New releases for Winter/Spring 2014

Happy New Year, youngCanLit Readers!

The turning of the calendar pages, virtual or paper, is inevitable, just as is the release of new youngCanLit.  There are so many key books that I'm looking forward to reading, including Underground Soldier by Marsha Skrypuch, the sequel to her Silver Birch award-winning book Making Bombs for Hitler; The Boundless by Ken Oppel, a first in a new series; Moon at Nine by Deb Ellis, always sure to be thoughtful; The Worlds We Make by Megan Crewe, Book 3 in her Fallen World series; Arrows through the Axes, newest book in Patrick Bowman's Odyssey of a Slave series; Zomboy by Richard Scrimger which has been so long in coming; The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires; From There to Here by Laurel Croza and Matt James, follow-up book to their award-winning picture book, I Know Here; and Glory by Maureen McGowan, sequel to Deviants and Compliance.  And that's only the tip of my TBR pile.  I hope that you find some gems here as well.




Picture Books

• Eerie Dearies: 26 Ways to Miss School by Rebecca Chaperon (Simply Read Books)  
• From Lands of the Night by Tololwa Mollel, illus. by Darrel McCalla (Fitzhenry & Whiteside)
• Mouse Tales by Philip Roy, illus. by Andrea Torrey Balsara (Ronsdale Press)>>>new series Happy the Pocket Mouse
• Snow White and Rose Red by Brothers Grimm, adapted by Kallie George, illus. by Kelly Vivanco (Simply Read Books)

 
Fiction

• All Fall Down: The Landslide Diary of Abby Roberts, Frank, District of Alberta, 1902 by Jean Little (Scholastic Canada)>>>Dear Canada series
• Graves of Ice: The Lost Franklin Expedition, George Chambers, The Northwest Passage, 1845 by John Wilson (Scholastic Canada)>>>I am Canada series
• Jackpot by Gordon Korman (Scholastic Canada)
• The Rule of Three by Eric Walters (Razorbill)>>> first in new series The Neighbourhood
• The Strange Gift of Gwendolyn Golden by Philippa Dowding (Dundurn)
• Underground Soldier by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch (Scholastic Canada)>>> sequel to award-winning Making Bombs for Hitler

Young Adult

• A Breath of Frost by Alyxandra Harvey (Bloomsbury Juvenile US)>> Book 1 in new series The Lovegrove Legacy
• Finding Melissa by Cora Taylor (Fitzhenry & Whiteside)
• I am Forever by Wynne Channing (Jet & Jack Press)>>>sequel to her paranormal romance What Kills Me
• Lives of Magic by Lucy Leiderman (Dundurn)
• Nomad by R. J. Anderson (Orchard Books)>>>sequel to Swift

Picture Books

• The Highest Number in the World by Roy MacGregor, illus. by Geneviève Després (Tundra)
• Hugs by Robert Munsch, illus. by Michael Martchenko (Scholastic Canada)
• Not My Girl by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Poiak-Fenton (Annick)>>>picture book version of A Stranger at Home
• Paper Hearts by Sandra Van Doorn  (Simply Read Books)
• Stinky Skunk Mel by Kari-Lynn Winters, illus. by Paola Opal (Simply Read Books)
• Which Way Should I go? by Sylvia Olsen with Ron Marie, illus. by Kasia Charko (Sono Nis Press)

Fiction

• Lord and Lady Bunny – Almost Royalty by Polly Horvath (Groundwood Books)
• The Mystery of the Russian Ransom by Roy MacGregor (Tundra Books)>>>new book in Screech Owls series
• Prove It Josh by Jenny Watson (Sono Nis Press)
• Real Mermaids Don’t Sell Sea Shells by Helene Boudreau (Sourcebooks Jabberwocky) >>>Book 4 in Real Mermaid series
• Sabotage by Karen Autio (Sono Nis Press)
• Tiger by the Tail by Eric Walters (Scholastic Canada)>>>revised and redesigned Tiger series
• Tiger in Trouble by Eric Walters (Scholastic Canada)
• Tilly: A Story of Hope and Resilience by Monique Gray Smith (Sono Nis Press)
• Ting Ting by Kristie Hammond (Sono Nis Press)

