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SPRING 2021 ISBN-13: 978-1-927485-59-0 90000 Pajama Press 9 781927 485590 469 Richmond St. East, Toronto, ON M5A 1R1 Catalog cover art © Andrea Blinick
Table of Contents Distribution in the United States Ingram Publisher Services • 844-749-4861 1 Letter from the Publisher To place an order or find your local representative, please contact our Pajama Press direct line at 844-749-4861. Or, if you would like to learn more about our books, 2 2020 Books You May Have Missed contact the Inside Sales representatives listed below. 4 Social-Emotional Learning Books 6 Small Things paperback Pajama Press is… FIELD SALES SoCal, Southwest Andrea Tetrick Amazon David Dahl GIFT AND SPECIALTY VP Field Sales, NorCal 3036 Mesquite Rd. 1700 Fourth St. Special Sales Mel Tregonning Elise Cannon Erin Procario Gail Winskill Bishop, CA 93514 Berkeley, CA 94710 7 A Good Day for Ducks Board Book Publisher 1700 Fourth St. andrea.tetrick@ingramcontent.com david.dahl@ingramcontent.com 7709 4th Ave #B1 gailwinskill@pajamapress.ca Berkeley, CA 94710 Brooklyn, NY 11209 Jane Whittingham elise.cannon@ingramcontent.com Upper Midwest B&T erin.procario@ingramcontent.com John Tewsley Mary Skiver 8 Easter Morning, Easter Sun Catherine Mitchell Inside Sales 87 1st St. 917 Pearl Street Specialty Retail Rosanna Battigelli Rights Manager Stephen Merritt Milan, MI 48160 Ypsilanti MI 48197 Sandy Hernandez rights@pajamapress.ca 14 Ingram Blvd., M/S 628 john.tewsley@ingramcontent.com mary.skiver@ingramcontent.com 4804 Laurel Canyon Blvd., #162 10 Cuckoo’s Flight La Vergne, TN 37086 Valley Village, CA 91607 IBC, Ingram Library Wendy Orr Rebecca Bender stephen.merritt@ingramcontent.com Max Jones sandy.hernandez@ingramcontent.com Art Director NATIONAL SALES Southeast, Books-A-Million 154 W. 14th St., 12th Floor Specialty Retail 12 When Elephants Listen with Their Feet: Discover rebeccabender@pajamapress.ca Katie Glasgow Steve Quinn VP National Accounts New York, NY 10011 Extraordinary Animal Senses 476 Shotwell Rd., Ste 102 Kim Wylie max.jones@ingramcontent.com 17 Marshall St., 1st Floor Emmanuelle Grundmann Erin Alladin Clayton, NC 27520 154 W. 14th St., 12th Floor Providence, RI 02909 Associate Editor katie.glasgow@ingramcontent.com Follett, Educational Whole- steve.quinn@ingramcontent.com New York, NY 10011 sale 14 The Egyptian Mirror erinalladin@pajamapress.ca kim.wylie@ingramcontent.com Northern Independent Betty Redmond Gift Sales Manager Michael Bedard Stacie Williams Director of Mass Merch 5383 N. 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For our Spring 2021 list, Pajama Press is making the world a brighter place with a collection of optimistic books for young people. Sunshine is the order of the day in new picture books Sunny Days, Easter Morning, Easter Sun, and If Only. You’ll be uplifted by some loveable dogs in Harley the Hero and Ballewiena. And even when matters are dire, No More Plastic reminds us that our ecological future is in our own hands. In nonfiction, embrace your own sensory experiences in Outside, You Notice and celebrate the senses of animals in When Elephants Listen with Their Feet. If you’re looking for a more fantastical experience, try the Bronze Age novel Cuckoo’s Flight. We’re also pleased to be publishing new formats of several of our popular backlist titles: Toddler Tough board book editions of Giraffe Meets Bird and A Good Day for Ducks, and a paperback edition of the bestselling Small Things. Two of our middle grade novels, Harvey Comes Home and Music for Tigers— both nominated for the 2021 Silver Birch Fiction Award—will be available in new paperback editions. Our dedicated staff are all hanging in there as we work through these challenging times. We are particularly grateful for the efforts of our distributors, University of Toronto Press Distribution and Ingram Publisher Services, who continue to make sure our books reach their readers in spite of every challenge and change the supply chain has presented. Gail Elizabeth Winskill, Publisher We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council for our publishing program. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund (CBF) for our publishing activities, and of Ontario Creates for key marketing initiatives. www.pajamapress.ca 1
2020 Books You Might Have Missed Raven, Rabbit, Deer Sue Farrell Holler The Haircut Theo Heras Illustrated by Jennifer Faria Illustrated by Renné Benoit A Family for Faru Duck Days Picture Book Ages 4–7 Picture Book Ages 1–3 Anitha Rao-Robinson Sara Leach ISBN: 978-1-77278-136-6 ISBN: 978-1-77278-095-6 Illustrated by Karen Patkau Illustrated by Rebecca Bender List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC Picture Book Ages 5–8 Juvenile Fiction Ages 7–10 Starred PW Review ISBN: 978-1-77278-096-3 HC ISBN: 978-1-77278-148-9 List Price: $18.95 USD / $23.95 CAD HC List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC The Library Bus Shape Up, Construction Trucks! Bahram Rahman Victoria Allenby Illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard A Quiet Girl From 1 to 10 Picture Book Ages 1–3 ISBN: 978-1-77278-101-4 Peter Carnavas Mies van Hout ISBN: 978-1-77278-134-2 List Price: $18.95 / $21.95 CAD HC Picture Book Ages 4–7 Board Book Ages 1–3 List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC • Reviewed by The New York Times ISBN: 978-1-77278-122-9 HC ISBN: 978-1-77278-140-3 BB Starred SLJ & Kirkus Reviews Starred SLJ Review List Price: $18.95 USD / $22.95 CAD HC New List Price: $11.95 USD / $13.95 CAD BB Starred SLJ Review format! 