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Fall 2020 ABOUT SCHOLASTIC CANADA Scholastic Canada is the country’s largest publisher and distributor of children’s books in both official languages. A subsidiary of Scholastic Inc., which is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2020, the company is a leading provider of quality books and e-books, print and technology-based educational resources. Scholastic also makes a great variety of books available to children through school-based Reading Clubs and Book Fairs as well as retail and online stores, schools and libraries. Established in Canada in 1957, with a long history of service to schools and families, Scholastic Canada continues to carry out its commitment to “Open a World of Possible” for all children.
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SELLING POINTS • Both parents and kids will laugh XXXXXNot Me at this unexpected take on a Ages x3 to x8 common sibling squabble. Picture Book By xxxxxElise Gravel • Gravel’s signature wit infuses both story and illustrations.
AVAILABLE NOW Axxxxx hilarious twist on the perpetual question: •xxxxxxx Pages: 32 Who made this mess? • Both$19.99 parents and kids will laugh • atPaper this unexpectedOver Board take on a • commonFull-colour sibling illustrations squabble. When Dad asks who left socks all over the place, a • 978-1-4431-8174-7 brotherxxxxxx and sister insist that it was “Not Me.” Dad is • Gravel’sSize: 8" signaturex 11" wit infuses quite sure that the kids are not telling the truth, until both story and illustrations. he is introduced to Not Me, who in turn accuses Not Rights available: World True, who exposes the real sock bandit: Not Fair. excluding French (N. Amer.) xxxxxxxx Monsters personifying a child’s typical responses • Pages: 32 brilliantly address the act of blaming others and • $18.99 • Paper Over Board excuse-making by focusing on the humour of the • Full-colour illustrations situation. • 978-1-4431-8174-7 • Size: 8" x 11" Parents and caregivers will appreciate this highly relatable book just as much as children will. Rights available: World excluding French (N. Amer.)
ALSO BY THIS AUTHOR : The Worst Book Ever
XXXXX xxxxxx ELISE GRAVEL has won the Governor General’s Award for Illustration, two Applied Arts Awards and a Grafika Award. She was also shortlisted for the Mr. Christie’s Book Award and the Prix jeunesse des libraires du Québec. She has written and illustrated more than 20 books for children in both French and English and has fans around the world. She lives in Montreal, Quebec. www.elisegravel.com.
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SELLING POINTS • Action packed and funny! The Lunch Club: Ages 7 to 10 • Full-colour graphic illustrations It Came from the Basement Graphic Novel • First of a five-book series • Zany cartoon illustrations By Dom Pelletier and fast-paced, easy-to- read action make this a great introduction to the graphic novel format. A new graphic novel series that is out of this world! AVAILABLE NOW It’s the first day at a new school for unicorn-loving, sensible Tia. It’s hard to be the new kid. Lunching • Pages: 136 • $13.99 alone in a basement classroom, she finds an unlikely • Paperback friend in Leo, a joker more focused on the next laugh • Full-colour illustrations than finishing his homework. • 978-1-4431-8271-3 • Size: 6" x 9" One day, Tia and Leo notice the janitor acting strangely. He’s been picking through the trash and hoarding Rights available: World, banana peels in the school basement. And he’s acting excluding French (N. Amer.)
kind of like a zombie! Things go from weird to worse Book 2: Summer 2021 when the kids — with the help of the leader of the The Curse of the Scarewolf school’s least popular club, the Stamp Club — discover what’s behind it: a huge mustachioed space monster who plans to take over the world!
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DOM PELLETIER started drawing cartoons at age five and has not stopped since! He attended Laval University, and after spending time in the great outdoors planting trees for a living and travelling the world, he worked as a video game designer. His popular joke book series now has over 50 very funny bestselling titles.
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SELLING POINTS • Graphic novel format is lively and a popular way to read The Good Fight Ages 10 to 13 historical fiction. By Ted Staunton Graphic Novel • The featured time period is an interesting turning point in Illustrated by Josh Rosen history, and the setting gives a cinematic flavour to the story. • Tackles timely issues: A fast-paced graphic novel that sheds light on immigration, xenophobia and anti-Semitism. prejudice and racial injustice.
The summer is hot and the growing city feels small APRIL 2021 as a xenophobic wave rises. In one area of the • Pages: 224 beach, a neighbourhood protective association has • $16.99 formed to keep out “undesirables,” and its members • Paperback • Full-colour illustrations patrol wearing silver swastika pins. Meanwhile, as • 978-1-4431-6383-5 1 an alarming tide of anti-Semitism grows overseas, • Size: 6" x 8 /2" the local police chief believes the immigrant Jewish community is at the root of a communist threat. Rights available: World
Sid and his pop live nearby in Toronto’s immigrant ALSO BY THIS AUTHOR slum. Times are tough, and Sid faces difficult choices Cover Not as he wrestles with honesty, bigotry, poverty and Final expectations as a member of a “whiz mob” — a gang of pickpockets. When Sid and his friends get coerced into assisting the police after they’re caught stealing a wallet, they must decide how far they will go to do what’s right and to protect those they love. With extraordinarily cinematic artwork that immediately transports readers back in time, this incredible graphic novel shines a striking light on many contemporary issues: the immigrant experience, the roots of prejudice and taking a stand against injustice.
