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Fall 2015

 “[A] reminder that what looks like play can sometimes be a sacrament.” — Publishers Weekly, starred review  “A book to savor slowly and then revisit Groundwood again and again.” — School Library Journal, starred review Books

 “A quiet, graceful book about the perspective- changing wonder of humble, everyday pleasures.” — Booklist, starred review  “This ode to everyday beauty sings sweetly.” — Kirkus, starred review

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Groundwood_F15_cover_3pp.indd 1 2015-04-01 4:54 PM SEPTEMBER — NOW AVAILABLE WITH A BRAND-NEW COVER ONCE UPON A NORTHERN NIGHT

WRITTEN BY JEAN E. PENDZIWOL ILLUSTRATED BY ISABELLE ARSENAULT

In this exquisite lullaby, the beauty and wonder of a northern winter night unfold, with images of a soft snowfall, the wild animals that appear in the garden, the twinkling stars, the gentle rhythm of the northern lights and the etchings of frost on the window pane.

Ages 4 to 7 978-1-55498-138-0 • Hardcover with jacket • $17.95 978-1-55498-402-2 • ePub• $14.95

“[A] mixture of magic, wildlife and deep comfort.” — New York Times

H “A beautiful, lyrical celebration of northern light and night.” — Kirkus, starred review

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

H “This is a lovely wintry bedtime story, best for sharing one-on-one.” — School Library Journal, starred review

H “A sweet and lovely tale of the magic of waking up to a world transformed by winter.” — Booklist, 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).

Cover illustration by Rafael Yockteng

Groundwood_F15_inside_cover_2pp.indd 1 2015-04-01 4:58 PM Dear Readers,

If there is a common subject to the picture books in this season’s Groundwood catalogue, it is friendship. From the odd-couple friendship of Buddy and Earl, to the mixed-species friendship in Grant and Tillie Go Walking, to the moving friendship between a boy and a girl in Two White Rabbits, our books this season demonstrate that friends often turn up when and where you aren’t expecting them.

Books are like that too. You don’t always find what you think you’re going to find when you go looking for one. There you are, searching illustrator websites hoping to find someone who draws cute animals, and next thing you know, you’ve acquired a full-length graphic novel. That’s how we found Dasha Tolstikova, the creator of A Year Without Mom, and we are very grateful for the serendipity that brought us to her.

We are also grateful for all our friends — the people who sell our books for us, the people who review them both in print and online, the librarians, teachers, parents and children who buy them, read them and love them. And of course — and most importantly — we are grateful for the authors and illustrators who took such care in making the wonderful books you will find in this catalogue.

Sheila Barry, Publisher Groundwood Books [email protected]

Groundwood_F15_int_5pp.indd 1 2015-04-01 5:11 PM August BUDDY AND EARL WRITTEN BY MAUREEN FERGUS ILLUSTRATED BY CAREY SOOKOCHEFF

Buddy does not know what is in the box that Meredith carries into the living room. But when the small, prickly creature says he is a pirate — and that Buddy is a pirate too — the two mis- matched friends are off on a grand adventure.

In this fi rst book in the Buddy and Earl series, a dog who likes to play by the rules meets a hedgehog who knows no limits. Their friendship is tender and loyal, and their adventures are funny and imaginative. Maureen Fergus’s text is witty and under- stated, and Carey Sookocheff’s art emphasizes both the humor and the warmth of this odd and loveable animal couple.

JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Friendship Ages 4 to 7 7.25 x 8.5 • 32 pages Full-color illustrations

978-1-55498-712-2 Hardcover with jacket $16.95

978-1-55498-713-9 PDF $14.95

BISAC: JUV039060

AN OBEDIENT DOG AND AN IRREPRESSIBLE HEDGEHOG BECOME FAST FRIENDS IN THIS FIRST BOOK IN A 2 FUNNY AND APPEALING SERIES.

Groundwood_F15_int_5pp.indd 2 2015-04-01 5:11 PM COMING IN 2016 BUDDY AND EARL GO EXPLORING & BUDDY AND EARL AND THE BABY

MAUREEN FERGUS is an award-winning author of books for kids of all ages. Her novels include The Gypsy King trilogy and Ortega; her picture books include And What If I Won’t? and The Day My Mom Came to Kindergarten. She currently lives in Winnipeg with her husband, three kids, a dog and a hedgehog.

CAREY SOOKOCHEFF’s illustrations have garnered awards from Communication Arts and American Illustration as well as the Society of Illustrators. She lives in Toronto with her husband, two daughters and one dog.

Groundwood_F15_int_5pp.indd 3 2015-04-01 5:11 PM October THE MENINO A STORY BASED ON REAL EVENTS WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY ISOL TRANSLATED BY ELISA AMADO

A delightful, quirky book for new babies and new parents.

When a new baby arrives, both the baby and the parents are in for a steep learning curve. In this book, born out of personal experience, internationally renowned author/illustrator Isol brings us a dual narrative and guide.

For babies, there’s a rich range of babies and all their functions to look at. From crying, to nursing, to peeing and pooing, to looking, to hearing, to deciding that this weird new world they’ve entered is worth staying in (because they finally recognize that in every grown-up they see a former baby), there are hours of fun and amusement, since babies love nothing better than looking at and talking about themselves.

For parents, this is a wonderful exploration of the new world this stranger-baby brings with JUVENILE FICTION / Family / New Baby / them. Amusingly written, the text presents in Parents a humorous, wry way all the facets of the new Babies & Parents baby’s reality. A great gift for new parents both 8.5 x 10.625 • 64 pages before and after baby is born. Full-color illustrations

978-1-55498-778-8 Hardcover with jacket $19.95

978-1-55498-779-5 PDF $16.95

BISAC: JUV013040

Groundwood_F15_int_5pp.indd 4 2015-04-01 5:11 PM ISOL is one of the most famous authors and ALSO AVAILABLE illustrators of children’s books in the world. She has won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, NUMERALIA has twice been selected as a finalist for the Hans Christian Andersen Award and has won Written by Jorge Luján Illustrated by Isol a Golden Apple at the Biennial of Illustrations, Translated by Susan Ouriou Bratislava. Her many publications include 978-1-55498-444-2 It’s Useful to Have a Duck, Beautiful Griselda, Hardcover with jacket $18.95 Nocturne and Petit, the Monster. Isol is also an advertising illustrator, a professional singer and a comic-book writer. And perhaps best of all, for the purposes of this book, she is a new mother. Isol lives in Buenos Aires. “Luján reinvents numbers through a fanciful lens. . . . clever [and] child-friendly.” — School Library Journal

“It’s an unexpected way of looking at written characters, but one that will make intuitive sense to children.” — Publishers Weekly

Groundwood_F15_int_5pp.indd 5 2015-04-01 5:11 PM August ALL YEAR ROUND WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY EMILIE LEDUC TRANSLATED BY SHELLEY TANAKA

A joyful look at the months of the year through the eyes of a young child.

