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“Beautiful writing and a fast-moving plot will give young historical fiction fans much to love.” —School Library Journal Starred Review

“This is a beautiful song of a book that shows that life isn’t always fair, but change is always constant.” —Kirkus Starred Review

“Leira’s lyrical first-person narrative advances the story along beautifully with a fitting sense of urgency, and free- verse songs clue readers in to her emotional develop- ment. Immersive historical fiction.” Juvenile Fiction Ages 10–14 —Booklist Starred Review ISBN: 978-1-77278-062-8 List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD Hardcover with laminated case • Junior Library Guild selection

Juvenile Fiction Ages 10–14 Also by award-winning author ISBN: 978-1-77278-037-6 List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD Wendy Orr Hardcover with laminated case

• Finalist for the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award • Junior Library Guild selection • Kirkus Best Middle-Grade Books selection • Bank Street Best Book • Nominated for the Rocky Mountain Book Award • Finalist for the Sunburst Award: Young Adult Fiction shortlist • CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens selection • Nominated for the Maine Student Book Award Praise for PENGUIN DAYS: “Lauren relates her prickly feelings in a believably forthright voice that offers readers welcome insight into her perspective….Another fine and enlightening peek into Lauren’s unique, often challenging world that displays her differences but highlights the needs Sara Leach she shares with all children: love, acceptance and friendship.”—Kirkus Reviews Illustrated by Rebecca Bender From the award-winning creators of Slug Days

Lauren and her family drive to a farm in North Dakota pretend flowers around. So is it any surprise that Lauren to visit relatives and celebrate her Aunt Jossie’s wedding. flips her lid more than once? But while having an extended But Lauren finds to her dismay that she is expected to do family seems like a lot of trouble at first, she’s about to more than meet adults who hug her and invade her per- learn just how much they can care for one another. sonal space. Lauren is going to be—horror of all horrors— a flower girl. In Penguin Days, two award winners revisit second-grader Lauren from the acclaimed Slug Days with equal humor Lauren has Autism Spectrum Disorder, and she sees the and empathy. Drawing on her experience teaching children world a little differently from other kids. What makes her with ASD, Sara Leach creates an energetic character who comfortable are her routines and her coping mechanisms stomps eloquently off the page. And Rebecca Bender’s de- for her anxiety, which can get out of control in no time. So lightful black-and-white illustrations show in Lauren’s fraught it is a challenge to deal with her rambunctious cousins, try situations and facial expressions all the love and assertiveness on scratchy dresses, and follow impossible directions about that could possibly dwell together in one unique little person. By the same creators... going down aisles slowly-but-not-like-a-sloth and tossing

Sara Leach hails from Whistler, BC, where she loves to ski, hike, and bike. Her middle grade novel Count Me In won the Red Cedar Book Award for 2012/13. In addition to being a children’s author, she is Illustrated Junior Novel for Children Ages 7–10 an elementary school teacher-librarian. She has had the privilege ISBN: 978-1-77278-053-6 of teaching several amazing students with Austism Spectrum Dis- Trim Size: 5.5 x 7.5 inches / 13.97 x 19.05 cm / Pages: 104 order, and her experience working with them inspired Slug Days, Reinforced Trade Binding / Black-and-White Line Drawings which is a 2018 USSBY Outstanding Book. List Price: $15.95 USD / $17.95 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket Publication Date: January 18, 2019 U.S.A. / November 9, 2018 Canada Ship Date: December 7, 2018 U.S.A. / October 12, 2018 Canada ISBN: 978-1-77278-022-2 Rebecca Bender is a well-loved author-illustrator of children’s List Price: $15.95 USD / $17.95 CAD HC “A necessary addition to elementary books as well as an art director and designer. Her books include JUV013020 JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Marriage & Divorce school libraries and a potential spark Not Friends (U.S.A.), Giraffe and Bird (Canada), Slug Days (illustration), JUV039150 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Special Needs Don’t Laugh at Giraffe, Giraffe Meets Bird, Peach Girl (illustration), and for a discussion about autism, As- JUV039050 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings perger’s, or simply embracing differ- How Do You Feel? Her awards and honors include the OLA Blue JUV013000 JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General ences.”—School Library Journal Spruce Award, a Cooperative Children’s Book Center best-of-the- year choice, and a Toronto Public Library best-of-the-year selection. Rebecca graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design at the top of her class, earning the Medal for Illustration. Rebecca lives in Burlington, Ontario, with her husband and two children.

2 www.pajamapress.ca 3 Ann Ingalls Illustrated by Dean Griffiths In a digital world, a perfectly punny celebration of imagination and hands-on creativity

Pencil and his boy Jackson are a great pair: they draw, they A former educator whose first book was shortlisted for sketch, they scribble. But then Jackson gets Tablet and Pen- a Crystal Kite award, author Ann Ingalls uses kid-friend- cil finds himself dumped in the dreaded junk drawer; he ly puns and an upbeat tone in this story that celebrates just can’t compete with Tablet’s videos, games, and movies. friendship, collaboration, and unplugged fun. Buoyed by How will Pencil ever reclaim Jackson’s attention? With the award-winning artist Dean Griffiths' always-exuberant il- help of some new pun-loving junk-drawer friends (and a lustrations, Pencil: A Story with a Point is a gentle reminder drooling, pencil-chomping dog), Pencil sketches out a plan that technology is no match for imagination. to draw Jackson back into their friendship.

Ann Ingalls is the author of more than twenty books for children and adults, including Little Piano Girl, a finalist for the Crystal Kite Award. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Ann graduated from Michigan State University and worked as an early childhood Picture Book for Children Ages 5–8 and special education teacher. She now writes full ISBN: 978-1-77278-047-5 time at home in Kansas City, Missouri—except, of Trim Size: 8.75 x 10.6875 inches / 22.22 x 27.15 cm / Pages: 32 course, when she is busy traveling the world.

Dice Photography List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket Publication Date: February 15, 2019 U.S.A. / Canada Dean Griffiths is a popular picture book artist with more than 25 titles to his name. His many awards Ship Date: January 18, 2019 U.S.A. / Canada include the Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Book Prize for Maggie Can’t Wait, the Chocolate JUV019000 JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories Lily Award for Ballerinas Don’t Wear Glasses, and the JUV039060 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship Rainforest of Reading Award for Bad Pirate. Dean’s JUV039220 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Values & Virtues most recent books include Timo’s Party and Best Pi- JUV049000 JUVENILE FICTION / Computers & Digital Media rate. Dean lives in Duncan, British Columbia, with JUV051000 JUVENILE FICTION / Imagination & Play his daughter. JUV009080 JUVENILE FICTION / Concepts / Words

4 www.pajamapress.ca 5 the Great and the Beverley Brenna of Life Illustrated by Tara Anderson A poignant and humorous middle-grade novel for fans of Flora and Ulysses

It’s not every day you encounter a hamster experiencing the holidays and Jeannie’s beginning to worry she’ll never an existential crisis, but Sapphire has spent her short pet- get her pet. But maybe if she does, her dad will come to store life convinced that she’s waiting for…something. At visit. Maybe a hamster will make everything better. first she thinks it’s to be FREE, but it may be possible that life has a greater purpose in store—a purpose Sapphire Narrated by Jeannie and Sapphire in alternating chapters, will discover thanks to a nine-year-old girl whose family is Sapphire the Great and the Meaning of Life is a touching changing in ways she doesn’t quite understand. middle-grade novel by award-winning author Beverley Brenna that explores themes of family, friendship, togeth- Jeannie’s dad has moved out, her mom is always tired and erness, and self-identity. With a cast that includes a trans- snappish, and her older brother just wants to play video gender neighbor, a father coming out as gay, and a realistic games in his room all day. Jeannie doesn’t understand protagonist who will appeal to fans of Ramona Quimby, what’s going on, but she knows one thing: she really, RE- Brenna’s latest offering is an age-appropriate introduction ALLY wants a hamster. Her mom promised she could buy to some difficult subjects that also abounds with humor one with her Christmas money, but it’s been WEEKS since and poignancy.