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TED STAUNTON is the award-winning author of over forty books for young people, including Bounced, What Blows Up in The Almost Epic Squad series, the picture book Friends for Real, illustrated by Ruth Ohi, The Almost Epic Squad: and many more. A busy and popular presenter at schools across Canada, What Blows Up Ted also teaches writing at George Brown College in Toronto and is a 978-1-4431-5782-7 roots/blues musician. Visit him online at www.tedstauntonbooks.com.
JOSH ROSEN is a cartoonist and illustrator who lives in Toronto. When he’s not making comics, he works in children’s arts education, helping students across a wide range of ages find their own creative voices.
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SELLING POINTS • A layered story and with adorable illustrations. Friends for Real Ages 3 to 8 • A read-aloud that promises By Ted Staunton Picture Book new discoveries on each Illustrated by Ruth Ohi reading. • The theme of friendship is portrayed from a sensitive point of view that models Emma searches for her lost favourite how to recognize and be a good friend. toy, and instead finds a true friend. • A celebration of the transformational power When Emma loses Squeezy, her of imagination. favourite stuffed animal, she tries to • Bonus activities and find another toy to replace her best- video online. loved “pet.” It’s hard. No one else is exactly like Squeezy, and for Emma, AVAILABLE NOW Squeezy is perfect. But instead of • Pages: 32 finding Squeezy, Emma ends up • $16.99 discovering an unexpected friendship, • Paper Over Board and that two imaginations are better • 978-1-4431-7515-9 than one. • Full-colour illustrations • Size: 9 1/2" x 9 1/2" This touching, smart story of lost-and- found treasures is a great reminder that things don’t always go as planned, but Rights available: World, they can turn out better than expected. When Emma makes a friend in Frank, excluding French (N. Amer.) she finds what she’d been missing all along!
TED STAUNTON is the author of more than forty books for young people, including Bounced and What Blows Up (The Almost Epic Squad series). He is also a roots and blues musician. A popular presenter at schools, libraries and conferences, Ted also teaches writing at a college in Toronto. Visit www.tedstauntonbooks.com.
RUTH OHI has written and illustrated more than sixty children’s books, including the Fox and Squirrel series, No Help Wanted!, Scribble and Shh! My Brother’s Napping. Her books are in translation worldwide and have been nominated for many awards, including the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator’s Award and the Governor General’s Award. She lives with her family in Toronto, Ontario. Visit www.scholastic.ca/ruthohi.
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• 6 • Ruth Ohi | Ages 3 to 8
A big friendship triumphs over small differences in this irresistible series!
Fox and Squirrel Fox and Squirrel Fox and Squirrel Fox and Squirrel Pages: 32 • 978-1-4431-1914-6 Make a Friend The Best Christmas Ever Help Out $14.99 • Paper Over Board Pages: 32 • 978-1-4431-3320-3 Pages: 32 • 978-1-4431-5703-2 Pages: 32 • 978-1-4431-6320-0 $14.99 • Paper Over Board $14.99 • Paper Over Board $16.99 • Paper Over Board
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Shh! My Brother’s Napping Scribble No Help Wanted! Pages: 32 • 978-1-4431-1993-1 Pages: 32 • 978-1-4431-4666-1 Pages: 32 • 978-1-4431-6360-6 $14.99 • Paper Over Board $ 9.99 • Paperback $16.99 • Paper Over Board Rights available: World, Rights available: World, Rights available: World, excluding Asia (English), French excluding Australia/NZ, French excluding French (N. Amer.), (N. Amer.), Korea, Spain, Turkey (N. Amer.), China, Korea and Korea and Spain and US Turkey
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SELLING POINTS • Fine art that is accessible Can You Imagine? and appealing to young Ages 3 to 8 readers — and full of By Wallace Edwards Picture Book countless captivating details. • Engaging, fun layout juxtaposes text and art. • Explores themes of mindfulness, quiet space, Where do ideas come from? creativity and listening Everywhere! to oneself. Our hero contemplates his empty canvas — AUGUST 2021 he doesn’t have any new ideas. Not knowing • Pages: 32 what to draw, he sets off to find inspiration. • $19.99 • Hardcover, Jacketed Does he really go somewhere? Or is it just in • 978-1-4431-7043-7 his mind? That’s up to the reader! Can You • Size: 9" x 11" Imagine? shows his fantastic journey through unusual places, both surreal and everyday, Rights available: World, excluding French (N. Amer.) with so much to explore on each page. After a time, our hero heads home full of inspiration. On his canvas, he starts to paint something that was always close to home, but that now, thanks to his creative exploration, he sees in a new light.
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WALLACE EDWARDS is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art. His paintings and illustrations are found in public and private collections, books and magazines. He works primarily in watercolour and pencil, using many styles from cartoon to scientific illustration. His picture book Alphabeasts won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Illustration. His other acclaimed titles include Uncle Wally’s Old Brown Shoe, Once Upon a Line, Out of the Blue and What Is Peace? www.wallace-edwards-art.com.
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SELLING POINTS • A story featuring a special- needs child thriving in a regular Fast Friends Ages 3 to 7 classroom setting. By Heather M. O’Connor Picture Book • A highly readable, fast-paced Illustrated by Claudia Dávila story that children, especially those who are in constant motion, will relate to and enjoy. • Bonus activities and video Every child has a voice — if we take the online.
time to listen. In this appealing, energetic picture book, two AVAILABLE NOW kids with different challenges and strengths find • Pages: 32 they are just what the other needs to navigate • $8.99 • Paperback classroom life. • Full-colour illustrations Tyson does everything fast — so fast he often • 978-1-4431-7040-6 • Size: 8" x 10" disrupts the class. His teacher is always saying, “Too fast, Tyson!” And often he ends up playing all Rights available: World, alone. Suze, the new girl, is nonverbal with special excluding French (N. Amer.) needs. Sometimes her classmates don’t know what those needs are. But Tyson understands. Taking the time to interpret her cues, Tyson forms a special friendship with Suze and teaches his classmates what it means to listen and understand others. Claudia Dávila’s bright, energetic art captures the joy of moving at your own speed and connecting with a friend who can ride alongside.