3 Starred Reviews! Sky of Bombs, Sky of Stars: A This Is My Daddy! Vietnamese War Orphan Finds Home Mies van Hout A World of Mindfulness Giraffe and Bird Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch Picture Book Ages 1–4 The Editors & Illustrator of Pajama Press Rebecca Bender Juvenile Nonfiction Ages 8–12 ISBN: 978-1-77278-112-0 Picture Book Ages 4–7 Picture Book Ages 3–6 ISBN: 978-1-77278-094-9 List Price: $17.95 USD / $22.95 CAD HC ISBN: 978-1-77278-138-0 HC ISBN: 978-1-77278-105-2 List Price: $14.95 USD / $16.95 CAD PB List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC New format! Starred Booklist Review Tickled Pink: How Friendship Washes Snow Days the World with Color Bat Citizens: Defending the Deborah Kerbel Andrée Poulin Ninjas of the Night Illustrated by Miki Sato Illustrated by Lucile Danis Drouot Harvey Holds His Own Picture Book Ages 4–7 Rob Laidlaw Colleen Nelson Picture Book Ages 2–5 Nonfiction Picture Book Ages 8–12 ISBN: 978-1-77278-135-9 ISBN: 978-1-77278-104-5 Illustrated by Tara Anderson List Price: $18.95 USD / $23.95 CAD HC New ISBN: 978-1-77278-108-3 PB Juvenile Fiction Ages 9–12 List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC format! List Price: $15.95 USD / $17.95 CAD PB ISBN: 978-1-77278-114-4 • 2019 Green Earth Book Award List Price: $18.95 USD / $22.95 CAD HC Honor Book Teaching Mrs. Muddle Colleen Nelson Illustrated by Alice Carter Music for Tigers Picture Book Ages 3–6 Benjamin’s Blue Feet Michelle Kadarusman ISBN: 978-1-77278-131-1 Sue Macartney Juvenile Fiction Ages 8–12 List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC Picture Book Ages 4–7 ISBN: 978-1-77278-054-3 ISBN: 978-1-77278-111-3 List Price: $17.95 USD / $22.95 CAD HC List Price: $17.95 USD / $22.95 CAD HC 4 Starred Reviews! The Elephant Peter Carnavas My Beautiful Birds Juvenile Fiction Ages 8–12 The Dog Patrol Suzanne Del Rizzo ISBN: 978-1-77278-102-1 Rob Laidlaw Picture Book Ages 6–10 List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC Nonfiction Picture Book Ages 8–12 ISBN: 978-1-77278-121-2 PB ISBN: 978-1-77278-103-8 List Price: $13.95 USD / $16.95 CAD PB © Alice Carter New List Price: $19.95 USD / $23.95 CAD HC format! • A 2017 New York Times Notable Starred Quill & Quire Review 2 www.pajamapress.ca 3
Social-Emotional Learning A World of Kindness by Ann Featherstone illustrated by 9 Pajama Press Illustrators Picture Book for Ages 3–6 Rights available: World ex. North America This is My Daddy! The Haircut HC ISBN: 978-1-77278-050-5 by Mies van Hout by Theo Heras List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD Picture Book for Ages 1–4 illustrated by Renné Benoit PB ISBN: 978-1-77278-109-0 Rights held: NA & Open World English Picture Book for Ages 1–3 List Price: $12.95 USD / $14.95 CAD ISBN: 978-1-77278-112-0 Rights available: World ex. North America List Price: $$17.95 USD / $22.95 CAD HC ISBN: 978-1-77278-095-6 • A Canadian Bestseller for over 20 weeks! List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC © Manon Gauthier • 2018 ILA Today, “Conflict: Awareness, Understanding, and Resolution” selection • 2018 CBC Books The Next Chapter “7 great book recommendations for young readers” selection • Reviews: SLJ & Youth Services Book Review •R eviews: Youth Services Book Review & Canadian • Reviews: Kirkus, ILA Today, Resource Links & Manhattan Book Review Children’s Book News Rhino Rumpus Baby Cakes A World of Lili Macaroni by Victoria Allenby by Theo Heras Mindfulness by Nicole Testa by Erin Alladin illustrated by Annie Boulanger illustrated by Tara Anderson illustrated by Renné Benoit illustrated by 14 Pajama Press Picture Book for Ages 4–7 Picture Book for Ages 2–4 Picture Book for Ages 1–3 Illustrators Rights held: English for North America Rights available: World ex. North America Rights available: World ex. North America Picture Book for Ages 3–6 ISBN: 978-1-77278-093-2 ISBN: 978-1-927485-96-5 ISBN: 978-1-77278-030-7 Rights available: World ex. North America List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC List Price: $14.95 USD / $16.95 CAD HC List Price: $13.95 USD / $15.95 CAD HC ISBN: 978-1-77278-138-0 •R eviews: SLJ, Booklist, Publishers Weekly, Resource List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC Starred Kirkus review • 2018 Shelf Awareness “Dogs Days” round up selection Links & Midwest Book Review • Reviews: Kirkus, Booklist & PW • R eviews: SLJ, Foreword, ILA, Resource Links & • Reviews: SLJ, Booklist, Kirkus, Resource Links & Midwest Book Review Midwest Book Review The Night Lion Raven, Rabbit, Deer by Sanne Dufft by Sue Farrell Holler The Elephant Macy McMillan and Picture Book for Ages 3–5 illustrated by Jennifer Faria by Peter Carnavas the Rainbow Goddess Rights held: English for North America Picture Book for Ages 4–7 Juvenile Fiction for Ages 7–12 by Shari Green ISBN: 978-1-77278-041-3 Rights available: World ex. North America Rights held: NA & Open World English ex. Juvenile Fiction for Ages 8–12 List Price: $15.95 USD / $17.95 CAD HC ISBN: 978-1-77278-136-6 Aus & NZ Rights available: World ex. North America, List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC ISBN: 978-1-77278-102-1 Simplified Chinese & Iran Starred Publishers Weekly List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC HC ISBN: 978-1-77278-033-8 • 2019 SCBWI Crystal Kite Award Winner Review List Price: $16.95 USD / $17.95 CAD • 2018 Foreword INDIES: Picture Book Award finalist PB ISBN: 978-1-77278-017-8 Starred Foreword Review List Price: $12.95 USD / $15.95 CAD • Reviews: SLJ, Booklist, Kirkus, School Library Connection, • R eviews: SLJ, • 2017 ALA Schneider Family Book Award Winner Resource Links & Winnipeg Free Press Kirkus & Youth • Nominated for 5 US State Reading Awards Services Book • 2018 USBBY Outstanding International Book Review • 2017 Junior Library Guild selection © Jennifer Faria • R eviews: SLJ, Booklist, Horn Book, Kirkus, ILA & Resource Links © Peter Carnavas 4 www.pajamapress.ca 5
New Paperback Format! New New Release Board in Paperback! Book Release! A Good s m a l l t h i n gs Day for Mel Tregonning Ducks Having captured thousands of hearts with its Jane Whittingham wordless honesty about childhood anxiety, Illustrated by the USBBY Outstanding International Book and Foreword INDIES Bronze Winner with an Noel Tuazon exceptional three starred reviews returns in a Now in a high-quality board book paperback format. format with raised tactile effects, a picture book for very young readers Talented Australian artist Mel Tregonning created Small Things celebrating the joys of rainy days Also avail able in hardco in the final year of her life. In her emotionally rich illustrations, ver the boy’s worries manifest as tiny beings that crowd around Also avail able From the acclaimed creators of Wild One, A Good Day for him constantly, overwhelming him and even gnawing away at in hardco Ducks is a child-centered celebration of the joy that can be ver his very self. The striking imagery is all the more powerful found in any rainy day. Jane Whittingham’s spare but senso- Board Book for Children Ages 1–3 when, overcoming