Beverley Brenna is known for her warm, funny family stories that capture the essence of childhood and champion diversity. Her awards include an interna- tional Dolly Gray Award and a shortlisting for the 2013 Governor General’s Award. Wild Orchid, the title book in a trilogy about a young woman on the Juvenile Fiction for Children Ages 7–11 Autism Spectrum, is currently listed on CBC’s “100 Young Adult Books That ISBN: 978-1-77278-069-7 Make You Proud To Be Canadian.” Bev is a professor in Curriculum Studies at the College of Education, University of Saskatchewan, where she teaches Eng- Trim Size: 5.5 x 8. inches / 13.97 x 20.32 cm / Pages: 160 lish Language Arts subject matter to preservice and inservice teachers. This Reinforced Binding / Illustrated Chapter Heads book was written in consultation with OUTSaskatoon, an organization that List Price: $16.95 USD / $19.95 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket supports LGBTQ2S+ people of all ages. Publication Date: February 22, 2019 U.S.A. / Canada A folk artist and award-winning illustrator who trained at the Ontario College Ship Date: January 25, 2019 U.S.A. / Canada of Art and Design, Tara Anderson is known for her lively and humorous animal illustrations. Her recent work includes beautiful colored-pencil il- JUV002180 JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, etc. lustrations of a boisterous family of rhinos in Rhino Rumpus. Her debut JUV013020 JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Marriage & Divorce That Stripy Cat was followed with Nat the Cat Can Sleep Like That, which JUV060000 JUVENILE FICTION / LGBT won the 2014 Preschool Reads Award. The antics of Nat and his kitten JUV039060 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship friend are inspired by the cats who roam her farmhouse in Tweed, Ontario, where she lives with her husband and daughter. Photo Credit Paul Wilson Paul Photo Credit

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Jane Whittingham Illustrated by Emma Pedersen From the author of Wild One and A Good Day for Ducks, an enchanting story about slowing down to notice the world and speaking up when it matters

No matter how hard she tries, little Queenie Quail can’t From Jane Whittingham, the celebrated author of Wild keep up with her Mama and her Papa and her nine bob- One and A Good Day for Ducks, Queenie Quail Can’t Keep Up bing, tapping siblings. “Hurry, hurry, hurry!” they exclaim is a story about the value of slowing down to take notice as Queenie lags behind. But how can Queenie hurry when of the world around us. Whittingham’s bouncy prose is there are so many interesting things to look at? One day filled with lovely wordplay and musicality, pairing perfectly when she stops to admire a fascinating feather, a flash of with debut illustrator Emma Pedersen’s whimsical illustra- orange catches Queenie’s eye. Spotting danger among the tions in this tale that young readers will identify with and greenery, Queenie springs into action, hurry, hurry, hurrying ask for again and again. to warn her family just in the nick of time.

Jane Whittingham is a librarian from Burnaby, British Columbia, who earned her Masters of Library and Information Sciences at the Uni- Picture Book for Children Ages 3–7 versity of British Columbia with an emphasis on children’s librarian- ISBN: 978-1-77278-067-3 ship and literature. Jane’s first picture book, Wild One, was a HuffPost Trim Size: 11 x 9.5 inches / 27.94 x 24.13 cm / Pages: 32 Best Picture Books of 2017: Best Bedtime Book honorable mention, Reinforced Binding an OLA Best Bets selection, and a Toronto Public Library First & Best List Price: $18.95 USD / $21.95 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket selection. Her second, A Good Day for Ducks, was published in 2018. Publication Date: March 1, 2019 U.S.A. / Canada Ship Date: February 8, 2019 U.S.A / Canada

Emma Pedersen is an illustrator and concept artist with a love for JUV019000 JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories visual storytelling and character design. With BFAs from the Ontario JUV039140 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance College of Art and Design in drawing and painting, and from Sheridan JUV002040 JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Birds College in illustration, Emma specializes in children’s illustration. JUV039090 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / New Experience Queenie Quail Can’t Keep Up is her first picture book. Emma lives in JUV013000 JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General Toronto, Ontario, with a beloved—and smelly—little dog.

8 www.pajamapress.ca 9 Written and Illustrated by Sanne Dufft A hopeful journey into the heart of a child as she heals her father’s sadness at the loss of her mother

One Saturday morning, Daddy won’t get out of bed. He In this sweet and poignant story about memory and misses Paula’s mom. Paula misses her too, but she real- overcoming grief, Sanne Dufft, the author/illustrator of izes that Mommy wouldn’t want them to be sad forever. The Night Lion, shows how a child’s imagination can find a Paula knows just what to do. Taking out paper and paints, moment of joy and a safe place to land after a loved one Paula creates a world of rolling seas, blue skies, and—best is gone. of all—a boat that she and Daddy can sail together. And when the wind blows up a storm, Paula knows just what she and Daddy can do about that too.

Sanne Dufft was born in Darmstadt, Germany, in 1974. She Picture Book for Children Ages 4–8 spent her school career decorating the margins of her ex- ISBN: 978-1-77278-068-0 ercise books and drawing portraits of her fellow pupils Trim Size: 9.5 x 11 inches / 24.13 x 27.94 cm / Pages: 32 (who liked it) and her teachers (who didn’t always…). She studied Art Therapy in Nürtingen, Germany, and worked List Price: $18.95 USD / $21.95 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket with children with a variety of special needs (and special Publication Date: March 29, 2019 U.S.A. / Canada gifts) in Northern Ireland. She has gone on to work for Ship Date: March 1, 2019 U.S.A. / Canada a children’s magazine and illustrated multiple children’s books, including The Night Lion in 2018. Sanne lives with JUV039030 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Death & Dying her husband and three children in beautiful Tübingen, in JUV039050 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings the South of Germany. JUV051000 JUVENILE FICTION / Imagination & Play JUV039140 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

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Written and Illustrated by Mies van Hout A bright and vivacious counting book for the very young featuring the paintings of renowned artist and author Mies van Hout

How many whiskers does the cat have? How about the count the fish’s stripes and the monkey’s fingers, or crocodile’s teeth, or the octopus’s arms? With vivid col- learn the letters in words such as whiskers, wings, and ors and energetic kid-friendly animal illustrations, this ears. Rendered in bold hues that appeal to babies and concept book doubles up the learning opportunities pre-schoolers alike, this sturdy counting book will be a by including numbers and descriptive words matched reading-time favorite. to artist Mies van Hout’s striking art. Little ones can

