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recent awards and honors Ages 0 to 3 Full color / 22 pages / 7" × 6.625" Congratulations to Patsy Aldana, Publisher, Groundwood Books Board book $8.95 CDN / U.S. Named a Member of the Order of Canada ISBN: 978-1-55498-088-8

I Know Here Roslyn Rutabaga and the Rights: World Written by Laurel Croza Biggest Hole on Earth! JUV013040 Illustrated by Matt James Written and illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay Juvenile Fiction horn book fanfare: amelia frances howard-gibbon Family / New Baby best books of 2010 illustrator's award ezra jack keats and new york capitol choices noteworthy public library new writer award books for children and teens capitol choices noteworthy toronto public library first books for children and teens and best books

Canadian Railroad Trilogy Hound and Hare Gordon Lightfoot Written and illustrated by Illustrated by Ian Wallace Rotraut Susanne Berner H quill & quire starred review Translated by Shelley Tanaka H kirkus starred review This New Baby ola best bets honourable mention Written by Teddy Jam Illustrated by Virginia Johnson

Broken Memory: Gangs: A Novel of Rwanda A Groundwork Guide Written by Élisabeth Combres mother caring for her baby through the night reflects on the joys and mysteries selected as outstanding by Written by Richard Swift parent council (texas) Translated by Shelley Tanaka of this new and precious life. With a simple poetic text and gorgeous Matisse- H booklist starred review A yalsa best fiction like illustrations by renowned textile designer Virginia Johnson, This New Baby is a for young adults perfect evocation of parental love. “Everything in this book evokes Any person who has ever had a baby, anyone who would like to have a baby and the beauty of parental love . . . anyone who has ever been a baby will be deeply touched by this beautiful book. Teddy Jam’s verse is powerful in The text for This New Baby was originally published in 1998. its spare use of language.” Loon A Gift from Childhood — Canadian Children’s Teddy Jam (Matt Cohen) was the pseudonymous author of many wonderful chil- Literature, CBRA Written by Susan Vande Griek Written and illustrated by Baba Wagué Diakité Illustrated by Karen Reczuch dren’s books, including Night Cars, and The Year of Fire, The Stoneboat, The Kid Line smithsonian notable books and The Fishing Summer, now collected in the anthology How We Were. He was also “. . . ideal for bedtime story telling.” midwest booksellers for children — Midwest Book Review association midwest a novelist and won the Governor General’s Award for his novel Elizabeth and After. connections pick Virginia Johnson is a well-known textile designer who creates beautiful, color- ful prints for clothing and home furnishings. This is her first children’s book. Vir- ginia lives in Toronto, Ontario.

We acknowledge for their financial support of our publishing program the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the Government of Ontario through the Ontario Media Development Corporation, and the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund (CBF).

Cover illustration by Cybèle Young 1 August

Ages 2 to 5 Full color / 40 pages / 9" × 9"

Hardcover with jacket $17.95 CDN / U.S. ISBN: 978-1-55498-097-0

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JUV013070 Juvenile Fiction Family / Siblings

Caramba and Henry Also by Marie-Louise Gay: Written and illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay Caramba Hardcover with jacket $17.95 CDN / U.S. ISBN: 978-0-88899-667-1 ruth and sylvia aramba’s little brother Henry is a nightmare. He won’t share anything, he schwartz award C squishes Caramba’s favorite caterpillars and he screams all the time. But the marilyn baillie picture very worst thing about Henry is that he is learning how to fly — much to Caramba’s book award dismay — because Caramba is the only cat in the world who can’t fly. H “Highly Recommended.” Now Caramba can’t keep up with Henry, who gets into all sorts of trouble. He — Library Media Connection, tries to protect his little brother, but that only makes Henry unhappy. Finally, Car- starred review amba ties a string around Henry’s waist and lets him soar like a kite. But when Henry breaks free . . . “. . . a heartfelt tale.” — Horn Book Marie-Louise Gay’s beloved Caramba is back in this funny, sweet story about “. . . this book is a feast for the eye.” siblings. — Globe and Mail Marie-Louise Gay (www.marielouisegay.com) is a world-renowned author and illustrator of children’s books. She has won many prestigious awards, including the Governor General’s Award, the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Award, the Vicky Metcalf Award and the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award. She has also been nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award and the Hans Christian Andersen Award. Her books have been translated into more than fifteen languages and are loved by children all over the world. Her recent book, Roslyn Rutabaga and the Biggest Hole on Earth! has received starred reviews from School Library Journal, Kirkus and Quill & Quire. She lives in Montreal, Quebec.

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Ages 4 to 7 Ages 4 to 7 Full color / 32 pages / 7" × 9.125" Full color / 48 pages / 8.75" × 11"

Hardcover with jacket Hardcover with jacket $16.95 CDN / U.S. $18.95 CDN / U.S. ISBN: 978-1-55498-084-0 ISBN: 978-1-55498-077-2

Rights: World Rights: World

JUV030090 JNF003030 Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Nonfiction People & Places / Canada / Native Animals / Birds Canadian