Young Adult

• Blues for Zooey by Robert Paul Weston (Razorbill)
• Blue Gold by Elizabeth Stewart (Annick Press)
• Face-Off by Michael Betcherman (Razorbill)
• Red Wolf by Jennifer Dance (Dundurn)
• The Worlds We Make by Megan Crewe (Disney Hyperion)>>>Book 3 in Fallen World series
• Year of Mistaken Discoveries by Eileen Cook (Simon Pulse)

Non-Fiction

• 50 Body Questions: A Book that Spills Its Guts by Tanya Lloyd Kyi (Annick Press)
• The Birdman: A Journey with the Underground Railroad’s Most Daring Abolitionist by Troon Harrison (Red Deer Press)
• Outlaws, Spies and Gangsters: Chasing Notorious Criminals by Laura Scandiffio and Gareth Williams (Annick Press)
• Secrets Underground: North America’s Buried Past by Elizabeth Stewart (Annick Press)
• What Can You Do With Only One Shoe? by Simon Shapiro, illus. by Sheryl Shapiro (Annick Press)

Picture Books

• Daydreams for Night by John Southworth, illus. by David Ouimet (Simply Read Books)
• Kele's Secret by Tololwa Mollel, illus. by Catherine Stock (Fitzhenry & Whiteside)
• Pup and Hound’s Big Book of Stories by Susan Hood, illus. by Linda Hendry (Kids Can Press)>>>six Pup and Hound stories in one collection
• Splat! Starring the Vole Brothers by Roslyn Schwartz (Owlkids)
• Starring Me and You by Geneviève Côté (Kids Can Press)
• The Tweedles Go Electric by Monica Kulling, illus. by Marie Lafrance (Groundwood Books)

Fiction

• 28 Tricks for a Fearless Grade 6 by Catherine Austen (Lorimer)
• Arrow through the Axes by Patrick Bowman (Ronsdale Press)>>> Book III of Odyssey of a Slave series
• Bog by Karen Krossing (Fitzhenry & Whiteside)
• Jasper John Dooley, Not in Love by Caroline Adderson (Kids Can Press)
• Riley Knows Best by Susan Hughes (Scholastic)>>>The Puppy Collection #2
• The Show to End All Shows by Cary Fagan (Puffin)>>>sequel to The Boy in the Box
• Soldier Doll by Jennifer Gold (Second Story Press)
• Zomboy by Richard Scrimger (HarperTrophy)

Young Adult

• Big Time by Tom Ryan (Orca Book Publishers)>>>part of Orca Limelights series
• Bike Thief by Rita Feutl (Orca Book Publishers)>>> part of Orca Soundings collection
• Blow by Jodi Lundgren (Lorimer)
• Breathing Fire by Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang (Orca Book Publishers)>>>part of Orca Soundings collection
• Camp Outlook by Brenda Baker (Second Story Press)
• The Hills are Shadows by Joan Givner (Thistledown Press)
• Hot New Thing by Laura Langston (Orca Book Publishers)>>>part of Orca Limelights series
• Jewel of the Thames by Angela Misri (Fierce Ink Press)
• Lockdown by Maggie Bolitho (Great Plains Teen Fiction)
• Rabbit Ears by Maggie De Vries (HarperCollins Canada)>>>young adult fiction based on her memoir, Missing Sarah
• Shifting Sands: Life in the Times of Moses, Jesus and Mohamed by Kathy Lowinger (Annick Press)
• Sophie, in Shadow by Eileen Kernahan (Thistledown)
• Straight Punch by Monique Polak (Orca Book Publishers)
• Stupid by Kim Firmston (Lorimer)
• The Voice Inside My Head by S. J. Laidlaw (Tundra)
• Warm Up by Sara Leach (Orca Book Publishers) >>>part of Orca Limelights series

Non-Fiction

• Every Day is Malala Day by Rosemary McCarney (Second Story Press)
• The Fly by Elise Gravel (Tundra)
• Plesiosaur Peril by Daniel Loxton (Kids Can Press)
• Righting Canada's Wrongs: The Komagata Maru and Canada's Anti-Indian Immigration Policies in the Twentieth Century by Pamela Hickman (Lorimer)
• Starting from Scratch: What You Should Know about Food and Cooking by Sarah Elton, illustrated by Jeff Kulak (Owlkids) 
• The Worm by Elise Gravel (Tundra)