Mies van Hout is the author and illustrator of the picture books Happy, Friends, and Surprise, among others, which have been hugely popular in Europe and North America. She studied graphic design at the Arts Academy in Gron- ingen, the Netherlands, and has worked as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer since 1989. Her distinctive paintings are cheerful and bold, and her work has been published in more than twenty countries. Picture Book for Children Ages 1–4 Photo Credit galerietje.com Photo Credit ISBN: 978-1-77278-084-0 Trim Size: 9 x 9 inches / 22.86 x 22.86 cm / Pages: 24 List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD Hardcover with extra heavy paper and padded cover Reinforced Trade Binding Publication Date: April 11, 2019 U.S.A. / Canada Ship Date: March 21, 2019 U.S.A / Canada

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Praise for HAPPY by Mies Van Hout: “A delightful amuse-bouche of a book.” —Publishers Weekly Starred Review 12 13 Deborah Kerbel Illustrated by award-winning artist Suzanne Del Rizzo This touching and evocative story about welcoming a baby to the world is a love letter to families, tenderly expressing the joy and promise a new life brings

“Before…You were a song in our hearts, a star marrying the natural world to the family’s experience. in our skies.” Suzanne Del Rizzo, author-illustrator of My Beautiful Told from the perspective of new parents anticipating and Birds—a New York Times Notable Children’s Books then welcoming their baby to the world, this touching love selection and winner of the 2018 SCBWI Crystal Kite letter to families by Governor General’s Literary Award– Award—adds an intricately tactile element with her lush nominated author Deborah Kerbel describes with lyrical illustrations rendered in polymer clay and acrylic wash, grace all of the promise held by new life. As the seasons depicting the animals in scenes at times playful and other change from fall through winter and into spring, the times serene. expectant parents’ anticipation over the baby’s arrival is mirrored in the animals around the family’s seaside home,

Deborah Kerbel is the author of the picture book Sun Dog (Pajama Press 2018) and several novels for middle-grade and young-adult Picture Book for Children Ages 4–7 By the same creators... readers. Born in London, England, she moved to Canada at the age ISBN: 978-1-77278-082-6 of two and went on to attend the University of Western Ontario. Trim Size: 10 x 9 inches / 25.4 x 22.86 cm / Pages: 32 Her novels have been shortlisted for the Governor General’s Lit- erary Award, the Canadian Library Association YA Book of the Year, List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket and the Manitoba Young Reader’s Choice Award. Deborah lives in Publication Date: May 3, 2019 U.S.A. / Canada Thornhill, Ontario, with her husband, two book-loving children, and a Ship Date: April 4, 2019 U.S.A. / Canada schnoodle named Alfredo. Suzanne Del Rizzo has always loved getting her hands messy. She JUV013040 JUVENILE FICTION / Family / New Baby traded her job in scientific research for a career in children’s books, JUV002000 JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / General creating dimensional illustrations with polymer clay, acrylic paint, and JUV009100 JUVENILE FICTION / Concepts / Seasons ISBN: 978-1-77278-038-3 other media. Suzanne’s 2017 picture book My Beautiful Birds was a JUV029000 JUVENILE FICTION / Nature & the Natural World / General List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC New York Times Notable Children’s Books selection, a Junior Library “The captivating text and il- Guild selection, and the 2017 One Book, One San Diego for Kids lustrations invite repeated selection. It also won the Malka Penn Award for Human Rights in reading. An inspiring tale of determination, courage, and Children’s Literature and was an honorable mention for the Middle- devotion.”—School Library East Book Award. Suzanne lives in Oakville, Ontario, with her family. Journal

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Advance Reading Copies Available!

Michelle Kadarusman A girl from the slums of Jakarta dreams of an education and the chance at a better life. But first she must battle the dangers of local superstition and thwart her father’s plan to marry her off to an older man

From the time she was a little girl, Nia has dreamed up the locals say she is blessed with ‘good-luck magic,’ Nia adventures about the Javanese mythical princess Dewi Ka- exploits the notion for all its worth by charging double for dita. Now fourteen, Nia would love nothing more than her fried bananas. Selling superstitions can be dangerous, to continue her education and become a writer. But high and when the tide turns it becomes clear that Nia’s future school costs too much. Her father sells banana fritters at is being mapped without her consent. the train station, but too much of his earnings go toward his drinking habit. Too often Nia is left alone to take over If Nia is to write a new story for herself, she must over- the food cart as well as care for her brother and their come more obstacles than she could ever have conceived home in the Jakarta slums. of for her mythical princess, and summon courage she isn’t sure she has. But Nia is determined to find a way to earn her school fees. After she survives a minibus accident unharmed and Juvenile Nonfiction Ages 9–12 ISBN: 978-1-77278-081-9 Trim Size: 5.5 x 8 inches / 13.97 x 20.32 cm / Pages: 224 List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket Publication Date: May 23, 2019 U.S.A. / Canada Ship Date: May 1, 2019 U.S.A. / Canada Michelle Kadarusman is an Australian/Indone- sian/Canadian children’s author and the founder JUV014000 JUVENILE FICTION / Girls & Women of a literacy initiative in Toronto called Raising JUV039070 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Homelessness & Poverty Readers. She is also the submissions and mar- JUV039140 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance keting manager for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. JUV039040 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse Her middle-grade novel, The Theory of Humming- birds, was published by Pajama Press in 2017. JUV030020 JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Asia She lives in Toronto, Ontario. JUV012060 JUVENILE FICTION / Legends, Myths, Fables / Asian

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Advance Reading Copies Available! Mardi McConnochie Twins Annalie and Will Wallace return in this action-packed sequel to the stunning cli-fi novel The Flooded Earth.

It’s been months since their father, Spinner, disappeared As the children battle massive storms, menacing marines, after the Admiralty tore apart his workshop and sent him and pirates out to steal anything (and anyone) they can, into hiding, but Annalie and Will are determined to find the twins and their friends discover new levels of strength, him, whatever the cost. determination, and ingenuity within themselves. They also begin to wonder if they’ll ever catch up to Spinner, or if With the help of new friends Essie and Pod (and talking the dangers they encounter along the way will seal their parrot, Graham), the siblings use the decoded clues Spin- fates first. ner left behind to track his movements, sailing around the world in search of his old scientific colleagues. But the Admiralty is still in hot pursuit, and the sea might be the biggest threat of all.

By the same author... Juvenile Cli-Fi for Children Ages 9–12 Mardi McConnochie’s novels for young readers include ISBN: 978-1-77278-083-3 The Flooded Earth, Dangerous Games, and Melissa, Queen Trim Size: 5.5 x 8 inches / 13.97 x 20.32 cm / Pages: 256 of Evil, which won an Aurealis Award, Australia’s premiere List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket award for speculative fiction. She is also the author of Publication Date: June 14, 2019 U.S.A. / Canada four adult novels: Coldwater, which was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize First Novel Award Ship Date: May 9, 2019 U.S.A. / Canada (Pacific region), The Snow Queen, Fivestar, and The Voyagers. Mardi’s TV scriptwriting credits include Home and Away, JUV053000 JUVENILE FICTION / Science Fiction McLeod’s Daughters, Always Greener, and Pacific Drive. She JUV059000 JUVENILE FICTION / Dystopian lives in Sydney, Australia, with her partner, author James JUV001020 JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / Pirates Bradley, and their two daughters. JUV041020 JUVENILE FICTION / Transportation / Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft ISBN: 978-1-77278-049-9 List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD JUV013070 JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Siblings “A bright adventure that touches upon a range of intense themes, from climate change to the refu- gee crisis.”—Booklist

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Theo Heras Illustrated by Alice Carter From the author and illustrator of Our New Kittens, an empowering story for young children about training a new puppy

It’s a big day for Patch the puppy as her girl decides to This delightful story from author, performer, and chil- take her for her first walk outside of the yard. Patch dren’s librarian Theo Heras is a great introduction for needs to learn her manners, but the playful pup is some- young children about caring for and training a puppy. It times too excited to listen! With patience and perse- is complemented by Alice Carter’s warm, inviting illus- verance, Patch’s girl guides her new canine companion trations and a sturdy-book format complete with pad- through basic commands including “sit,” “stay,” and ded cover. “down,” making sure to dole out plenty of treats and belly rubs for a job well done along the way.