Also by Nicola I. Campbell and Kim LaFave: Shi-shi-etko Hardcover with jacket $18.95 CDN / U.S. ISBN: 978-0-88899-659-6 aboriginal children’s book of the year Grandpa’s Girls Loon Written by Nicola I. Campbell Written by Susan Vande Griek Shin-chi’s Canoe Hardcover with jacket Illustrated by Kim LaFave Illustrated by Karen Reczuch $18.95 CDN / U.S. ISBN: 978-0-88899-857-6 td canadian children’s literature award Also illustrated by Karen Reczuch: usbby outstanding international young girl delights in a visit to her grandpa’s farm. She and her cousins run his lyrical story follows the life cycle of two loon chicks. We see them breaking Salmon Creek books honor list through the fields, explore the root cellar where the salmon and jars of fruit are out of their eggshells, then learning to swim, find food and avoid predators A T Written by Annette LeBox stored, swing on a rope out the barn loft window, visit the Appaloosa in the corral such as snapping turtles and big bass fish. After they learn to fly, they migrate to and tease the neighbor’s pig. The visit is also an opportunity for this child to ask the ocean. And when their striking black-and-white feathers finally emerge, they fly Paperback Grandpa what her grandmother, Yayah, was like, and explore the “secret room,” inland, each to find a new lake territory and mate. $14.95 CDN / $12.95 U.S. with its old wooden trunk of ribbons, medals and photos of Grandpa in uniform. Susan Vande Griek’s poetic text is complemented by Karen Reczuch’s gorgeous ISBN: 978-0-88899-644-2 There is a wonderful blend of fun and family history in this visit to a grandpar- illustrations, which show the loons as they grow from tiny downy chicks to majestic H “. . . visually striking.” ent, but also the realization that there can be some things about the people we know adult birds. An afterword is also included that supplies other interesting facts about — Booklist, starred review and love that will always remain a mystery. the common loon as well as suggestions for further reading. Both the text and the illustrations have been carefully checked by an ornithologist for scientific accuracy. “. . . lovely and luminous.” Nicola I. Campbell is Interior Salish and Métis. In her two previous award- — Globe and Mail winning picture books, Shi-shi-etko and Shin-chi’s Canoe, she documented the tragic Susan Vande Griek is a teacher and writer. She has published two books with experiences that many children endured in residential schools. Nicola lives in Chilli- Groundwood — a junior novel, A Gift for Ampato, and The Art Room, illustrated wack, British Columbia. by Pascal Milelli, a picture-book biography of Emily Carr. She divides her time between Halifax, Nova Scotia, and St. Andrews, New Brunswick. Kim LaFave has won the Governor General’s Award, the Ruth Schwartz Chil- dren’s Book Award and the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award for his illustra- Karen Reczuch has illustrated many children’s books, including The Auction by tions in Amos’s Sweater by Janet Lunn. He has most recently illustrated a graphic Jan Andrews, a Governor General’s Award finalist, and Salmon Creek by Annette novel, Fishing with Gubby. He lives in Roberts Creek, British Columbia. Lebox, winner of the B.C. Book Prize for illustrated children’s literature. She lives in Acton, Ontario.

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Ages 4 to 7 Full color / 48 pages / 10.375" × 7.125"

Hardcover with jacket $18.95 CDN / U.S. ISBN: 978-0-88899-995-5

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JUV051000 Juvenile Fiction Imagination & Play

A Few Blocks Written and illustrated by Cybèle Young

Also illustrated by Cybèle Young:

Jack Pine “It was time for Ferdie and Viola to go to school. But Ferdie had eleven cars to wash, the Written by Christopher Patton highest tower ever to build and a snake drawing that wasn’t done . . .” Hardcover erdie doesn’t want to go to school, but go to school he must, and fortunately his $18.95 CDN / U.S. imaginative older sister Viola paves the way. She tells him to put on his superfast ISBN: 978-0-88899-780-7 F cape and his rocket blaster boots and then off they go! Time and again Viola uses “. . . Young’s exquisite, three-dimensional her rich imagination to keep Ferdie on his way. But even big sisters get tired some- etched-paper collages are, somewhat times, and so Ferdie, following her example, draws on his own inner resources and paradoxically, the medium that makes imagination to keep them going. visual and visible a most unprepossess- Told through the eyes of a child, this ordinary event is transformed into a won- ing tree.” — Globe and Mail derful adventure. The children’s fantasy world is beautifully illustrated with Cybèle Young’s intricate 3-D paper sculptures, created from paintings she made of contem- porary street scenes.

Cybèle Young is an award-winning artist who exhibits her exquisite paper sculp- ture (Japanese paper printed with etched copperplates) internationally. She has il- lustrated several books for children, including Pa’s Harvest by Jan Andrews, which was nominated for a Governor General’s Award for illustration. She lives with her family in Toronto, Ontario.

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Ages 4 to 7 Ages 4 to 7 Full color / 36 pages / 7.48" × 9.72" Full color / 48 pages / 9.05" × 8.07"

Hardcover with jacket Hardcover with jacket $18.95 CDN / U.S. $18.95 CDN / U.S. ISBN: 978-1-55498-105-2 ISBN: 978-1-55498-106-9

Rights: World English Rights: World English except Australia JUV039220 Juvenile Fiction JUV013060 Social Issues / Values & Virtues Juvenile Fiction Family / Parents

Beautiful Griselda Let’s Go See Papá! Written and illustrated by Isol Written by Lawrence Schimel Translated by Elisa Amado Illustrated by Alba Marina Rivera Translated by Elisa Amado

Princess Griselda was so beautiful that almost everyone she met fell head over heels in he little girl in this story likes Sundays best of all — that’s when her father calls. Also by Isol: love with her. And that’s not just a saying. They actually lost their heads. TShe hasn’t seen him for over a year because he works far away across the ocean in the United States. She writes in her notebook every day, keeping a record of everything Petit, the Monster n this wonderfully original fairy tale Isol takes on the dangers of narcissism. that happens to share with him when she finally sees him again. Then one Sunday her Hardcover with jacket IGriselda not only causes anyone who looks at her to lose his head — she collects father asks if she and her mother would like to join him, and she’s surprised by her mixed $16.95 CDN / U.S. the lost heads, oblivious to the fact that everyone is terrified of looking at her. Even- feelings. It means leaving her grandmother, her friends . . . and her dog, Kika, behind. ISBN: 978-0-88899-947-4 tually she runs out of companions, until she finally finds a prince so myopic that for This is a powerful story from a young child’s perspective about what it’s like to a short while he is able to be with her (before the inevitable happens). But they are have an absent parent and to have to leave your home, country and those you love “A gem.” — Publishers Weekly together long enough that at the end of nine months she has an extremely beautiful for a new life. “[A] charming import.” baby who, for the first time in Griselda’s life, takes her out of herself — unfortu- — School Library Journal nately with the inevitable result. Lawrence Schimel writes in both Spanish and English and has published over one hundred books on very different subjects for children and adults. His book¿Lees un Isol (www.isol-isol.com.ar/) is a young Argentine author and illustrator of chil- libro conmigo? was selected as one of IBBY’s Outstanding Books for Young People with dren’s books, who has been selected twice as a finalist for the Hans Christian Ander- Disabilities, and No hay nada como el original was selected by the International Youth Li- sen Award and has won a Golden Apple at the Biennial of Illustration Bratislava. brary in Munich, Germany, for the White Ravens Catalogue. He lives in Madrid, Spain. In addition to being a creator of children’s books, Isol is an advertising illustra- tor, a professional singer, a comic book writer and an active blogger (www.isolisol. Alba Marina Rivera was born in Russia and grew up in Cuba. When she blogspot.com). She lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina. moved to Barcelona she discovered her love for illustration, which she studied at the Escola Massana. She won the prestigious BolognaRagazzi Award in the New Horizons category for her book El contador de cuentos. She lives in Barcelona, Spain.

