Second Story Press: 30th Anniversary and Contest

Second Story Press has been celebrating 30 years of publishing children’s fiction, nonfiction and picture books, along with young adult and adult fiction and nonfiction. They've championed feminist rights and social justice stories from the onset. Their books have been honoured with many awards and accolades and they continue to produce outstanding series like Janet Wilson's Kids Are Making a Difference and their Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers as well as a diverse collection of titles for all ages. While I have not been able to review all the children's and YA books from Second Story, I have reviewed quite a few in the last few years including:

• The Stone Rainbow by Liane Shaw (2019)
• Just Lucky by Melanie Florence (2019)
• Our Future: How Kids are Taking Action by Janet Wilson (2019)
• A Friend Like Iggy by Kathryn Cole, photographs by Ian Richards (2019)
• What Makes Girls Sick and Tired by Lucile de Pesloüan, illus. by Geneviève Darling (2019)
• A Cage Without Bars by Anne Dublin (2018)
• Bright Shining Moment by Deb Loughead (2018)
• The Promise by Pnina Bat Zvi and Margie Wolfe, illus. by Isabelle Cardinal (2018)
• Ten Cents a Pound by Nhung N. Tran-Davies, illus. by Josée Bisaillon (2018)
• Krista Kim-Bap by Angela Ahn (2018)
• Fania's Heart by Anne Renaud, illus. by Richard Rudnicki(2018)
• Mr. Mergler, Beethoven, and Me by David Gutnick, illus. by Mathilde Cinq-Mars (2018)
• On the Spectrum by Jennifer Gold (2017)
• The Water Walker by Joanne Robertson (2017)
• Stolen Words by Melanie Florence, illus. by Gabrielle Grimard (2017)
• Breaking Faith by E. Graziani (2017)
• Where Will I Live? by Rosemary McCarney (2017)
• I Am Not a Number by Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer, illus. by Gillian Newland (2016)
• Freedom's Just Another Word by Caroline Stellings (2016)
• Soldier Doll by Jennifer Gold (2014)

If you have a favourite, you might want to get in on Second Story Press's social media contest, another part of their 30th anniversary celebrations.

What do you have to do?
Post on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram (using the hashtag #SSP30Years) a photo of your favourite book from Second Story Press and why you love it

When?
Until 11:59 p.m. on December 13, 2019

Who?
Open to Canadian and American of legal age (sorry young readers!)

Details
Full contest rules are posted here

Also part of their 30th anniversary celebrations, Second Story Press has asked ten guests to share their favourite books. I was honoured to be one of these ten individuals and share with you below the posts that Second Story Press sent out on December 2, 2019.

Read my original review of Stolen Words by Melanie Florence and illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard at https://canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2017/09/stolen-words.html

Happy 30th Anniversary, 

Second Story Press!