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Aboriginal Stories — New Voices, Many Voices JACQUELINE GUEST EMPOWERS and INSPIRES PLUS: LEADING KIDS to the CLASSICS $4.95 FALL 2012 VOL. 35 NO. 4 RECOMMENDED BOOKS + OPINIONS + PROFILES + NEWS + REVIEWS Aboriginal Stories — new voices, many voices JACQUELINE GUEST EMPOWERS AND INSPIRES PLUS: LEADING KIDS TO THE CLASSICS + 30 04 7125274 86123 .ASO !S=N@O 2AREASO !QPDKN )HHQOPN=PKN $ENA?PKNU !J@IKNA If you love Canadian kids’ books, go to the source: bookcentre.ca The Canadian Children’s Book Centre CONTENTS THISI ISSUE booknews Fall 2012 Volume 35 No. 4 7 Seen at... Fall brings a harvest of literary celebrations. Richard Scrimger (Ink Me) Editorr Gillian O’Reilly entertains his audience at the Telling Tales Festival held in Hamilton Copy Editor and Proofreaderr Shannon Howe Barnes Design Perna Siegrist Design in September. For more literary festivities, see page 7. Advertising Michael Wile Editorial Committee Peter Carver, Brenda Halliday, Merle Harris, Diane Kerner, Cora Lee, Carol McDougall, Liza Morrison, Shelley Stagg Peterson, Charlotte Teeple, Gail Winskill 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. Fall 2012 (November 2012) 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] am ngh or to Gillian O’Reilly c/o the above address. ingh For advertising information, contact: Michael Wile at Berm [email protected] or 416.531.1483 Marty Spencer Tim 4 Opinion: From Victor to Frankenstein 20 Bookmark! North of 60° Sandra O’Brien makes the case that Twenty books telling stories from our North. Canadian books can lead kids to the classics. 22 The Classroom Bookshelf: 6 News Roundup Finding the Strength to Face Daunting Betty Waterton (1923-2012); TVOParents Challenges Book Club; Meet Book Week illustrators Marthe and Nell Jocelyn; Book Week 24 Book Bits: Seven: the series – Writing Contest. an ambitious adventure, an intriguing success 7 Seen at ... Seven linked books by seven fi ne authors offer readers a new adventure. COVER: Illustration from Kaugjagjuk, illustrated by A photographic look at book events. Kim Smith and written by Marion Lewis, published by Inhabit Media, 2011. Used with permission. 8 Author Profi le: Jacqueline Guest: 26 We Recommend For more information, visit www.inhabitmedia.com. A Passion for Words Reviews of the latest in fi ne Canadian books MEDIUM: Digital. Sylvia McNicoll profi les award-winning for children and teens. ABOUT THE ARTIST: Kim Smith lives in Calgary, author Jacqueline Guest – a passionate Alberta, and illustrates for magazines, including booklover, an energetic and inspiring writer 40 Index of Reviews chickaDEE, educational publishers and game and a proud explorer of her Métis roots. developers as well as creating her own comics. Kaugjagjuk, the legend of a mistreated orphan, is the Focus: Aboriginal Stories – New fi rst children’s book she has illustrated. Authored by 10 Nunavut writer Marion Lewis, Kaugjagjukk is one voices, strong voices, diverse voices of the recommended titles on the First Nation In a remarkable variety of topics, genres Communities Read list. See page 12 for and voices, Aboriginal stores are being told more information. for eager readers. FALL 2012 CANADIAN CHILDREN’S BOOK NEWS 1 SEVEN "RICHLY DETAILED AND SATSIFYING" E —Kirkus Reviews for Between Heaven and Earth H T SERIES "I HAD TO FORCE MYSELF TO TAKE A BREAK FOR FOOD AND GRANDSONS SLEEP ONCE IN A WHILE. I JUST JOURNEYS WANTED TO KEEP READING. THIS WAS AN EXCELLENT BOOK." AUTHORS —Sam D. (teen reviewer with bookhype, a YALSA’s Teens’ Top Ten review program) for Lost Cause AMAZING SERIES ǀ ǀ ǀ ǀ Also available as Seven (the series) bundle ǀ ǀ ǀ ǀ Ages 10 and up and 10 Ages READ ONE. READ THEM ALL. 10.10.12 www. seventheseries .com FROM THE EDITOR GILLL IAN O’REILLY Board of Directors Todd Kyle, President Felicia Quon, Vice-President Leigh Chalmers, Treasurer Sheila Barry Lisa Doucet Sharon Jennings Shar Levine Charles McCarragher Susan McLennan Daryl Novak Itah Sadu Roland Stringer Staff Charlotte Teeple Executive Director Shannon Howe Barnes Program Coordinator Meghan Howe Library Coordinator Holly Kent Sales and Marketing Manager Dawn Todd General Manager DISCOVERING STRONG NEW ABORIGINAL STORIES The last two and a half decades have seen a wonderful growth in literature and on screen Patrons by and about Aboriginal people (First Nations, Métis and Inuit). From plays to novels to television and movies, adult audiences have been able to read or view important depictions Marilyn Baillie Kit Pearson of past and present Aboriginal stories. In children’s