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Ages 9 and up Ages 10 and up Full color / 64 pages / Full color / 152 pages / 6.25" × 9.5" 6.5" × 9.25"

Hardcover with jacket Hardcover with jacket $24.95 CDN / U.S. $24.95 CDN / U.S. ISBN: 978-0-88899-958-0 ISBN: 978-1-55498-145-8

Rights: World Rights: North America

JNF007080 JUV008000 Juvenile Nonfiction Juvenile Fiction Biography & Autobiography / Comics & Graphic Novels / Religious General

Guru Nanak Sita’s Ramayana The First Sikh Guru Written by Samhita Arni Written by Rina Singh Illustrated by Moyna Chitrakar Illustrated by Andrée Pouliot

he Sikh faith, the world’s fifth largest religion, began with Rina Singh was born in India and grew up hearing stories he Ramayana — one of the great legends of ancient India Samhita Arni has been interested in Hindu mythology Tthe teachings of Guru Nanak in the fifteenth century and about Guru Nanak from her grandmother. Since moving to T — is presented here in the form of a visually stunning since she was a child. She has written The Mahabaharata: A evolved with the nine gurus who followed him. Their writings Canada, she has written several children’s books, including and gripping graphic novel. Told from the perspective of the Child’s View, a version of another great Indian epic, which has as well as those of Hindu and Muslim mystics are collected in The Foolish Men of Agra, Nearly Nonsense and A Forest of Sto- queen, Sita, it explores ideas of right vs. wrong, compassion, been translated into seven languages and was named Book of the Sikh holy book, the Guru Granth Sahib. ries, which has been translated into many languages. Rina is loyalty, trust, honor and the terrible price that war exacts from the Month by the German Academy for Youth Literature and Guru Nanak tells the story of the first guru of the Sikhs, also a photographer, and she teaches art and drama. She lives women, children, animals and the natural world. Media, and one of the Best Published Books of 2004 by the who was born in 1469 in India at a time when there were great in Toronto, Ontario. After Sita, Rama and his brother are banished from their Spanish Ministry of Culture. She lives in Bangalore, India. tensions between Hindus and Muslims. Born into a humble kingdom, Sita is captured by the arrogant King Ravana and Hindu family, Nanak was an extraordinary child who from a Andrée Pouliot is a visual artist who has exhibited her imprisoned in a garden across the ocean. Ravana tries to con- Moyna Chitrakar is an artist and performer from the very young age questioned the rituals of religion and the ways paintings in Canada, the U.S., the U.K. and India. She is pas- vince Sita to be his wife, but she steadfastly refuses his advances. Patua scroll-painting tradition. She is also the illustrator of of the world around him. He grew up to be a great spiritual sionate about India and has studied Indian classical dance, Eventually, Rama comes to her rescue with the help of the the unique scroll book Tsunami, published by Tara Books. She teacher, revolutionary for his times, declaring that there was mythology, textile arts, miniature painting and Hinduism. monkey Hanuman and his army, magic animals and gods. lives in Nirbhaypur Village, West Bengal, India. no difference between Hindus and Muslims, that men and She lived in Delhi for many years, and her association with But Rama is unable to trust Sita and forces her to undergo an women were equal and that caste was irrelevant. His attempt the Sikh religion there gave her inspiration for the illustrations ordeal by fire to prove herself to be true and pure . . . to define a universal humanity resulted in Sikhism — a reli- in this book. She now divides her time between Jaipur, India, The Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit by the poet gion that embraces everyone. and Ottawa. Valmiki around 300 B.C. It contains important Hindu teach- This biography, exquisitely illustrated in the Indian minia- ings and has had great influence on Indian life and culture ture-painting tradition, tells the story of his life, including his over the centuries. spiritual journeys, the miracles he performed to illustrate his teachings, and his poetry.

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September Deborah Ellis says her books reflect “the heroism of people around Also by Deborah Ellis: Ages 9 to 12 the world who are struggling for decent lives, and how they try to 160 pages / 5" × 7.5" remain kind in spite of it.” Whether she is writing about families liv- ing under Taliban rule in Afghanistan, street children in Pakistan, No Safe Place Hardcover with jacket the coca protests in Bolivia, or the lives of military children, she is, as Hardcover $16.95 CDN / U.S. Kirkus attests, “an important voice of moral and social conscience.” $18.95 CDN / $16.95 U.S. ISBN: 978-1-55498-134-2 A lifelong small-town Ontarian — born and raised in Cochrane ISBN: 978-0-88899-973-3 and Paris and now living in Simcoe — Deb has won the Governor Trade paperback Trade paperback General’s Award, the Ruth Schwartz Award, the University of Cali- $12.95 CDN / $8.95 U.S. $12.95 CDN / 2013 U.S. fornia’s Middle East Book Award, Sweden’s Peter Pan Prize, the Jane ISBN: 978-0-88899-974-0 ISBN: 978-1-55498-108-3 Addams Children’s Book Award, and the Vicky Metcalf Award for a Body of Work. She recently received the Ontario Library Association’s H “Ellis’ young readers love her Rights: World President’s Award for Exceptional Achievement, and she has also been because she speaks to them as named to the Order of Ontario. intelligent, empathetic beings.” JUV030020 — Quill & Quire, starred review Juvenile Fiction H “This novel moves fast and People & Places / Asia furiously . . . exciting and moving.” — School Library Journal, starred review H “Eminently memorable.” — Kirkus Reviews, starred review