his isolation at last, the boy discovers that ry-laden text and Noel Tuazon’s energetic and endearing Rights available: World ex. North America the tiny demons of worry surround everyone, even those illustrations are packaged in a sturdy board book format for ISBN: 978-1-77278-188-5 who seem to have it all together. Graphic Picture Book for Children Ages 8–12 little hands.This sweet story will make even the weariest of Trim Size: 8.5 x 7.5 in / 21.59 x 19.05 cm | Pages: 26 Free classroom reading guide available parents nostalgic for their own puddle-jumping days. List Price: $11.95 USD / $14.95 CAD BB with Raised Tactile Effects This short but hard-hitting wordless graphic picture book Rights held: Exclusive English NA Publication Date: February 9, 2021 gets to the heart of childhood anxiety and opens the way “This charming story captures the joy of a rainy day....A for dialogue about acceptance, vulnerability, and the universal ISBN: 978-1-77278-132-8 (PB) comforting and appealing choice for storytimes and one- Ship Date: January 15, 2021 experience of worry. Trim Size: 8.25 x 11 in / 20.96 x 27.94 cm | Pages: 40 on-one sharing.”—School Library Journal JUV029020 JUVENILE FICTION / Nature & the Natural World / Weather List Price: $14.95 USD / $16.95 CAD Paperback with French flaps JUV048000 JUVENILE FICTION / Clothing & Dress “More than a moving portrayal of one boy’s struggle, this is Publication Date: February 9, 2021 “A sweet story...The watercolor and ink illustrations add also a magnifying lens through which to identify and discuss charm and energy to this everyday weather adventure.” JUV002280 JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Ducks, Geese, etc. Ship Date: January 15, 2021 JUV013070 JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Siblings mental illness with readers of all ages....Small Things’ effects —The Horn Book Guide are monumental.”—Booklist Starred Review JUV039240 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Depression & Mental Illness JUV003000 JUVENILE FICTION / Art & Architecture JUV039050 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings “The simple plot, short length, and rich vocabulary make “A sympathetic examination of anxiety that never assigns JUV008000 JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / General this a fine choice for toddlers just beginning to listen to blame.”—School Library Journal Starred Review real stories, but there’s enough interest and action for older preschoolers as well. Just right to enjoy after a rainy-day “A boy struggles to fit in at a new school in this wordless outing.”—Kirkus Reviews story with a big message about childhood anxiety and the power of kindness and acceptance.”—Foreword Reviews “The gorgeous watercolor illustrations by Noel Tua- Starred Review zon seem to be washed by the stormy day, and they are the perfect complement to this enchanting story.” —Seattle Book Review © Mel Tregonning © Noel Tuazon 6 www.pajamapress.ca 7
Easter Morning, Easter Sun Rosanna Battigelli Illustrated by Tara Anderson A family of cats’ spirited celebration of Easter traditions from the creators of Pumpkin Orange, Pumpkin Round Easter morning, Easter sun, From the creators of Pumpkin Orange, Pumpkin Round, Easter breakfast, Easter bun. this buoyant picture book is perfect for read-alouds and lap sharing. An egg-decorating activity on the endpapers What would Easter be without family traditions like hot will add extra fun for little hands. With Rosanna Battigel- cross buns for breakfast, a gleeful egg hunt, and a special li’s bouncing rhyme and Tara Anderson’s cozy art, Easter dinner with loved ones? In infectious rhyme, a family of Morning, Easter Sun is sure to become a tradition of its cats celebrates the holiday with feline fun. The festive very own. bonnets are out, the meadow is alive with spring, and even a tumble and an emptied basket can’t dampen the joy this family of charming cats share. Picture Book for Children Ages 3–6 Rights available: World ex. North America ISBN: 978-1-77278-177-9 Rosanna Battigelli was born in Calabria, Italy and immigrated to Trim Size: 9 x 9 in / 22.86 x 22.86 cm | Pages: 24 Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, where she still resides. She is a former List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket award-winning teacher and an alumna of the Humber School for Publication Date: March 16, 2021 Writers. Her work has been published in seventeen anthologies and Ship Date: February 19, 2021 she has read at conferences and literary festivals in Sudbury, Toronto, JUV017020 JUVENILE FICTION / Holidays & Celebrations / Easter & Lent Montreal,Vancouver, New York City, and in Italy. Rosanna has received international awards and acclaim across several genres. Her first JUV002050 JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Cats picture book was the adorably festive Pumpkin Orange, Pumpkin Round. JUV057000 JUVENILE FICTION / Stories in Verse A folk artist and award-winning illustrator who trained at the Ontario Pumpkin Orange, Pumpkin Round College of Art and Design, Tara Anderson is known for her lively HC ISBN: 978-1-77278-092-5 BB ISBN: 978-1-77278-125-0 and humorous illustrations of animals. Her books include That Stripy List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD List Price: $12.95 USD / $14.95 CAD Cat, Rhino Rumpus, and the award-winning Nat the Cat Can Sleep Like That. Tara shares a farmhouse in Tweed, Ontario, with her husband, her “Cozy, repetitious autumn fun for toddlers and younger preschoolers.” young daughter, and several cats. —Kirkus Reviews “Battigelli’s text...possesses a jaunty rhythm and a fun-to-pronounce quality.”—Publishers Weekly “A safe bet for libraries looking for autumnal and Halloween-themed picture books for the youngest patrons.”—School Library Journal 8 www.pajamapress.ca 9
