ScholaStic canada Fall 2014 Greet the day the Canadian way with this follow-up to Goodnight, Canada. Also available: “Young readers will . become absorbed in examining every detail of the rich illustrations.” —CBC Parents Page 7 Fox and Squirrel make room for one more in their adorable friendship. Also available: “[The] lovely, gentle story of an unlikely friendship” —Quill & Quire Page 9 Illustrations from Good Morning, Canada © 2014 Andrea Lynn Beck and Fox and Squirrel Make a Friend © 2014 Ruth Ohi. Scholastic Canada Fall 2014 IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS: Scholastic Canada Ltd. is the exclusive Canadian trade distributor for all books included in this catalogue as well as all books in the following imprints: Scholastic Press, Scholastic Paperbacks, The Blue Sky Press, Canada Close Up, Arthur A. Levine Books, Cartwheel Books, Orchard Books, Graphix, Children’s Press, Franklin Watts, Scholastic Reference, Scholastic Canada, North Winds Press, Point, Apple Paperbacks, Little Apple, Chicken House, Point Signature, Éditions Scholastic, Push, Klutz, Chicken Socks, Tangerine Press, Sidekicks, Dear America, Dear Canada, I Am Canada, Scholastic Nonfiction, Teaching Resources, Teacher’s Friend, Little Shepherd, Little Scholastic, Scholastic Audiobooks, Michael di Capua Books and Scholastic en Español. Cover art from Dashing Through the Snow: A Canadian Jingle Bells © 2014 by Werner Zimmermann. Title page art from Good Morning, Canada © 2014 by Andrea Lynn Beck. Prices do not include taxes. Prices subject to change. Praise for A Porcupine in a Pine Tree: • A Globe and Mail Bestseller • A CBC Bestseller • A Quill & Quire Bestseller • A CBA Bestseller • Winner, CBA Libris Picture Book of the Year • CCBC Best Books for Kids and Teens • CBC Children’s Book Pick • OLA Best Bets • Resource Links, Year’s Best “It’s virtually impossible to resist singing along.” —Quill & Quire “A super-serving of Canadiana in perfect time for the holidays . quite irresistible.” —CM: Canadian Review of Materials “It’s not easy to put a new spin on a holiday classic . Bravo to a talented pair for a book that is sheer fun.” —Canadian Children’s Book News “The clearly Canadian lyrics are perfectly complimented by the fun and dynamic illustrations . Don’t be surprised if the quirky text takes over for the old classic tune.” —CBC Parents Also available: Over 200,000 in print! A Porcupine in a Pine Tree A Porcupine in a Pine Tree Gift Set A Porcupine in a Pine Tree Plush $16.99 POB • 978-0-545-98663-2 $24.99 BOX • 978-1-4431-1957-3 (6-Copy Pre-pack) $77.94 • 978-1-4431-1340-3 Available in French 2 SCHOLASTIC CANADA Fall 2014 www.scholastic.ca OCTOBER Dashing Through the Snow: A Canadian Jingle Bells $16.99 Paper Over Board Ages: 3 to 7 ISBN-13: 978-1-4431-2452-2 Picture Book Holidays & Celebrations/Christmas & Advent Full-colour illustrations Pages: 32 Trim Size: 10" x 10" EAN: 9-781443-12452-2 Ctn Qty: 23 Rights: Scholastic Canada Ltd. Non-Strippable Also available in French: Vive le vent! $10.99 PB • 978-1-4431-2454-6 Covernot final Marketing Dashing Through the Snow: • National review mailing A Canadian Jingle Bells • Online promotion • Co-op available By Helaine Becker • Ornaments Illustrated by Werner Zimmermann • Select author and illustrator appearances (Lakefield Literary Porcupine and his Canadian friends are back in this companion to Festival, Telling Tales, Toronto International Book Fair) the #1 National Bestseller A Porcupine in a Pine Tree! • National advertising • Books for Everybody submission When Sasquatch upsets Santa’s sleigh, everyone gets the wrong presents. But that doesn’t • Video trailer stop them from having a great time! • Social media campaign and advertising Join in the merriment and mayhem as a wild (and familiar) cast of Canadian characters take over the Christmas holidays once again. With the same jolly rhymes and infectious energy that made A Porcupine in a Pine Tree an instant classic, this Canadian twist on “Jingle Bells” is the must-have, must-give book for the holidays. Dashing Through the Snow: A Canadian Jingle Bells 15-Copy Mixed Floor Display (Includes 10 copies of Dashing Through the Snow and 5 copies of A Porcupine in a Pine Tree PLUS a complimentary 6-copy pre-pack of the Porcupine Plush for giveaway while supplies last) 978-1-4431-4115-4 $254.85 has written many laugh-out-loud funny books for children, Dashing Through the Snow: HELAINE BECKER A Canadian Jingle Bells 6-Copy including the bestselling A Porcupine in a Pine Tree, Ode to Underwear, The Haunted Solid Counter Display House That Jack Built, and The Hilarious History of Hockey. She is extremely active in 978-1-4431-4114-7 the world of children’s literature, in addition to being a swimmer, cyclist, runner and $101.94 read-a-holic. Helaine lives in Toronto, Ontario. Her website is www.helainebecker.com. WERNER