Picture Books

• Best Friend Trouble by Frances Itani, illus. by Geneviève Després (Orca Book Publishers) 
• Count Us In! by Kari-Lynn Winters and Lori Sherritt-Fleming, illus. by Peggy Collins (Fitzhenry & Whiteside)
• Dolphins SOS by Roy and Slavia Miki, illustrated by Julie Flett (Tradewind Books) 
•  Emily and the Mighty Ohm by Sarah Lolley, illus. by Sleepless Kao (Simply Read Books)
• Emma by Paola Opal (Simply Read Books)
• A Fish Named Glub by Dan Bar-El, illus. by Josée Bisaillon (Kids Can Press) 
• Franklin’s Day with Dad, adapted by Caitlin Drake Smith (Kids Can Press) 
• Franklin’s Rocket Team, adapted by Caitlin Drake Smith (Kids Can Press)  
• The Golden Goose by Barbara Reid (Scholastic Canada)
• Here Comes Destructosaurus! by Aaron Reynolds, illustrated by Jeremy Tankard (Chronicle/Raincoast)
• Just So Stories, Volume II by Rudyard Kipling, illus. by Ian Wallace (Groundwood Books)  
• Love You More by Susan Musgrave, illus. by Esperança Melo (Orca Book Publishers)  
• The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires (Kids Can Press)
• Naked by Michael Black, illustrated by Debbie Ohi (Simon & Schuster)  
• Nine Words Max by Dan Bar-el, illus. by David Huyck (Tundra)
• Norman, Speak! by Caroline Adderson, illus. by Qin Leng (Groundwood Books)
• Shh! My Brother's Napping by Ruth Ohi (North Winds Press) 
• Skydiver: Saving the Fastest Bird in the World by Celia Godkin (Pajama Press)
• When Emily Carr Met Woo by Monica Kulling, illus. by Dean Griffiths (Pajama)
• Whoosh! A Watery World of Wonderful Creatures by Marilyn Baillie, illustrated by Susan Mitchell (Owlkids Books) 

Fiction

• Bones by John Wilson (Orca Book Publishers)>>> part of Orca Currents
• Bye, Bye Evil Eye by Deborah Kerbel (Dancing Cat Books)
• The King’s Dragon by Scott Chantler (Kids Can Press)>>>fourth book The Three Thieves graphic novel series
• On a Scale from Idiot to Complete Jerk by Alison Hughes (Orca Book Publishers)
• Panic by Sharon M. Draper (Atheneum Books for Young Readers)
• Revenge on the Fly by Sylvia McNicoll (Pajama Press)
• Rocketman by Jan Coates (Red Deer Press)
• So Much for Democracy by Kari Jones (Orca Book Publishers)
• Whisper by Chris Struyk-Bonn (Orca Book Publishers)

Young Adult

• The Boundless by Kenneth Oppel (HarperCollins Canada)>>>new series
• Cabin Girl (Orca Currents) by Kristin Butcher (Orca Book Publishers)>>>part of Orca Currents
• Capricious by Gabrielle Prendergast (Orca Book Publishers)>>>sequel to Audacious
• Final Crossing by Sean Rodman (Orca Book Publishers)>>>part of Orca Soundings
• Moon at Nine by Deborah Ellis (Pajama)
• Now and for Never by Lesley Livingston (Razorbill)>>>Book 3 of the Never series
• Raging Star by Moira Young (Doubleday)>>>Dustlands Book 3
• Sea of Shadows: Age of Legends by Kelley Armstrong (Doubleday)>>> new series
• Skylark by Sara Cassidy (Orca Book Publishers)>>>part of Orca Soundings
• What We Hide by Marthe Jocelyn (Tundra)
• The World Outside by Eva Wiseman (Tundra)

Non-Fiction

• Every Last Drop: Bringing Clean Water Home by Michelle Mulder (Orca Book Publishers)
• Haunted Canada Ghost Stories by Pat Hancock (Scholastic Canada)
• Severn and the Day She Silenced the World by Janet Wilson (Second Story Press) 
• Shapes in Math, Science and Nature: Squares, Triangles and Circles by Catherine Sheldrick Ross and Bill Slavin (Kids Can Press)
• Zoobots by Helaine Becker (Kids Can Press)