HEATHER M. O’CONNOR is a freelance writer, editor and author. Her first novel, Betting Game, was published by Orca. Fast Friends is inspired by her daughter and the classmates who wheeled her around through the years. Heather lives in Peterborough, Ontario. www.heathermoconnor.com.
CLAUDIA DÁVILA is the former art director of Chirp and Capital C magazines, and is the creator of the award-winning graphic novel series The Future According to Luz. Claudia illustrated The Canadian Kids’ Guide to Outdoor Fun by Helaine Becker and the award-winning book Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War. Claudia was born in Santiago, Chile, and now lives in Toronto, Ontario. https://houseoffran.wixsite. com/claudiadavila.
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SELLING POINTS • Shows a kid knowing who they Teamwork Ages 3 to 8 are and finding their own special place in the world — By Robert Munsch Picture Book even if it’s not what others Illustrated by Michael Martchenko expect of them. • Girls know that they can conquer dragons, or be an engineer, and choose not to marry the handsome prince. A new laugh-out-loud tale with heart from Boys also need to hear the Canada’s #1 storytelling team! message that they can be like Matthew: follow their passion Matthew’s parents think he should play on a and still be a popular and vital part of the team. sports team. Because how will he ever learn about teamwork if all he does is draw pictures • This book expresses to kids all day? So his mom signs him up for baseball. and parents that there is no one right way to be a boy. You can But out on the field, Matthew is too busy be artistic, creative and athletic looking at stuff to catch the ball. When a ball and strong. falls directly into his glove, he draws a picture on it and throws it back. The players toss him another, and another, and another, and he draws AVAILABLE NOW • Pages: 32 on those too. Soon, it’s a toss-o-rama as the • $7.99 teammates excitedly share their new art with • Paperback each other, showcasing the most unique display • Full-colour illustrations of teamwork that the coach has ever seen! • 978-1-4431-8269-0 • Size: 8" x 10" With his trademark wit and whimsy, Robert Munsch hits another home run with this story that will remind children and parents that everyone brings their own set Rights available: World, of special talents to a team! excluding French (N. Amer.)
ROBERT MUNSCH is Canada’s best loved and bestselling author of books for children, including Smelly Socks, We Share Everything! and Moving Day! He is a hero to generations of young Canadians, a member of the Order of Canada, and has a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame. Robert Munsch lives in Guelph, Ontario. Visit him online at www.scholastic.ca/munsch.
MICHAEL MARTCHENKO is the second half of Canada’s bestselling picture book team and the creator of illustrations that perfectly complement Robert Munsch’s storytelling and are instantly recognizable to generations of children. Michael lives in Burlington, Ontario.
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• 10 • Robert Munsch | Ages 3 to 8 Robert Munsch Canada’s bestselling author and everyone’s favourite storyteller with over 70 million books in print!
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SELLING POINTS • Skrypuch’s nuanced and emotional books are consistent Trapped in Hitler’s Web Ages 9 to 12 bestsellers with frequent By Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch Middle-Grade nominations and wins for Fiction children’s choice awards. • Novels with WWII and Holocaust themes have strong appeal for young readers and cross over to adult readers. A gripping story about the bonds of friendship and family against the perilous backdrop of war. AVAILABLE NOW In the grip of WWII, Maria comes to understand that • Pages: 240 her occupied Ukrainian town is no longer safe for • $23.99 her dear friend Nathan, because he is Jewish. Maria • Hardcover, Jacketed chooses to flee with him – into the heart of the Reich • 978-1-338-67258-9 • Size: 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" in Austria. They start working on a farm there with other foreign workers, hoping that they can escape • $9.99 the dangers behind them by hiding in plain sight. • Paperback • 978-1-338-67259-6 However, they are not so lucky and danger still • Size: 5 1/4" x 7 5/8" follows. Maria and Nathan realize they will have to fight, together, to escape Hitler’s web. But what Rights available: World, excluding US and if they become separated? Could they bear the French (N. Amer.) consequences?
ALSO BY THIS AUTHOR: First published as Don’t Tell the Enemy Pages: 240 • Hardcover • Ages 9–12 • 978-1-338-31053-5 Rights available: World, excluding US
The first-person account, based on the real-life Krystia’s memories as told to Skrypuch, reads like a memoir; despite the historically accurate body count, it retains a sense of hope. An accessible entry in a crowded, vital field, honoring those who risked everything to save others.” — Kirkus Reviews
MARSHA FORCHUK SKRYPUCH is the author of more than a dozen books, including Stolen Girl, The War Below and Making Bombs for Hitler. She has won many awards for her work and is one of Canada’s most respected authors of historical fiction for young people. Much of Marsha’s writing focuses on stories from her Ukrainian heritage, and she has been presented with the Order of Princess Olha by the President of Ukraine and named a Canadian Ukrainian Woman of Distinction. Visit www.calla.com.