Theo Heras is a performer, speaker, book reviewer, and By the same creators... children’s librarian. Passionate about literature and pro- gramming for babies and toddlers, Theo has published the picture books Our New Kittens, Hat On, Hat Off, Baby Cakes, and Where’s Bunny? She has also recorded two Picture Book for Children Ages 3–6 albums: What Will We Do with the Baby-o?, and Seashell, ISBN: 978-1-77278-080-2 Sing a Song to Me. Theo lives in Toronto, Ontario. Trim Size: 8 x 9 inches / 20.32 x 22.86 cm / Pages: 24 List Price: $16.95 USD / $18.95 CAD / Hardcover with padded cover Publication Date: June 13, 2019 U.S.A. / Canada Alice Carter is an artist, illustrator, and storyteller Ship Date: May 17, 2019 U.S.A. / Canada ISBN: 978-1-77278-060-4 with a passion for sharing her whimsical imagination. List Price: $15.95 USD / $17.95 CAD A graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design “Illustrations in colored pencil, who now works with clients from all over the world, JUV002070 JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Dogs watercolor, and digital media Alice is inspired by people-watching, music, and every JUV039060 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship feature soft lines and colors and animal she comes across. Her first two picture books JUV039090 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / New Experience emphasize the relationships be- were Angus All Aglow and Our New Kittens. Alice lives in tween the boys and their pets… Ottawa, Ontario. [Will] stoke a child’s excitement about the idea of getting a pet and useful for facilitating a conversa- tion about pet care.” —Kirkus Reviews 20 www.pajamapress.ca 21

Karen Patkau A vibrantly illustrated book full of fun read- aloud sounds for the youngest dinosaur fans

Deep in the forest is a nest full of eggs. But what could Full of onomatopoeic text that will delight young listeners be inside? With picks, pokes, pops, and wriggles a gaggle and readers alike, this fun and frolicsome story from laud- of baby dinosaurs hatch. They are quick to scamper and ed visual artist and author Karen Patkau abounds with scramble about, romping through the trees and making as glorious color. much noise as they please! But could danger lurk in the forest for the little dinos? With mother’s watchful eye and fierce protection to keep them safe, the little dinosaurs can expect another playful day tomorrow.

Picture Book for Children Ages 3–5 ISBN: 978-1-77278-079-6 Trim Size: 10 x 9 inches / 25.4 x 22.86 cm / Pages: 32 Author, illustrator, designer, and visual artist Karen Pat- List Price: $16.95 USD / $19.95 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket kau’s distinctive art can be found in more than a dozen picture books for children. She is the recipient of the Publication Date: July 10, 2019 U.S.A. / Canada Ezra Jack Keats Memorial Medal for Don’t Eat Spiders, Ship Date: June 13, 2019 U.S.A. / Canada and One Watermelon Seed was a Bank Street Best Book. A Good Trade was a White Ravens Choice, a Bank Street JUV002060 JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures Best Book, and a nominee for the OLA Blue Spruce JUV009110 JUVENILE FICTION / Concepts / Sounds Award and the Kentucky Bluegrass Award, among oth- JUV009080 JUVENILE FICTION / Concepts / Words ers. Karen lives in Toronto, Ontario. JUV013000 JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General

22 www.pajamapress.ca 23 Community Soup Nix Minus One Alma Fullerton Jill MacLean Picture Book for Children Ages 4–8 Juvenile Fiction for Children Ages 12–15 ISBN: 978-1-77278-070-3 ISBN: 978-1-927485-25-5 PB Trim Size: 10.5 x 9 inches / 26.67 x 22.86 cm / Pages: 32 / Trim Size: 5.5 x 7.5 inches / 13.97 x 19.05 cm / Pages: 296 Perfect Binding / Heavyweight Cover List Price: $14.95 USD / $15.95 CAD Trade paperback List Price: $11.95 USD / $11.95 CAD Publication Date: April 11, 2019 U.S.A. / Canada Paperback with flaps Ship Date: March 21, 2019 U.S.A. / Canada Publication Date: January 4, 2019 U.S.A. / Canada Ship Date: December 7, 2018 U.S.A. / Canada JUV013070 JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Siblings JUV039140 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance JUV039070 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / JUV039030 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Death & Dying Homelessness & Poverty JUV019000 JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories Winner of the Ann Connor Brimer Award for Children’s JUV030010 JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Africa Literature  Finalist for the CLA Young Adult Book Award 2013 CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens  White Ravens selection Starred Selection  Bank Street Best Book  Finalist for the OLA Forest of Reading White Pine Award  Nominated for the SYRCA Snow Willow Award REVIEWS  Publishers Weekly “Best New Books” selection Can Kioni save the school vegetable  Resource Links “The Year’s Best” selection garden from her herd of hungry goats? “For reading aloud or alone, a nourishing choice.”—Kirkus  OLA Best Bet Reviews  Best Books for Kids & Teens Starred Selection In a garden outside a Kenyan schoolhouse, children are working together to harvest the vegetables they have “The full-color, mixed-media collages steal the show…A grown and make them into a soup for everyone to share. great choice for group sharing or for units on communities.” But Kioni is having trouble: her herd of mischievous goats —School Library Journal Fifteen-year-old Nix Humbolt doesn’t talk REVIEWS followed her to school today and they are trying to eat all “The recipe for Fullerton’s second picture book, after A Good much. He’s barely outgrown his “Fatty Humbolt” days, “Well-crafted and intense, an engrossing family drama in the vegetables. The ensuing chaos is cleverly resolved by Trade, involves a bit of ‘Stone Soup,’ a dash of ‘Mary Had a Little and although he is taller and leaner now, he has learned which both young and old learn what it means to grow the children, making their vegetable soup very tasty while Lamb,’ and a rural Kenyan setting.”—Publishers Weekly it is best to keep a low profile. He dreams about his up.”—Kirkus Reviews saving Kioni’s four-legged intruders at the same time. only friend’s girl, but of course she is hopelessly out of “The simple sentences have a conversational tone and the his league. Lonely and introverted, he is happiest in his “Writing with careful, evocative language, MacLean explores Using rollicking verse with echoes of “Mary had a Little superb pacing makes for a lively read aloud…[The] paper- father’s woodworking shop, where he builds exquisite love in myriad forms…”—Publishers Weekly Lamb,” Alma Fullerton tells a lively story about communal sculpture illustrations are a visual feast.”—Quill & Quire boxes and tables. The only battles Nix fights are on his projects and finding creative solutions that help every- “Readers used to a diet of cliché-ridden YA fiction will Xbox - until the day he finds the guts to fight for Swiff enjoy this refreshing take on the teenage plight…”—School one contribute. This tale for young readers is graced with “The first line of this story draws readers into a day-in- Dunphy’s neglected dog. Library Journal Alma’s stunning primitive paper sculpture art—the first the-life of Kenyan school community…”—International Reading Association book she has chosen to illustrate herself. Then there is Roxy, Nix’s spirited older sister who al- “The novel’s strength comes from the authenticity of Nix’s ways knows just how to get what she wants. But the guy emotional evolution…This is an absorbing, emotionally she wants is seriously toxic, and even Nix can see that resonant book.”—Quill & Quire she is headed for disaster. All Nix can do is cover for her when she breaks curfew or comes home drunk. But this “At the heart of the novel…is Nix’s complex, push-pull re- time Roxy is about to spiral out of control and change lationship with his older, rebellious sister, Roxy, and the ten- all their lives forever. And there is nothing he can do to der bond he forms with a neglected guard dog.”—Booklist stop it. “MacLean has produced another wonderful novel. She is to be applauded for respecting her readership and refusing to shy away from difficult topics…Highly Recommended.” —CM Magazine

