girl moves her hand, she and has published many books in Europe, Asia, When a little Written by Jorge Luján changes the world, discovering her own power North America and South America, including Illustrated by Mandana Sadat and creating everything anew. Mon lion (Prix France Télévisions) and Tarde Translated by Elisa de invierno (Premio Caniem). She has exhibited Amado

The poem, written by Argentine poet Jorge her art in Portugal and Italy, including three In this simple, evocative Luján, comes from a culture saturated with times at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. book a little girl stands at a frosty window waiting magic in which even the very young can make www.mandana.fr for her mother to come the world by reaching out and moving it. Man- home. dana Sadat’s imaginative illustrations deepen ELISA AMADO is a Guatemalan-born author 978-0-88899-718-0 and enrich the text. Moví la mano / I Moved My and translator. She has written Un barrilete Hardcover with jacket $16.95 Hand is a special contribution to the world of para el Día de los muertos / Barrilete: A Kite for children’s books for the very young (and the the Day of the Dead, Cousins (Primas) and Tricy- not so young). cle (El triciclo), which is on the Américas Award CRÍTICAS MAGAZINE BEST CHILDREN’S BOOKS OF Commended List and is a USBBY Outstand- THE YEAR JORGE LUJÁN is a prolific and highly ing International Book. Her most recent books JUVENILE FICTION / Imagination & Play respected author and poet. He has worked with are What Are You Doing? and Why Are You Ages 2 and up many of the world’s greatest illustrators to cre- Doing That?. Elisa lives in Toronto. 978-1-55498-485-5 9.5 x 9.5 • 32 pages ate an outstanding body of work. His picture Hardcover with jacket books include Stephen and the Beetle, illustrated Full-color illustrations by Chiara Carrer; Doggy Slippers and Numeralia, $18.95 illustrated by Isol; Colors! / ¡Colores!, illustrated by Piet Grobler; Rooster / Gallo, illustrated by 978-1-55498-486-2 Manuel Monroy and Con el sol en los ojos / With the ePub $16.95 Sun in My Eyes, illustrated by Morteza Zahedi. BISAC: JUV051000 Jorge has twice won the Premio de Poesía para Niños de ALIJA (IBBY Argentina), and he has been nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. He is also an architect and musician. Jorge lives in Mexico City.

8 9 August WORK AN OCCUPATIONAL ABC WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY KELLEN HATANAKA

An alphabetical tour through the coolest jobs you can imagine — and some KELLEN HATANAKA is a designer and ALSO AVAILABLE you might never have heard of! illustrator who lives in Toronto with his wife, Kiersten. Work: An Occupational ABC is his first THE ANIMALS’ DAY: book. AN ISLAND ALPHABET With a sophisticated, minimalist Written and illustrated by design and visual jokes to interpret on every Barbara W. Klunder page, Work: An Occupational ABC introduces Renowned artist Barbara children both to the alphabet and to a range of W. Klunder depicts cher- ished Toronto Island as alternative careers. a daylong party in which all the island animals deck themselves out like The ideal reader for this book is the child people, cycling, boating (or adult) who is interested in exploring all and barbecuing.

manner of professions through original and 978-0-88899-904-7 inspired illustrations. Must be open to adven- Hardcover with jacket $14.95 ture. Knowledge of the alphabet is desirable but not required, since successful applicants “Klunder updates traditional rhymes with a modern, often environmentalist bent.” — Publishers Weekly will receive training from A to Z. “An excellent and fun introduction to the study of the environment.” — Library Media Connection JUVENILE NONFICTION / Concepts / Alphabet Ages 3 to 7 978-1-55498-409-1 9 x 9 • 40 pages Hardcover Full-color illustrations $16.95

978-1-55498-410-7 ePub $14.95

BISAC: JNF013010

10 11 September WHAT THERE IS BEFORE THERE IS ANYTHING THERE A SCARY STORY WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY LINIERS TRANSLATED BY ELISA AMADO