C uckoo’s FlIght Wendy Orr A new gripping Bronze Age story from Wendy Orr, internationally Dragonfly Song acclaimed author of Dragonfly Song and Swallow’s Dance ISBN: 978-1-77278-037-6 List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC Clio can’t remember a time when she didn’t share a bond twelve and fourteen will be chosen to save the town from with the mare Grey Girl. On the whole island of Crete, disaster. She will be sacrificed as an offering to the mother “As mesmerizing as a mermaid’s kiss, the story she and her Trojan-born father are the only people who goddess. dances with emotion, fire, and promise.” raise and ride horses—and she couldn’t live without it. —Kirkus Reviews Starred Review Between the freedom of the pasture and the safety of her In Cuckoo’s Flight, internationally bestselling author Wendy Orr returns to the Bronze-Age setting of her critically “Hand-sell this unusual tale to fans of grandmother Leira’s pottery studio, Clio has always had acclaimed novels Dragonfly Song and Swallow’s Dance. With Shannon Hale’s historical fantasies.” everything she needed. her signature blend of striking prose and emotionally taut —School Library Journal Then an accident stole Clio’s ability to ride, or even to verse, she immerses readers in a thrilling coming-of-age walk without a crutch.The weather changed and summers story as Clio battles the political power of the palace grew drier. Now raiders are preying on nearby towns. As and her own feelings of inadequacy to save her town, her anxiety builds, a terrible pronouncement is issued by the horses, and perhaps even herself. palace: at the spring festival, a girl between the ages of Award-winning author Wendy Orr was born in Edmonton, Alberta.The daughter of an Air Force pilot, she has since lived around the world, including several years in Colorado, France, and England. She now lives in Melbourne, Australia, but returns to North America yearly to visit her family. Wendy’s many books for children have been published in 27 Swallow’s Dance countries and won awards around the world. Prominent among them Juvenile Fiction Ages 10–14 HC ISBN: 978-1-77278-062-8 is Nim’s Island, which was made into the 2008 film of the same name; a Rights held: Exclusive NA English List Price: $17.95 USD / $21.95 CAD 2013 sequel, Return to Nim’s Island, was loosely based on Orr’s book Nim ISBN: 978-1-77278-190-8 PB ISBN: 978-1-77278-107-6 at Sea. Orr’s 2017 novel Dragonfly Song is a Junior Library Guild Selection List Price: $14.95 USD / $16.95 CAD Trim Size: 5.5 x 8 in / 13.97 x 20.32 cm | Pages: 288 and a Kirkus Best Middle-Grade Books selection, and a finalist for the prestigious TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award, among others. Its 2018 companion Swallow’s Dance earned three List Price: $17.95 USD / $21.95 CAD Hardcover with laminated case “[Orr’s] mixture of prose and free verse to starred reviews and was a USBBY Outstanding International Book and a School Library Journal Foil Stamping / Map tell Leira’s story is lyrical and magnetic...” Best Middle Grade Book. Publication Date: March 30, 2021 —Kirkus Reviews Starred Review Ship Date: February 26, 2021 “Beautiful writing and a fast-moving plot JUV016090 JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Prehistory will give young historical fiction fans much JUV002130 JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Horses to love.”—School Library Journal JUV039150 JUVENILE FICTION / Disabilities & Special Needs Starred Review JUV022020 JUVENILE FICTION / Legends, Myths, Fables / Greek & Roman “Immersive historical fiction.” —Booklist Starred Review 10 www.pajamapress.ca 11
When ELEPHANTS Listen with THEIR FEET Discover Extraordinary Animal Senses Emmanuelle Grundmann Illustrated by Clémence Dupont Explore the wild and wonderful world of animal senses with a dynamic work of children’s nonfiction. Humans experience the world through sight, hearing, Featuring accessible text from Emmanuelle Grundmann, touch, taste, and smell. But what if you had the com- inviting art from Clémence Dupont, and a table of con- pound eyes of a fly, the whiskers of a cat, or a whale’s tents, glossary, and index, When Elephants Listen with their ability to sense magnetic north? There’s a whole world Feet is a lively nonfiction book that encourages curiosi- of surprising senses out there, and fascinating adapta- ty about—and respect for—the animals with which we tions that have allowed animals to make use of them. We share our planet. can’t interpret the faint vibration of an elephant’s faraway stomp, but learning how they keep in touch with family across the wide savanna helps us understand that we are more alike than different. When she was little, Emmanuelle Grundmann dreamed about the Amazon, about monkeys, and about flying above the canopy on feathered wings. Since then she has become an au- thor and speaker with a doctorate in ethology (the science of animal behavior) and conservation. Emmanuelle writes and travels the planet for biodiversity-themed conferences and ex- hibits, with a particular interest in primates, forests, oceans, am- Nonfiction Picture Book for Children Ages 8–12 phibians, and kakapos. She also presents children’s workshops. Rights held: Exclusive NA English; non-exclusive world English ISBN: 978-1-77278-123-6 Trim Size: 9.75 x 9.75 in / 24.77 x 24.77 cm | Pages: 40 Clémence Dupont graduated from the École des beaux-arts d’Épinal in 2015. She is an author and illustrator who lives and List Price: $19.95 USD / $23.95 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket works in Strasbourg, France, and specializes in children’s non- Publication Date: March 30, 2021 fiction. Clémence is passionate about space, polar exploration, Ship Date: March 5, 2021 and the history of the earth. Her favorite subjects to illustrate JNF013060 JUVENILE NONFICTION / Concepts / Senses & Sensation are dinosaurs and animals, which she renders using both accu- JNF003000 JUVENILE NONFICTION / Animals / General racy and engaging color. JNF051150 JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Zoology 12 www.pajamapress.ca 13