No Ordinary Day Written by Deborah Ellis New in paperback in the U.S.

here’s not much that upsets young Valli. Even though her receive medical care, she cannot bear the thought that she is Tdays are spent picking coal and fighting with her cousins, one of those monsters she has always feared, and she flees, to life in the coal town of Jharia, India, is the only life she knows. an uncertain life on the street. The only sight that fills her with terror are the monsters who The Breadwinner Trilogy live on the other side of the train tracks — the lepers. Valli and “Throw her to the monsters!” the other children throw stones at them. No matter how hard “Let them eat her. That will teach her!” Trade paperback her life is, she tells herself, at least she will never be one of them. I screamed. I tried harder to get away from their $21.95 CDN / $16.95 U.S. Then she discovers that she is not living with family after clutches. I pulled and twisted, but they hung on tight. ISBN: 978-0-88899-959-7 all, that her “aunt” was a stranger who was paid money to jane addams children’s take Valli off her own family’s hands. She decides to leave They carried me over the railway tracks, getting closer book award Jharia . . . and so begins a series of adventures that takes her to to the monsters with every step. She is best known for her Breadwinner Trilogy, set in Afghani- Kolkata, the city of the gods. And then they threw me. stan and Pakistan — a series that has been published in seventeen It’s not so bad. Valli finds that she really doesn’t need much And I landed. Right in the middle of the monsters. countries, with more than one million dollars in royalties donated to live. She can “borrow” the things she needs and then pass I landed on monster arms and legs and laps and to Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan and Street Kids them on to people who need them more than she does. It helps International. Her recent young adult novel, No Safe Place (which has elbows. I was smothered by rags and dirt and bodies. that though her bare feet become raw wounds as she makes so far received starred reviews in Quill & Quire, Kirkus and School her way around the city, she somehow feels no pain. But when I could feel them reaching for me, grabbing at me, Library Journal), follows three teenagers who flee desperate situations she happens to meet a doctor on the ghats by the river, Valli bumping up against me. I knew they were getting ready in their home countries and make a perilous journey across the Eng- learns that she has leprosy. Despite being given a chance to to eat me or tear me apart . . . lish Channel to seek new lives in England.

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Girl from Mars Between Sisters True Confessions of a The Shepherd’s Skinnybones and the Wanting Mor Home Is Beyond the The Crazy Man Written by Tamara Bach Written by Adwoa Badoe Heartless Girl Granddaughter Wrinkle Queen Written by Rukhsana Khan Mountains Written by Pamela Porter Translated by Shelley Tanaka Written by Martha Brooks Written by Anne Laurel Carter Written by Glen Huser Written by Celia Barker Lottridge Young adult Ages 10 to 14 Ages 9 to 12 Young adult HC / $18.95 CDN / $16.95 U.S. Young adult Young adult Ages 12 to 15 PB / $12.95 CDN / $8.95 U.S. Ages 12 and up HC / $18.95 CDN / $15.95 U.S. HC / $16.95 CDN / U.S. ISBN: 978-0-88899-996-2 PB / $9.95 CDN / $6.95 U.S. PB / $12.95 CDN / $8.95 U.S. HC / $18.95 CDN / $16.95 U.S. ISBN: 978-0-88899-862-0 HC / $18.95 CDN / $16.95 U.S. ISBN: 978-0-88899-694-7 ISBN: 978-0-88899-724-1 PB / $12.95 CDN / 2012 U.S. ISBN: 978-0-88899-569-8 ISBN: 978-0-88899-903-0 ISBN: 978-0-88899-732-6 ISBN: 978-0-88899-932-0 PB / $9.95 CDN / $8.95 U.S. In Kabul, Afghanistan, Jameela PB / $12.95 CDN / $8.95 U.S. ISBN: 978-0-88899-997-9 PB / $9.95 CDN / $8.95 PB / $12.95 CDN / $8.95 U.S. ISBN: 978-0-88899-695-4 becomes a virtual slave to her ISBN: 978-0-88899-725-8 On the run after taking her latest Amani’s family homestead near ISBN: 978-0-88899-733-3 ISBN: 978-0-88899-949-8 Sixteen-year-old Gloria faces temp- boyfriend’s truck, with a pocketful Hebron is threatened by encroach- demanding stepmother while deal- In this moving story, told in free Love comes in a completely unex- tations when she moves to the city of stolen money and a heart full of ing Jewish settlements. Fifteen-year-old Tamara and ing with a father who succumbs to When the Turkish army invades verse, a young girl comes to terms pected way when Miriam meets a from her small town in Ghana. pain, seventeen-year-old Noreen cranky, wealthy and extremely frail drinking and drugs. northwestern Persia in 1918, with injury and loss through her cla book of the year award new classmate, Laura. Stall seems to invite trouble. Miss Barclay embark on the road Samira and her family are driven friendship with a mentally chal- ccbc best books for for children middle east book award kids & teens governor general’s award trip of a lifetime. from their village. Based on a true lenged farmhand. “. . . a fresh, detail-driven approach jane addams children’s book usbby outstanding interna- award — honor book ssli honor book award story. governor general’s award to a universal theme.” — Horn Book “. . . an enlightening reading experi- cla young adult canadian tional books honor list book award “Based on the experiences of the ence.” — Multicultural Review usbby outstanding interna- ccbc our choice ira notable books for a td canadian children’s “. . . Bach’s insightful handling author’s aunt, the story tells the literature award H tional books honor list global society and clever turns of phrase provide “. . . fascinating.” “A clear-eyed and clarifying ola best bets — top 10 fic- horrific history of the Assyrian and a sense of depth to the highs and look at the power of community.” H tion for young adults geoffrey bilson award for — School Library Journal “. . . a pleasure to read. Thought- Armenian refugees through indel- historical fiction for young lows of teenage emotions.” — School Library Journal, starred ful and engaging.” — Kirkus, ible specifics.” — Booklist people — School Library Journal review starred review jane addams children’s book award