A slightly scary story from a world-renowned cartoonist LINIERS is a cartoonist from Argentina. His ALSO AVAILABLE work has appeared internationally in newspa- pers, books and magazines, including Rolling NOCTURNE: Stone and Spirou. He has created a daily comic DREAM RECIPES his parents turn strip for the Argentine newspaper for Every night when La Nación Written and illustrated off the light, strange creatures descend from more than ten years. His U.S. children’s book by Isol

the black space where the ceiling used to be . . . debut, The Big Wet Balloon, recently published A boring dream is a waste First comes one, then another and then more in English and Spanish editions, was named of a night! Nocturne: Dream Recipes offers the and more. They stand all around him, staring, a Parents Best Book of the Year and received solution. Anyone can use not saying a word. And then, worst of all comes starred reviews from Kirkus and the Horn Book. this wonderfully witty book to make sure they the dark shapeless one that tells him, “I am Liniers enjoys travel and often accompanies never waste a night again. what there is before there is anything there . . .” his musician-friend Kevin Johansen on tour. He lives with his family in Buenos Aires. Liniers’ art, reminiscent of Hergé and other 978-1-55498-179-3 great comic book artists, portrays the little ELISA AMADO is a Guatemalan-born author Coil binding with stand-up easel $17.95 boy’s growing terror and his frantic dash for and translator. She has written Un barrilete his parents’ bedroom. Combined with hand- para el Día de los muertos / Barrilete: A Kite “Isol provides fodder for sweet (and sometimes not- lettering, it creates the feeling of a graphic for the Day of the Dead, Cousins (Primas) and so-sweet) dreams in a beguiling book built around glow-in-the-dark technology.” — Publishers Weekly JUVENILE FICTION / Bedtime & Dreams novel for very young readers. Tricycle (El triciclo), which is on the Américas Ages 4 to 7 Award Commended List and is a USBBY Out- 978-1-55498-385-8 Destined to become a classic about night- standing International Book. Her most recent 8.25 x 7.875 • 24 pages time fears (like Paul Galdone’s The Teeny-Tiny books are What Are You Doing? and Why Are Hardcover with jacket Woman), this story will resonate with young Elisa lives in Toronto. Full-color illustrations You Doing That? $18.95 children who are afraid of the dark, who might be reassured to see that although the little BISAC: JUV010000 boy’s fears don’t go away, he does find a way to cope with them.

12 13 October GUSTAVE WRITTEN BY RÉMY SIMARD ILLUSTRATED BY PIERRE PRATT TRANSLATED BY SHELLEY TANAKA

A darkly comic story about the sadness of losing a friend and the joy of making RÉMY SIMARD has illustrated and written ALSO AVAILABLE a new one many books for children, including Monsieur Noir et Blanc and Le père Noël a une crevaison, THE GREAT POOCHINI both finalists for the Governor General’s A little mouse’s mother has always Award for Illustration. He lives in Montreal. Written and illustrated by Gary Clement warned him and his young friend, Gustave, not to stray too far from home. There is a cat, she PIERRE PRATT is an award-winning illus- A very funny story full of adventure and punning for dog says, and it is dangerous to go far away. trator of more than fifty books for children. and opera lovers alike.

He has been a finalist for the Hans Christian 978-0-88899-990-0 But danger doesn’t stop this curious pair, and Andersen Award, and he has won the Eliza- Paperback $9.95 Canada / $7.95 U.S. soon they find themselves face to face with beth-Mrazik Cleaver Award, the Mr. Chris- their big blue-eyed enemy. In a feat of brav- tie’s Book Award, and the Governor General’s GOVERNOR GENERAL’S LITERARY AWARD, ery, Gustave allows his friend the chance to Literary Award for Illustration three times. He ILLUSTRATION escape — but is gobbled up by the cat in the lives in Lisbon and Montreal. process. Heartbroken, the little mouse must return home — without his friend — and tell SHELLEY TANAKA is an award-winning his mother what has happened. author, translator and editor. She has written more than twenty books for children and A sweet surprise ending turns this melancholy young adults, winning the Orbis Pictus Award, tale of friendship into a strangely funny book. 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 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Situations / Friendship honors include Texas Blue Bonnet runner- Ages 4 to 7 up, School Library Journal Best Books, ALA 978-1-55498-451-0 Notables and IRA Young Adults’ Choice. Shel- 7.5 x 9.5 • 64 pages ley teaches at Vermont College of Fine Arts, in Hardcover with jacket the MFA Program in Writing for Children and Full-color illustrations Young Adults. She lives in Kingston, Ontario. $18.95