New Paperback Novel! Thrilling Novels for Young Readers T HE Contemporary Fiction by Deborah Ellis E Moon at Nine True Blue GYP TIAN by Deborah Ellis YA Fiction Ages 13+ Rights available: World ex. North America, by Deborah Ellis YA Fiction Ages 12+ Rights available: World ex. North America, Australia & New Zealand; Korean; German; India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal; Japanese Marathi; World Spanish ex. Spain; Spain; HC ISBN: 978-1-927485-57-6 Italian; German List Price: $15.95 USD / $19.95 CAD ISBN: 978-0-9869495-0-0 PB ISBN: 978-1-927485-59-0 List Price: $11.95 USD / $14.95 CAD PB List Price: $12.95 USD / $14.95 CAD Michael Bedard • 2015 Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award nominee •2 012 Hamilton Literary Children’s & Young Adult • 2015 Amelia Bloomer Project List selection Award Winner A darkly fantastic middle-grade mystery with Starred Quill & Quire Review • 2012 John Spray Mystery Award shortlist the ominous atmosphere loved by fans of • 2013 MRYCA nominee • Reviews: SLJ, Booklist, Horn Book, PW, Kirkus, Smith- Jonathan Auxier and Jonathan Stroud sonian BookDragon, ILA & Midwest Book Review • Reviews: SLJ, Booklist, Kirkus & Resource Links Thirteen-year-old Simon’s life has been knocked askew ever since his family moved into his deceased grandfather’s house. First there’s his eccentric neighbor Mr. Hawkins, Climate Fiction by Mardi McConnochie who is laid up with a broken leg. Simon’s mother begins sending him over there with dinner for the elderly man, The Flooded Earth and soon Mr. Hawkins is depending on Simon to fetch old The Flooded Earth Series Book 1 Paperbac books and manuscript pages from all over his eerie, mir- by Mardi McConnochie edition a k ror-filled house. There’s one mirror in particular, an an- Juvenile Fiction for Ages 9–12 Juvenile Fiction Ages 9–12 vailable cient Egyptian piece, that keeps showing Simon visions of Rights available: World ex. North America Fall 2021 Rights held: English for North America a disturbing figure emerging from its depths. No one else ISBN: 978-1-77278-110-6 ISBN: 978-1-77278-049-9 sees the figure, though—just like they don’t see the huge, Trim Size: 5.5 x 8 in / 13.97 x 20.32 cm | Pages: 288 gaunt dog lurking in Mr. Hawkins’ bushes. As Simon himself List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC List Price: $12.95 USD / $14.95 CAD Paperback • 2019 Green Earth Book Award Winner becomes increasingly plagued by a mysterious illness, he is powerless to help as his neighbor descends into paranoia Publication Date: March 23, 2021 • 2018 Booklandia List & Shout: “Twins Peak” roundup selection about dark forces encircling his house. Ship Date: February 26, 2021 • 2018 Junior Library Guild selection JUV012050 JUVENILE FICTION / Legends, Myths, Fables / African • Reviews: Booklist, SLJ, SLC, Horn Book, Kirkus, VOYA, Foreword & Tulsa Book Review The terrible part is, Mr. Hawkins is right. Everything is JUV058000 JUVENILE FICTION / Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural about to get much, much worse. JUV028000 JUVENILE FICTION / Mysteries & Detective Stories With an eerie atmosphere perfect for fans of Jonathan JUV067000 JUVENILE FICTION / Thrillers & Suspense Auxier and Jonathan Stroud, The Egyptian Mirror is a deli- The Castle in the Sea The Skeleton Coast ciously unsettling mystery from Michael Bedard, the author The Flooded Earth Series The Flooded Earth Series of The Green Man, A Darker Magic, and the Governor Gen- Book 2 Book 3 eral’s Award-winning Redwork. by Mardi McConnochie by Mardi McConnochie Juvenile Fiction Ages 9–12 Juvenile Fiction Ages 9–12 Rights held: English for North America Rights held: English for North America ISBN: 978-1-77278-083-3 ISBN: 978-1-77278-099-4 List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC List Price: $18.95 USD / $22.95 CAD HC • Reviews: Booklist, SLJ, Horn Book, Kirkus & Resource Links • Reviews: Booklist, SLJ, Kirkus & Resource Links 14 www.pajamapress.ca 15
New Paperback Format! NewPaperback New Release in Paperback! Format! Harvey Comes Music FOR Tigers Michelle Kadarusman Home Kadarusman’s award-nominated Tasmanian conservation story with four starred reviews, Colleen Nelson now in a quality paperback edition Illustrated by • A 2020 Washington Post KidsPost Summer Book Club selection! Tara Anderson • 2021 Forest of Reading Silver Birch Fiction Award Shortlist • 2020 Junior Library Guild selection Now in paperback, the award- “Kadarusman masterfully creates a lush, magical world winning story of a lost West Highland where issues associated with conservation, neurodiversi- Terrier warming hearts and bringing ty, and history intersect in surprising and authentic ways.” —Kirkus Reviews Starred Review generations together Also avail able in hardco ver “Kadarusman creates a story straight out of adolescent day- Also avail able • 2019 Northern Lights Book Award: Pre-Teen Fiction Winner in hardco dreams....Compassionate and endearing, Music for Tigers hits all ver • 2021 Forest of Reading Silver Birch Fiction Award Shortlist the right notes.”—Shelf Awareness Starred Review • 2021 Rocky Mountain Book Award—Fiction Shortlist Juvenile Fiction Ages 9–12 Juvenile Fiction Ages 8–12 Free classroom reading guide available “A stirring tale that will inspire young readers to take to • 2020 SYRCA Diamond Willow Award Finalist heart our collective responsibility as stewards of the planet...” Free classroom reading guide available Rights held: World ex. North America • 2020 Bank Street Best Book —Foreword Reviews Starred Review Rights held: World ex. North America ISBN: 978-1-77278-198-4 ISBN: 978-1-77278-189-2 “[T]his gently paced, character-driven narrative capti- “In her third outstanding middle-grade novel...Kadarusman vates on every level, transforming a ‘lost dog’ story into a Trim Size: 5.5 x 8 in / 13.97 x 20.32 cm | Pages: 224 Trim Size: 5.5 x 8 in / 13.97 x 20.32 cm | Pages: 192 deeper reading experience....Nelson’s first middle grade List Price: $12.95 USD / $15.95 CAD Paperback continues to be a clear, insightful, and humourous guide to List Price: $13.95 USD / $15.95 CAD Paperback with French flaps novel is heartwarming and inspirational; a first purchase.” Publication Date: April 6, 2021 unfamiliar experiences and settings, and in this case species.” —Quill & Quire Starred Review Publication Date: March 23, 2021 —School Library Journal Starred Review Ship Date: March 12, 2021 Ship Date: February 26, 2021 JUV002070 JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Dogs “Author Michelle Kadarusman deftly incorporates Australian JUV029010 JUVENILE FICTION / Science & Nature / Environment “Affecting, riveting, and evocative, this character-driven history into this middle-grade book that reads like a love let- tale within a tale…[is] much more than a lost-dog story.” JUV039020 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Adolescence JUV030080 JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Australia & Oceania —Kirkus Reviews JUV016180 JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-) ter to the unique flora and fauna of the Tasmanian Tarkine.” JUV031040 JUVENILE FICTION / Performing Arts / Music —Booklist JUV039020 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Adolescence & Coming of Age “Dog lovers will drool over this multi-generational story.” “A solid choice for middle grade collections providing a bal- JUV002340 JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Jungle Animals —Booklist anced and comprehensible voice to the environmental dis- “Mid-grade readers will enjoy this story of love, loyalty cussion for young people.”—School Library Journal and endurance, in which Tara Anderson shows her versa- tility by supplying charming black-and-white illustrations.” —Winnipeg Free Press © Tara Anderson 16 www.pajamapress.ca 17