Broken Memory: earthgirl Mary Ann Alice Looking for X The Saver Snow Apples Wheels for Walking What Gloria Wants A Novel of Rwanda Written by Jennifer Cowan Written by Brian Doyle Written by Deborah Ellis Written by Edeet Ravel Written by Mary Razzell Written by Sandra Richmond Written by Sarah Withrow Written by Élisabeth Combres Translated by Shelley Tanaka Young adult Ages 9 to 13 Ages 9 to 12 Young adult Young adult Young adult Ages 12 to 15 HC / $17.95 CDN / U.S. PB / $5.95 CDN / U.S. PB / $7.95 CDN / $5.95 U.S. HC / $17.95 CDN / U.S. PB / $9.95 CDN / $6.95 U.S. PB / $12.95 CDN / $8.95 U.S. PB / $9.95 CDN / $6.95 U.S. Young adult ISBN: 978-0-88899-889-7 ISBN: 978-0-88899-551-3 ISBN: 978-0-88899-382-3 ISBN: 978-0-88899-882-8 ISBN: 978-0-88899-728-9 ISBN: 978-0-88899-866-8 ISBN: 978-0-88899-692-3 PB / $12.95 CDN / $8.95 U.S. PB / $12.95 CDN / $8.95 U.S. PB / $12.95 CDN / $8.95 U.S. Mary Ann Alice is passionately In this urban adventure story, a A mother-daughter relationship When a car accident leaves Sally More than anything, Gloria wants ISBN: 978-0-88899-893-4 ISBN: 978-0-88899-890-3 ISBN: 978-0-88899-883-5 interested in many things, includ- smart, bold, eleven-year-old girl lies at the heart of this haunting fully paralyzed for life, she must a boyfriend, but when she gets one, Emma must find the courage to earthgirl follows the eco-evolution ing the new project to dam the from a poor neighborhood sets out When her mother has a sudden novel about two strong, rebellious find a way to live with her new it may not be as great as she hoped return to the house where her of sixteen-year-old Sabine Solomon, river at Low, which will place rocks, to find her friend X, a mysterious heart attack and dies, seventeen- women who are more alike than reality. — especially if it causes her to lose mother was killed during the who is thrown into the fray after fossils, falls as well as many farms homeless woman who has gone year-old Fern quits school and sets they care to admit. her best friend. encountering a litter-tossing mini- in danger. missing. out to look after herself. “Sally’s pain and anger, her persis- Rwandan genocide. H van driver. “. . . the action springs from fam- tence and slow, eventual successes “. . . jam-packed with lines that ira notable books for a H “Doyle at his best — which is governor general’s award ccbc — best books for kids ily secrets that surprise the reader are so realistic that readers will be capture the wild mix of excitement and teens global society a new york times editors’ very good indeed.” — Horn Book, until the very last page.” drawn into Sally’s story and cheer and sheer terror that first love often choice “Marvelous characterizations.” starred review — Booklist, starred review her on.” — Canadian Literature entails.” — Horn Book usbby outstanding interna- — Horn Book “. . . a compelling story of determi- tional books honor list H “A wonderful read for any aspir- H “. . . the writing is pretty near nation and the will to survive.” “. . . it will inspire discussions of the “. . . this novel will be around long “Khyber’s strong spirit and believ- “. . . approachable and evocative.” ing or devoted activist.” — School perfect, spare and evocative.” — School Library Journal struggle of women in recent his- after flashier books have disap- able personality will draw readers — Kirkus Reviews Library Journal, starred review — Quill and Quire, starred review tory.” — School Library Journal peared.” — Booklist in.” — Booklist “[A] sharp debut novel with enor- “A grittily honest and compassion- mous teen appeal.” — Kirkus ate novel.” — Michele Landsberg’s Reviews Guide to Children’s Books Visit www.groundwoodbooks.com 14 15 for more Girls with Grit titles GirlswithGrit GirlswithGrit

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Young adult 288 pages / 5.5" × 8.5" Next day, Christmas Eve, The Crazy Man was the longest day in history, I swear. Hardcover Hardcover with jacket Nora wouldn’t let us eat the food $18.95 CDN / $15.95 U.S. $18.95 CDN / U.S. ISBN: 978-0-88899-694-7 ISBN: 978-1-55498-095-6 she was saving for Ran. Paperback Trade paperback $9.95 CDN / $6.95 U.S. $12.95 CDN / 2013 U.S. I had the brilliant idea ISBN: 978-0-88899-695-4 ISBN: 978-1-55498-096-3 that we should go to every church service governor general’s award in town, so we could eat. Rights: World td canadian children’s Nora agreed, but made us dress up. literature award JUV013000 I almost regretted the whole thing. cla book of the year for Juvenile Fiction children award Family / General geoffrey bilson award for his- Historical / Canada Four and half hours — count ’em — in my wool suit. torical fiction for young people The Presbyterians had butter tarts, rocky mountain book award ola golden oak award shortbread and tea. manitoba young reader’s The Anglicans had sausage and cheese balls choice award jane addams children’s book and little meatballs you stabbed with toothpicks, award — honor book I’ll Be Watching butter tarts, shortbread and tea. Written by Pamela Porter I figured they’d better have real food after all that flipping through the prayer book.