24 www.pajamapress.ca 25 Juvenile Fiction Ages 10–14 Juvenile Fiction Ages 8–12 ISBN: 978-1-77278-062-8 ISBN: 978-1-77278-045-1 List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD Hardcover with laminated case List Price: $16.95 USD / $18.95 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket

School Library Journal “Best Books of the Year” selection 2018 OLA Forest of Reading Kid Committee Summer Reading List selection 2018 CBC Books “13 Canadian middle-grade books to watch for this fall” selection “Green does a marvelous job of using backstory to deepen the commitment and love between dog and girl…Tense, heartwarming, and masterful.”—Kirkus Reviews “[Orr’s] mixture of prose and free verse to tell Leira’s story is lyrical and mag- netic—and devastating. Not for readers searching for a simple or happy journey... “Cara is an appealing, believable narrator whose story unfolds through succinct a beautiful song of a book that shows that life isn’t always fair, but change is al- and vivid descriptions, interactions and vignettes with family and friends, and self- ways constant.” —Kirkus Reviews Starred Review reflection. Her mix of fears, insecurities, optimism, and penchant for crossword puzzles will resonate….VERDICT Cara provides a dramatic and youthful eyewit- “Leira’s lyrical first-person narrative advances the story along beautifully with a ness perspective on wildfires, evacuation operations, the kindness and generosity fitting sense of urgency, and free-verse songs clue readers in to her emotional of strangers, and the traumatic uncertainty of loss. A timely addition to middle development. Immersive historical fiction.”—Booklist Starred Review grade collections.”—School Library Journal

“Some chapters written in verse make the more emotional plot lines sing. An “Written in flowing prose, Missing Mike explores the meaning of home….The eye-opening look at how difficult it is when one’s status changes in life, and how emotional intensity of the story never falters. It is full of the longing, loss, and attitude can shape outcome. VERDICT Beautiful writing and a fast-moving plot desperation of losing everything. Through that sadness and desolation, the book will give young historical fiction fans much to love.”—School Library Journal teaches an amazing lesson about hope, kindness, and the importance of family.” Starred Review —Foreword Reviews

Juvenile Nonfiction Ages 8–12 Early Reader Treasury Ages 5–8 ISBN: 978-1-77278-066-6 ISBN: 978-1-77278-048-2 List Price: $16.95 USD / $18.95 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket List Price: $16.95 USD / $18.95 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket

2018 CBC Books “13 Canadian middle-grade books to watch for this fall” Princess Pistachio: 2014 OLA Best Bet selection Princess Pistachio and Maurice the Magnificent: 2018 Canadian Children’s 2018 Junior Library Guild selection Book Centre Best Books for Kids & Teens Spring 2018 selection

“As a work of fragmented and painful memories from the time Van was between Princess Pistachio: “The skillful combination of text and illustrations addresses the ages of four and eight, the narrative is impressively credible, capturing her many serious concerns of early childhood—and even of parenthood—without stray- feelings of confused abandonment, visceral descriptions of her life in Ho Chi ing from the book’s tone of fun and frivolity....A playful and entertaining take on Minh City, and gradual adjustment to being separated from her immediate family. children’s perennial questions surrounding ideas of personhood, family and commu- Also well integrated are the family’s hardened cynicism towards the communist nity.”—Kirkus Reviews Starred Review government and their determination to forge on despite poverty and corruption. Family photographs and appended interviews with both Van’s parents add a par- Princess Pistachio and Maurice the Magnificent: “Irrepressible Princess Pistachio ticular poignancy to her narrative.”—Booklist is back in all her enthusiastic glory….Gay’s easy, breezy syntax is wonderfully de- scriptive even as it skillfully addresses life lessons about friendship, self-involvement, “The story is told from Van’s childhood perspective, with age-appropriate vocab- and forgiveness. The cast of characters is eccentric and diverse, and teacher Mr. ulary and emotional heft. But readers of all ages will be immediately drawn to the Grumblebrain’s name is wonderfully inventive. Ink, watercolor, and colored pencil il- simple, direct narration….[T]he authors eschew sentimentality and sensational- lustrations are full of life and humor, perfectly complementing the action. Breathless, ism, creating a straightforward autobiography that is truthful about resilience laugh-out-loud fun.”—Kirkus Reviews Starred Review and the often unpredictable ways children act and react.”—Quill & Quire Starred Review Princess Pistachio and the Pest: “In four breathless, fast-paced chapters, Gay once again weaves a frantically funny tale with deliciously named characters, while subtly “With simple but engaging language, Skrypuch recounts Van Ho’s true story of recognizing some underlying concerns regarding sibling responsibility and difficul- her lonely and hard life in Vietnam during the years she was separated from her ties with adult-child communication. Descriptive and age-appropriate language flows family….This illuminating chapter book respects an often overlooked demo- naturally and is in perfect tandem with the brightly hued illustrations that depict red- graphic, providing transitioning readers a truthful yet age-appropriate introduc- headed, freckle-faced Pistachio’s every changing emotion. Young readers will cheer tion to big issues that still affect people to this day.”—Kirkus Reviews for her. Long live Princess Pistachio.” —Kirkus Reviews Starred Review

26 RECENTLY RELEASED RECENTLY RELEASED 27 Picture Book for Children Ages 4–7 Picture Book for Children Ages 1–4 ISBN: 978-1-77278-051-2 ISBN: 978-1-77278-061-1 List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD Hardcover with List Price: $16.95 USD / $17.95 CAD Hardcover with padded cover dust jacket

“The simple plot, short length, and rich vocabulary Picture Book for Children Ages 4–7 make this a fine choice for toddlers just beginning ISBN: 978-1-77278-051-2 to listen to real stories, but there’s enough inter- List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket est and action for older preschoolers as well. Just right to enjoy after a rainy-day outing…”—Kirkus “Bender’s sharp wit, onomatopoeic language, and cartoon-style illus- Reviews trations capture Giraffe’s exasperation, determination, and terror… Bender includes a map of the locations Giraffe visits in his odyssey; “This is a book in celebration of a rainy day, of siblings, and of the inset pictures of the new animals in this book, a bush baby and an fun of experience. Like Jane’s previous book Wild One, this is a book ibex, along with their Latin, scientific names offer bonus STEM mate- about children enjoying nature.”—Canadian Bookworm rial….A sequel that delivers.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Written and presented with the same sparkling liveliness as Wild “Savor for the warmth of the illustrations, the fun, and the read- One, A Good Day for Ducks is [a] wonderfully rhythmic, sing-song aloud possibilities.” —Booklist tale…that a reader (and listener) cannot help but be inspired to join in on…The combination of effective, chanting-like text (perfect short length for toddlers and up to appreciate!) with lovely, soft watercolor and ink drawings makes for another great picture book from the Canadian author and artist duo.” —Fab Book Reviews The Most Talked-About Book On Our List!