Outside, You Notice Erin Alladin Illustrated by Andrea Blinick A lyrical nonfiction celebration of the outdoors pairing childlike observation with facts about the natural world Outside, you notice things. Time spent in the outdoors stirs a child’s imagination. Author Erin Alladin invites young scientists and day- Nature sparks wonder, wonder leads to curiosity, and dreamers to look closely and think deeply in this lyrical curiosity brings about a greater knowledge of the world nonfiction text, celebrating all the kinds of “outside” that and one’s self. In Outside,You Notice, a meditative thread of are available to children, from backyards to city parks to child-like observations (How after the rain / Everything cracks in the sidewalk. Illustrator Andrea Blinick portrays smells greener) is paired with facts about the habits and these spaces bursting with small wonders with a child’s- habitats of animals, insects, birds, and plants (A tree’s roots eye view, her naïve and nostalgic style capturing the joy of reach as wide as its branches). endless discovery. Erin Alladin is an editor, a writer, and an ecology enthusiast who is always looking for ways to combine her passions. Born in Northern Ontario to a gardener and a forester, she spent most of her early life looking at and thinking about the natural world. As a young adult she spent nearly a decade immersed in Toronto’s children’s literature scene before retreating back up north. There she continues to edit Nonfiction Picture Book for Children Ages 4–7 while growing vegetables and writing about regenerative agriculture. Rights available: World ex. North America Erin lives near Parry Sound with her husband, her garden, and not ISBN: 978-1-77278-193-9 quite enough bookshelves. Trim Size: 9 x 10 in / 22.86 x 25.4 cm | Pages: 32 Andrea Blinick is an artist and an art educator with a passion for chil- List Price: $18.95 USD / $22.95 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket dren’s literature. After graduating from the Ontario College of Art and Publication Date: April 6, 2021 Design with an illustration diploma, she went on to receive a Bachelor Ship Date: March 12, 2021 of Design through OCAD in conjunction with Thompson Rivers Univer- JNF051000 JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / General sity and then pursued a Bachelor of Education at York University. Today JNF022000 JUVENILE NONFICTION / Gardening Andrea lives in Toronto with her husband and two daughters, who often JNF003000 JUVENILE NONFICTION / Animals / General inspire the storytelling behind her art. She enjoys music, writing, comedy, trying new restaurants, and making a mess on her art table. 18 www.pajamapress.ca 19
New Board Book Release! More Giraffe and Bird Books! Giraffe 10th Anniversa ry Meets Bird Edition! Giraffe and Bird by Rebecca Bender Picture Book for Ages 3–6 Rights available: World ex. North America & World Greek ISBN: 978-1-77278-105-2 List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC Rebecca Bender • 2012 Forest of Reading Blue Spruce Award Winner An endearing prequel to the laugh-out-loud • 2011 CBA Libris Award for Children’s Book of the Year shortlist Giraffe and Bird collection by the award- • 2011 SYRCA Shining Willow Award shortlist winning Rebecca Bender Starred Booklist Review • Reviews: SLJ, Kirkus, Resource Links, Midwest Book Review & Also avail Quill & Quire “[W]arm, expressive acrylic illustrations....With or with- in hardco able out the pithy array of synonyms, the story’s overall mes- ver sage is what leaves the biggest impression: relationships are hard work, requiring tolerance and understanding, but Board Book for Children Ages 1–3 Giraffe and Bird Together Again are well worth the effort.”—School Library Journal Rights available: World ex. North America, Spanish for Mexico and by Rebecca Bender Central America & World Greek Picture Book for Ages 3–7 “Attractive, bright acrylics give Bender’s animal characters ISBN: 978-1-77278-194-6 Rights available: World ex. North America & World Greek personality, especially fuzzy, cantankerous Bird, and her friendship story is nicely modulated, with vocabulary les- Trim Size: 6.5 x 5.5 in / 16.51 x 13.97 cm | Pages: 30 ISBN: 978-1-77278-051-2 sons neatly tucked in. Sincerely sweet.”—Kirkus Reviews List Price: $11.95 USD / $14.95 CAD Board Book List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC Publication Date: April 13, 2021 • 2020 Forest of Reading Blue Spruce Award shortlist “Kids will relate as it so aptly depicts the complex beauty Ship Date: March 19, 2021 • 2019 IODE Jean Throop Book Award shortlist of friendships.”—National Reading Campaign JUV019000 JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories • 2011 SYRCA Shining Willow Award finalist “In contrast to many books for preschool and young readers, JUV039060 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship • Reviews: Booklist, SLJ, Kirkus, Resource Links & Midwest Book Review the author introduces a rich and varied vocabulary to express JUV002370 JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Baby Animals the emotions felt by both the characters...A wonderful book JUV002320 JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Giraffes to share with younger children to feature unlikely friendships and explore emotions.”—Resource Links Magazine JUV002040 JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Birds Don’t Laugh at Giraffe by Rebecca Bender “Good for reading aloud, this vibrant picture book tells an Picture Book for Ages 3–7 important lesson: despite minor clashes, true friends will be Rights available: World ex. North America & World Greek there when you most need them.”—Winnipeg Free Press ISBN: 978-0-9869495-6-2 “An excellent addition to the Giraffe and Bird series. Highly List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC • 2013 Forest of Reading Blue Spruce Award finalist © Rebecca Bender Recommended.”—CM Magazine • 2014 Rainforest of Reading Award shortlist Starred Quill & Quire Review • Reviews: PW & Resource Links 20 www.pajamapress.ca 21