n a small prairie town like Argue, Saskatchewan, everyone end they redeem their own lives by drawing good people to The Catholics were best of all — Iknows everybody else’s business. Everyone knows that the them and by rising to the occasion themselves. And when they Loney family has been barely hanging on — the father, George, at last are able to leave Argue, they do so together, as a family we had to stay up for midnight mass reduced to drink and despair since the loss of his farm and the looking ahead to a future of promise and hope. and couldn’t understand a thing they said, death of his wife, Margaret. That the four Loney children do not get along with George’s second wife, the pious, bitter Effie. Pamela Porter was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, but afterwards, they had a ham, Ann Gabb’s buns, Then George dies in a drunken stupor — locked out, it seems, and lived in New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Washington and sausage rolls, stuffed cabbage, deviled eggs, by Effie to freeze to death on his own doorstep. Effie takes off Montana before emigrating to Canada with her husband, with a traveling Bible salesman, and it looks as though the chil- the fourth generation of a farm family in southeastern Sas- cookies and tea. dren are done for. Who’s to save them when everyone is coping katchewan, the backdrop for much of Pamela’s work. She is with their own problems — the lingering depression and the the author of three collections of poetry, and her poems have loss of the town’s young men to the Second World War. appeared in numerous journals across Canada and the U.S. as Addie and I stuffed as many of those buns Yet somehow the children find a way, under the watchful well as being featured on Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Al- into our pockets as we could. eye of their ghostly parents and through the small kindnesses manac. She is also the author of a number of children’s books, They’d be a little crushed for Christmas dinner, of a few neighbors, but mostly by dint of their own determina- including Sky and Yellow Moon, Apple Moon (illustrated by tion and ingenuity. Matt James). This is her second novel in verse. Her first, The but who cared? This is an extremely powerful novel about children at risk Crazy Man, was a multiple award winner. Pamela lives near because of adult hypocrisy, indifference, self-interest and out- Sidney, British Columbia, with her husband, children and a right immorality, all cloaked in a self-righteous exterior. In the menagerie of rescued horses, dogs and cats.

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Young adult Young adult 272 pages / 5" × 7" 192 pages / 5" × 7"

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Tilt Money Boy Written by Alan Cumyn Written by Paul Yee

tan is an intense sixteen-year-old loner who desperately Alan Cumyn has written many highly acclaimed novels ay Liu knows he should be happy. He lives in a big sub- Paul Yee is well known for his many prize-winning books Swants to make the junior varsity basketball team. And it for both children and adults. His three Owen Skye books Rurban house with all the latest electronic gadgets, and documenting the experiences of Chinese immigrants, includ- seems that he may be about to do so, until he’s blindsided by have won several major awards, and The Secret Life of Owen even finds plenty of time to indulge in his love of gaming. He ing Roses Sing on New Snow and Ghost Train, which won the the unexpected attentions of Janine Igwash. Suddenly Stan is Skye was nominated for the Governor General’s Award. Alan’s needs the escape. It’s tough getting grades that will please his Governor General’s Award, the Amelia Frances Howard- no longer thinking about jump shots. Instead he is obsessed novel The Famished Lover was longlisted for the Scotiabank army veteran father, when speaking English is still a strug- Gibbon Award and the Ruth Schwartz Award. He grew up in with Janine’s spiky hair, her milky white shoulders and the Giller Prize and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary gle. And he can’t quite connect with his peers at high school Vancouver’s Chinatown and now lives in Toronto, Ontario. mysterious little tattoo at the base of her neck, not to mention Award. Alan teaches in the MFA program at Vermont College — Chinese immigrants like himself but who seem to have the heat of her breath, her dark eyes, wide hips and . . . Then of Fine Arts, and he is currently chair of the Writers’ Union of adjusted to North American life more easily. Stan’s father arrives on the scene with Stan’s four-year-old half Canada. He lives in Ottawa, Ontario. Then comes the fateful day when his father accesses Ray’s brother, and things become truly insane. internet account, and discovers Ray has been cruising gay Tilt is a wonderfully droll and insightful story about a sen- websites. Before Ray knows what has hit him, his belongings sitive, intelligent and gently funny young man living through have been thrown on the front lawn, and he has been kicked an impossibly absurd time of life. This book is a rare achieve- out. ment — a witty, sexy compulsively readable work of high liter- Angry, defiant, Ray heads to downtown Toronto. In short ary quality. order he is robbed, beaten up and seduced, and he learns the hard realities of life on the street. Could he really sell himself for sex? Lots of people use their bodies to make money — athletes, actors, models, pop singers. If no one gets hurt, why should anyone care?

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“[Stella’s] world is a place kids will want to visit again and again.” When Stella Was Very, Stella, Princess of the Sky Stella, Queen of the Snow Very Small — School Library Journal Paperback • $7.95 CDN / U.S. Paperback • $7.95 CDN / U.S. Paperback • $7.95 CDN / U.S. ISBN: 978-1-55498-072-7 ISBN: 978-1-55498-071-0 ISBN: 978-1-55498-103-8 Hardcover • $15.95 CDN / U.S. Hardcover • $15.95 CDN / U.S. Marie-Louise Gay has won many prestigious awards, including the Governor Hardcover • $18.95 CDN / $16.95 U.S. ISBN: 978-0-88899-601-5 ISBN: 978-0-88899-404-2 General’s Award, the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Award, the Vicky Metcalf Award and ISBN: 978-0-88899-906-1 alvine-bélisle award elizabeth mrazik-cleaver the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award. She has also been nominated for the Astrid picture book award H [A] delightful series . . . Subtle and Lindgren Memorial Award and the Hans Christian Andersen Award. Her books have “Gay has once again perfectly captured been translated into more than fifteen languages, and her characters are adored by sweet.” — School Library Journal, “A witty and engaging picture book.” starred review the distinct wonder of childhood.” children all over the world. Marie-Louise lives with her family in Montreal, Quebec. — Bulletin of the Center for — Booklist www.marielouisegay.com H “. . . rich in sensory experiences.” Children’s Books — Quill & Quire, starred review Ages 2 to 5 • Full color / 32 pages • Rights: World • JUV013070 • Juvenile Fiction • Family / Siblings H “. . . purely glorious.” Also Available: — Kirkus, starred review