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• 12 • Skrypuch | Ages 9 to 12
MARSHA FORCHUK SKRYPUCH Acclaimed historical fiction uncovering the untold stories ofWWII
Making Bombs for Hitler Pages: 240 • Hardcover Ages 9–12 “A gripping story that asks: What would you 978-0-545-93191-5 do to survive?” ★ Winner, OLA Silver Birch Award, Fiction — Alan Gratz, New York Times bestselling ★ Winner, Manitoba Young Readers’ author of Refugee Choice Award ★ Shortlisted, Kobzar Literary Award “Inspired by real, historical accounts, ★ Shortlisted, Geoffrey Bilson Award for this is a powerful, harrowing story of Historical Fiction for Young People transformation.” — Booklist Rights available: World, excluding Australia, China, French (N. Amer.), Korea, Portugal and US
First published as Stolen Child Pages: 208 • Hardcover Ages 9–12 “A gripping exploration of war-induced 978-1-338-23304-9 trauma, identity, and transformation.” ★ Winner, SCBWI Crystal Kite Member — Kirkus Reviews Choice Award – Americas ★ Shortlisted, OLA Golden Oak Award ★ Shortlisted, Diamond Willow Award “A fascinating, compelling read.” ★ Shortlisted, Canadian Library — Booklist
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First published as Underground Soldier Pages: 256 • Paperback “Skrypuch offers a compelling, visceral novel Ages 9–12 of survival that provides an unusual view of 978-1-338-60833-5 the war . . .” — Booklist ★ Shortlisted, Kobzar Literary Award “A page-turning window into a complex ★ Shortlisted, Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People piece of World War II history.” — Kirkus Rights available: World, Reviews excluding Australia, French (N. Amer.), Korea and US
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• 13 • Real girls, real issues, beautifully crafted stories.
SELLING POINTS • An authentic and age- appropriate portrayal of a Like a Duck Ages 8 to 12 young person dealing with Middle-Grade difficult issues: abandonment By Deborah Kerbel and identity due to an absent Fiction parent, and anxiety. • Lighthearted, careful treatment of personal support animals. A lighthearted, tender story of a girl and her • Distinct, endearing characters; steadfast duck. authentic voice. “I spend a lot of time thinking about what Grandad said MARCH 2021 that day Webster first went missing. How if you spend • Pages: 240 too much time dwelling on the things you’ve lost, you • $9.99 might not notice what you’ve got in its place. And how • Paperback sometimes those things can be just as wonderful. But in • 978-1-4431-7576-0 a different way.” • Size: 5" x 7 3/4"
Sarah is turning twelve. For the last ten years, ever Rights available: World since her dad mysteriously left, Sarah and her mom have always celebrated together for an entire birthday week. But when Sarah finds out that this year her mother has to work, and that she’s signed Sarah up at the last minute for a week of culinary school instead, things go from bad to worse. At least the camp has agreed to let Sarah bring her duck, Webster. Sarah knows that with Webster by her side she can handle whatever comes her way. But then Webster goes missing just as Sarah’s search for her absent father comes up empty as well. Will she have to say yet another painful goodbye? In a story about love, friendship, searching for identity and the hardship of loss, Sarah finds joy and strength in unexpected friendships and learns that when we focus so much on chasing answers, we can forget to notice what we already have.
ALSO BY THIS AUTHOR: My Deal with the Universe Pages: 240 • Paperback • 978-1-4431-5756-8 ★ Shortlisted, Red Cedar Award (BC Young Readers’ Choice), 2020 ★ Shortlisted, Diamond Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice), 2020 ★ Shortlisted, Rocky Mountain Book Award (Alberta Children’s Choice), 2020
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“Remarkable . . . I actually found myself missing the characters once I was done. Highly recommended. 4/4 stars.” — CM: Canadian Review of Materials
DEBORAH KERBEL was born in England and now lives in Ontario with her husband, son and daughter, and a rescue dog named Freddie. Deborah has written a number of picture books, and is the author of four young adult and two middle-grade novels, including My Deal with the Universe. Her books have been shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award, the Canadian Library Association’s YA Book Award and many readers’ choice awards. Visit her online at www.deborahkerbel.com.
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Real girls, real issues, beautifully crafted stories.
SELLING POINTS • Touching, lyrical writing with a My Best Friend and clever premise, an original Ages 9 to 12 voice and endearing, fully Other Illusions Middle-Grade realized characters. Fiction • A realistic single-parent family By Suri Rosen with a loving mother who sensitively handles difficulties. • Bonus activities online. What if your imaginary friend from childhood suddenly reappeared . . . only this time he AVAILABLE NOW was no figment of your imagination? • Pages: 240 • $8.99 Charlie, a budding acrobat, is desperate to attend • Paperback a gymnastics camp that will qualify her for a spot • 978-1-4431-4682-1 in the renowned travelling circus Circo Circo. But • Size: 5" x 7 3/4" her mom can barely make ends meet, and Charlie Rights available: World knows she must find a way to earn the money on English and World French her own. The solution seems to come when the perfect gymnastics partner mysteriously appears and they can put on shows. There’s just one small thing though . . . this perfect partner is someone Charlie knows well. He’s Rudy, her imaginary childhood friend — only this time he’s real. The problem with imaginary friends is that they know things about you . . . and Rudy knows things that can not only jeopardize Charlie’s acrobatic dreams, but also threaten to tear her family even farther apart. This truthful and often funny story by a rising new voice in Canadian children’s literature is a moving exploration of how to reconcile memory, family, forgiveness and the search for belonging.