From January through December, experience a world of color, wonder and silli- ness. March is for celebrating a birthday, July is for swimming upside down, September is for crunchy piles of leaves, and December is for a kingdom all in white. Experience a whole year to play and celebrate!

Author and illustrator Emilie Leduc brings a vibrant year of childhood to life with her soft yet vivid illustrations and poetic text. Each month of the year shows off a new wonder, and the giddy smiles of the child in the story are sure to be contagious.

JUVENILE FICTION / Concepts / Seasons Ages 2 to 5 8 x 8 • 28 pages Full-color illustrations

978-1-55498-411-4 Hardcover with jacket $16.95

978-1-55498-412-1 PDF $14.95

BISAC: JUV009100

Groundwood_F15_int_5pp.indd 6 2015-04-01 5:11 PM EMILIE LEDUC graduated in graphic design ALSO AVAILABLE from the Université du Québec à Montréal. She studied animation at the Cégep du Vieux NAPTIME Montréal, and has worked as a graphic designer, animator and illustrator for various television Written by Iris de Moüy Translated by series. She has received the Michèle Lemieux Shelley Tanaka Award for Illustration, and the French edition 978-1-55498-487-9 of All Year Round was a finalist for the Gov- Hardcover with jacket ernor General’s Award for Illustration. Emilie $16.95 lives and works in Montreal.  “This cavalcade of disapproval and huffiness is uproarious . . . a flat-out delight.” — Publishers Weekly, starred review

“The illustrations are sublime in their restraint and fearless use of ample white space . . . A lovely, if wakeful, bedtime book.” — Kirkus Reviews

Groundwood_F15_int_5pp.indd 7 2015-04-01 5:11 PM September I LOVE YOU, ONE TO TEN WRITTEN BY CAROLINE ADDERSON ILLUSTRATED BY CHRISTINA LEIST

How many reasons are there for a mother to love her child?

In this poem addressed to a young child, author Caroline Adderson outlines the ten things a mother loves about her little one. From his scaly elbows and knees, all the way to his twitchy tail, every inch of this little “monster” is itemized and admired.

This satisfyingly unconventional bedtime story will encourage children and parents to appreciate each other just a little bit more every time they read it.

JUVENILE FICTION / Concepts / Counting & Numbers Ages 2 to 5 7.5 x 9.5 • 32 pages Full-color illustrations

978-1-55498-708-5 Hardcover with jacket $16.95

978-1-55498-709-2 PDF $14.95

BISAC: JUV009030

Groundwood_F15_int_5pp.indd 8 2015-04-01 5:11 PM CAROLINE ADDERSON is the author of ALSO AVAILABLE award-winning books for adults and children. She is a three-time CBC Literary Award win- NORMAN, SPEAK! ner, two-time winner of the Ethel Wilson Fic- tion Prize and recipient of the Marian Engel Written by Caroline Adderson Award. Her books for children have also won Illustrated by Qin Leng many awards — was awarded Middle of Nowhere 978-1-55498-322-3 the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize Hardcover with jacket $17.95 and Norman, Speak! the Helen Isobel Sissons Canadian Children’s Story Award. She lives in 978-1-55498-323-0 PDF $14.95 Vancouver.  “This is a fresh and original take on the new-pet CHRISTINA LEIST story that provides a gentle little paradigm shift is a Vancouver-based along with its slight absurdity; the family’s genial children’s illustrator, writer and book designer. embrace of their new dog’s language is both humor- After graduating from the University of Applied ous . . . and offhandedly heartwarming.” — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, starred review Sciences in Wiesbaden, Germany, with a bachelor’s degree (honors) in Communications “Pet lovers will appreciate this family’s lighthearted journey toward making this relationship succeed.” Design, she worked as an art director for several — Kirkus Reviews international advertising agencies. Her books featuring imaginative worlds for the young “This title will be a surefire hit with children.” — School Library Journal have received several award nominations and great recognition.

Groundwood_F15_int_5pp.indd 9 2015-04-01 5:12 PM August SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A FOX WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY DANIELLE DANIEL

A playful introduction to the Anishinaabe tradition of totem animals.

Children’s love for animals and dis- guise come together as twelve speakers explain why they identify with different creatures such as a deer, beaver or moose. Delightful illustrations show the children wearing masks representing their chosen animal, while the few lines of text on each page work as a series of simple poems throughout the book.

In a brief author’s note, Danielle Daniel explains the importance of totem animals in Anishinaabe culture and how they can also act as animal guides for young children seeking to under- stand themselves and others.

JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Emotions & Feelings Ages 4 to 7 6.25 x 7.375 • 40 pages Full-color illustrations

978-1-55498-750-4 Hardcover with jacket $18.95

978-1-55498-751-1 PDF $16.95

BISAC: JUV030090

Groundwood_F15_int_5pp.indd 10 2015-04-01 5:12 PM DANIELLE DANIEL, a mixed-media artist ALSO AVAILABLE and writer, is Métis. She was inspired to write Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox, which began as a WINTER MOON SONG series of paintings, to encourage her young son to connect with his Aboriginal roots. Her Written by Martha Brooks Illustrated by Leticia art has appeared in many group exhibitions Ruifernández and solo shows in Quebec and Ontario, and 978-1-55498-320-9 her work has been published in international Hardcover with jacket art magazines. A schoolteacher for many years, $18.95 Danielle now teaches part-time across Canada 978-1-55498-321-6 PDF $16.95 and the U.S. She is currently working on a memoir, Collateral Damage: A Love Story. She lives in Northern Ontario. “Ruifernández paints vast white expanses of snow and crisp blue-violet night skies . . . Brooks creates lovely, evocative imagery.” — Publishers Weekly

“Quiet but joyful . . . A subtle tale, perhaps best read to a thoughtful child in the intimate setting of a winter bedtime.” — Kirkus Reviews

Groundwood_F15_int_5pp.indd 11 2015-04-01 5:12 PM September WEST COAST WILD A NATURE ALPHABET WRITTEN BY DEBORAH HODGE ILLUSTRATED BY KAREN RECZUCH

Celebrate the Pacific west coast with this gorgeous nature alphabet book.

