Spring 2019 Rights Guide ACCOLADES & AWARDS A Place for Pluto page 95 A Different Imagination Soup Pond Holiday Gift List 2018 page 118 – STEM category 2018 Charlotte Zolotow Award 2018 Ezra Jack Keats New Project You Writer Honor page 234 2018 Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Honor 2017 INDIES Book of the Year A 2018 Caldecott Honor Book Award, Honorable Mention 2018 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Foreword Indies Book Notable Children’s Books 2018 of the Year finalist Best Books 2017 “A night just like any other forms the basis of this quiet Recycled Science tale of a father and son fishing for food. Phi expertly conveys the warmth and seriousness of this late-night page 238 outing, balancing the child’s happiness at an opportunity for adventure with the weight of history and hunger. 2017 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Bui’s graphic novel-like artwork provides the narrative Prize for Excellence in with a sense of measured time; each moment is Science Books, Finalist simultaneously distinct and a part of the whole.” Best Children’s Books of 2017 “A boy goes fishing with his father before dawn in poet Phi’s simple recollection of his childhood. He and his father, who learned to fish as a boy in Vietnam, would go out in the dark to fish under the starry sky near Minneapolis so that their Yasmin refugee family might have enough to eat. Bui’s illustrations page 15, 155 convey the strength of the affection between father and son.” Best Picture Book of 2017 Best Books 2018, School Library Journal “Spare and simple, a must-read for our times. .A fishing trip is not just a fishing trip in this Best Book of 2018, poignant, semiautobiographical tale.” Kirkus Reviews Capitol Choices 2018 Reading List Best Middle-Grade Book of “A boy and his father fish under a starry sky in the early 2018 for New & Transitioning morning hours and discuss the differences in ponds between Readings, Kirkus Reviews cultures old and new, one in Minnesota and one in Vietnam.” 2018 Notable Social Studies Best Children’s Books Trade Books for Young People of 2018, Amazon “In this gentle, honest tale of immigrant survival, a young Vietnamese American boy and his father go on an early morning fishing trip.” (Caldecott Honor Book) Sweet Revenge 2017 INDIES Book of the Year page 242 Award, Honorable Mention “A young boy is awakened early by his father to go 2018 Goodreads Choice fishing. The story reveals this morning is more than an Awards Nominee, average father-son trip when we hear the young boy ask Final Round his father, “If you got another job, why do we still have to fish for food?” The two meet other characters in the 2019 Quick Picks for early morning, but soon we are left with the young boy Reluctant Young Adult and father where we discover stories of the father’s past Readers, YALSA at a different pond in his homeland of Vietnam. “ BOARD PICTURE 2 CANTATA 9 BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS Backlist ... 91 Backlist ... 95 Backlist ... 126 FAIRY TALES 11 FICTION 12 GEOGRAPHY 31 & MYTHOLOGY BOOKS BOOKS Backlist ... 131 Backlist ... 146 Backlist ... 204 HOBBIES MODERN REFERENCE 33 & CRAFTS LANGUAGES BOOKS Backlist ... 207 Backlist ... 243 Backlist ... 244 SCIENCE & 61 SOCIAL 80 NATURE STUDIES TITLE INDEX 324 Backlist ... 254 Backlist ... 299 SALES REPS 334 PICTURE BOOKS The Golden Acorn Í Best-selling author Whoosh! Squirrel takes off at full speed through the autumn Katy Hudson’s leaves. But pump the brakes, because this year The Golden follow-up to Too Many Nut Hunt race is a team event. Squirrel reluctantly enlists Carrots and A Loud her friends and is not impressed. Will Squirrel’s competitive Winter’s Nap. Includes spirit take over or will she learn how to be a team player? the same cast of Best-selling author Katy Hudson (Too Many Carrots and A characters Loud Winter’s Nap) proves that winning isn’t everything in Í Strong seasonal appeal this energetic picture book about friendship, teamwork, and for fall/ autumn forgiveness — and that’s something to go nuts about! promotions Í This sweet and humorous story promotes themes of friendship, acceptance, cooperation, and teamwork PICTURE WINDOW BOOKS age level: 3-5 Years trim: 254mm x 254mm pages: 32 pages author: Katy Hudson TITLE The Golden Acorn MORE TITLES ON PAGE 104 2 | 2019 Rights Guide PICTURE BOOKS Little Boost Í Includes teachable moments for Little Boost books tackle early life lessons in a young children funny and relatable manner. From learning to Í Addresses a common problem in share to telling lies, life isn’t easy. These picture young children—picky eating— books include many teachable moments, which while entertaining and engaging are important elements