sunny days Deborah Kerbel Illustrated by Miki Sato With more enticing collage art and sparkling rhyme from the creators of Snow Days, a preschooler’s celebration of sunny weather and all the activities it makes possible Morning sun, golden skies Softly waking sleepy eyes For preschoolers, sunny days are full of possibility. A sun- In Sunny Days, author Deborah Kerbel once again weaves beam on the ground is the perfect place to curl up with a a spell of early childhood magic with couplets as bright as furry friend, and warming weather means seeds in the gar- a summer afternoon. Illustrator Miki Sato’s textural col- den, mud pies in the yard, adventures at the beach, and ice lage art nearly rises from the page with fascinating fea- cream in the shade. Evening brings the silly fun of watch- tures made from paper, felt, and embroidery silk. ing little shadows stretch out long, and there’s nothing so Picture Book for Children Ages 2–5 cozy as watching the sun set as a family. Rights available: World ex. North America ISBN: 978-1-77278-197-7 Trim Size: 9 x 8 in / 22.86 x 20.32 cm | Pages: 24 Deborah Kerbel is the author of seven novels for List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD Hardcover with padded cover, rounded corners, and extra-heavy paper middle grade and young adult readers. Her novels have Publication Date: May 4, 2021 been shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Ship Date: April 9, 2021 Award, the Canadian Library Association YA Book of the Year, and the Manitoba Young Reader’s Choice JUV009100 JUVENILE FICTION / Concepts / Seasons Award. Deborah lives in Thornhill, Ontario, with her JUV029020 JUVENILE FICTION / Science & Nature / Weather husband, two book-loving children, and a schnoodle JUV070000 JUVENILE FICTION / Poetry named Alfredo. JUV032170 JUVENILE FICTION / Sports & Recreation / Camping & Outdoor Activities Miki Sato is a Japanese-Canadian illustrator who uses Snow Days a variety of different textures and materials to create ISBN: 978-1-77278-135-9 three-dimensional images. Originally from Ottawa, she moved to Toronto to complete her degree in illustration List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD HC from the Ontario College of Art and Design. Her first “Sato’s deceptively simple illustrations are almost tangible in their layers, picture books are Golden Threads written by Suzanne showcasing an array of stitches, paper finishes, and fabric surfaces, and Del Rizzo and Snow Days written by Deborah Kerbel. depicting an inclusive cast.”—Publishers Weekly “A playful celebration of wintry weather.”—Kirkus Reviews “Snow Days walks through the magic of winter in charming rhyming couplets. Meticulous paper and fabric cutouts form illustrations that seem to leap off of the page...”—Foreword Reviews 22 www.pajamapress.ca 23
HC ISBN: 978-1-77278-084-0 List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD BB ISBN: 978-1-77278-140-3 List Price: $11.95 USD / $13.95 CAD “A counting book you can count on” Mies van Hout —Kirkus Reviews Starred Review Bestselling author-illustrator Mies van Hout employs vivid creatures in “A stand-out [counting book]” —Booklist Starred Review a jewel-tone natural setting to explore the longing we all feel at times to be like somebody else. “Graphically sophisticated, utterly charming” —School Library Journal Starred Review What child has not daydreamed about having wings like something to be admired. And when the dragonfly wishes a butterfly? But secretly, the flashy butterfly yearns for a to be like a child who can run, play, laugh, and build, a world stick insect’s privacy. And the stick insect wants to swim of possibilities opens up. like a whirligig beetle. A gentle but effective story for social emotional learn- One after the other, the denizens of bestselling author-il- ing, If Only allows children to reach their own conclusions lustrator Mies van Hout’s vibrant garden landscape wish and acknowledge that while it’s common to compare our- to be like somebody else. From the glowing firefly to the selves to others, it’s best to remember and celebrate what capable spider to the adorable ladybugs, each one brings we ourselves can do. ISBN: 978-1-77278-112-0 List Price: $17.95 USD / $22.95 CAD HC Mies van Hout is the author and illustrator of the pic- “Conventions of gender, species, and race ture books Happy, Friends, Surprise, and From One to Ten, have all been rendered moot, making this a among others, which have been hugely popular in Europe universal book for lapsitting.” and North America. She studied graphic design at the Arts —School Library Journal Academy in Groningen, the Netherlands, and has worked as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer since 1989. Her Picture Book for Children Ages 4–7 distinctive paintings are cheerful and bold, and her work has Rights held: Exclusive NA English; non-exclusive World English been published in more than twenty countries. ISBN: 978-1-77278-196-0 Trim Size: 8.67 x 10.5 in / 22.02 x 26.67 cm | Pages: 28 List Price: $17.95 USD / $22.95 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket Publication Date: May 11, 2021 Ship Date: April 16, 2021 JUV039140 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance JUV039050 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings JUV002140 JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Insects, Spiders, etc. ISBN: 978-1-77278-087-1 List Price: $19.95 USD / $23.95 CAD HC “van Hout’s art takes center stage in this imaginative picture book feline aficionados especially will enjoy.”—Booklist 24 www.pajamapress.ca 25