ZIMMERMANN is an author, illustrator, and teacher whose works include the bestselling A Porcupine in a Pine Tree; Snow Day!; Listen, Said the Donkey; Pippin the Christmas Pig; and the Farmer Joe series. He has been nominated twice for the Governor General’s Award. Werner lives in Guelph, Ontario. His website is www.wernerzimmermann.ca. www.scholastic.ca SCHOLASTIC CANADA Fall 2014 3 Praise for Elijah of Buxton: • A Newbery Honor Book • Winner of the Coretta Scott King Award • Winner of the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction • Winner, TD Canadian Children's Literature Award • Winner, Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People • Winner, Canadian Library Association Book of the Year For Children H “Rich, masterful storytelling. This is Curtis’s best novel yet, and no doubt many readers, young and old, will finish and say, ‘This is one of the best books I have ever read.’” —Kirkus, starred review H “A fine, original novel from a gifted storyteller. Readers drawn to the book by humor will find themselves, at times, on the edge of their seats in suspense and, at others, moved to tears.” —Booklist, starred review H “Curtis’s talent for dealing with painful periods of history with grace and sensitivity is as strong as ever.” —School Library Journal, starred review H “[Elijah] is an irresistible character. This arresting, surprising novel of reluctant heroism is about nothing less than nobility.” —Horn Book, starred review From The Madman of Piney Woods: As a cold shiver ran through my body and heat flushed through my face, I quickly lost my courage and forgot all about leaping through the picture window. Even more shamefully, I also forgot about my heroic plan to grab Benji and escape with him. Knocking over the chair I had been pretending I was going to sit in, all I could manage to do was run toward the kitchen and shout, “Oh, Benji! Please! For the love of God, run!” I can only imagine the confused look that must have come to Father’s face when Benji hollered over his shoulder, “Thank you very much for having me over for supper, sir, the conversation was stimulating, your company was exhilarating, and that was one of the finest meals I’ve ever had!” Benji jostled past me as we ran through the kitchen and spilled out onto the back porch. “Keep running!” I yelled. “Don’t listen to anything she says, she’s very confused!” Three blocks from home, just outside of the funeral parlour I grabbed the back of Benji’s jacket and pulled him to a stop. I leaned over, put my hands on my knees, and gasped to him, “I’m fairly certain we’re safe. I don’t think she can run this far.” “You don’t think who can run this far? Who are we running from?” “Grandmother O’Toole!” “Who?” “My mother’s mother.” “Your grandmother? We’re running like this from your grandmother?” 4 SCHOLASTIC CANADA Fall 2014 www.scholastic.ca OCTOBER The Madman of Piney Woods $18.99 Hardcover Ages: 8 to 12 ISBN-13: 978-1-4431-3912-0 EBK: 978-0-545-63376-5 Middle-Grade Fiction Action & Adventure; Historical/ Canada/Post-Confederation (1867-) Pages: 384 Trim Size: 5 ½" x 8 ¼" EAN: 9-7801443-13912-0 Ctn Qty: 20 Rights: Scholastic Inc. Non-Strippable Marketing The Madman of Piney Woods • National review mailing By Christopher Paul Curtis • Online promotion • Co-op available Acclaimed Newbery Medalist Christopher Paul Curtis delivers a • Discussion Guide powerful companion to his multiple award-winning Elijah of Buxton. • National advertising • Advanced readers’ copies Hailed as a modern-day Mark Twain, Christopher Paul Curtis introduces two clever, funny, • Sneak peek promotion brave, utterly authentic kids. Benji and Red are boys young readers will want to run around • Books for Everybody Submission in the woods with, play pranks on, and entrust with their deepest secrets. Set in Buxton, Ontario, a settlement of runaway slaves, forty years after the events of Elijah Also available: of Buxton, the story unfolds through Benji and Red’s alternating first-person narratives. Through their eyes, we meet two different, yet equally damaged, individuals: an Irish immigrant woman whose journey to Canada proves as devastating as the famine she’s escaping, and a Black Canadian soldier who barely survives the American Civil War only to find he no longer fits in back home. As the boys discover that their elders have been forever scarred by their pasts, so do we readers come to understand more than we could learn from any history lesson. Here is a novel that will break your heart — and expand it, too. Elijah of Buxton $8.99 PB • 978-0-439-02345-0 EBK • 978-0-545-28119-5 CHRISTOPHER PAUL CURTIS was awarded both a Newbery Honor and a Coretta Scott King Honor for his debut book The Watsons Go to Birmingham and won the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Award for his second book, Bud, Not Buddy.