978-1-55498-452-7 ePub $16.95

BISAC: JUV039060

14 15 September MR. FRANK WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY IRENE LUXBACHER

An elderly tailor sews the most wonderful outfit of his career — for a very IRENE LUXBACHER is an artist and author ALSO AVAILABLE special customer. living in Toronto. With more than fifteen years’ experience as an illustrator, Irene has GRANDPA’S GIRLS received numerous awards for her children’s In all his years working as a tailor, Mr. instructional and picture books. Some of her Written by Nicola I. Campbell Frank has made all kinds of clothes. From the awards include the National Parenting Publi- Illustrated by Kim practical uniforms of the 1940s to the wild and cations Gold Award, the Disney Book Award LaFave weird designs of the 1960s and 1970s, he has and the Ontario Library Association Award. An idyllic, beautifully illustrated story about a seen (and sewn) just about everything. But to- Irene made the USBBY Outstanding Interna- young Native girl’s visit day’s project is especially close to Mr. Frank’s tional Books Honor List and was a finalist for to her grandpa’s farm.

heart. the Governor General’s Literary Award for her 978-1-55498-084-0 illustrations in Andrew Larsen’s The Imaginary Hardcover with jacket $16.95 With its use of textiles and sensitive period Garden. detail, Irene Luxbacher’s artwork is the per- “The voice may be adult, but the experience is fect complement to her understated text. The recalled vividly enough to bring young readers along.” — Kirkus result is a story that children and grandparents can share with equal delight.

JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Multigenerational Ages 4 to 7 978-1-55498-435-0 7.75 x 9.75 • 32 pages Hardcover with jacket Full-color illustrations $16.95

978-1-55498-436-7 ePub $14.95

BISAC: JUV013030

16 17 August WINTER MOON SONG WRITTEN BY MARTHA BROOKS ILLUSTRATED BY LETICIA RUIFERNÁNDEZ

A beautifully illustrated first picture book from award-winning author MARTHA BROOKS is an award-winning ALSO AVAILABLE Martha Brooks novelist, playwright and jazz singer whose books have been published in Spain, Italy, ONCE UPON A Japan, Denmark, England, Germany and Aus- NORTHERN NIGHT Have you ever seen the rabbit-in-the- tralia, as well as in Canada and the United Written by Jean E. moon? Folktales from many cultures explain States. She is a three-time winner of the Cana- Pendziwol how the rabbit came to be there. When award- dian Library Association Young Adult Book of Illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault winning novelist Martha Brooks heard one the Year, as well as the Ruth Schwartz Award, In this exquisite lullaby, such tale, she was inspired to write her own the Mr. Christie’s Book Award, the Governor the beauty and wonder of lovely story about a little rabbit who finds a General’s Award and the Vicky Metcalf Award a northern winter night unfold. special way to brighten the darkest month of for a body of work. She lives in Winnipeg. the year. 978-1-55498-138-0 Hardcover with jacket LETICIA RUIFERNÁNDEZ has illustrated $17.95 Illustrator Leticia Ruifernández has perfectly more than twenty-five books. She won the 978-1-55498-402-2 captured the beauty and tenderness of the story Ciudad de Alicante Award for her illustrations ePub $14.95 with her art. in Cuento hasta tres, and was recognized by the  “A sweet and lovely tale of the magic of waking International German Youth Library with a up to a world transformed by winter.” — Booklist, Includes an author’s note. White Ravens selection for her illustrations starred review

in Picuyo. She lives with her family in Cáceres,  “This is a lovely wintry bedtime story, best for Spain. sharing one-on-one.” — School Library Journal, starred review