SURI ROSEN writes feature articles and short stories for various magazines and newspapers and has worked as a professional artist, filmmaker, journalist and TV producer. Her first novel, Playing with Matches, won the Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Youth Literature, was an Ontario Library Association Best Bets Honourable Mention and a 2015 Toronto Public Library Top Ten Summer Read. She lives in Toronto with her family and six imaginary dogs — Great Danes all. Visit www.surirosen.com.
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• 15 • High-stakes adventures, with family and friends along for the ride!
SELLING POINTS • An insightful look at a kid Up the Creek Ages 9 to 12 dealing with tough family issues, including foster parents, Middle-Grade By Natalie Hyde a father with alcoholism and Fiction money troubles. • A contemporary action- adventure with humour and a dose of mystery. Has Chris Dearing finally stopped his family’s • Who hasn’t dreamed of getting run of bad luck? lucky with a windfall of gold? After a lifetime of bad luck, Chris Dearing is sure his family fortunes have finally turned around. With the JANUARY 2021 • Pages: 240 help of some friends, he’s reclaimed his granddad’s • $9.99 land in Dawson City, Yukon, and is adjusting to life • Paperback with his new foster parents. While he waits for his dad • 978-1-4431-7574-6 to get out of jail — and get sober — Chris turns his • Size: 5" x 7 3/4" attention to his next challenge: finding the gold that he knows is somewhere on his family’s land. Rights available: World What’s standing in his way? A few things: (a) he doesn’t know a thing about gold mining beyond panning in a creek; (b) Lucy, the attack goose standing guard; (c) Family Services and their constant check-ins; (d) two criminals trying to swindle Chris’s dad out of the gold; and last but not least, (e) the rumours that Chris’s grandfather didn’t actually find his gold — he stole it. The stakes are high and the hijinks even higher in this touching, witty companion to Mine!
ALSO BY THIS AUTHOR: Mine! Pages: 240 • Paperback • 978-1-4431-4660-9 ★ Shortlisted, OLA Silver Birch Award, Fiction, 2019 ★ Shortlisted, Red Cedar Award (BC Young Readers’ Choice), 2018 ★ Commended, Best Books for Kids & Teens, Canadian Children’s Book Centre Rights available: World “Mine! has a quick-paced plot, with enough twists and turns to keep readers turning pages, and it will appeal to strong readers of all genders in its target age bracket.” — CM: Canadian Review of Materials
NATALIE HYDE writes fiction and non-fiction for middle-grade and young adult readers. Her fiction titles include Mine!, Saving Armpit and I Owe You One. She is also the author of over forty educational works. Her books have garnered award nominations in both Canada and the U.S. She lives in Southern Ontario with her family.
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• 16 • High-stakes adventures, with family and friends along for the ride!
SELLING POINTS • A fresh and funny story about Mission Mumbai Ages 9 to 12 friendship, family and identity. A Novel of Sacred Cows, Snakes, and Stolen Toilets Middle-Grade • Expertly combines laughably absurd situations with Fiction By Mahtab Narsimhan believably tender moments. • Flawed, relatable, loveable characters that readers of all ages will find engaging. Travel to the colourful and chaotic streets of India • Colourful, evocative in this hilarious and heartfelt story about friendship descriptions of India create a palpable and enticing setting. and family. • An Own Voices story from an Dylan jumps at the chance to join his best friend, Rohit, on award-winning author a family trip to India. But each boy has his own idea of what • Bonus activities and the trip can be. Dylan is determined to use his time to prove video online. himself as a photographer. Rohit battles against his parents’ wish that he stay in Mumbai to finish school. Can the boys share their struggles, get over their differences, confront their MAY 2021 family issues and salvage their friendship? • Pages: 272 • $8.99 • Paperback “An adrenaline-charged exploration of Mumbai with two likable guides.” — Kirkus Reviews • 978-1-4431-8904-0 • Size: 5 1/4" x 7 5/8" “At its best, this novel paints an uncompromising picture of the harsh realities of poverty and Western privilege and provides readers with a striking illustration of India’s customs and cuisine. Both Dylan and Rohit are believable characters, and their mounting conflict will make sense to readers.” Rights available: World, — School Library Journal excluding US
SELLING POINTS Countdown to Danger: Ages 8 to 12 • Action-packed, edge-of-your- Canadian Sabotage Middle-Grade seat adventure. Fiction • Striving readers will enjoy the By Jeff Szpirglas highly interactive style. • Fun to read over and over, making different choices each time. 30 dangerous paths. 30 minutes to escape. • Choose-your-own-path stories YOU choose the path to survive! An action-packed, have had a big resurgence lately! edge-of-your-seat adventure! • Bonus activities and When a group of criminal masterminds seems intent on ruining video online. your family vacation, you’ll need to dodge obstacles like giant sea monsters, double-crossing villains and hungry great white AVAILABLE NOW sharks. How you will you escape? Swim to a nearby island, or • Pages: 144 • $8.99 hitch a ride on a passing speedboat? Watch out for the booby • Paperback traps, thugs and mutant creatures! You’ve got 30 minutes to • 978-1-4431-8237-9 stop the villains, save your family, and maybe find the hidden • Size: 5 1/4" x 7 5/8" treasure! Rights available: World ALSO AVAILABLE: Countdown to Danger: Canadian Survival Pages: 144 • Paperback • 978-1-4431-6330-9
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• 17 • Fiction Haunted By Joel A. Sutherland Heart-stopping tales of the paranormal — ghosts, spirits and unexplained phenomena. • Series will appeal to readers moving on from • Contemporary stories with different narrators Goosebumps. and settings. • Scary stories are popular all year, especially for sleepovers and bedtime.
