Wings of Olympus & Mya's Strategy to Save the World: Double book launch (Vancouver, BC)

While I'm getting ready to post reviews 

of both these wonderful novels, 

get this Vancouver book event on your calendars

for a double-dose of middle-grade youngCanLit goodness!

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Join authors

Kallie George

and

Tanya Lloyd Kyi

for the launches of

Wings of Olympus

 Written by Kallie George

Illustrated by Fiona Hsieh

HarperCollins Canada

978-0-06274-152-3

224 pp.

Ages 8-12

March 2019

and

Mya's Strategy to Save the World

Written by Tanya Lloyd Kyi

Puffin Canada

978-0-73526-525-7

200 pp.

Ages 9-12

April 2019

 on

Thursday, April 25, 2019

at

7 p.m.

at

Kidsbooks

2557 W Broadway 

Vancouver, BC

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 Look for my reviews today and tomorrow 

for a glimpse at the rich stories of 

Wings of Olympus and Mya's Strategy to Save the World

Tess of the Road: Book launch (Toronto, ON)

Rachel Hartman

who brought the world her award-winning book

Seraphina 

Written by Rachel Hartman

Doubleday Canada

9780385668392

480 pp.

Ages 14+

2012

Reviewed here

and its sequel

Shadow Scale

Written by Rachel Hartman

Doubleday Canada

9780385668606

608 pp.

Ages 14+

2015

is back with a third book in her fantasy series!

Her new young adult fantasy novel

Tess of the Road

Written by Rachel Hartman

Penguin Teen

9780385685887

544 pp.

Ages 14+

February 27, 2018

launches

March 31, 2018

3-5 p.m.

at

Bakka-Phoenix

84 Harbord Street

Toronto, ON

From Penguin Random House Canada website:

In the medieval kingdom of Goredd, women are expected to be ladies, men are their protectors, and dragons get to be whomever they want. Tess, stubbornly, is a troublemaker. You can't make a scene at your sister's wedding and break a relative's nose with one punch (no matter how pompous he is) and not suffer the consequences. As her family plans to send her to a nunnery, Tess yanks on her boots and sets out on a journey across the Southlands, alone and pretending to be a boy.

Where Tess is headed is a mystery, even to her. So when she runs into an old friend, it's a stroke of luck. This friend is a quigutl--a subspecies of dragon--who gives her both a purpose and protection on the road. But Tess is guarding a troubling secret. Her tumultuous past is a heavy burden to carry, and the memories she's tried to forget threaten to expose her to the world in more ways than one.

Retrieved from https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/253139/tess-of-the-road-by-rachel-hartman/9781101931288/ on February 21, 2018.

#Tundra50 Tote Bag Auction

Tundra Books

an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada

is celebrating its 50th anniversary 

with a wonderful online auction in support of

IBBY International

a non-profit organization committed to bringing books and children together. 

Tundra Books asked the following 34 youngCanLit illustrators 

Cale Atkinson

Raphaëlle Barbanègre

Ben Clanton

Genviève Côté

The Fan Brothers

Eugenie Fernandes

Rebecca Green

Janet Hill

Matt James

Marthe Jocelyn

Madeline Kloepper

Julie Kraulis

Ron Lightburn

Julie Morstad

Olivia Chin Mueller

Vicki Nerino

Maxwell Newhouse

Kenard Pak

Gina Perry

Dušan Petričič

Kass Reich

Esmé Shapiro

Zoe Si

Lori Joy Smith

Sydney Smith

Bill Slavin

Mika Song

Ashley Spires

Carey Sookocheff

Chihiro Takeuchi

Frank Viva

Phoebe Wahl

Mélanie Watt

Cybèle Young

to decorate one side of the limited edition Tundra50 canvas tote bags

 

and these bags are being auctioned off 

between June 23 and July 28, 2017.

That gives you just over two weeks to place your bid

at

http://www.biddingowl.com/Auction/index.cfm?auctionID=12038 

Minimum bid is $10 and all bids must be made in $5 increments. 

Details about the Tundra50 Tote Bag Auction can be read here.  The actual auction and images of the tote bags (both front and back) as well as current bids are listed here.