 “A reverent ode to the magic and wonder of an icy winter night.” — Publishers Weekly, starred review JUVENILE FICTION / Fairy Tales & Folklore / Adaptations  “A beautiful, lyrical celebration of northern light Ages 4 to 7 and night.” — Kirkus, starred review 978-1-55498-320-9 7.5 x 9.75 • 40 pages Hardcover with jacket Full-color illustrations $18.95

978-1-55498-321-6 ePub $16.95

BISAC: JUV012040

18 19 September ANY QUESTIONS? WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY MARIE-LOUISE GAY

Where does a story start? Marie-Louise Gay explains the creative process MARIE-LOUISE GAY is a world-renowned ALSO AVAILABLE with typical fun and whimsy. author and illustrator of children’s books. She has won many prestigious awards, including FOUR PICTURES BY two Governor General’s awards, the Elizabeth EMILY CARR Many children want to know Mrazik-Cleaver Award, the Vicky Metcalf Written and illustrated by where stories come from and how a book is Award and the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Nicolas Debon made. Marie-Louise Gay’s new picture book Award. She has also been nominated for the Using a comic strip provides them with some delightfully inspir- Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award and the format, this book traces ing answers in a fictional encounter between Emily Carr’s life through Hans Christian Andersen Award. Her books four of her famous an author and some very curious children, who have been translated into more than fifteen paintings. collaborate on writing and illustrating a story. languages and are loved by children all over 978-0-88899-814-9 the world. She lives in Montreal. Paperback $7.95 Marie-Louise has scribbled, sketched, scrawled, www.marielouisegay.com FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL’S doodled, penciled, collaged and painted the LITERARY AWARD, ILLUSTRATION words and pictures of a story-within-a-story that show how brilliant ideas creep up on you when you least expect it and how words sometimes float out of nowhere asking to be written.

Any Questions? presents a world inhabited by lost polar bears, soaring pterodactyls, talking trees and spotted snails, with cameo appear- ances by some of Marie-Louise’s favorite char- acters — a world where kids can become part JUVENILE FICTION / Books & Libraries of the story and let their imaginations run Ages 6 to 9 978-1-55498-382-7 wild . . . and just maybe they will be inspired to 9 x 12 • 60 pages create stories of their own. Hardcover with jacket Full-color illustrations At the end of the book, Marie-Louise provides $19.95 answers to many of the questions children have asked her over the years, such as “Are you BISAC: JUV047000 Stella?” “How did you learn to draw?” “Can your cat fly?” “How many books do you make in one day?”

20 21 November WORK AND MORE WORK WRITTEN BY LINDA LITTLE ILLUSTRATED BY ÓSCAR T. PÉREZ

A boy ventures out to sea and discovers the riches to be found all over the LINDA LITTLE is a short-story writer and ALSO AVAILABLE world. novelist. She has won the Cunard First Book Award, the Lilla Stirling Memorial Award, THE TWEEDLES GO the Dartmouth Book Award and the Thomas ELECTRIC Tom lives in the countryside in the mid- Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Prize. She cur- Written by Monica Kulling 1800s and he’s curious — what is it like in the rently teaches composition and the literature Illustrated by Marie town, the city and the world beyond? It’s all of Atlantic Canada at Dalhousie University, Lafrance “work and more work,” everyone tells him. Faculty of Agriculture. This is her first picture It’s the dawn of a new Determined to find out for himself, Tom sets century — the twenti- book. She lives in River John, Nova Scotia. eth century! — and the off with a bit of bread and cheese in a bundle . . . Tweedles have decided to buy a car. But no gas ÓSCAR T. PÉREZ has illustrated a number guzzler for this modern He encounters crowded marketplaces, bustling of children’s books with his distinctive style, family. Only an electric car will do for them. wharves and storms on the high seas. In China which have been published in Spain, France he sees how tea is made; in India he watches and Brazil. His work also appears in newspa- 978-1-55498-167-0 Hardcover with jacket men make deep blue dye from indigo; in Cey- pers, advertising and animation. He lives in $16.95 lon he marvels at the skill of cinnamon peel- Valladolid, Spain. 978-1-55498-478-7 ers. Eventually, he returns home with stories ePub $14.95 and gifts, showing his parents the riches to be  “A fine joke, well-delivered, and as clever as it is found all over the world. timely.” — Kirkus, starred review

Includes an illustrated afterword about the different kinds of work mentioned in the story.

JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / General Ages 6 to 9 978-1-55498-383-4 8.375 x 11 • 32 pages Hardcover with jacket Full-color illustrations $18.95

978-1-55498-384-1 ePub $16.95

BISAC: JUV016000 22 23 October August THE MARKET WEDDING THE ELEVATOR GHOST WRITTEN BY CARY FAGAN WRITTEN BY GLEN HUSER ILLUSTRATED BY REGOLO RICCI ILLUSTRATED BY STACY INNERST

The reissue of an award-winning, humorous and richly illustrated retelling An eccentric babysitter has a knack for telling stories that are eerily well of a Yiddish story suited to her young charges.

When Morris the fishmonger and Minnie the When Carolina Giddle moves into the Blatch- hat seller fall in love, Morris comes up with a wedding ford Arms, no one knows what to make of her sequin- plan designed to deliver the very best for his beloved sprinkled sneakers and her trinket-crusted car. But the bride-to-be . . . with unexpected consequences. parents are happy there’s a new babysitter around, and Carolina seems to have an uncanny ability to calm the Morris sells all kinds of fish from the lake, in Kensing- most rambunctious child with her ghostly stories. ton Market. Across the way, Minnie sells hats straight from Paris. One day their eyes meet, and they fall in love. Armed with unusual snacks (bone-shaped peppermints, Morris wants to give Minnie a beautiful home with fine granghoula bars and Rumpelstiltskin sandwiches), can- furnishings, but he is only a poor fishmonger. And so he dles to set the mood, and her trusty sidekick — a tarantu- comes up with a brilliant plan — he will make their wed- la named Chiquita, Carolina entertains the children with ding so fancy that their guests will have to shower them some good old-fashioned storytelling and, at the end, a with lavish gifts. His Minnie will live like a movie star! great Halloween party.

JUVENILE FICTION / Fairy Tales & Morris’s plan backfires, of course, but like all good love As for Carolina Giddle herself, it turns out that she has a Folklore / Adaptations stories, the tale ends in a happy — if surprising — fashion. timeworn connection to the Blatchford Arms, and to the Ages 7 to 10 ghost who still haunts the building — especially its old- 978-1-55498-695-8 CARY FAGAN is an award-winning author of books for JUVENILE FICTION / Horror & Ghost fashioned elevator. Stories 8 x 10 • 32 pages children and adults. He has twice been a Toronto Book Hardcover Ages 8 to 11 Award finalist, and he has won the Jewish Book Award GLEN HUSER’s novels include Touch of the Clown (short- Full-color illustrations 978-1-55498-425-1 $17.95 and the World Storytelling Award. Cary lives with his 5 x 7.5 • 168 pages listed for the Mr. Christie’s Book Award), Stitches (winner family in Toronto. Hardcover with jacket of the Governor General’s Award) and Skinnybones and 978-1-55498-696-5 Black-and-white illustrations the Wrinkle Queen (finalist for the Governor General’s ePub $14.95 REGOLO RICCI was born in southern Italy and moved $14.95 Award). He lives in Vancouver. to Canada as a young child. He has illustrated several BISAC: JUV012040 978-1-55498-426-8 STACY INNERST picture books, including Gogol’s Coat by Cary Fagan and Trade paperback $9.95 CDN is an acclaimed artist and children’s Mr. Dickens Hits Town by Jan Mark. He was a finalist for book illustrator. His books include The Beatles Were Fab the Governor General’s Award for his illustrations in The 978-1-55498-427-5 (and They Were Funny); Levi Strauss Gets a Bright Idea, a Market Wedding. Regolo lives in Mississauga, Ontario. ePub $12.95 Publishers Weekly Best Book; and Lincoln Tells a Joke, a Smithsonian Notable Book for Children. He lives in BISAC: JUV018000 Pittsburgh. 24 25 November September BLUE MOUNTAIN A SIMPLE CASE OF ANGELS WRITTEN BY MARTINE LEAVITT WRITTEN BY CAROLINE ADDERSON

A young bighorn must lead his herd on a perilous journey over the Rocky Can a good deed make up for all the mischief caused by one little dog? Mountains when their territory is threatened.