This stunning nature alphabet book explores the fascinating ecosystem of the Pacific west coast — a magnificent area that combines an ancient rainforest, a rugged beach and a vast, open ocean, and where whales, bears, wolves, eagles and a rich variety of marine species thrive in an interconnected web of life.

Author Deborah Hodge has spent more than forty years on the west coast, frequently visit- ing the Pacific Rim region, and she knows it intimately. From A to Z she describes in vivid language the rainforest, ocean and beach, and a great variety of animals — from tiny sea jel- lies to inquisitive sandpipers to leaping orcas. Illustrator Karen Reczuch brings her remarkable talent to the book, and has created image after image that is simply breathtaking. The JUVENILE NONFICTION / Concepts / Alphabet text and art have been carefully checked for Ages 4 to 7 scientific accuracy. 8.75 x 11 • 48 pages Full-color illustrations Includes a note about the Pacific west coast and suggestions for exploring the region and fur- 978-1-55498-440-4 ther reading. Hardcover with jacket $18.95

978-1-55498-441-1 PDF $16.95

BISAC: JNF013010

Groundwood_F15_int_5pp.indd 12 2015-04-01 5:12 PM DEBORAH HODGE is the author of more ALSO AVAILABLE than twenty-five books for children. She spe- cializes in writing engaging non-fiction for LOON young readers. Her honors include the Infor- mation Book Award of Canada and the Green Written by Susan Vande Griek Prize for Sustainable Literature, and she was Illustrated by Karen a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award Reczuch for Children’s and Young Adult Literature. 978-1-55498-077-2 Hardcover with jacket Her work has also appeared on ALA’s Top Ten $18.95 Best Environmental Books for Youth. Debo- 978-1-55498-231-8 rah lives in Vancouver. ePub $18.95

KAREN RECZUCH has illustrated many award-winning children’s books. In addition TD NORMA FLECK AWARD to Loon by Susan Vande Griek, Karen’s publi- RUTH AND SYLVIA SCHWARTZ AWARD cations include The Auction by Jan Andrews, a USBBY OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL BOOKS Governor General’s Award finalist, andSalmon Creek by Karen LeBox, winner of the BC Book “This book . . . has a lyrical text and lush, full-color Prize. Karen lives in Acton, Ontario. illustrations.” — School Library Journal

“A powerful, so-Canadian beauty.” — Toronto Star

Groundwood_F15_int_5pp.indd 13 2015-04-01 5:12 PM September P'ÉSK'A AND THE FIRST SALMON CEREMONY WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY SCOT RITCHIE

Set one thousand years ago, this is the story of how P'ésk'a’s people, the Sts'ailes, celebrate the first salmon of the season.

It’s the day of the first salmon ceremony, and P'ésk'a is excited to celebrate. His com- munity, the Sts'ailes people, give thanks to the river and the salmon it brings by commemo- rating the first salmon of the season.

Framed as an exploration of what life was like one thousand years ago, P'ésk'a and the First Salmon Ceremony describes the customs of the Sts'ailes people, who have lived on the Harri- son River in British Columbia for the past ten thousand years.

Includes a letter from Chief William Charlie, an illustrated afterword and a glossary.

JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / Canada / Native Canadian Ages 4 to 7 8.5 x 10 • 32 pages Full-color illustrations

978-1-55498-718-4 Hardcover with jacket $18.95

978-1-55498-719-1 PDF $16.95

BISAC: JNF038120

Groundwood_F15_int_5pp.indd 14 2015-04-01 5:12 PM SCOT RITCHIE is an award-winning illustra- ALSO AVAILABLE tor and author with more than fifty books to his credit. His books have been translated into A SALMON FOR SIMON French, Korean, Indonesian, Polish, Finnish, Arabic and Dutch. Scot has worked with the Written by Betty Waterton Illustrated by Ann Blades National Film Board of Canada and has had his illustrations exhibited at the National Gal- 978-1-55498-392-6 Hardcover $14.95 lery of Canada. He lives in Vancouver. 978-1-55498-236-3 ePub $12.95

GOVERNOR GENERAL’S AWARD (ILLUSTRATION)

AMELIA FRANCES HOWARD-GIBBON ILLUSTRATOR’S AWARD

“Simple, straightforward and deftly told, with impressive illustrations by Blades, one of Canada’s best.” — Toronto Star

Groundwood_F15_int_5pp.indd 15 2015-04-01 5:12 PM October TWO WHITE RABBITS WRITTEN BY JAIRO BUITRAGO ILLUSTRATED BY RAFAEL YOCKTENG TRANSLATED BY ELISA AMADO

A young child describes what it is like to be a migrant as she and her father travel north from Central America toward the U.S. border.

A little girl and her father travel mostly on the roof of a train known as The Beast, but the little girl doesn’t know where they are going. She counts the animals by the road, the clouds in the sky, the stars. Sometimes she sees soldiers. She sleeps, dreaming that she is always on the move, although sometimes they are forced to stop and her father has to earn more money before they can continue their journey.

As many thousands of people, especially children, in Mexico and Central America continue to make the arduous journey to the U.S. border in search of a better life, this is an important JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Mexico book that shows a young migrant’s perspective. Ages 4 to 7 8.86 x 8.27 • 52 pages Full-color illustrations

978-1-55498-741-2 Hardcover with jacket $18.95

978-1-55498-742-9 PDF $16.95

BISAC: JUV030100

Groundwood_F15_int_5pp.indd 16 2015-04-01 5:12 PM JAIRO BUITRAGO is a children’s book author ALSO AVAILABLE who has collaborated with Rafael Yockteng on several award-winning picture books, includ- JIMMY THE GREATEST! ing Jimmy the Greatest! (which received six starred reviews) and Camino a casa. He lives in Written by Jairo Buitrago Illustrated by Rafael Yockteng Mexico. Translated by Elisa Amado

978-1-55498-178-6 RAFAEL YOCKTENG has illustrated many Hardcover with jacket $18.95 highly acclaimed children’s books, including 978-1-55498-206-6 Sopa de frijoles / Bean Soup by Jorge Argueta PDF $18.95 (USBBY Outstanding International Books) KIRKUS BEST CHILDREN’S BOOKS and Jimmy the Greatest! by Jairo Buitrago. HORN BOOK FANFARE Rafael lives in Bogotá, Colombia.  School Library Journal, starred review

Together, Rafael Yockteng and Jairo Buitrago  Booklist, starred review have won the “A la Orilla del Viento” contest  Kirkus, starred review (Fondo de Cultura Económica de México), and  Publishers Weekly, starred review their books have been named to IBBY’s Hon- our List, “Los mejores libros del año” (Ven-  Horn Book, starred review ezuela’s Banco del Libro), Kirkus Best Books  Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, and the Horn Book Fanfare. starred review

Groundwood_F15_int_5pp.indd 17 2015-04-01 5:12 PM August GRANT AND TILLIE GO WALKING WRITTEN BY MONICA KULLING ILLUSTRATED BY SYDNEY SMITH

Inspired by the life of American painter Grant Wood.