2018 Horn Book, “August 2018 Back-to-School Horn Book Herald: In- termediate” selection Picture Book for Children Ages 3–7 2018 The Children’s Book Review, “Best New Books for Tweens & PreTeens ISBN: 978-1-77278-050-5 | March 2018” selection List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket “Much like the boy’s ever-transforming anxieties, panels shift from slender, 2018 ILA Today, “Conflict: Awareness, Understanding, and Resolu- compressed squares to sweeping double-page spreads. The otherworldly glow tion” selection of the black-and-white palette, too, elegantly underscores the boy’s ongoing 2018 49th Shelf, “Kids Books on Kindness” selection battle against darkness. More than a moving portrayal of one boy’s struggle, 2018 49th Shelf, “Back to School Books” selection this is also a magnifying lens through which to identify and discuss mental illness with readers of all ages. Don’t let its title or page count fool you, Small “A tool to spur kindness conversations…”—Kirkus Reviews Things’ effects are monumental.”—Booklist Starred Review “The real strength of A World of Kindness is its art… [E]ach illustration “[An] incredibly moving tale…This wordless, picture book–size graphic novel in its own way and style authentically highlights the joy of kindness… is rendered in beautiful gradients of pencil….[A] sympathetic examination of because kindness is beauty in human form…Preschool and Kindergar- anxiety that never assigns blame…VERDICT With direction from educators, ten teachers will find that A World of Kindness makes a lovely compan- guidance counselors, or parents, this poignant title will resonate with those ion to now-classic picture books on kindness such as Have You Filled a dealing with mental illness. A superb example of bibliotherapy.”—School Library Bucket Today?” —CM Magazine Journal Starred Review “The pictures are well chosen to convey the actions, and show diversity. “A boy struggles to fit in at a new school in this wordless story with a big A great addition to any collection.”—Canadian Bookworm Juvenile Fiction for Children Ages 8–12 ISBN: 978-1-77278-042-0 message about childhood anxiety and the power of kindness and accep- List Price: $21.95 USD / $22.95 CAD Hardcover tance….[The illustrations] depict the insidious nature of worry…”—Foreword with dust jacket Reviews Starred Review

“The late Australian artist Tregonning’s wordless graphic tale, completed Booklist Starred Review posthumously with help from Shaun Tan, captures the way anxiety can ravage children’s lives….Tregonning creates a visual language for the pain of depres- School Library Journal sion and anxiety, and her story may provide a measure of hope to those who Starred Review might otherwise have given up in despair.”—Publishers Weekly Foreword Reviews Starred Review 28 RECENTLY RELEASED RECENTLY RELEASED 29 A Brush Full of Colour: Baby Cakes Community Soup Evie Brooks is Marooned in Manhattan The World of Ted Harrison Theo Heras Alma Fullerton Sheila Agnew Katherine Gibson / Margriet Ruurs Illustrated by Renné Benoit Picture Book Ages 4–8 Juvenile Fiction Ages 9–12 Picture Book for All Ages Picture Book Ages 1–3 ISBN: 978-1-927485-27-9 HC | 978-1-77278-070-3 PB ISBN: 978-1-927485-87-3 HC | 978-1-927485-82-8 PB ISBN: 978-1-927485-63-7 ISBN: 978-1-77278-030-7 List Price: $19.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC List Price: $15.95 USD / $17.95 CAD HC List Price: $19.95 USD / $22.95 CAD HC List Price: $13.95 USD / $15.95 CAD HC List Price: $11.95 USD / $11.95 CAD PB List Price: $9.95 USD / $12.95 CAD PB

A Good Day for Ducks Bad Pirate The Flooded Earth Jane Whittingham Kari-Lynn Winters Dance of the Banished Mardi McConnochie Illustrated by Noel Tuazon Illustrated by Dean Griffiths Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch Juvenile Cli-Fi Ages 9–12 Picture Book for Children Ages 1–4 Picture Book Ages 5–8 Young Adult Fiction Ages 12+ ISBN: 978-1-77278-049-9 ISBN: 978-1-77278-061-1 ISBN: 978-1-927485-71-2 ISBN: 978-1-927485-65-1 List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD List Price: $16.95 USD / $17.95 CAD Hardcover with List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC List Price: $12.95 USD / 15.95 CAD PB padded cover Bat Citizens: Defending the Ninjas French Toast A Good Trade of the Night Don’t Laugh at Giraffe Kari-Lynn Winters Alma Fullerton Rob Laidlaw Rebecca Bender Illustrated by François Thisdale Illustrated by Karen Patkau Juvenile Nonfiction Ages 8–12 Picture Book Ages 4–7 Picture Book Ages 4–7 Picture Book Ages 5+ ISBN: 978-1-77278-039-0 ISBN: 978-0-9869495-6-2 ISBN: 978-1-77278-006-2 ISBN: 978-0-9869495-9-3 List Price: $18.95 USD / $22.95 CAD HC List Price: $16.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC List Price: $19.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC Bear on the Homefront A World of Kindness Harry Endrulat / Stephanie Innes Giraffe and Bird Edited by Ann Featherstone Illustrated by Brian Deines Dragonfly Song Rebecca Bender Picture Book for Children Ages 3–7 Picture Book Ages 5+ Wendy Orr Picture Book Ages 4–7 ISBN: 978-1-77278-050-5 ISBN: 978-1-927485-13-2 Middle Grade Fiction Ages 10–14 ISBN: 978-1-77278-025-3 List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD Hardcover List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC ISBN: 978-1-77278-037-6 List Price: $17.95 CAD HC with dust jacket List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC For U.S. edition, see Not Friends Ben and the Scaredy-Dog A Year of Borrowed Men Sarah Ellis Giraffe and Bird Together Again Michelle Barker Illustrated by Kim La Fave Rebecca Bender Illustrated by Renné Benoit Picture Book Ages 3–6 Elephant Journey: The True Story Picture Book for Children Ages 4–7 Picture Book Ages 6+ ISBN: 978-1-77278-044-4 of Three Zoo Elephants and ISBN: 978-1-77278-051-2 ISBN: 978-1-927485-83-5 List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD Hardcover with dust their Rescue from Captivity jacket List Price: $18.95 USD / $21.95 CAD HC Rob Laidlaw Ben Says Goodbye Illustrated by Brian Deines A+ for Big Ben Sarah Ellis Picture Book Ages 6–9 Giraffe Meets Bird Sarah Ellis Illustrated by Kim La Fave ISBN: 978-1-927485-77-4 Rebecca Bender Illustrated by Kim La Fave Picture Book Ages 3–6 List Price: $19.95 USD / 22.95 CAD HC Picture Book Ages 2–5 Board Book for Ages 2-5 ISBN: 978-1-927485-79-8 ISBN: 978-1-927485-35-4 List Price: $15.95 USD / $18.95 CAD HC ISBN: 978-1-927485-76-7 List Price: $16.95 USD / $18.95 CAD HC Elliot List Price: $9.95 USD / $9.95 CAD BB Julie Pearson Best Pirate Illustrated by Manon Gauthier Adrift at Sea: A Vietnamese Boy’s Kari-Lynn Winters Translated by Erin Woods Going for a Sea Bath Story of Survival Illustrated by Dean Griffiths Picture Book Ages 5–8 Andrée Poulin Illustrated by Anne-Claire Delisle Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch with Tuan Ho Juvenile Nonfiction Ages 5–8 ISBN: 978-1-927485-85-9 Translated by Erin Woods Illustrated by Brian Deines ISBN: 978-1-77278-019-2 List Price: $16.95 USD / $18.95 CAD HC Picture Book for Ages 4–7 Picture Book Ages 6+ List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC ISBN: 978-1-927485-92-7 ISBN: 978-1-77278-005-5 List Price: $14.95 USD / $17.95 CAD HC List Price: $18.95 USD / $22.95 CAD HC Cat Champions: Caring for our Evie Brooks in Central Park Feline Friends Showdown All the World a Poem Rob Laidlaw Sheila Agnew Good Morning, Grumple Gilles Tibo Juvenile Nonfiction Ages 8–12 Juvenile Fiction Ages 9–12 Victoria Allenby Illustrated by Manon Gauthier ISBN: 978-1-927485-31-6 HC | 978-1-927485-54-5 PB ISBN: 978-1-927485-93-4 HC / 978-1-927485-94-1 PB Illustrated by Manon Gauthier Translated by Erin Woods List Price: $15.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC List Price: $15.95 USD / $17.95 CAD HC ISBN: 978-1-77278-014-7 Picture Book Ages 5+ List Price: $11.95 USD / $14.95 CAD PB List Price: $9.95 USD / $12.95 CAD PB List Price: $14.95 USD / $15.95 CAD HC ISBN: 978-1-77278-009-3 List Price: $16.95 USD / $16.95 CAD HC