When Tuk is born on the mountain, life is simple Nicola’s adorable little dog, June Bug, for a young bighorn. Run, jump and play with his band- keeps getting into trouble. Everyone is mad, and it looks mates, eat and grow strong. But soon it will be up to Tuk as though June Bug’s days are numbered. Will doing a to lead the herd to a new mountain he has seen far to the good deed make up for June Bug’s bad behavior? west. It will be a long journey filled with dangers. Wolf, bear, wolverine, puma — and man. Nicola certainly hopes so. And when she and June Bug come across a new nursing home in the neighborhood, it The responsibility to lead the herd sits uneasily on Tuk’s feels like a Sign. They volunteer to become regular visi- shoulders. But Tuk is the one who has seen the blue tors at Shady Oaks, certain that June Bug’s cute tricks will mountain in the distance, and his bandmates are count- ing on him. There is little Mouf, full of questions. There cheer up the elderly residents. is Sham, who must reach their new lambing grounds before her lamb is born. And there are his male rivals, In fact, they could all use some cheering up. It’s the holi- who challenge his ability to lead them. After all, Tuk is day, and yet everyone seems to be cranky and off balance. just a yearling, and his horns are not even fully formed. Even Nicola is not herself, and when a new girl, Lindsay, tries to be her friend, Nicola finds herself being unchar- Yet Tuk finds a way, with the help of his friend Rim, the acteristically mean. loyal ewe, Dall, and his trust in Blue Mountain — a place JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / where the bighorn can live in peace, on the gifts that the JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Dogs But Nicola’s mother won’t let her visit Shady Oaks by her- General mountain provides. Ages 8 to 11 self, so when Lindsay offers to go with her, Nicola agrees. 978-1-55498-428-2 Ages 8 to 12 And the girls discover that something unusual is going 5 x 7.5 • 176 pages 978-1-55498-423-7 MARTINE LEAVITT is the author of eight novels for Hardcover with jacket on at the home, where it seems that a few of the more 5.5 x 8.25 • 168 pages young readers. Her most recent novel, My Book of Life by Trade paperback with flaps $16.95 remarkable patients are being kept against their will. Angel, received five major starred reviews, won the CLA $14.95 Freeing them will bring out the very best in Nicola, and Young Adult Book of the Year Award and was an L.A. 978-1-55498-429-9 especially in June Bug. 978-1-55498-424-4 Times Book Prize finalist. Martine’s novels have been Trade paperback $9.95 CDN ePub $12.95 published in Japan, Korea, Denmark, Germany, Switzer- CAROLINE ADDERSON is an author of award-winning 978-1-55498-430-5 land, Italy and the Netherlands. She teaches in the MFA books for adults and young readers. Her children’s books BISAC: JUV002000 ePub $14.95 program at Vermont College of Fine Arts. Martine lives include the picture book Norman, Speak! and the middle- in High River, Alberta. Canada only BISAC: JUV002070 grade novel, Middle of Nowhere, which won the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize. She lives in Vancouver. www.carolineadderson.com 26 27 September November THE CAT AT THE WALL UNTIL THE DAY ARRIVES WRITTEN BY DEBORAH ELLIS WRITTEN BY ANA MARIA MACHADO TRANSLATED BY JANE SPRINGER

A remarkable and thought-provoking new novel set on Israel’s West Bank, by Two Portuguese orphans, exiled in seventeenth-century Brazil, try to help the author of The Breadwinner the slaves they have befriended escape to freedom.