Grant Wood believed that to be a real artist, he had to live in Paris. But once he got there, he realized that to be a great painter he needed to return to the people and places — and even animals — that he knew and loved the best.

This is the sensitively imagined story of Grant and a cow named Tillie. Skillfully mixing fact with fiction, Monica Kulling’s text explores the making of an artist, while Sydney Smith’s illustrations echo Grant Wood’s own techniques. The result is a gently wise picture book that will JUVENILE FICTION / Biographical / United encourage young readers and artists to trust the States Ages 4 to 8 love that is sometimes only found close to home. 10.25 x 8.125 • 32 pages Full-color illustration Includes an author’s note that provides biographical information about Grant Wood. 978-1-55498-446-6 Hardcover with jacket $18.95

978-1-55498-448-0 PDF $16.95

BISAC: JUV004020

Groundwood_F15_int_5pp.indd 18 2015-04-01 5:12 PM MONICA KULLING is the author of many ALSO AVAILABLE books for young readers, including the popular Great Idea series, stories of inventors. The THE TWEEDLES GO third book in the series, In the Bag! Margaret ELECTRIC Knight Wraps It Up, was nominated for the Written by Monica Kulling Governor General’s Award for Illustration and Illustrated by chosen as a Simon Wiesenthal Honor Book. In Marie Lafrance addition, Monica’s work has been nominated 978-1-55498-167-0 Hardcover with jacket for numerous Silver Birch Express and Golden $16.95 Oak awards. She lives in Toronto. Visit her at 978-1-55498-478-7 monicakulling.com. PDF $14.95

SYDNEY SMITH was born in rural Nova  “A fine joke, well-delivered, and as clever as it is Scotia, and has been drawing from an early timely.” — Kirkus, starred review

age. Since graduating from NSCAD University,  “Kulling . . . uses a deadpan narrative to playfully he has illustrated multiple children’s books, allude to 21st-century ‘green’ technology while including the wordless picture book Sidewalk introducing an idiosyncratic family that would be right at home in a Wes Anderson movie.” Flowers, and he has received awards for his — Publishers Weekly, starred review illustrations, including the Lillian Shepherd

Memorial Award for Excellence in Illustration. THE TWEEDLES GO He now lives in Toronto and works in a shared ONLINE

studio space in Chinatown. Written by Monica Kulling Illustrated by Marie Lafrance

978-1-55498-353-7 Hardcover with jacket $16.95

978-1-55498-354-5 PDF $14.95

“Lafrance’s neatly drawn scenes of figures sporting antique dress and hairstyles add further drollery to the thoroughly topical plotline.” — Kirkus Reviews

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A FEW BLOCKS ANY QUESTIONS? Written and illustrated by Written and illustrated by Cybèle Young Marie-Louise Gay

Ages 4 – 7 Ages 6 – 9 978-0-88899-995-5 978-1-55498-382-7 Hardcover with jacket • $18.95 Hardcover with jacket • $19.95

Award-winning Cybèle Young uses collage and 3-D art Where does a story start? to tell how a sister cajoles her brother into walking all Marie-Louise Gay explains the the way to school. creative process with typical fun and whimsy.  Kirkus  Publishers Weekly  Kirkus

THE BLACK BOOK OF COLORS FROM THERE TO HERE Written by Menena Cottin Written by Laurel Croza Illustrated by Rosana Faría Illustrated by Matt James Translated by Elisa Amado Ages 4 – 7 Ages 5 – 10 978-1-55498-365-0 978-0-88899-873-6 Hardcover with jacket • $18.95 Hardcover with jacket • $17.95 The highly anticipated sequel This groundbreaking book conveys the experience of to the classic, award-winning a person who can only see through his or her sense of picture book I Know Here. touch, taste, smell or hearing.

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I SEE THE PROMISED LAND: A JANE, THE FOX AND ME LIFE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. Written by Fanny Britt Written by Arthur Flowers Illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault Illustrated by Manu Chitrakar Translated by Christelle Morelli & Susan Ouriou Ages 8 – 12 978-1-55498-328-5 Ages 10 – 14 Hardcover with jacket 978-1-55498-360-5 $18.95 CDN / $16.95 U.S. Hardcover • $19.95

Two very distinctive storytell- An emotionally honest and visu- ing traditions are combined ally stunning graphic novel. in this remarkable graphic narrative-style biography of  Horn Book  School Library Journal Martin Luther King Jr.  Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

 Booklist  School Library Journal

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JIMMY THE GREATEST! MORRIS MICKLEWHITE AND THE Written by Jairo Buitrago TANGERINE DRESS Illustrated by Rafael Yockteng Written by Christine Baldacchino Translated by Elisa Amado Illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant

Ages 4 – 7 Ages 4 – 7 978-1-55498-178-6 978-1-55498-347-6 Hardcover with jacket • $18.95 Hardcover with jacket • $16.95

A story about the courage and  School Library Journal  Kirkus creativity it takes to be different.  Publishers Weekly  Horn Book  Booklist  Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books  Kirkus  Quill & Quire

JUST SO STORIES: VOL. I JUST SO STORIES: VOL. II Written by Rudyard Kipling Written by Rudyard Kipling Illustrated by Ian Wallace Illustrated by Ian Wallace

Ages 5 and up Ages 5 and up 978-1-55498-212-7 978-1-55498-213-4 Hardcover with jacket • $19.95 Hardcover with jacket $19.95

Ian Wallace reinterprets the A companion to Volume I, con- famous tales with his vibrant art, taining more best-loved stories bringing Kipling to a whole new for children, with stunning generation of young readers. illustrations.