PREPARE TO SCREAM! Ages: 8–12 • Middle-Grade Fiction • Pages: 160 • $8.99 • Paperback • Size: 5 3/16" x 8 3/8" Rights available: World,excluding French and US
★ Winner, Diamond Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice), 2019
JOEL A. SUTHERLAND is a mild- ALSO BY THIS AUTHOR: mannered children’s librarian by day and a horror fiction writer by night. He champions a summer reading club, a battle of the books, author visits and writing workshops. He has won many awards for his books in the Haunted Canada series. He is also the author of Summer’s End, a horror novel, which was a finalist for the Red Maple Award. He lives in Courtice, Ontario, with his wife and children. Visit him at www.joelasutherland.com.
Summer’s End Pages: 272 • Paperback 978-1-4431-3931-1
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• 18 • Fiction
SELLING POINTS • Fast-paced, thrilling fantasy. Dragon Assassin Ages 10 to 14 • Arthur Slade is a bestselling and multi-award-winning By Arthur Slade Middle-Grade author. Fiction • Dragons and magical school stories are always popular. • This is a dragon character like no other. She’ll do whatever it takes to survive.
Carmen is counting the days to graduation. She’s AVAILABLE NOW desperate to finish ahead of her twin brother and the • Pages: 360 rest of the class at assassin school. She’s an expert • $14.99 with bladed weapons and poisons and is a skilled • Paperback rider of the giant black swans that are used for their • 978-1-4431-7551-7 • Size: 5" x 7 3/4" missions. But in a practice sword fight, her brother “accidentally” Rights available: World blinds her in one eye. She keeps training, but drops to the bottom of her class. Then the emperor of the nearby kingdom is killed by an assassin and war is declared on the school itself. Worst of all, Carmen discovers that her power-hungry brother may have betrayed them all. In desperation, she makes a life- altering pact with a dragon to save her school. But can she trust this clever dragon to keep his word?
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ARTHUR SLADE is the author of more than a dozen novels for young readers, including The Hunchback Assignments, which won the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award, and Dust, winner of the Governor General’s Award for Children’s Literature. He also wrote the graphic novel Modo: Ember’s End. He lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. www.arthurslade.com
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• 19 • Fiction The Almost Epic Squad A new multi-author middle-grade series about ordinary kids who develop some very unusual superpowers. Can they harness their powers in time to save the world?
• Fast-paced, fun and engaging for all • Dream team of media-savvy authors. reading levels, including striving readers. • Illustration and design make this a highly • Laugh-out-loud funny and high adventure. desirable package.
MUCUS MAYHEM WHAT BLOWS UP SUPER SKETCHY IRRESISTIBLE
Ages: 8–12 • $14.99 • Paper Over Board • Size: 5 1/2" x 8" • Black-and-white illustrations throughout plus 11 pages of comic panels Rights available: World, excluding French (N. Amer.)
JESSICA FLEM GARY LUNDBORG DAISY KILDARE ARCHIE O'KAYE
Power: Snot golems Power: Telekinesis Power: Artistic Power: Charm transmogrification Ability: Jess can make Ability: Gary can move Ability: Archie is so her radioactive boogers things with his mind, if Ability: Anything Daisy magnetic no one can come to life to help her he can see them . . . and sketches manifests in resist him . . . except fight battles. they’re not too heavy. reality. It’s too bad she when he isn’t. is such a terrible artist.
READ THE BOOKS IN ANY ORDER! For extra fun, check out: www.scholastic.ca/almost-epic
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• 20 • Non-Fiction QUIZ BOOKS By H. Becker • Ages 8 to 12 Pages: 96 • $5.99 • Paperback • Size: 5 1/4" x 7 5/8" Rights available: World, excluding Asia (English), Australia/NZ, Czech Republic, French (N. Amer.), India, UK and US
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HELAINE BECKER is the author of picture books, novels and non-fiction. Her titles have won many awards, including the Lane Anderson Award for science writing for children, the Information Book Award and the Science in Society Children’s Book Award. Helaine lives in Toronto, Ontario. Visit www.helainebecker.com.
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• 21 • Non-Fiction
SELLING POINTS • The author’s previous books You Got This!: Ages 8 to 12 on this topic have been highly successful internationally. 100 Tips for Being Your Stress-Free Best Middle-Grade • Children are dealing with higher By Helaine Becker Non-Fiction levels of stress and anxiety than ever before — this is an ideal tool to help them overcome it and flourish. Keep your cool and add fun to each and • A kid-friendly approach to making every day awesome! every day.
This book is packed with positive suggestions AVAILABLE NOW for developing habits that contribute to well- • Pages: 96 being and reaching goals. Tips include energy • $6.99 boosters, social-skill enhancers, confidence • Paperback • 978-1-4431-7045-1 builders and task managers. • Black-and-white illustrations Learn how to set yourself up for success before throughout • Size: 5 1/4" x 7 5/8" anxiety gets a chance to build, and have some fun along the way. You totally got this! Rights available: World, excluding Australia/NZ and UK
More resources for your stress-busting tool kit: LET GO OF STRESS . . .