in children’s books. them Caregivers will be able to engage young children with entertaining stories while introducing and Í Helps instill important life skills instilling important life skills. These books are sure Í Fun, colourful illustrations to give everyone a little boost! PICTURE WINDOW BOOKS age level: 4-8 Years trim: 254mm x 254mm TITLE pages: 32 pages Lucia Lacorte, Poor Sport author:Christianne Jones MORE TITLES ON PAGE 110 2019 Rights Guide | 3 PICTURE BOOKS School Rules Í Introduces young students to the daily Welcome young readers to a diverse routines, events, and expectations of elementary-school community and throw elementary school to help minimize open the door to discovery with School Rules! anxiety and maximize engagement How do I get to school? Who will I meet Í At-level text and bright, colorful there? What’s the first day of kindergarten illustrations make learning accessible like? What rules do I need to follow? How and fun do I find my way around and stay safe? Í A different 1st-person student narrator in Diverse, human characters throughout each book shares kid-friendly answers with the series allow readers to see readers, while energetically guiding them themselves in each book and relate through all aspects of school in playful yet better to featured school community realistically illustrated ways. situations PICTURE WINDOW BOOKS TITLE age level: 5-7 Years My First Day at School trim: 254mm x 254mm Schools Have Rules pages: 24 pages Staying Safe at School author: Thomas Kingsley This Is My School Troupe, Mark Weakland Who’s Who at School 4 | 2019 Rights Guide PICTURE BOOKS Word Adventures: Í Introduces new writers to language Punctuation arts basics Í Punctuation marks are adventurous in Written by award-winning author, this fun new series by Michael Dahl. This Michael Dahl engaging series will introduce basic language Í Humurous text and fun illustrations arts topics to new writers. engage K-2 learners PICTURE WINDOW BOOKS TITLE age level: 5-8 Years Commas Say “Take a Break” trim: 229mm x 279mm Exclamation Points Say “Wow!” pages: 32 pages Periods Say “Stop.” author: Michael Dahl Question Marks Say “What?” 2019 Rights Guide | 5 PICTURE BOOKS My Footprints Í A second picture book by Bao Phi, Every child feels different in some way, but author of the Caldecott-honor- Thuy feels “double different.” She is Vietnamese winning A Different Pond American and she has two moms. Thuy walks Í Themes address inner courage and home one winter afternoon, angry and lonely strength and rising above bullies after a bully’s taunts. Then a bird catches Í her attention and sets Thuy on an imaginary A celebration of an LGBTQ family exploration. What if she could fly away like a and embracing differences bird? What if she could sprint like a deer, or roar like a bear? Mimicking the footprints of each creature in the snow, she makes her way home to the arms of her moms. Together, the three of them imagine beautiful and powerful creatures who always have courage - just like Thuy. PICTURE WINDOW BOOKS TITLE age level: 6-8 Years My Footprints trim: 279mm x 229mm pages: 32 pages author: Bao Phi You MIght Also Like A Different Pond Page 118 6 | 2019 Rights Guide PICTURE BOOKS The Brave Cyclist Í Gino Bartali’s life provides an inspiring story that merges sports Once a skinny and weak child, Gino Bartali rose and wartime heroics to become a Tour de France champion and one of cycling’s greatest stars. But all that seemed Í Bartali’s little-known acts of unimportant when his country came under the heroism reveal how one person grip of a brutal dictator and entered World War II could make a difference against on the side of Nazi Germany. Bartali might have fascism and anti-Semitism appeared a mere bystander to the harassment Í Personal stories help young and hatred directed toward Italy’s Jewish people, readers empathize with those but secretly he accepted a role in a dangerous who lived under the rule of brutal plan to help them. Putting his own life at risk, dictators Bartali used his speed and endurance on a bike to deliver documents Jewish people needed to escape harm. His inspiring story reveals how one person could make a difference against violence and prejudice during the time of the Holocaust. PICTURE WINDOW BOOKS TITLE age level: 9-12 Years The Brave Cyclist trim: 229mm x 279mm pages: 40 pages author: Amalia Hoffman 2019 Rights Guide | 7 PICTUREPICTURE BOOKSBOOKS Leaders Doing Headstands We often read about famous leaders as adults, but who were they as children? They wore roller skates, played ice hockey, went fishing, and loved jokes. These delightfully playful books will inspire young readers by showing them that famous people in history were once goofy kids too.