literature, both fi ction and non-fi ction, The Peter and Eleanor Daniels Foundation we have similarly seen the increasing quantity and quality of exciting, intriguing, funny, sad, Tina Powell Ian and Deb Wallace informative and inspirational stories. In our Focus article, we look at the growth, strength and extraordinary variety of Aboriginal Sponsors stories today — and the organizations that are helping these books to reach readers. Amazon.ca Friesens In addition, our author profi le features Jacqueline Guest, the energetic and talented writer HarperCollins Canada who has explored her Métis roots in much of her fi ction. Penguin Group (Canada) Rawlinson Moving & Storage It’s always exciting for kids and teens to read books set in their own country. Our TD Bank Group Bookmarks! list features “North of 60°” books — both fi ction and non-fi ction — set in the Funders Yukon, Northwest Territories or Nunavut. Canada Council for the Arts As booklovers, we all know how a certain literary work can entice you into new and Canadian Heritage (BPIDP) Charles Baillie unexpected reading — how discovering a book by one author can lead you to a different Fleck Family Foundation writer whose books you wouldn’t previously have thought of tackling. In our Opinion piece, Manitoba Department of Culture, reviewer and former teacher Sandra O’Brien examines the literary journey that happened Heritage and Tourism when her daughter read Kenneth Oppel’s This Dark Endeavourr and Shane Peacock’s PEI Department of Education and Early Childhood Development Sherlock Holmes series. PEI Department of Tourism and Culture The fall, of course, brings a wealth of new books to peruse and enjoy — as you will discover Ontario Arts Council in our review section. Ontario Arts Foundation Toronto Public Library Yukon Department of Education Happy reading! Our Thanks The work of the Canadian Children’s Book Centre is made possible through the generous support of our members, volunteers, sponsors, funders and the continuing assistance of the Canada Council, Writing and Publishing Section, and the Public Readings Program. Your feedback is important! EMAIL COMMENTS TO [email protected] We acknowledge the fi nancial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP) for this project. Like us! Facebook.com/KidsBookCentre Follow us! @KidsBookCentre WWW.BOOKCENTRE.CA FALL 2012 CANADIAN CHILDREN’S BOOK NEWS 3 OPINION SANDNDRA O’BRIEN From Victor to Frankenstein: How Canadian books can lead kids to the classics For the last two years, I have been the annotation writer for Best fi rst?” “Of course,” I replied, knowing I had over 500 other titles to Books for Kids & Teens. I have had the extreme pleasure of having keep me busy while she read that particular book. boxes of the latest Canadian literature delivered to my home to pe- My daughter is a voracious reader and can fl y through a book in ruse and write about. While I love to uncrate the picture books and less time than it takes her to clean her room — no surprise there — delve into those, my 13-year-old daughter dives into the boxes that and this book was no exception. Aft er reading it myself, I understood contain the young adult literature to see if her favourite authors have why it took her so little time to read, but what followed her reading published another sequel or to fi nd a yet unread author or new series of Th is Dark Endeavourr is what interested me the most. Upon com- that catches her fancy. For the two of us it’s like being in heaven — pleting the book, my daughter expressed interest in reading Mary boxes and boxes of brand new books to pore over, favourite authors Shelley’s Frankenstein to see if Oppel had indeed closely followed to enjoy again and new authors to discover. the Frankenstein mythos or if he had strayed from the tale. Th is is When the books arrived last November, we anxiously slit through something that had never happened before — she had never read a the packing tape that was between all those brand new books and us book that had interested her so deeply that she wanted to read the and began to clutter the fl oor of the offi ce with titles that sounded story that inspired the author to write that book. I thought, we might interesting. When my daughter came across Kenneth Oppel’s Th is just be onto something here. So aft er Christmas, when my husband Dark Endeavourr, she immediately read the reviews on the back and bought himself a Blackberry tablet, he downloaded Frankenstein for then fl ipped to the summary of the book on the inside of the jacket.
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