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Mandaderos de la lluvia / Tales from Gold Mountain Messengers of Rain Written by Paul Yee Poems selected by Claudia M. Lee Illustrated by Simon Ng Illustrated by Rafael Yockteng

“. . . a welcome addition to most atin America has always been a full contributor to the rich poetic tradition of rawing on the real background of the Chinese role in the gold rush, the build- cla book of the year award libraries. . . . this anthology will fill a the Spanish language. Even before the arrival of the Spanish, the native peo- ing of the railway and the settling of the west coast in the nineteenth century, iode violet downey book award gap in many collections.” L D ples of Central and South America had a poetic idiom of their own. This bilingual noted historian and children’s author Paul Yee has created eight original stories that — School Library Journal sheila a. egoff children’s anthology for young readers, containing sixty-four poems from nineteen countries, combine the rough-and-tumble adventure of frontier life with the rich folk tradi- literature prize presents a fascinating mix of established and new poets. A significant portion of the tions that these immigrants brought from China. “The illustrations are exquisite. book comes from the native community. Traditional pre-Colombian work is repre- These tales are funny, sad, romantic and earthy, but ultimately, as a collection, H “A book not to miss.” Recommended.” — CM Magazine sented alongside that of young indigenous poets, who are writing some of the most they reflect the gritty optimism of the Chinese who overcame prejudice and adver- — Booklist, starred review exciting and fresh poetry in the Americas today. sity to build a unique place for themselves in North America. “. . . will appeal to devoted lovers of With beautiful black-and-white illustrations by Colombian illustrator Rafael the genre.” — Multicultural Review Yockteng, the book provides an outstanding introduction to a rich poetic tradition Paul Yee is well known for his many prize-winning books documenting the expe- and an engaging way for young readers to encounter poetry. riences of Chinese immigrants, including Roses Sing on New Snow and Ghost Train, which won the Governor General’s Award, the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Claudia M. Lee is a noted writer, translator and Spanish-language editor. She Award and the Ruth Schwartz Award. He grew up in Vancouver’s Chinatown and lives in Bogotá, Colombia. now lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Rafael Yockteng has illustrated a number of books, which have been published Simon Ng was born in Brunei and immigrated to Canada in 1971. His illustra- in Colombia and abroad. His images appear in Trees Are Hanging from the Sky / Los tions have appeared in Equinox, the Boston Globe and the New York Times Magazine, árboles están colgando del cielo and Sopa de frijoles / Bean Soup: Un poema para cocinar and he is the winner of several design and illustrations awards, including Gold and / A Cooking Poem, both by Jorge Argueta. He lives Bogotá, Colombia. Silver National Magazine Awards. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.

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The Big Swim Home Is Beyond the Mountains Written by Cary Fagan Written by Celia Barker Lottridge