Stress Less: Tips and Don’t Stress: How to Tools to Help You Chill Handle Life’s Little Problems Pages: 96 • $6.99 Pages: 96 • $6.99 Paperback Paperback 978-1-4431-4870-2 978-1-4431-4842-9
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• 22 • Non-Fiction
SELLING POINTS • Math success (and math Math Hacks: stress) is a common focus
Cool Tips + Less Stress = Better Marks Ages 8 to 12 in classrooms and homes Middle-Grade around the world. By Vanessa “The Math Guru” Vakharia Non-Fiction • This book helps both parents Illustrated by Hyein Lee and kids. • Author’s approach promotes math as a subject every If you’ve ever felt negative about student can be successful at — and even love! numbers, help is here! • Current and meaningful Step-by-step, Math Hacks shows you the problems and examples way with addition, subtraction, fractions, used — from coding to social media. multiplication, division and more! PLUS it’s full of advice on how to reduce stress and anxiety over math. AVAILABLE NOW Explore a new approach to homework, • Pages: 152 studying, tests and marks. The most • $14.99 • Paperback common problem areas are broken down • 978-1-4431-6316-3 and explained in a friendly and upbeat tone. • Full-colour illustrations So bye-bye negative stereotypes and hello • Size: 7 1/2" x 9" positive math experiences for everyone! Rights available: World, A perfect aid to supplement home-schooling excluding Australia, Hungary, and online studies! India, Poland and Portugal
VANESSA VAKHARIA is a teacher, author and expert in the field of youth engagement in education. She runs a math and science tutoring centre and focuses on encouraging young women in STEM fields. Vanessa is a frequent speaker at math education conferences and appears on news and social media to offer wisdom to kids and parents struggling with math. She lives in Toronto, Ontario. Visit her at www.themathguru.ca.
HYEIN LEE is an engineer-turned-illustrator and motion graphics designer. She gave up engineering to pursue her artistic dream and is a lot happier now. Hyein was born in Korea and came to Canada at age fourteen. She lives in Toronto, Ontario. Visit her at www.hyeinlee.com.
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• 23 • Non-Fiction How Much Does Your Head Weigh? The Big Book of Facts By Marg Meikle | Illustrated by Tina Holdcroft New Cover An updated reissue of the bestselling title, with over 300 amazing facts! Why is 13 unlucky? Do twins have the same DNA? Why is it called a funny bone? Do animals dream? Why can’t you tickle yourself?
This bind-up of three popular books, You Asked for It!, Funny You Should Ask and Ask Me Anything!, is now updated! This edition includes 300 wacky-but-informative facts for curious kids with 142 equally funny illustrations. Much of the content was inspired by actual questions from kids!
Ages: 8–12 • 978-1-4431-8245-4 • Middle-Grade Non-Fiction • Pages: 432 $12.99 • Paperback • 5 1/4" x 7 5/8" Rights available: World, excluding China and US
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• 24 • New Releases
SELLING POINTS Qui est le vrai père Noël?: • A great book to build anticipation for the holiday Un calendrier de l’Avent Ages 5 to 8 season. Picture Book • A daily countdown of stories By Valérie A. Fontaine and Santas will build Illustrations by Mika excitement. • Meant to be read together — kids and parents alike will An Advent calendar and storybook in one! enjoy the humour and delightful artwork. The festivities for Christmas don’t happen overnight. There’s lots of preparation to do! And who other to run the show than Santa’s elves? But what really NOVEMBER 2020 • Pages: 48 happens leading up to the big day? More than we • $18.99 think! Valérie A. Fontaine brings us a whimsical • Paper Over Board Advent-calendar-themed book that is perfect for the • 978-1-4431-8108-2 holiday season! • Size: 6 3/4" x 9 3/4"
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VALÉRIE A. FONTAINE is an author, teacher and mother. Always imagining, she writes and takes notes from morning to night. We don’t know if she invents funny stories while she dances and cooks, but we do know that she consumes books for dinner.
MIKA has been writing and illustrating books for young readers for over 15 years. To date, she’s created 160 books for kids, from books for toddlers, to middle-grade fiction, to picture books. In 2017, she won an illustration award from the Salon du livre de Trois-Rivières for the poetry book Chacun sa fenêtre pour rêver.
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• 25 • New Releases Scholastic Canada Biography By Elizabeth MacLeod | Illustrations by Mike Deas
This award-winning series highlights remarkable Canadians whose achievements, recognized worldwide, have inspired and changed the lives of those who followed.
• This biography series is unlike anything available! • Meet and learn from fascinating role models. • Full-colour, comic-style art brings the stories to life. • A great introduction to discussion of larger issues.
Ages: 6-10 • Pages: 32 • $16.99 • Paper Over Board • Full-colour illustrations • Size: 9" x 9" Rights available: World, excluding French (N. Amer.)
Thérèse Casgrain: the activist Viola Desmond: the entrepreneur Colonel Chris Hadfield: the Tom Longboat: the long- who fought for women’s and trailblazer for racial equality. world-famous astronaut and distance runner who broke equality and social justice. star of the first music video world records and defied shot in orbit! stereotypes.
Elsie MacGill: the internationally Willie O’Ree: the hockey player Terry Fox: the young athlete renowned aeronautical engineer who broke down barriers on who battled cancer with a and feminist! and off the ice. vision that inspired people around the world.
