Candlewick Press FALL congratulates – WINTER 2009 M. T. ANDERSON Winner of a 2009 Michael L. Printz Honor Medal ★ CANDLEWICK PRESS ★ This catalog is printed on FSC-certified paper that contains 50% recycled PRSRT STD content (25% post-consumer). U.S. POSTAGE PAID Permit No.6 HUDSON, MA 01749 FALL–WINTER 2009 Catalog ISBN: 978-0-7636-4674-5 B FF09_Catalog_Cover.indd09_Catalog_Cover.indd 1 33/26/09/26/09 11:12:4711:12:47 AMAM Look What’s New! CONTENTS Recent Raves & Awards 2 Now Available 4 HARDCOVERS August 7 September 24 October 54 November 76 December 84 CANDLEWICK CHARACTERS Dog lover? Nonconformist? An instant bestseller extends Maisy 87 Roll over laughing at Lauren its DIY passion to kids with Where’s Waldo? 92 Child’s Who wants to be a Show Off, a hip guide to Judy Moody and Stink 94 poodle I don’t (page 30). doing it all (page 46). MULTIMEDIA Storybook Animations 97 Read, Listen, & Wonder 98 PAPERBACKS August 101 September 109 October 118 December 123 Index by Category 125 Find comic relief when Matt Phelan stirs up a spellbinding Leonard S. Marcus interviews tale in The Storm in the Barn, a Index 126 humorous children’s authors timely graphic novel of Dust Bowl Ordering Information 128 in Funny Business (page 74). America (page 43). A boy comes of age — as his Internationally best-selling And be sure to head over to Scream Street, Vietnam vet dad comes apart — author John Marsden brings home of two frightfully funny tales that in Eli the Good by novelist Hamlet to life in a riveting, will leave kids howling (page 114)! Silas House (page 52). highly charged novel (page 21). Front cover illustration from The Circus Ship by Chris Van Dusen; copyright © 2009 by Chris Van Dusen FF09_cat_1-26_FINAL.indd09_cat_1-26_FINAL.indd 1 33/25/09/25/09 88:13:38:13:38 AAMM recent raves & awards HC: 978-0-7636-3437-7 HC: 978-0-7636-4181-8 Age 14 and up $15.99/$17.50 CAN Age 9 and up $16.99/$18.50 CAN ★ Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books ★ Kirkus Reviews HC: 978-0-7636-3241-0 A YALSA Quick Pick HC: 978-0-7636-2067-7 Ages 2–5 $15.99/17.50 CAN Age 10 and up $29.99/$33.00 CAN A Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books ★ ★ The Horn Book Blue Ribbon Winner The Horn Book ★ Booklist ★ Publishers Weekly ★ School Library Journal ★ School Library Journal A National Endowment for the Humanities We the People Bookshelf Selection An American Library Association Notable Children’s Book A National Council for the Social Studies Notable Trade Book for Young People A Horn Book Fanfare Selection A Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Book of the Year A Booklist Editors’ Choice A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year HC: 978-0-7636-2890-1 HC: 978-0-7636-3625-8 Age 2 and up $17.99/$20.00 CAN PB: 978-0-7636-4231-0 ★ Publishers Weekly Age 14 and up $17.99/$20.00 CAN HC: 978-0-7636-3723-1 ★ Booklist Ages 8–12 $16.99/$18.50 CAN A YALSA Best Book ★ Publishers Weekly A National Council for the Social Studies Notable Trade Book for Young People HC: 978-0-7636-3665-4 Age 12 and up $18.99/$21.00 CAN HC: 978-0-7636-0663-3 Ages 8–12 $17.99/20.00 CAN ★ Kirkus Reviews HC: 978-0-7636-3936-5 ★ Booklist Age 14 and up $17.99/$20.00 CAN ★ Publishers Weekly ★ Kirkus Reviews ★ School Library Journal HC: 978-0-7636-2530-6 Ages 8–12 $17.99/$20.00 CAN ★ The Horn Book ★ Kirkus Reviews ★ Booklist ★ School Library Journal A National Council for the Social Studies Notable Trade Book for Young People HC: 978-0-7636-3894-8 HC: 978-0-7636-3265-6 Ages 4–8 $16.99/$18.50 CAN Ages 6–8 $14.99/$16.50 CAN ★ The Horn Book A Cybils Award Finalist (Easy Reader) ★ Publishers Weekly HC: 978-0-7636-3049-2 Ages 6–10 $17.99/$20.00 CAN A Horn Book Fanfare Selection ★ Publishers Weekly A Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books Blue Ribbon Winner ★ Kirkus Reviews A Junior Library Guild Selection 2 ✦ www.candlewick.com ✦ FF09_cat_1-26_FINAL.indd09_cat_1-26_FINAL.indd 2 33/25/09/25/09 88:14:23:14:23 AAMM recent raves & awards HC: 978-0-7636-4019-4 HC: 978-0-7636-3923-5 HC: 978-0-7636-3903-7 HC: 978-0-7636-2807-9 Ages 3–7 $15.99/$17.50 CAN Ages 2–4 $16.99/$18.50 CAN Ages 3–6 $16.99/$18.50 CAN Ages 2–6 $16.99/$20.00 CAN ★ School Library Journal ★ Publishers Weekly ★ Booklist ★ School Library Journal ★ Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books ★ School Library Journal A New York Times Bestseller IndieBound Kids’ Next List Selection A