30 COMPLETE VISUAL BACKLIST COMPLETE VISUAL BACKLIST 31 Good Pirate Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan’s Nat the Cat Can Sleep Like That Our New Kittens Kari-Lynn Winters Rescue from War Victoria Allenby Theo Heras Illustrated by Dean Griffiths Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch Illustrated by Tara Anderson Illustrated by Alice Carter Picture Book Ages 5–8 Juvenile Nonfiction Ages 8–12 Picture Book Ages 2–6 | Board Book Ages 1–4 Picture Book Ages 3–6 ISBN: 978-1-927485-80-4 ISBN: 978-1-927485-52-1 HC | 978-1-927485-66-8 BB ISBN: 978-0-9869495-1-7 ISBN: 978-1-77278-060-4 List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 HC List Price: $15.95 CAD / $19.95 CAD HC List Price: $10.95 USD / $12.95 CAD PB List Price: $15.95 USD / $17.95 CAD List Price: $7.95 USD / $10.95 CAD BB Graffiti Knight Little Fox, Lost Next Round: A Young Athlete’s Peach Girl Karen Bass Nicole Snitselaar Journey to Gold Young Adult Fiction Ages 12+ Raymond Nakamura Illustrated by Alicia Padrón John Spray Illustrated by Rebecca Bender ISBN: 978-1-927485-53-8 Translated by Erin Woods Juvenile Nonfiction Ages 10–14 List Price: $11.95 USD / $14.95 CAD PB Picture Book Ages 5–8 Picture Book Ages 3–6 ISBN: 978-1-77278-003-1 HC / 978-1-77278-001-7 PB ISBN: 978-1-927485-58-3 ISBN: 978-1-77278-004-8 List Price: $14.95 USD / $16.95 CAD HC List Price: $19.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC List Price: $15.95 USD / $16.95 CAD HC List Price: $9.95 USD / $11.95 CAD PB Hat On, Hat Off The Night Lion Theo Heras Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Sanne Dufft Princess Pistachio Illustrated by Renné Benoit Picture Book Ages 3–5 Picture Book Ages 1–3 Goddess Marie-Louise Gay Shari Green ISBN: 978-1-77278-041-3 Translated by Jacob Homel ISBN: 978-1-927485-34-7 List Price: $15.95 USD / $17.95 CAD HC List Price: $13.95 USD / $15.95 CAD HC Juvenile Fiction Ages 8–12 Early Chapter Book Ages 5–8 ISBN: 978-1-77278-033-8 HC / 978-1-77278-017-8 PB ISBN: 978-1-927485-69-9 List Price: $16.95 USD / $17.95 CAD HC Nix Minus One List Price: $10.95 USD / $12.95 CAD HC The Hill List Price: $11.95 USD / $14.95 CAD PB Jill MacLean Karen Bass Missing Mike Young Adult Fiction Ages 12+ Princess Pistachio Treasury Young Adult Fiction Ages 12+ Shari Green ISBN: 978-1-927485-24-8 HC | 978-1-927485-25-5 PB Marie-Louise Gay ISBN: 978-1-77278-002-4 Juvenile Fiction Ages 8–12 List Price: $15.95 USD / 21.95 CAD HC Early Reader Treasury Ages 5–8 List Price: $11.95 USD / 14.95 CAD PB ISBN: 978-1-77278-045-1 List Price: $11.95 USD / $14.95 CAD PB ISBN: 978-1-77278-048-2 List Price: $16.95 USD / $19.95 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket List Price: $16.95 USD / $18.95 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket Hoogie in the Middle No Shelter Here: Making the World Stephanie McLellan a Kinder Place for Dogs Illustrated by Dean Griffiths Moon At Nine Rob Laidlaw Princess Pistachio and Maurice Picture Book Ages 3–7 Deborah Ellis Juvenile Nonfiction Ages 8–12 the Magnificent ISBN: 978-1-927485-28-6 Young Adult Fiction Ages 12+ ISBN: 978-0-9869495-5-5 HC | 978-0-9869495-2-4 PB List Price: $14.95 USD / $17.95 CAD HC Marie-Louise Gay ISBN: 978-1-927485-97-2 PB (This edition US only) List Price: $15.95 USD / $21.95 CAD HC Early Chapter Book Ages 5–8 List Price: $11.95 USD List Price: $11.95 USD / $14.95 CAD PB ISBN: 978-1-77278-021-5 How Do You Feel? List Price: $10.95 USD / $12.95 CAD HC Rebecca Bender Not Friends ISBN: 978-1-77278-013-0 Moon At Nine Rebecca Bender Princess Pistachio and the Pest Picture Book Ages 2–5 Deborah Ellis Picture Book Ages 4–7 List Price: $15.95 USD / 16.95 CAD HC Marie-Louise Gay Young Adult Fiction Ages 12+ ISBN: 978-1-77278-026-0 Translated by Jacob Homel ISBN: 978-1-927485-57-6 HC | 978-1-927485-59-0 PB List Price: $17.95 USD HC Early Chapter Book Ages 5–8 List Price: $15.95 USD / 19.95 CAD HC For Canadian edition, see Giraffe and Bird ISBN: 978-1-927485-73-6 In a Cloud of Dust List Price: $16.95 CAD PB (This edition Canada only) List Price: $10.95 USD / $12.95 CAD HC Alma Fullerton Illustrated by Brian Deines My Beautiful Birds Once Upon a Line Revenge on the Fly Picture Book Ages 4–8 Suzanne Del Rizzo Wallace Edwards ISBN: 978-1-927485-62-0 HC / 978-1-77278-000-0 PB Sylvia McNicoll Picture Book Ages 6–10 Illustrated by Wallace Edwards Juvenile Fiction Ages 8+ List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC ISBN: 978-1-77278-010-9 Picture Book Ages 6–9 List Price: $8.95 USD / $10.95 CAD PB ISBN: 978-1-927485-56-9 List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC ISBN: 978-1927485-78-1 List Price: $12.95 USD / $12.95 CAD PB List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC Kiss, Kiss Jennifer Couëlle One Step at a Time: A Vietnamese Illustrated by Jacques Laplante Rhino Rumpus Namesake Child Finds Her Way Victoria Allenby Translated by Karen Simon Sue MacLeod Picture Book Ages 3–6 Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch Illustrated by Tara Anderson Young Adult Fiction Ages 12+ Juvenile Nonfiction Ages 8–12 Picture Book Ages 2–4 ISBN: 978-1-927485-86-6 ISBN: 978-1-927485-29-3 List Price: $12.95 USD / $14.95 CAD HC ISBN: 978-1-927485-01-9 HC | 978-1-927485-02-6 PB ISBN: 978-1-927485-96-5 List Price: $11.95 USD / $14.95 CAD PB List Price: $13.95 USD / 17.95 CAD HC List Price: $14.95 USD / $16.95 CAD HC List Price: $12.95 USD / $12.95 CAD PB