Picture Books

• Bear on the Homefront by Stephanie Innes and Harry Endrulat, illus. by Brian Deines (Pajama Press)
• From There to Here by Laurel Croza, illus. by Matt James (Groundwood Books)
• The Goodnight Book by Lori Joy Smith (Simply Read Books)
• I Wish I Could Draw by Cary Fagan (Groundwood Books)
• If I Wrote a Book About You by Stephanie Aulenback, illus. by Denise Holmes (Simply Read Books)
• If You Happen to Have a Dinosaur by Linda Bailey, illus. by Colin Jack (Tundra)
• Music is For Everyone by Jill Barber, illustrated by Sydney Smith (Nimbus) 
• Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress by Christine Baldacchino (Groundwood Books)
• Murilla Gorilla and the Hammock Problem by Jennifer Lloyd, illus. by Jacqui Lee (Simply Read Books)
• O’Shae the Octopus by Brandee Bubble, illus. by Eliska Liska (Simply Read Books)
• Peach Girl by Raymond Nakamura, illus. by Rebecca Bender (Pajama Press)
• Pierce: A Woodpecker's Tale by Sean Cassidy (Fitzhenry & Whiteside)
• Shadow Chasers  by Elly MacKay (Running Press/Perseus Book Group) 
• Wow Wow and Haw Haw by George Murray, illustrated by Michael Pitman (Breakwater Books)

Fiction

• Bagels Come Home by Joan Betty Stuchner, illus. by Dave Whamond (Orca Book Publishers)>>>part of Orca Echoes 
• Behind the Scenes by Meg Tilly (Puffin Canada)>>>sequel to A Taste of Heaven
• The Comic Book War by Jacqueline Guest (Coteau Books)
• Gottika by Helaine Becker, illustrated by Alexander Griggs-Burr (Dancing Cat Books)
• Outside In by Sarah Ellis (Groundwood Books)
• Millhouse by Natale Ghent (Tundra)
• The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier (Puffin Canada)
• Ospreys in Danger by Pamela McDowell, illus. by Kasia Charko (Orca Book Publishers)>>>part of Orca Echoes
• Red River Raging by Penny Draper (Coteau Books)>>>newest title in the Disaster Strikes series
• Saving Sammy by Eric Walters, illus. by Amy Meissner (Orca Book Publishers)>>>part of Orca Echoes
• Saving Houdini by Michael Redhill (HarperCollins Canada)
• Song of the Sword by Edward Willett (Coteau Books)>>>new series Shards of Excalibur
• Stealing Time by Anne Dublin (Dundurn)>>>A Jonah Wiley Adventure
• Viminy Crowe’s Comic Book by Marthe Jocelyn (Tundra)

Young Adult

• Dark Matters by Joan Marie Galat (Red Deer Press)
• Swimmers by Amy Bright (Red Deer Press)
• This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki, illus. by Jillian Tamaki,  (Groundwood Books) 
• Unspeakable by Caroline Pignat (Puffin Canada)

 Non-Fiction

• 5  Elephants by Rob Laidlaw (Fitzhenry & Whiteside)
• A Children's Guide to Arctic Birds by Mia Pelletier, illustrated by Danny Christopher (Inhabit Media)
• Glow-in-the-Dark Creatures by Natalie Hyde (Fitzhenry & Whiteside)
• Waiting for the Queen by Valerie MacMenemy with Veronika Martenova Charles, illus. by Stephen Taylor (Fitzhenry & Whiteside)

Picture Books

• Why Are You Doing That? by Elisa Amado, illus. by Manuel Monroy (Groundwood Books)

Fiction

• The Queen of Second Chances by Margaret J. McMaster (Mansbridge Dunn)>>>final book in the early reader series Babysitter Out of Control!
•  The Shadow Mother by Seán Virgo (Groundwood Books)

Young Adult

• Glory by Maureen McGowan (Skyscape)>>>sequel to Deviants and Compliance
• Hexed by Michelle Krys (Doubleday)
• Jamie's Got a Gun by Gail Sidonie Sobat, illustrated by Spyder Yardley-Jones (Great Plains Publications)>>>graphic novel
• Push by Eve Silver (HarperCollins Canada)>>> The Game series, Book 2
• The Shadow’s Curse by Amy McCulloch (Doubleday)>>>sequel to The Oathbreaker’s Shadow

My choices of book covers to display was random, although I tried not to include those displayed in previous new releases posts here (yes, some books are scheduled over and over again and still haven't been published) and some covers have not been finalized yet.  But, hopefully these few graphics will give you an idea of the variety of titles to which readers of youngCanLit can look forward.