Cybils Award Winner An American Library Association (Fiction Picture Books) Notable Children’s Book A Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Book of the Year An American Library Association An Association for Library Service to Children Notable Children’s Book Notable Children’s Book Nominee A Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books Blue Ribbon Winner A Charlotte Zolotow Award Winner An Oprah’s Book Club Kids Reading List Selection A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year A Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books Blue Ribbon Winner A Junior Library Guild Selection Winner of a 2009 HC: 978-0-7636-3913-6 Age 6 and up $16.99/$20.00 CAN Michael L. Printz ★ Kirkus Reviews A National Council for the Social Studies Honor Notable Trade Book for Young People A Kirkus Reviews Best Children’s Book HC: 978-0-7636-3142-8 Age 10 and up $24.99/$27.50 CAN A Cybils Award Finalist (Nonfi ction) HC: 978-0-7636-3322-6 Ages 3–5 $16.99/$18.50 CAN A YALSA Quick Pick ★ The Horn Book IndieBound Kids’ Next List Selection ★ Booklist A Parents’ Choice Recommended Title A Cybils Award Finalist (Poetry) HC: 978-0-7636-2950-2 Age 14 and up $22.99/$25.00 CAN ★ The Horn Book ★ Publishers Weekly HC: 978-0-7636-3932-7 ★ Kirkus Reviews A Cybils Award Finalist (Graphic Novels) ★ Booklist A YALSA Best Book ★ School Library Journal ★ Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books A Michael L. Printz Honor Book A New York Times Bestseller A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year HC: 978-0-7636-3931-0 Age 14 and up $18.99/$21.00 CAN An American Library Association HC: 978-0-7636-3611-1 Best Book for Young Adults Nominee ★ Booklist Age 10 and up $24.99/27.50 CAN A YALSA Best Book Winner of the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize PB: 978-07636-4502-1 A Horn Book Fanfare Selection An American Library Association Best Book Age 10 and up $17.99/20.00 CAN for Young Adults Nominee A Publishers Weekly Best Children’s ★ The Horn Book Book of the Year A YALSA Best Book ★ Kirkus Reviews A Kirkus Reviews Editors’ Choice A Booklist Editors Choice ★ School Library Journal HC: 978-0-7636-3384-4 A Booklist Editors’ Choice Ages 5–7 $14.99/$16.50 CAN A Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books ★ School Library Journal Blue Ribbon Winner A Cybils Award Finalist (Easy Reader) A Junior Library Guild Selection ✦ www.candlewick.com ✦ 3 FF09_cat_1-26_FINAL.indd09_cat_1-26_FINAL.indd 3 33/25/09/25/09 88:15:10:15:10 AAMM e Available July hardcover Popping up — just in time for Halloween! Enter, if you dare, the bloodcurdling (and sidesplitting) world of Transylvania’s most infamous gourmet. Featuring a spook-tacular pop-up finale with sound Open the Velcro tab on this coffi n-shaped tomb — er, tome — for a peek effects at some little-known details of Dracula’s infancy, school days, cherished belongings, and lively nightlife. Peer inside a vampire’s fridge and closet, peruse photos of little Drac with boyhood friends, meet his many pets, and get a taste, so to speak, of what eternal life is like for the world’s biggest pain in the neck. Just beware of the fi nal spread — who knows what creepy consequences might spring up if visitors don’t obey the signs? ✦✦✦ Featured in Dracula’s Tomb: • Drac-Facts Dracula’s Tomb by Colin McNaughton • My School Days Novelty • My School Report 1 13 8 /4 x 11 /16 24 pages • My Pets Ages 5–10 • Holiday Snaps Kindergarten–Grade 5 • Dracula’s Fridge Watercolor July LC: 98070722 • My Wardrobe ISBN: 978-0-7636-4488-8 • My Stuff $14.99 ($17.50 CAN) • A Night in the Life of Count Dracula Colin McNaughton, an International Reading Association Children’s Choice favorite, has created more than sixty books for children. >> See page 56 for more from this author. 4 ✦ www.candlewick.com ✦ FF09_cat_1-26.indd09_cat_1-26.indd 4 44/1/09/1/09 11:57:11:57:11 PPMM paperback Available July “Narrated with crack dramatic and comic timing. Unforgettable. The cliffhanger ending is as effective as a shot to the gut.” — Booklist (starred review) Excerpt available at www.candlewick.com Winner of the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize A Booklist Editors’ Choice A Booktrust Teenage Prize Winner (U.K.) Todd Hewitt is the only boy in a town of men. Ever since the settlers were infected with the Noise germ, Todd can hear everything the men think, and they hear everything he thinks.