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April 20, 2009May 15, 2009

TINARS for Tots: Our Corner Grocery Store

This Is Not a Reading Series for Tots on Saturday, April 18, 2009 was presented by Pages Books & Magazine, The Little Paper, Bunch, and the Gladstone Hotel. TINAR’s “Neighbourhood Stories Day” featured Joanne Schwartz and Laura Beingessner’s book, Our Corner Grocery Store. Also presenting that day was Frieda Wishinsky and Marie-Louise Gay’s Please Louise!

Our Corner Grocery Store by Joanne Schwartz, illustrated by Laura Beingessner

TINARS for Tots Parents have brunch while children are entertained by authors and illustrators!

Joanne Schwartz and Laura Beingessner organized a wonderful arts and craft project:
Crafting Our Corner Grocery Store Colouring the grocery store and food items.
Cutting and..
pasting!

Joanne Schwartz, Winston, and Joanne Beingessner Joanne Schwartz and Laura Beingessner with Winston, the TINARS mascot!

April 15, 2009May 15, 2009

Launch of: The Battle for Duncragglin

Andrew H. Vanderwal’s young adult novel, The Battle for Dunragglin, was launched on Tuesday, April 14, 2009. The outstanding event was held at the Assembly Hall from 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm.

Copies of The Battle for Duncragglin waiting to be signed and read.

Andrew H. Vanderwal's first signing at the launch Andrew H. Vanderwal’s first signing at his launch!

Andrew H. Vanderwal hired his son’s school’s quartet, The MCI Senior Strings Quartet, to play at the book launch.

A wonderful performance from the McDonnell School of Highland Dance. Many thanks to Julie McDonnell and her students! Short video clips of the performance can be viewed on our facebook page.

Tundra’s publisher, Kathy Lowinger, talks about The Battle for Duncragglin and introduces Andrew H. Vanderwal on stage.

Andrew H. Vanderwal talks about the progression of The Battle for Duncragglin and reads a passage from the book.

Guests at the Battle for Duncragglin launch What a fabulous turnout of guests!

Tundra would like to thank Andrew H. Vanderwal and his wife, Jan, for making the event such a success! You can read about the launch on Andrew’s blog here.

April 14, 2009September 29, 2009

The Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2009

Tundra’s Director of Foreign and Special Markets, Catherine Mitchell, shares her photos from the Bologna Children’s Book Fair:

Here are two photos of our booth at this year’s Bologna Book Fair. The space is small but a representative selection of our picture books (back wall), fiction and non-fiction (side wall) are taken to show publishers in our meetings. Time is limited so the display has to tell as much as possible and act as backdrop to the discussion. We include quotes, honours, rights sales, and award stickers where possible to maximize attention to the list, all of which is helped by great looking covers to catch passers-by as well.

Tundra's Bologna Booth

April 9, 2009May 15, 2009

Booklist’s Top 10 Historical Fiction for Youth: 2009

Eva Wiseman’s Puppet is listed in Booklist’s Top 10 Historical Fiction for Youth! Click here to view the full list. Puppet tells a heartbreaking episode in history, explained through the story of a young servant girl in the late 1800s. Although Puppet is a work of fiction, it is based upon a real court case that took place in Hungary in 1883. In Hungary today, the name Morris Scharf has become synonymous with “traitor.”

“The tension builds to the trial scenes, and the climax is electrifying with its public drama on the witness stand and the heartbreak between Morris and his dad. Adults will want this, too.”

– Starred Review from Booklist

“…a tale of shocking prejudice and a kind of petty corruption that chills one to the bone… Wiseman’s unflinching descriptions of the conducts of officials, the trial itself, and subtext of Julie’s life mixed with her reactions to and participation in the events around her are compelling and believable. The relatively positive ending to this harrowing tale serves to mitigate the shocking events it so admirably relates.”

– Excellent from Resource Links

Award-winning author, Eva Wiseman, is the mother of two and she lives in Winnipeg with her husband. Eva recently celebrated the launch of Puppet at McNally Robinson.

April 8, 2009May 15, 2009

OMNI VIP: Win Books!

Would you like a chance to win some of our books? If you are an OMNI VIP member, now you can! The concept is very simple: watch OMNI TV, collect points, and trade them in for prizes! And what great prizes they are!

Currently, I Love Chocolate by Davide Cali and illustrated by Evelyn Daviddi is in their Prize Vault! Keep checking, as there will be a great rotation of our Spring 2009 books available.

Visit the OMNI VIP website for more details and to sign up.