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NO NORTHWEST PASSAGE Written and illustrated by Written by Stan Rogers Claudia Rueda Illustrated by Matt James Translated by Elisa Amado All ages Ages 2 – 5 978-1-55498-153-3 978-0-88899-991-7 Hardcover with jacket • $24.95 Hardcover with jacket • $18.95 A stunning pictorial represen- tation of the search for the It’s winter and little bear doesn’t want to go to sleep — Northwest Passage as seen by until he finds himself all alone in a snowstorm. painter Matt James, inspired by Stan Rogers’ iconic song.  Booklist  School Library Journal  School Library Journal  Kirkus

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OUT THE WINDOW ROSLYN RUTABAGA AND THE Written and illustrated by Cybèle BIGGEST HOLE ON EARTH! Young Written and illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay Ages 1 – 4 978-1-55498-370-4 Ages 2 – 5 Board book • $12.95 978-0-88899-994-8 Hardcover with jacket A perfect book for active, curi- $18.95 CDN / $16.95 U.S. ous toddlers and preschoolers. An exuberant, feisty young rabbit with a vivid imagina-  Publishers Weekly  Kirkus tion decides she will dig the biggest hole on earth.

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STEPHEN AND THE BEETLE THE TWEEDLES GO ELECTRIC Written by Jorge Luján Written by Monica Kulling Illustrated by Chiara Carrer Illustrated by Marie Lafrance Translated by Elisa Amado Ages 4 – 7 Ages 2 – 5 978-1-55498-167-0 978-1-55498-192-2 Hardcover with jacket • $16.95 Hardcover with jacket • $18.95 The Tweedles are an odd and A small boy’s encounter with endearing family who attempt a beetle could have drastic to “go modern” by buying an consequences in this simple, electric car at the turn of the strongly moral story. twentieth century.

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WHAT THERE IS BEFORE THERE IS WHEN STELLA WAS VERY, VERY ANYTHING THERE SMALL Written and illustrated by Liniers Written and illustrated by Translated by Elisa Amado Marie-Louise Gay

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A slightly scary story from a world-renowned cartoonist. Marie-Louise Gay has gone back in time to answer the questions often asked by children who read and love  Publishers Weekly the Stella and Sam series.

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CHILDREN OF WAR: VOICES OF LOST GIRL FOUND IRAQI REFUGEES Written by Leah Bassoff & Laura Written by Deborah Ellis DeLuca

Ages 9 – 13 Ages 13 and up 978-0-88899-908-5 978-1-55498-416-9 Paperback • $12.95 CDN / $9.95 U.S. Hardcover with jacket • $16.95

Deborah Ellis interviews Iraqi In war-torn Sudan, a girl must refugee children in this com- make heart-rending choices panion volume to Off to War: as she fights for survival and a Voices of Soldiers’ Children. chance at a future.

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MY NAME IS PARVANA NO ORDINARY DAY Written by Deborah Ellis Written by Deborah Ellis

Ages 11 and up Ages 9 – 12 978-1-55498-298-1 978-1-55498-134-2 Paperback • $9.95 Hardcover with jacket • $16.95

In this sequel to The Bread- Deborah Ellis brings us a feisty winner, Parvana is found in a young heroine, Valli — an orphan bombed-out school and held as who lives on the streets of a suspected terrorist by Ameri- Kolkata, unaware that she has can troops in Afghanistan. leprosy.

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OUTSIDE IN SKIM Written by Sarah Ellis Written by Mariko Tamaki Illustrated by Jillian Tamaki Ages 10 – 13 978-1-55498-367-4 Ages 14 and up Hardcover with jacket • $16.95 978-0-88899-964-1 Paperback • $12.95 A family living off the grid changes a girl’s perceptions Skim is a smart, sensitive and about the meaning of family, funny graphic novel about a teen friendship, materialism and who finds love and angst in her beauty. uptight private girls’ school.

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Groundwood_F15_int_5pp.indd 23 2015-04-01 5:12 PM September SOME THINGS I’VE LOST WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY CYBÈLE YOUNG

Everyday objects are transformed through exquisite paper sculptures.

A wallet, a set of keys, a pair of glasses — these are some of the household objects that disappear and are fantastically reconstituted in Cybèle Young’s inventive new picture book. Minimal text conveys the magic of a world where even inanimate objects are constantly undergoing a process of growth, transforma- tion and change.

An introduction describing the frustration we feel when we lose something is followed by a catalogue of misplaced objects. Each item is shown first in its original form and then, on a gatefold spread, in the process of transforming JUVENILE FICTION / Imagination & Play into a marvelous and mysterious sea creature. All Ages At the very end of the book, we see these trans- 9 x 9 • 32 pages with fold-outs Full-color illustrations formed objects in their new, watery habitat, a conclusion which will leave readers astonished 978-1-55498-339-1 by the distance they — like the lost objects Hardcover with jacket themselves — have traveled. $19.95 Some Things I’ve Lost invites readers to consider 978-1-55498-340-7 PDF $16.95 the inevitability of change and the power of the imagination. On finishing the book, children BISAC: JUV051000 and adults alike will look more closely at everything they have previously taken for granted.

Groundwood_F15_int_5pp.indd 24 2015-04-01 5:12 PM CYBÈLE YOUNG is an award-winning art- ALSO AVAILABLE ist who exhibits her paper sculpture (Japa- nese paper printed with etched copperplates) OUT THE WINDOW internationally. She has illustrated several books for children, including Pa’s Harvest by Written and illustrated by Cybèle Young Jan Andrews, which was nominated for the Governor General’s Award (Illustration) and 978-1-55498-370-4 Board book $12.95 Jack Pine by Christopher Patton. She has also written and illustrated A Few Blocks, a Kirkus Best Children’s Book and winner of the Alcuin Award; Ten Birds, winner of the Governor General’s Award (Illustration) and a Kirkus  “Two delightful stories in one—one subtly hilari- Best Children’s Book; A Few Bites and Out the ous, the other wonderfully trippy.” — Publishers Window, which received starred reviews in Weekly, starred review Kirkus and Publishers Weekly; and Nancy Knows,  “This whimsical celebration of imagination also a Kirkus Best Children’s Book. Cybèle is a reminder to constantly seek to broaden our lives with her family in Toronto. horizons, for new wonders always await.” — Kirkus, starred review

“This beautifully designed accordion-fold board book will provide plenty of entertainment for the littlest readers.” — School Library Journal

Groundwood_F15_int_5pp.indd 25 2015-04-01 5:12 PM October WHEN THE SLAVE ESPERANÇA GARCIA WROTE A LETTER WRITTEN BY SONIA ROSA ILLUSTRATED BY LUCIANA JUSTINIANI HEES TRANSLATED BY JANE SPRINGER

The true story of a courageous slave who stood up for her rights.

In 1770, the slave Esperança Garcia bravely penned a letter to the governor of Piauí state, in Brazil, describing how she and her children were being mistreated and requesting permission to return to the farm where the rest of her family was living.