32 COMPLETE VISUAL BACKLIST COMPLETE VISUAL BACKLIST 33 Road Signs That Say West Sun Dog True Blue Water’s Children: Celebrating Sylvia Gunnery Deborah Kerbel Deborah Ellis the Resource that Unites Us All Young Adult Fiction Ages 12+ Illustrated by Suzanne Del Rizzo Young Adult Fiction Ages 12+ Angèle Delaunois ISBN: 978-1-77278-023-9 Picture Book Ages 4–7 ISBN: 978-0-9869495-0-0 Illustrated by Gérard Frischeteau List Price: $11.95 USD / $14.95 CAD PB ISBN: 978-1-77278-038-3 List Price: $11.95 USD / $14.95 CAD PB Translated by Erin Woods List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC Picture Book Ages 4–8 ISBN: 978-1-77278-015-4 Tweezle into Everything List Price: $16.95 USD / $18.95 CAD HC Root Beer Candy and Other Miracles Swallow’s Dance Stephanie McLellan Shari Green Wendy Orr Illustrated by Dean Griffiths Juvenile Fiction Ages 8–12 When Emily Carr Met Woo Juvenile Fiction ages 10–14 Picture Book Ages 3–7 Monica Kulling ISBN: 978-1-77278-007-9 ISBN: 978-1-77278-062-8 ISBN: 978-1-927485-47-7 List Price: $9.95 USD / $11.95 CAD PB Illustrated by Dean Griffiths List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD List Price: $14.95 USD / $17.95 CAD HC Picture Book Ages 5+ ISBN: 978-1-927485-40-8 Two Times a Traitor List Price: $19.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC Sky Pig The Theory of Hummingbirds Karen Bass Jan L. Coates Michelle Kadarusman Juvenile Fiction Ages 9–12 When the Rain Comes Illustrated by Suzanne Del Rizzo Juvenile Fiction Ages 8–12 ISBN: 978-1-77278-031-4 HC | 978-1-77278-024-6 PB Picture Book Ages 4–7 Alma Fullerton ISBN: 978-1-77278-027-7 HC / 978-1-77278-035-2 PB List Price: $15.95 USD / $17.95 CAD HC Illustrated by Kim La Fave ISBN: 978-1-927485-98-9 List Price: $15.95 USD / $17.95 CAD HC List Price: $10.95 USD / $12.95 CAD PB List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC Picture Book Ages 4–8 List Price: $9.95 USD / $11.95 CAD PB ISBN: 978-1-77278-012-3 Uncertain Soldier List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC Skydiver: Saving the Fastest Timo’s Garden Karen Bass Bird in the World Victoria Allenby Young Adult Fiction Ages 12+ Celia Godkin Where’s Bunny? Illustrated by Dean Griffiths ISBN: 978-1-927485-72-9 Theo Heras Picture Book Ages 6–9 Early Chapter Book Ages 5–8 List Price: $11.95 USD / $14.95 CAD PB Illustrated by Rennè Benoit ISBN: 978-1-927485-61-3 HC | 978-1-927485-89-7 PB ISBN: 978-1-927485-84-2 Picture Book Ages 1–3 List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC List Price: $10.95 USD / $12.95 CAD HC ISBN: 978-1-77278-043-7 List Price: $8.95 USD / $10.95 CAD PB Under the Umbrella List Price: $13.95 USD / $15.95 CAD HC Slug Days Timo Goes Camping Catherine Buquet Sara Leach Victoria Allenby Illustrated by Marion Arbona Illustrated by Rebecca Bender Wild One Illustrated by Dean Griffiths Translated by Erin Woods Jane Whittingham Illustrated Junior Novel Ages 7–10 Early Chapter Book Ages 5–8 Picture Book Ages 4–8 Illustrated by Noel Tuazon ISBN: 978-1-77278-022-2 ISBN: 978-1-77278-040-6 ISBN: 978-1-77278-016-1 Picture Book Ages 1–4 List Price: $15.95 USD / $17.95 CAD HC List Price: $10.95 USD / $12.95 CAD HC List Price: $16.95 USD / $18.95 CAD HC ISBN: 978-1-77278-036-9 List Price: $15.95 USD / $16.95 CAD HC Timo’s Party Small Things Victoria Allenby Waiting for Sophie The Wolves Return: A New Mel Tregonning Illustrated by Dean Griffiths Sarah Ellis Juvenile Fiction for Children Ages 8–12 Early Chapter Book Ages 5–8 Illustrated by Carmen Mok Beginning for Yellowstone ISBN: 978-1-77278-042-0 ISBN: 978-1-77278-008-6 Early Chapter Book Ages 5–8 National Park List Price: $21.95 USD / $24.95 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket List Price: $10.95 USD / $12.95 HC ISBN: 978-1-77278-020-8 Celia Godkin List Price: $10.95 USD / $12.95 CAD HC Juvenile Nonfiction Ages 6–9 ISBN: 978-1-77278-011-6 The Stowaways Too Young to Escape: A Vietnamese Girl List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC Meghan Marentette Waits to be Reunited With Her Family Wash On! Illustrated by Dean Griffiths Van Ho Michèle Marineau Woodrow at Sea Juvenile Fiction Ages 8–12 Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch Illustrated by Manon Gauthier Wallace Edwards ISBN: 978-1-927485-33-0 HC | 978-1-927485-88-0 PB Juvenile Nonfiction Ages 8–12 Picture Book Ages 4–7 Picture Book Ages 3–5 List Price: $15.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC ISBN: 978-1-77278-066-6 ISBN: 978-1-77278-018-5 ISBN: 978-1-77278-029-1 List Price: $10.95 USD / $12.95 CAD PB List Price: $16.95 USD / $18.95 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket List Price: $16.95 USD / $18.95 CAD HC List Price: $16.95 USD / $17.95 CAD HC

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