On Israel’s West Bank, a cat sneaks into a small This fast-moving novel opens when Bento is Palestinian house that has just been commandeered by wrongly thrown into Lisbon’s prison by the king’s guards, two Israeli soldiers. The house seems empty, until the cat leaving his younger sibling, Manu, all alone. Fortunately, a realizes that a little boy is hiding beneath the floorboards. nobleman’s family helps to reunite the siblings — although they will have to lead a life of exile in Brazil. They keep It turns out that this particular cat is not used to thinking secret the fact that Manu is a girl in disguise so that she will about anyone but herself. She was once a regular North be able to accompany her brother aboard ship. American girl who only had to deal with normal middle- school problems — staying under the teachers’ radar, bul- In Brazil, the siblings quickly adapt to their new lives, lying her sister and the uncool kids at school, outsmart- ing her clueless parents. But that was before she died and but they are shocked by the existence and treatment of came back to life as a cat, in a place with a whole different African slaves. Manu befriends an aboriginal boy, Caiubi, set of rules for survival. and a slave, Didi, who has been separated from his father. Meanwhile Bento falls in love with Rosa, a beautiful When the little boy is discovered, the soldiers don’t know young slave who is also searching for her family. When what to do with him. Where are the child’s parents? Why Manu learns from Caiubi that escaped slaves have formed has he been left alone in the house? It is not long before quilombos — villages hidden deep in the forest where his teacher and classmates come looking for him, and they live in freedom — she is determined that they must JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Cats the house is suddenly surrounded by Palestinian villagers JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / help Didi and Rosa escape. Ages 9 to 12 throwing rocks, and the sound of Israeli tanks approaching. Other 978-1-55498-491-6 Ages 10 to 13 ANA MARIA MACHADO 978-1-55498-455-8 is one of the world’s most dis- 5 x 7.5 • 144 pages Not my business, thinks the cat. And then she sees a pho- Hardcover with jacket 5 x 7.5 • 144 pages tinguished writers for children with more than 100 books tograph, and suddenly she understands what happened to $16.95 Hardcover with jacket published in her native Brazil and in more than 18 other the boy’s parents, and why they have not returned. And $16.95 countries. She has won the Hans Christian Andersen as the soldiers begin to panic, and disaster seems certain, 978-1-55498-707-8 Award and has been elected to the Brazilian Academy of she knows that it is up to her to diffuse the situation. 978-1-55498-457-2 Trade paperback $9.95 CDN Letters. She lives in Rio de Janeiro. ePub $14.95 978-1-55498-492-3 DEBORAH ELLIS is best known for her Breadwinner JANE SPRINGER has translated a number of books ePub $14.95 series, which has been published in twenty-five languages, BISAC: JUV016130 from Portuguese, including Tales of the Amazon and Ama- with more than one million dollars in royalties donated to BISAC: JUV002050 zonia by Daniel Munduruku. She is the author of Genocide, Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan and Street a Groundwork Guide, and Listen to Us: The World’s Work- Kids International. She lives in Simcoe, Ontario. ing Children. She lives in Toronto. www.deborahellis.com 28 29 August