No More Plastic Alma Fullerton A young girl takes action against ocean pollution in a timely story with unique plastic-waste diorama art from award-winning author- illustrator Alma Fullerton. Isley loves the ocean and everything in it. Well, almost ev- With diorama art made from plastic waste by award-win- erything. Her heart sinks at the sight of her Alantic Ocean ning author-illustrator Alma Fullerton, No More Plastic is shoreline covered in trash. One day, upon discovering a a moving, eye-catching, and ultimately hopeful reminder beached right whale that has starved to death after swal- that the health of our oceans—and our planet—is in our lowing plastic, Isley decides enough is enough. She steers hands. her family into adopting a zero-waste lifestyle, inspiring others to do the same. But when the adults around her give way to apathy and routine, how can Isley make sure her whale’s memory inspires lasting change? Picture Book for Children Ages 4–7 Rights available: World ex. North America ISBN: 978-1-77278-113-7 Trim Size: 10 x 9 in / 25.4 x 22.86 cm | Pages: 32 List Price: $17.95 USD / $22.95 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket Alma Fullerton was first known for her award-winning free- verse novels for juvenile and young-adult readers, including the Publication Date: May 18, 2021 Governor General’s Award-nominated Libertad. Alma’s picture Ship Date: April 23, 2021 book A Good Trade was a White Ravens Choice, a Bank Street JUV063000 JUVENILE FICTION / Recycling & Green Living Best Book, and a nominee for a number of awards. In a Cloud JUV029010 JUVENILE FICTION / Science & Nature / Environment of Dust won the Rainforest of Reading Award and was a final- JUV002170 JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Marine Life ist for the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award. When the Rain JUV039220 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Values & Virtues Comes was a 2018 USBBY Outstanding International Book, among other honors, and Community Soup was a CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens Starred Selection. Alma lives in Midland, Ontario. A Good Trade HC ISBN: 978-1-77278-117-5 PB ISBN: 978-1-77278-118-2 List Price: $18.95 USD / $23.95 CAD List Price: $14.95 USD / $16.95 CAD “A pleasure to read aloud...Expertly crafted, Fullerton’s first picture book reminds readers of the pleasure of small things.” —Kirkus Reviews Starred Review “The large images are full of subtle details...Young readers will enjoy this sweet day-in-the-life snapshot.”—School Library Journal 26 www.pajamapress.ca 27
Ballewiena Rebecca Bender The award-winning creator of the Giraffe and Bird books introduces Dotty the dancing dachshund to celebrate the gifts of those who struggle to “sit” and “stay” Dotty the dachshund knows she was born to dance ballet. In Ballewiena, author-illustrator Rebecca Bender, creator When told to sit, she does a plié. Asked to stay, she does of the award-winning Giraffe and Bird books, introduces an assemblé. Fed up with Dotty’s lack of discipline, Mrs. a new volume of animal hi-jinks. Tucked into the witty lan- Austere sends her to the Canine School of Obedience, guage and amusing antics is a story about growth mindset but Dotty just can’t seem to learn. Heartbroken, the little and a perceptive note of encouragement for anyone who dog flees to the park—where an unexpected new friend is was made for activity in a world that expects stillness. waiting. Could he know the secret to helping Dotty dance out her dreams with her own style of discipline? Author/Illustrator Rebecca Bender is best known for her award-win- ning Giraffe and Bird books. Her illustrations also grace the chapter books Slug Days, Penguin Days, and Duck Days. Rebecca’s awards and hon- ors include the OLA Blue Spruce Award, a Cooperative Children’s Book Center best-of-the-year choice, and a Toronto Public Library best-of-the- year selection. Rebecca graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Picture Book for Children Ages 4–7 Design at the top of her class, earning the Medal for Illustration. She lives Rights available: World ex. North America in Burlington, Ontario, with her husband and children. ISBN: 978-1-77278-137-3 Trim Size: 10 x 9 in / 25.4 x 22.86 cm | Pages: 32 List Price: $17.95 USD / $22.95 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket Publication Date: May 25, 2021 Ship Date: April 30, 2021 JUV031020 JUVENILE FICTION / Performing Arts / Dance JUV002070 JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Dogs JUV039140 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance JUV019000 JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories 28 www.pajamapress.ca 29
HARLEY the HERO Peggy Collins An exciting picture book inspired by a real-life classroom service dog with themes of friendship, neurodivergence, and courage Harley the service dog is on the job! He goes to school Inspired by a true story, Harley the Hero celebrates the every day with Ms. Prichard to make sure she feels safe. work of service animals and the normalization of neuro- Their students are a lot of fun, but Harley can’t play with divergence. Author-illustrator Peggy Collins brings Harley them while he’s wearing his work vest.They write him lots and his class to charming life and concludes with an Au- of letters instead, and everything is perfect in the best, thor’s Note about the real dog behind the fictional Harley. most quiet class in the whole school. Until the day the old stage curtains catch fire.As the fire alarm blares and chaos erupts, Harley remembers that Ms. Prichard isn’t the only human in his class who gets upset by loud noises. Peggy Collins is an award-winning children’s book au- thor-illustrator with more than 35 titles to her name, includ- ing Hungry for Math: Poems to Munch On, In the Snow, and In the Garden. She has also written and illustrated for animated Picture Book for Children Ages 4–7 apps teaching math, indigenous history, and education. Peggy Rights available: World ex. North America lives in Newburgh, Ontario with her two children. ISBN: 978-1-77278-195-3 Trim Size: 10 x 9 in / 25.4 x 22.86 cm | Pages: 32 List Price: $17.95 USD / $22.95 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket Publication Date: July 6, 2021 Ship Date: June 11, 2021 JUV039150 JUVENILE FICTION / Disabilities & Special Needs JUV002070 JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Dogs JUV035000 JUVENILE FICTION / School & Education 30 www.pajamapress.ca 31
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