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Vote Word Nerd for Best Canadian Read!
Your books. Your vote. Your awards.
Teen Read Awards: The goal of the program is to get teens excited about books and to have their say on their favourites. Canadian teens are encouraged to go to the site and cast their vote for their favourite book in several categories such as Best Read, Best All-Time-Fave, Best Series, Best Villain, etc.
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2010 Canadian Children’s Book Centre Awards
Congratulations to our Authors and Illustrators!
 Watching Jimmy
Written by Nancy Hartry
ISBN 978-0-88776-871-2
Hardcover | Fiction
160 Pages | Ages 12+
Nominated for the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award and the Geoffrey Bilson for Historical Fiction for Young People.
 A Thousand Years of Pirates
Written and illustrated by William Gilkerson
ISBN 978-0-88776-924-5
Hardcover | Nonfiction
96 Pages | Ages 10 – 14
Nominated for the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award and the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction.
 Vanishing Girl:
The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His 3rd Case
Written by Shane Peacock
ISBN 978-0-88776-852-1
Hardcover | Fiction
320 Pages | Ages 9 and up
Nominated for the Geoffrey Bilson for Historical Fiction for Young People.
 Our Corner Grocery Store
Written by Joanne Schwartz
Illustrated by Laura Beingessner
ISBN 978-0-88776-868-2
Hardcover | Fiction
32 Pages | For ages 4 – 8
Nominated for the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award.
 Timmerman Was Here
Written by Colleen Sydor
Illustrated by Nicolas Debon
ISBN 978-0-88776-890-3
Hardcover | Fiction
32 Pages | Ages 4 – 8
Nominated for the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award.
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New Releases
Available online and in bookstores everywhere
on August 10, 2010.
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 All Aboard! Elijah McCoy’s Steam Engine
(Great Idea Series)
By Monica Kulling
Illustrated by Bill Slavin
ISBN 9780887769450
Jacketed Hardcover | Nonfiction
32 Pages | Ages 5-8
“All Aboard! Elijah McCoy’s Steam Engine is an intriguing and readable introduction to Elijah McCoy that whets the appetite for more, but it also touches on other thought-provoking themes such as slavery, the Underground Railroad, racial discrimination, railroad history, everyday inventions and belief in one’s own ideals…. The wonderful effervescent illustrations of Bill Slavin bring the story to life, capturing the atmosphere of the age with authenticity…. Highly recommended.” – CM Magazine
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 Lulu’s Piano Lesson
By Arlene Alda
Illustrated by Lisa Desimini
ISBN 9780887769306
Jacketed Hardcover | Fiction
32 Pages | Ages 4-7
“…Many readers will identify with the young protagonist who, despite good intentions, fails to find time to practice her music. The adults in Lulu’s life are sympathetic and do not force the issue. Alda’s text is nicely paced, and Desimini’s cheery and inviting, jewel-toned, mixed-media collages provide a playful, active accompaniment. Young musicians, parents, and teachers will appreciate this compassionate book about the connections between practice and play.” – School Library Journal
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 A Night on the Town
By Caroline Merola
ISBN 9781770492004
Jacketed Hardcover | Fiction
32 Pages | Ages 3-6
“… Caroline Merola’s bold illustrations saturate every page with colour and create a rich, expressive backdrop to the story. The narrative flows naturally, with light, playful dialogue and a lively pace that will make reading aloud a pleasure. Pickles McPhee and Martha made loveable, spirited heroines…. A Night on the Town is a good-natured, charmingly illustrated book – just the ticket for a vicarious nighttime romp.” – Quill & Quire
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 Dear George Clooney, Please Marry My Mom
By Susin Nielsen
ISBN 9780887769771
Jacketed Hardcover | Fiction
240 Pages | Ages 11-14
“Nielsen (Word Nerd) has created a narrator as sassy and candid as this memorable novel’s title….Nielsen skillfully balances her story’s keen humor…with poignancy. Especially affecting are Violet’s struggles to accept her father’s new family….” – Starred Review, Publishers Weekly
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 Lucy Unstrung
By Carole Lazar
ISBN 9780887769634
Trade Paperback | Fiction
256 Pages | Ages 10-12
Teens who get pregnant and raise their babies are often in the news. But what about those children who are growing up with parents scarcely half a generation older than themselves? In this wise and funny first novel by Carole Lazar, Lucy is a sensible, perhaps even rigid, thirteen year old who is convinced that Grandma, God, and the Catholic Church are on her side. She tries hard to make her twenty-eight-year-old mother see the error of her ways. However, she finds that while Grandma, God, and her church are still there for her, there are problems she has to solve for herself.
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Children's Books Podcast, Just One More Book, interviewed Tundra publisher, Kathy Lowinger, about the history of Tundra Books and much more. Click here to listen.
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