Before she wrote her letter, Esperança Garcia lived on a cotton farm run by Jesuit priests, where she learned to read and write — a rare opportunity for a woman, especially a slave. But one day she was separated from her husband and older children and taken with her two little ones to be a cook in the home of Cap- tain Antonio Vieira de Couto, where she and the other slaves were beaten and denied even the freedom to attend church. JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Cultural Heritage In despair, Esperança Garcia wrote to the Ages 8 to 11 governor about her terrible situation, asking 8.66 x 10 • 40 pages Full-color illustration if she and her young children could return to the farm. She waited each day for a reply, 978-1-55498-729-0 never giving up hope. And although she never Hardcover with jacket received an answer, she is remembered today $18.95 for being the courageous slave who wrote the first letter of appeal in Afro-Brazilian Brazil. 978-1-55498-730-6 PDF $16.95 Beautifully illustrated, this moving picture BISAC: JNF007050 book provides a very personal look at the tragic history of slavery in the Americas.

Groundwood_F15_int_5pp.indd 26 2015-04-01 5:12 PM SONIA ROSA was born in Rio de Janeiro. She ALSO AVAILABLE is a teacher with a specialty in reading, culture and African history. She has written more than UNTIL THE DAY ARRIVES thirty-five books, and her work has been rec- ognized by the Brazilian chapter of the Inter- Written by Ana Maria Machado Translated by Jane Springer national Board on Books for Young People (FNLIJ) and the White Ravens Catalogue. 978-1-55498-455-8 Hardcover with jacket $16.95

978-1-55498-457-2 LUCIANA JUSTINIANI HEES is a Brazil- ePub $14.95 ian illustrator who lived in Mozambique for 978-1-55498-758-0 many years and now lives in Portugal. She has MOBI $14.95 illustrated a number of books with African and Afro-Brazilian themes. An exhibition of her “Offers vivid descriptions, an intriguing plot and a work was held at the Franco-Mozambican Cul- setting not often seen in North American literature for children.” — Kirkus Reviews tural Center in Maputo in 2010. Her short film O Salão Azul was selected for the International “Readers will admire the patience of and prepara- Film Festival in Rotterdam in 2011. tion taken by the siblings to ensure that their strat- egies succeed. A gripping adventure.” — Booklist

Groundwood_F15_int_5pp.indd 27 2015-04-01 5:12 PM October A YEAR WITHOUT MOM WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY DASHA TOLSTIKOVA

A stunning graphic-novel debut.

A Year Without Mom follows twelve-year-old Dasha through a year full of turmoil after her mother leaves for America.

It is the early 1990s in Moscow, and political change is in the air. But Dasha is more wor- ried about her own challenges as she negoti- ates family, friendships and school without her mother. Just as she begins to find her own feet, she gets word that she is to join her mother in America — a place that seems impossibly far from everything and everyone she loves.

This gorgeous and subtly illustrated graphic novel signals the emergence of Dasha Tols- tikova as a major new talent.

JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / General Ages 10 to 14 6.5 x 8.5 • 168 pages Full-color illustrations 978-1-55498-692-7 Hardcover $19.95 978-1-55498-693-4 FXL $16.95 978-1-55498-828-0 KF8 $16.95 BISAC: JUV008000 28

Groundwood_F15_int_5pp.indd 28 2015-04-01 5:12 PM DASHA TOLSTIKOVA is an illustrator whose ALSO AVAILABLE work has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the New Yorker. Her JANE, THE FOX AND ME picture book The Jacket, written by Kirsten Hall, was named a New York Times Notable Written by Fanny Britt Illustrated by Isabelle Book of 2014. She lives in Brooklyn. Arsenault Translated by Christelle Morelli & Susan Ouriou

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 “Readers will be delighted to see Hélène’s world change as she grows up, learning to ignore the mean girls and realizing that, like Jane, she is worthy of friendship and love.” — School Library Journal, starred review

 “[Her] story is sweetly comforting and compel- ling.” — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, starred review

 “Britt’s poetic prose captures Hélène’s heart- breaking isolation . . . [A] brutally beautiful story.” — Horn Book, starred review

Groundwood_F15_int_5pp.indd 29 2015-04-01 5:12 PM September STRANGE LIGHT AFAR TALES OF THE SUPERNATURAL FROM OLD JAPAN WRITTEN BY RUI UMEZAWA ILLUSTRATED BY MIKIKO FUJITA

Eight Japanese folktales, retold in a way you’ve never imagined. Beautiful, strange and unforgettable.

A bitterly jealous brother, a cold- hearted husband, a monk who mistakes desire for piety, a fraudulent merchant who meets his match in a supernatural river otter, a samurai who makes the ultimate sacrifice — the motives underlying these traditional Japanese folktale characters are explored with haunting results.

Prompted by the sometimes illogical and per- plexing actions of folktale characters (Why doesn’t the wolf kill Little Red Riding Hood right away?), master storyteller Rui Umezawa revisits eight popular Japanese folktales, delv- ing beneath their sometimes baffling plot lines to highlight the psychological motivations behind the characters’ actions.

Tales of addiction, bravery, greed, abuse and control — these stories take their inspiration from the great Japanese storytelling traditions, JUVENILE FICTION/ Fairy Tales and Folklore / Country & Ethnic as well as from Noh and Kabuki. Sometimes Ages 12 and up laced with ironic humor, sometimes truly hor- 5.5 x 8.5 • 144 pages rifying, these stories of the strange and super- 8 black-and-white plates natural will appeal to readers of all ages, but 978-1-55498-723-8 they particularly speak to teenagers. Hardcover with jacket $18.95 978-1-55498-724-5 Evocative and haunting illustrations by the ePub $16.95 stunningly talented Mikiko Fujita add to the 978-1-55498-725-2 eerie beauty of this collection. A detailed after- MOBI $16.95 word outlines the author’s storytelling approach BISAC: JUV012020 and provides source material for each tale. 30

Groundwood_F15_int_5pp.indd 30 2015-04-01 5:12 PM RUI UMEZAWA is a storyteller, essayist and ALSO AVAILABLE novelist. Born in Tokyo, he left Japan as a child when his father, a theoretical physicist, NOBODY KNOWS pursued career opportunities in Europe and North America. Rui studied comparative lit- Written by Shelley Tanaka erature and has an M.A. from the University 978-1-55498-140-3 of Alberta. He is the author of a picture book, Hardcover with jacket $16.95 Aiko’s Flowers, illustrated by Yuji Ando. His adult novel, The Truth About Death and Dying, called “a dazzling tour-de-force” by Canadian Literature, was shortlisted for the Common- wealth Book Prize for Best First Book (Canada and the Caribbean). He lives in Toronto.