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• 26 • Picture Books / Bestsellers & Highlights BEDTIME Z
Goodnight, World Sleep Tight, Little Knight Sleepy Bird Hop into Bed! Sing a Song of Bedtime Z By Andrea Lynn Beck By Gilles Tibo By Jeremy Tankard By Nicholas Oldland By Barbara Reid Illustrated by Geneviève Després CLASSICS Z Z Z Z Z Z
The Balloon Tree Something from Nothing A Second Is a Hiccup By Phoebe Gilman By Phoebe Gilman By Hazel Hutchins Illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
Never Let You Go Mittens to Share The Heart’s Song Gifts Welcome, Baby By Patricia Storms By Emil Sher By Gilles Tibo By Jo Ellen Bogart By Barbara Reid Illustrated by Irene Luxbacher Illustrated by Irene Luxbacher Illustrated by Barbara Reid FRIENDSHIP AND FEARS
We’re All Friends Here I Quit Grade One! Alfie, No! Underneath the Sidewalk Stego-cumulus By Nancy Wilcox Richards By Nancy Wilcox Richards By Frieda Wishinsky By Claire Eamer By Hilary Leung Illustrated by Tom Goldsmith Illustrated by Tom Goldsmith Illustrated by Emma Pedersen lllustrated by Thomas Gibault Illustrated by Niall Eccles
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• 27 • Picture Books / Bestsellers & Highlights
NATURE
At the Pond Nibi’s Water Song Keep Up, Katmai Have You Seen Birds? By Werner Zimmermann By Sunshine Tenasco By Pili Palm-Leis By Joanne Oppenheim Illustrated by Chief Lady Bird Photographs by Barrett Hedges Illustrated by Barbara Reid
Picture a Tree Picture the Sky Watch It Grow: Perfect Snow By Barbara Reid By Barbara Reid Backyard Life Cycles By Barbara Reid By Barbara Reid
FAVOURITE SERIES Little Knight By Gilles Tibo, illustrated by Geneviève Després “Tag, you’re
Brady Brady By Mary Shaw, illustrated by Chuck Temple it!”
and many more . . . See www.scholastic.ca/brady-brady.
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• 28 • Fiction Bestsellers
Fiction Highlights | Must-have acclaimed novels! STACEY MATSON
Finding Cooper A Year in the Life Scenes from the Epic Life Notes from the Life Pages: 240 • PB of a Total and of a Total Genius of a Total Genius Ages 9–12 Complete Genius Pages: 264 • POB Pages: 248 • POB 978-1-4431-6341-5 Pages: 272 • POB Ages 9–12 Ages 9–12 Rights available: World Ages 9–12 978-1-4431-3388-3 978-1-4431-4823-8 978-1-4431-3317-3 Rights available: World, Rights available: World, Rights available: World, excluding Australia, Brazil, excluding Australia, Brazil, excluding Australia, Brazil, French, Turkey, UK and US French, Turkey, UK and US French, Turkey, UK and US
Curse of the Dream Witch The Grave Robber’s Apprentice ALLAN Pages: 280 • PB • Ages 9–13 Pages: 208 • PB • Ages 9–13 978-1-4431-1937-5 978-0-571-28407-8 ★ Winner, Canadian Library ★ Junior Library Guild STRATTON Association Book of the selection, US Year Award ★ The Times of London, ★ Shortlisted, Monica Book of the Week, UK Hughes Award for Science Fiction Science Fiction ★ Shortlisted, Governor and Fantasy General’s Literary ★ Honour Book, OLA Award, Canada Silver Birch Award, Fiction Rights available: World, Rights available: World, excluding Brazil, China and excluding China, Finland, France France, Korea, Norway, Sweden and UK
JEAN LITTLE
From Anna Listen for the Singing Pages: 224 • PB • Ages 8–12 Pages: 272 • PB • Ages 8–12 978-1-4431-1342-7 978-1-4431-4873-3 ★ Chosen by Today’s Parent ★ Winner, Canada Council as one of the 100 best Award for Children’s Canadian kids’ books of Literature all time! Rights available: World, Rights available: World, excluding China, Russia excluding Brazil, China, and Vietnam Russia and Vietnam
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Contemporary fiction that takes on real issues with humour and grace
Puppy Pals CHAPTER By Susan Hughes Illustrated by Leanne Franson Pages: 384 • PB BOOKS: 978-1-4431-7025-3 AGES 6–9 Rights available: World, excluding Australia/NZ, Czech Republic, French (N. Amer.), UK and US
A deluxe edition of the first
four books in the Puppy Collection series!
Waiting Under Water MIDDLE- By Riel Nason Pages: 240 • PB GRADE 978-1-4431-7513-5 Rights available: World
FICTION: A beautiful celebration of small-town life, AGES 9–12 friendship and taking on new challenges. “With deft characterization and poetic description of Hope’s outer and inner worlds, Nason tracks her character’s journey through a series of difficult emotions . . . Waiting Under Water is a gentle, heartfelt account of a 12-year-old’s perspective on navigating change. — Quill & Quire
Bittersweet Speechless By Winnie Mack By Jennifer Mook-Sang Pages: 216 • PB Pages: 168 • PB 978-1-4431-4602-9 978-1-4431-4267-0 ★ Shortlisted, Diamond ★ CBC Best Books of the Year Willow Award ★ Shortlisted, OLA Silver Birch Award Rights available: World, ★ Shortlisted, IODE Canada Violet
excluding English, Finnish, Downey Award Norwegian and Swedish ★ Shortlisted, Red Cedar Award ★ Shortlisted, Manitoba Young Readers’
Choice Award Rights available: World, excluding Australia, Brazil, Turkey, UK and US (book clubs)
Icarus Down YOUNG Pages: 384 • PB 978-1-4431-3913-7 ★ Winner, Aurora Award for
ADULT Canadian Science Fiction ★ Shortlisted, Snow
SCIENCE Willow Award Rights available: World, FICTION: excluding Australia/NZ AGES 12 AND UP
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