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RETURNS SHOULD BE SENT TO www.accesscopyright.ca or, toll-free at Ingram Publisher Services 1-800-893-5777. 1210 Ingram Drive Chambersburg, PA 17202 Pajama Press 181 Carlaw Ave. Suite 251, Toronto, ON, Canada, M4M 2S1 • 416-466-2222 A School Library Journal Best Books of 2018 Selection “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