MIKIKO FUJITA is an artist and graphic designer who was born in 1986 in Chiba, Japan, “Well-chosen black-and-white photographic stills from the film deepen the novel’s breathtaking real- and now lives and works in Germany. She has ism.” — Horn Book trained at Tama Art University in Tokyo and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, and “. . . blindness is the shocking part of the story, and with lucid, simple prose and occasional black-and- has exhibited her work in Munich, Berlin, white photos from the film, this novel will raise Bologna, Tokyo and Paris. Her picture book, universal questions: what could be happening on your street?” — Booklist Nachtschwärmer, has just been released in Ger- many. She lives in Munich.

Groundwood_F15_int_5pp.indd 31 2015-04-01 5:12 PM November CALVIN WRITTEN BY MARTINE LEAVITT

Just because you see something doesn’t mean it’s really there.

In the town of Leamington, Ontario, a seventeen-year-old boy is suddenly stricken by a schizophrenic episode and wakes up in hospital. The boy’s name is Calvin, and he is plagued by hallucinations.

As the hallucinations persist, Calvin comes to believe that the answer lies in performing one grand and incredible gesture. And so he decides to walk across Lake Erie. In January. The temperatures have been below freezing for weeks. The ice should hold . . .

The lake, it turns out, is more marvelous, and more treacherous, than Calvin had ever imagined — populated by abandoned cars (joy ride!), ice-fishing eccentrics, psychokiller snow beings, and a not-so-mythical sea witch named Jenny Greenteeth. Not to mention the man- eating tiger that looms just out of his sight JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Depression & lines as he treks. Mental Illness Ages 12 and up But the biggest surprise of all is that Calvin 5.5 x 8.5 • 224 pages finds himself accompanied by Susie, the girl of 978-1-55498-720-7 his dreams. Or is it his dreams that have con- Paperback $14.95 CDN jured up Susie?

978-1-55498-721-4 Part romance, part adventure story, part quest ePub $12.95 CDN novel, Martine Leavitt brings her inimitable 978-1-55498-722-1 gentle wit, humor and compassion to a story Mobi $12.95 CDN about a teenaged boy struggling to gain con- BISAC: JUV039240 trol of his own mind and destiny. 32

Groundwood_F15_int_5pp.indd 32 2015-04-01 5:12 PM MARTINE LEAVITT is the author of ten nov- ALSO AVAILABLE els for young readers. My Book of Life by Angel, which received five starred reviews, was a MIDDLE OF NOWHERE finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and winner of the CLA Young Adult Book of Written by Caroline Adderson the Year. Other titles include Keturah and Lord , finalist for the National Book Award; 978-1-55498-131-1 Death Hardcover with jacket Tom Finder, winner of the Mr. Christie’s Book $16.95

Award; and Heck Superhero, finalist for the 978-1-55498-132-8 Governor General’s Award. Her novels have Paperback $9.95

been published in Japan, Korea, Denmark, 978-1-55498-202-8 Germany, Switzerland, Italy and the Nether- ePub $9.95

lands. Martine teaches creative writing at Ver- 978-1-55498-623-1 mont College of Fine Arts. MOBI $9.95

 “Caroline Adderson is that rare bird: a writer who brings to the middle-grade novel the artistry and respect it deserves.” — Quill & Quire, starred review

Groundwood_F15_int_5pp.indd 33 2015-04-01 5:12 PM October I DON’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE WRITTEN BY GABI KRESLEHNER TRANSLATED BY SHELLEY TANAKA

A story about love — “as mad, bitter and wonderful as life itself.” (Stuttgarter Zeitung)

Charlotte’s life is changed forever when her parents’ marriage breaks up, and Charlotte has to leave her beloved house and her old life behind. Then two very different boys cross her path, and a new emotion creeps into her sadness and anger — an emotion that is both confusing and sweet.

Charlotte falls in love with Carlo, tries to stay friends with tough-guy Sulzer and faces the jealousy of the cool-girl clique at school. As she watches her parents cope, sometimes haplessly, with changes in their own personal lives, and as she deals with a new baby brother, a potential stepfather and unexpected house moves, she realizes that love is a messy and risky business.

If grownups can make such a hash of it, how on earth can a fifteen-year-old cope?

But Charlotte does cope, magnificently, as she tries to figure out how to be a big sister, a JUVENILE FICTION/ Family / Marriage & Divorce daughter, a friend, a good person. And in the Ages 12 and up end she finds the courage to take responsibility 5 x 7.5 • 128 pages for her own actions, and sets off to be with the boy she loves. 978-1-55498-803-7 Hardcover with jacket $16.95

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Groundwood_F15_int_5pp.indd 34 2015-04-01 5:12 PM GABI KRESLEHNER was born in Linz, ALSO AVAILABLE Austria. She is a teacher and writes for young readers and adults. I Don’t Live Here Anymore, SKIM her first novel, was published to huge acclaim in Germany (Charlottes Traum), receiving the Written by Mariko Tamaki Illustrated by Jillian Peter Härtling Prize, the Hans im Glück Prize Tamaki and the Steiermark Prize for Young Adult Lit- 978-0-88899-964-1 erature. Gabi lives with her family in Otten- Paperback $12.95 sheim, Austria, a town on the Danube that is very much like Charlotte’s.

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 “With honesty and compassion, this innovative narrative communicates a life just beginning, open and full of possibility.” — Horn Book, starred review

Groundwood_F15_int_5pp.indd 35 2015-04-01 5:12 PM October THE BREADWINNER SERIES BOXED SET WRITTEN BY DEBORAH ELLIS

A special boxed set containing the new editions of the bestselling Breadwinner series, released in celebration of the fifteenth anniversary ofThe Breadwinner.

For the first time, the books in the bestselling Breadwinner series — The Breadwinner, Parvana’s Jour- ney, Mud City and My Name Is Parvana — are brought together in a beautiful boxed set. These gripping novels, inspired by stories Deborah Ellis heard in Afghan refugee camps, are loved by children the world over.

JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Middle East Ages 10 and up

978-1-55498-822-8 Four paperbacks in box $29.95

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Groundwood_F15_int_5pp.indd 36 2015-04-01 5:12 PM August THETITLE CAT AT THE WALL WRITTENSubtitle BY DEBORAH ELLIS NEWAUTHOR IN PAPERBACK NAME IN THE U.S.