ccbc best books for kids & teens hen Ethan arrives at summer camp for the first time, he has just three modest amira is only nine years old when the Turkish army invades northwestern Persia ccbc best books for kids & teens Wgoals. First, to survive. Second, not to be hated. Third, not to be the worst Sin 1918, and she and her parents, brother and baby sister are driven from their “The setting is rich and the charac- at anything. But these goals turn out to be relatively easy to achieve. Instead, his tiny village. Taking only what they can carry, they flee into the mountains, but the “Out of a sad, nearly forgotten his- ters are interesting and fresh.” real challenge comes in the form of a new cabin mate. Zachary arrives at camp late, journey is so difficult that only Samira and her older brother, Benyamin, survive. tory comes this triumphant story.” — School Library Journal surrounded by a cloud of rumors, and Ethan finds himself intrigued and somehow When Samira finally arrives in a refugee camp, it is her friendship with another — School Library Journal envious of the new arrival. Zach doesn’t seem to care what anybody thinks of him. orphan, Anna, that pulls her out of her sadness. And when the two girls are given a He doesn’t even seem upset when he is forced to miss the Big Swim, the legendary toddler named Elias to care for, they form a new kind of family. “My top pick for an all-engrossing camp event where a select few try to swim across the lake and back. Over the years the children are shunted from one refugee camp to another, from new novel.” — Toronto Star Then Zach attracts the attention of Amber Levine — the girl with an easy smile Persia to Iraq and back again, and finally end up in an orphanage, where it seems and a freckle on one knee — at the same time that Amber attracts the attention of that they will live out their childhood. Then a new orphanage director arrives — Ethan. And life gets even more complicated when Zach decides to try the Big Swim Susan Shedd, a woman whose authority and energy Samira has never seen before. on his own, and he manages to convince Amber and Ethan to help him. Original And Samira’s respect turns to amazement when Miss Shedd decides that she will and smartly observed, this story will strike a chord with anyone who has ever been take the three hundred children back to their home villages to make new lives for to summer camp. themselves. It will be a journey of three hundred miles, through the mountains, and it will be made on foot. Cary Fagan (www.caryfagan.com) is an award-winning children’s author who has also written several adult novels and has been an editor and contributor to sev- Celia Barker Lottridge is a writer and storyteller who has written several eral magazines and newspapers, including the Globe and Mail and the Montreal highly acclaimed picture books and novels, including Ticket to Curlew (winner of Gazette. He is also the author of Book of Big Brothers, illustrated by Luc Melanson, the CLA Book of the Year Award and the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fic- and Mr. Karp’s Last Glass. He lives in Toronto, Ontario. tion for Young People) and Wings to Fly (winner of the Violet Downey Award). 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30 31 Index (All titles appear in bold) awards and honors Amado, Elisa ...... 8, 9 Mary Ann Alice ...... 14 Arni, Samhita ...... 11 Money Boy...... 19 RESOURCE LINKS YEAR’S THE CANADIAN CHILDREN’S Bach, Tamara ...... 14 My Little Stella Library...... 21 BEST 2010 BOOK CENTRE BEST BOOKS Badoe, Adwoa ...... 14 Ng, Simon ...... 23 FOR KIDS & TEENS 2010 Beautiful Griselda...... 8 No Ordinary Day...... 12 Roslyn Rutabaga and the 2011 USBBY OUTSTANDING Between Sisters ...... 14 No Safe Place...... 13 Biggest Hole on Earth! INTERNATIONAL BOOKS The Big Swim Big Swim, The ...... 24 Patton, Christopher ...... 6 Written and illustrated by HONOR LIST Written by Cary Fagan Breadwinner Trilogy, The...... 13 Petit, the Monster ...... 8 Marie-Louise Gay Canadian Railroad Trilogy Arroz con Leche: Broken Memory...... 14 Porter, Pamela ...... 15, 16, 17 Canadian Railroad Trilogy Brooks, Martha ...... 14 Pouliot, Andrée ...... 10 Un Poema para Cocinar/ Gordon Lightfoot Gordon Lightfoot Illustrated by Ian Wallace Campbell, Nicola I...... 4 Ravel, Edeet ...... 15 Rice Pudding: Illustrated by Ian Wallace A Cooking Poem Caramba...... 2 Razzell, Mary ...... 15 The News: Caramba and Henry ...... 2 Reczuch, Karen ...... 5 Bella’s Tree Written by Jorge Argueta A Groundwork Guide Illustrated by Fernando Vilela Carter, Anne Laurel ...... 14 Richmond, Sandra ...... 15 Written by Janet Russell Written by Peter Steven Chitrakar, Moyna ...... 11 Rivera, Alba Marina ...... 9 Illustrated by Jirina Marton Combres, Élisabeth ...... 14 Salmon Creek...... 5 I Know Here Queen of Hearts Alego Cowan, Jennifer ...... 14 Saver, The...... 15 Written by Laurel Croza Written by Martha Brooks Crazy Man, The...... 15, 17 Schimel, Lawrence ...... 9 Written and illustrated by Illustrated by Matt James Ningeokuluk Teevee Roslyn Rutabaga and the Cumyn, Alan ...... 18 Shepherd’s Granddaughter, The...... 14 Biggest Hole on Earth! Shin-chi’s Canoe Doyle, Brian ...... 14 ...... 4 hello baby board books Canadian Railroad Trilogy Written and illustrated by Hello, Baby! earthgirl...... 14 Shi-shi-etko ...... 4 Gordon Lightfoot Marie-Louise Gay Look Around, Baby! Ellis, Deborah ...... 12, 13, 14 Singh, Rina ...... 10 Illustrated by Ian Wallace Go, Baby, Go! Fagan, Cary ...... 24 Sita’s Ramayana...... 11 Not a Baby Anymore! Few Blocks, A...... 6 Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen...... 15 CCBC CHOICES 2011 Photographs by Jorge Uzon A Gift from Childhood: Gay, Marie-Louise ...... 2, 20, 21 Snow Apples...... 15 Memories of an African A Gift from Childhood Girl from Mars...... 14 Stella and Sam...... 20, 21 The Big Swim Boyhood Written and illustrated by Good Morning, Sam Stella, Fairy of the Forest ...... 20 ...... 21 Written by Cary Fagan Written and illustrated by Baba Wagué Diakité Good Night, Sam ...... 20 Stella, Princess of the Sky...... 21 Baba Wagué Diakité Grandpa’s Girls ...... 4 Stella, Queen of the Snow...... 21 Rex Zero, the Great Roslyn Rutabaga and the Guru Nanak...... 10 Stella, Star of the Sea...... 21 Pretender Biggest Hole on Earth! Home Is Beyond the Mountains...... 15, 25 Tales from Gold Mountain...... 23 Written by Tim Wynne-Jones Written and illustrated by ONTARIO LIBRARY Huser, Glen ...... 15 Tanaka, Shelley ...... 14 Marie-Louise Gay Life in the Boreal Forest ASSOCIATION I’ll Be Watching...... 16 This New Baby...... 1 BEST BETS 2010 Written by Brenda Z. Guiberson No Isol...... 8 Tilt ...... 18 Illustrated by Gennady Spirin Written and illustrated by Jack Pine True Confessions of a Heartless Girl ...... 6 ...... 14 No Safe Place Claudia Rueda Jam, Teddy ...... 1 Vande Griek, Susan ...... 5 Viola Desmond Won’t Be Written by Deborah Ellis Johnson, Virginia ...... 1 Wanting Mor...... 15 Budged! I Know Here Khan, Rukhsana ...... 15 What Are You Doing, Sam?...... 20 Written by Jody Nyasha Warner Written by Laurel Croza LaFave, Kim ...... 4 What Gloria Wants...... 15 Illustrated by Richard Rudnicki Queen of Hearts Illustrated by Matt James LeBox, Annette ...... 5 Wheels for Walking ...... 15 Written by Martha Brooks Broken Memory Petit, the Monster Lee, Claudia M...... 22 When Stella Was Very, Very Small...... 21 Written by Élisabeth Combres Let’s Go See Papá!...... 9 Withrow, Sarah ...... 15 Written and illustrated by Isol Translated by Shelley Tanaka Looking for X...... 14 Yee, Paul ...... 19, 23 Home Is Beyond Loon...... 5 Yockteng, Rafael ...... 22 No Safe Place the Mountains Lottridge, Celia Barker ...... 15, 25 Young, Cybèle ...... 6 Written by Deborah Ellis Written by Celia Barker Lottridge Mandaderos de la lluvia / Messengers of Rain...... 22

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