NO ORDINARY DAY Little, Linda...... 22–23 WRITTEN BY DEBORAH ELLIS Luján, Jorge ...... 8–9 NEW IN PAPERBACK IN THE U.S. Luxbacher, Irene...... 16–17 Machado, Ana Maria...... 29 In this wonderful middle-grade novel, Deborah Ellis brings us a feisty INDEX Market Wedding, The...... 24 young heroine, Valli — an orphan who lives on the streets of Kolkata, Middle of Nowhere...... 30 unaware that she has leprosy. Milelli, Pascal ...... 21 Moví la mano / I Moved My Hand...... 8–9 DEBORAH ELLIS is best known for her Breadwinner books, set in Adderson, Caroline...... 27, 30 Mr . Frank ...... 16–17 Afghanistan and Pakistan — a series that has been published in twenty- Amado, Elisa...... 7, 8–9, 12–13 Naptime...... 6–7 five languages, with more than one million dollars in royalties donated Animals’ Day, The: An Island Alphabet...... 11 Night Sounds ...... 7 to Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan and Street Kids Inter- Any Questions?...... 20–21 No Ordinary Day...... 30 national. Deborah lives in Simcoe, Ontario. www.deborahellis.com Arsenault, Isabelle...... 19 Nocturne: Dream Recipes ...... 13 JUVENILE FICTION / People Art Room, The ...... 21 and Places / Asia Once Upon a Northern Night...... 19 Ages 9 to 12 ALA NOTABLE CHILDREN’S BOOKS Blue Mountain...... 26 Pendziwol, Jean E ...... 19 978-1-55498-108-3 5 x 7.5 • 160 pages BOOKLIST EDITORS’ CHOICE Brooks, Martha...... 18–19 Pérez, Óscar T ...... 22–23 Trade paperback $9.95  “An important, inspiring tale.” — School Library Journal, starred review Campbell, Nicola I ...... 17 Pratt, Pierre...... 14–15 978-1-55498-176-2 Cat at The Wall, The...... 28 ePub $9.95  “Ellis writes with great skill . . .” — Horn Book, starred review Ricci, Regolo...... 24 Clement, Gary...... 15 BISAC: JUV030020  “Compelling and accessible . . .” — Booklist, starred review Ruifernández, Leticia...... 18–19 De Moüy, Iris...... 6–7 Sadat, Mandana...... 8–9 Don’t ...... 2–3 August Sam! A Little Treasury ...... 4–5 Elevator Ghost, The ...... 25 Simard, Rémy...... 14–15 MIDDLE OF NOWHERE Ellis, Deborah...... 28, 30 Simple Case of Angels, A...... 27 Fagan, Cary...... 24 WRITTEN BY CAROLINE ADDERSON Sobrino, Javier...... 7 Gay, Marie-Louise...... 4–5, 20–21 NEW IN PAPERBACK IN THE U.S. Springer, Jane...... 29 Grandpa’s Girls...... 17 Stella! A Treasury...... 5 Great Poochini, The...... 15 A middle-grade novel about two maybe-orphans and their unlikely Tanaka, Shelley...... 6–7, 14–15 friendship with a cranky old neighbor. Gustave ...... 14–15 Tarde de invierno / Winter Afternoon ...... 9 Hatanaka, Kellen...... 10–11 This New Baby ...... 3 CAROLINE ADDERSON is the author of several award-winning books Huser, Glen...... 25 Trochatos, Litsa ...... 2–3 for adults and children, including the picture book Norman, Speak!, Innerst, Stacy...... 25 Tweedles Go Electric, The...... 23 which won the Helen Isobel Sissons Canadian Children’s Story Award. Isol...... 13 Until the Day Arrives ...... 29 She lives in Vancouver. www.carolineadderson.com Jam, Teddy...... 3 Urberuaga, Emilio...... 7 Johnson, Virginia ...... 2–3 Vande Griek, Susan...... 21 Klunder, Barbara W ...... 11 SHEILA A. EGOFF CHILDREN’S LITERATURE PRIZE What There Is Before There Is Anything There: JUVENILE FICTION / Family Kulling, Monica...... 23 A Scary Story...... 12–13 / Siblings  “Adderson is that rare bird: a writer who brings to the middle-grade novel LaFave, Kim...... 17 Ages 9 to 12 the artistry and respect it deserves . . . To write them requires a particular Winter Moon Song...... 18–19 978-1-55498-132-8 skill set, one that Adderson exhibits in spades.” — Quill & Quire, starred Lafrance, Marie...... 23 Work and More Work...... 22–23 5 x 7.5 • 216 pages review Trade paperback $9.95 Leavitt, Martine ...... 26 Work: An Occupational ABC...... 10–11 978-1-55498-202-8 Liniers...... 12–13 ePub $9.95 BISAC: JUV013070 30 31 Groundwood Books Fulfillment and Distribution Fulfillment and Distribution 110 Spadina Avenue, Suite 801 — Canada — USA Toronto, ON M5V 2K4 HarperCollins Canada Perseus Books Group and www.groundwoodbooks.com 1995 Markham Road Publishers Group West Toronto, ON M1B 5M8 Sales Orders 416-321-2241 Barbara Howson, Vice President, Toll free: 1-800-387-0117 1-800-343-4499 Sales and Licensing Fax: 416-321-3033 Fax: 1-800-351-5073 416-363-4343, ext. 233 Toll free: 1-800-668-5788 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Returns Address SAN: 115026X Allison Steele, Account Manager, Returns to: Same as above Perseus Distribution Returns Dept. 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