On Israel’s West Bank, a cat sneaks into a small Palestinian house that has just been commandeered by two Israeli soldiers. The house seems empty, until the cat realizes that a little boy is hiding beneath the floorboards. Should she help him? After all, she’s just a cat. Or is she?

DEBORAH ELLIS is best known for her Breadwinner books — a series that has been published in twenty-five languages, with more than $1 million in royalties donat- ed to Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan and Street Kids International. She has won the Governor General’s Award, the Ruth Schwartz Award, the Uni- versity of California’s Middle East Book Award, Swe- den’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 JUVENILE FICTION / has been named to the Order of Ontario. People & Places / Middle East/North America “There are no black and whites here, only ordinary peo- Ages 9 to 12 5 x 7.5 • 152 pages ple caught in the tangle of history, misunderstanding, and fear.” — Booklist 978-1-55498-707-8 Paperback $9.95 “Quietly moving, full of surprises and, with Clare’s collo- quial and spirited voice, highly readable.” — Kirkus Reviews BISAC: JUV030110

“Ellis’s premise is an unusual one, but with it she crafts a thought-provoking and sensitive story about the power of empathy and selflessness.” —Publishers Weekly

“Without editorializing, Ellis’s suspenseful and thought- provoking novel offers a touching, humane context for one of the world’s most intractable situations.” — New York Times

Groundwood_F15_int_5pp.indd 37 2015-04-01 5:12 PM FROM HOUSE OF ANANSI PRESS

THE OUTSIDE CIRCLE PATTI LaBOUCANE-BENSON ART BY KELLY MELLINGS In this important graphic novel, two Aborigi- nal brothers surrounded by poverty, drug abuse and gang violence try to overcome centuries of historic trauma in very different ways to bring about positive change in their lives.

Pete, a young Aboriginal man wrapped up in gang violence, lives with his younger brother, Joey, and his mother, who is a heroin addict. One night, Pete and his mother’s boyfriend, Dennis, get into a big fight, which sends Den- nis to the morgue and Pete to jail. Initially, Pete keeps up ties to his crew, until a jail brawl forces him to realize the negative influence he has become on Joey and encourages him to begin a process of rehabilitation through a traditional Native healing circle.

Powerful, courageous and deeply moving, The Outside COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Circle is drawn from the author’s twenty years of work and Literary research on healing and reconciliation of gang-affiliated 978-1-77089-937-7 or incarcerated Aboriginal men. 6.6875 x 10 • 128 pages Full-color illustrations Trade paperback $19.95 PATTI LaBOUCANE-BENSON is a Métis woman and the Director of Research, Training and Communication 978-1-77089-938-4 at Native Counselling Services of Alberta (NCSA). PDF $16.95

BISAC: CGN006000 KELLY MELLINGS is an award-winning art director, illustrator and designer.

Groundwood_F15_int_5pp.indd 38 2015-04-01 5:12 PM INDEX

Adderson, Caroline...... 8, 9, 33 Moüy, Iris de...... 7 All Year Round ...... 6, 7 Naptime...... 7 Amado, Elisa...... 4, 5, 16, 17 Nobody Knows ...... 31 Arsenault, Isabelle...... 29 Norman, Speak! ...... 9 Blades, Ann...... 15 Numeralia ...... 5 Breadwinner Series Boxed Set, The. . . . . 36 Ouriou, Susan ...... 5, 29 Britt, Fanny...... 29 Out the Window...... 25 Brooks, Martha...... 11 Outside Circle, The...... 38 Buddy and Earl...... 2, 3 P'ésk'a and the First Salmon Ceremony. . .14, 15 Buitrago, Jairo...... 16, 17 Reczuch, Karen...... 12. , 13 Calvin ...... 32 Ritchie, Scot...... 14, 15 Cat at the Wall, The ...... 37 Rosa, Sonia...... 26 Daniel, Danielle...... 10, 11 Ruifernández, Leticia...... 11 Ellis, Deborah...... 36, 37 Salmon for Simon, A...... 15 Fergus, Maureen...... 2, 3 Skim ...... 35 Fujita, Mikiko...... 30 Smith, Sydney...... 18, 19 Grant and Tillie Go Walking...... 18, 19 Some Things I’ve Lost...... 24, 25 Griek, Susan Vande ...... 15 Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox ...... 10, 11 Hees, Luciana Justiniani...... 26 Sookocheff, Carey...... 2, 3 Hodge, Deborah ...... 12. , 13 Springer, Jane...... 26, 27 I Don’t Live Here Anymore...... 34, 35 Strange Light Afar: Tales of the Supernatural I Love You, One To Ten ...... 8, 9 from Old Japan...... 30 Isol...... 4, 5 Tamaki, Jillian...... 35 Jane, the Fox and Me ...... 29 Tamaki, Mariko...... 35 Jimmy the Greatest!...... 17 Tanaka, Shelley...... 6, 7, 31, 34 Kreslehner, Gabi...... 34, 35 Tolstikova, Dasha ...... 28, 29 Kulling, Monica...... 18, 19 Tweedles Go Electric, The...... 19 LaBoucane-Benson, Patti...... 38 Tweedles Go Online, The...... 19 Lafrance, Marie...... 19 Two White Rabbits...... 16, 17 Leavitt, Martine ...... 32, 33 Umezawa, Rui...... 30, 31 Leduc, Emilie ...... 6, 7 Until the Day Arrives...... 27 Leist, Christina...... 8, 9 Waterton, Betty ...... 15 Leng, Qin...... 9 West Coast Wild: A Nature Alphabet . . . .12, 13 Loon ...... 13 When the Slave Esperança Garcia Wrote a Letter...... 26, 27 Luján, Jorge ...... 5 Winter Moon Song...... 11 Machado, Ana Maria...... 27 Year Without Mom, A ...... 28, 29 Mellings, Kelly...... 38 Yockteng, Rafael...... 16, 17 Menino, The: A Story Based on Real Events . . 4, 5 Young, Cybèle...... 24, 25 Middle of Nowhere...... 33 Morelli, Christelle...... 29 39

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Groundwood_F15_int_5pp.indd 40 2015-04-01 5:12 PM Enjoy the popular bilingual Cooking Poems series written by Jorge Argueta, the award-winning author of picture books and poetry for young children.

“[A] warm . . . authentic portrayal of cooking and eating as a family affair.” — School Library Journal

Salsa UN POEMA PARA COCINAR / A COOKING POEM ILLUSTRATED BY DUNCAN TONATIUH

Duncan Tonatiuh has won the Pura Belpré Illustration Award as well as the Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award.

H “A delectable work of art perfect for food-themed, bilingual, and Día story times.” — School Library Journal, starred review

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