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Cover Reveal: The Kiss of the Nightingale

Tundra is very excited to be publishing The Kiss of the Nightingale on October 1, 2024! Written by Adi Denner, The Kiss of the Nightingale is a young adult romantasy novel set in an alternative historical Paris.

Scroll down for the full cover plus an excerpt from Adi Denner’s essay, “The Nightingale’s Legacy in Classical Music”.

Cover Design: Tim Byrne

The Kiss of the Nightingale
By Adi Denner
384 Pages | Ages 14+ | Hardcover
ISBN 9781774885253 | Tundra Books
Release Date: October 1, 2024
1890, Lutèce: In this city, Talents are everything: precious gems that gift unrivaled skills to their owners. The most coveted, Elite Talents, are claimed by the aristocracy, passed through generations by blood magic. Cleodora dreamed of inheriting her father’s Tailoring Talent, but when he died, the magic died with him. Now she’s left with empty promises, a dress shop she can’t keep afloat, and her bedridden younger sister. But everything changes when she meets the dark-eyed Lady Dahlia Sibille. Dahlia offers Cleodora a Singing Talent – a chance to save her beloved sister and rewrite her own fate. From the first instant, Cleodora is bewitched . . . There’s just one catch: she needs to steal an Elite Talent from the prestigious Lenoir family. As Lutèce’s nightingale, Cleodora is the star of the opera’s galas and balls, worlds away from the darkness and dust of home. But the handsome yet infuriating Vicomte Lenoir is nothing like she expected. Soon, the Vicomte’s teasing smiles win her over, even as Dahlia’s seductive whispers linger in her ears. Torn between Dahlia, who gave her everything, and the Vicomte, who holds the price of her freedom, is Cleodora in danger of losing it all? Or can she prove that magic isn’t the only gift that counts?

“The Nightingale’s Legacy in Classical Music”
By Adi Denner

The nightingale’s timeless song has soared through the ages, each note a heartbeat in literature and each trill a permanent mark on the pages of musical history. Its voice, at once both a whisper and a cry, has resonated through the ornate halls of the Baroque, the grand theaters of the Romantic era and beyond, echoing the human condition in a symphony of endless melodies. Tracing the nightingale’s passage through the realms of classical music uncovers a story not just of a bird, but of humanity’s ceaseless quest to find beauty in expression, to sing against the silence, to turn life’s vast experiences into art.

When I first sat down to write The Kiss of the Nightingale and started to think about names for the book, I knew I wanted to showcase the Nightingale and its deep symbolism within the world of classical music and opera.

CONTINUE READING

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Tuesdays with Tundra

Tuesdays with Tundra is an ongoing series featuring our new releases. This title is now available in stores and online!

Roys Is Not a Dog
By Esmé Shapiro and Daniel Newell Kaufman
48 Pages | Ages 3-7 | Hardcover
ISBN 9780735265967 | Tundra Books
On Lilypod Lane, everyone knows everything about everybody . . . or so they believe! When curious paperboy Weasel encounters his mysterious neighbor Roy on his route, he becomes convinced that Roy is actually a dog! But when his friend Pam Pam disagrees, Weasel must put on his detective cap and do his best sleuthing to reveal Roy’s extraordinary secret, and prove that not everything is as it seems, once and for all! An endearingly offbeat picture book that celebrates neighbors and neighborhoods, Roy Is Not a Dog delivers laughs and lessons about accepting others for who they are as well as the risks and rewards of showing your true self.

We can’t wait to see you reading this title! If you share this book online, remember to use #ReadTundra in your hashtags so that we can re-post.

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Tuesdays with Tundra

Tuesdays with Tundra is an ongoing series featuring our new releases. This title is now available in stores and online!

Mile End Kids Stories
By Isabelle Arsenault
136 Pages | Ages 6-9 | Hardcover
ISBN 9781774885369 | Tundra Books
In these three heartwarming, funny and colorful adventures, the neighborhood kids of Montreal’s Mile End navigate the ups and downs of friendship. This striking omnibus edition includes:
Colette’s Lost Pet: Colette is self-conscious about making friends. When she meets the Mile End gang, she doesn’t know what to say – so she hastily invents a lost pet! What will happen when her new friends catch on? Maya’s Big Scene: Maya’s latest theatrical work is almost ready for a public performance, but she quickly learns that her actors’ visions for the show might not match hers. Can Maya learn to lead by example? Albert’s Quiet Quest: Albert just wants to read his book in peace . . . but there are so many distractions in the neighborhood – what’s a book-loving introvert to do? Will Albert ever find a moment of quiet?

We can’t wait to see you reading this title! If you share this book online, remember to use #ReadTundra in your hashtags so that we can re-post.

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2024 Ezra Jack Keats Award

Each year since 1985, the Ezra Jack Keats Award has been given to early career authors and illustrators who create children’s books that reflect our diverse culture. We would like to congratulate Sarah Gonzales who won this year’s award for her illustrations in the picture book, The Only Way to Make Bread!

On winning the Illustrator Award, Sarah Gonzales said: “The EJK Award illuminates human uniqueness and togetherness, the traits of  Keats’ work that inspire me.  In my resilient  immigrant family, we were strong, as individuals and as a group. With Cristina’s beautiful words I hoped to represent the strength of sharing as a community, and the happiness of baking bread.”

The Only Way to Make Bread
Written by Cristina Quintero
Illustrated by Sarah Gonzales
40 Pages | Ages 3-7 | Hardcover
ISBN 9780735271760 | Tundra Books
A delicious exploration of all kinds of breads, from sourdough to bannock to bao, that will tickle your taste buds and warm your heart.
What’s the only way to make bread?
You might use white flour in your bread, or whole wheat flour or corn flour.
You might use water or milk, maybe an egg or two.
You’ll use a handful of this, a dash of that, a bit of this and a splash of that.
Some dough will rise, some dough will bubble. Sometimes it will be sticky, sometimes it will be shaggy.  
What’s the only way to make bread?
Your way!
This tasty celebration of all kinds of bread will tempt bread lovers big and small. No matter what kind of bread YOU like to make, this book is for you!

Click here for a The Only Way to Make Bread recipe and art card!

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Tuesdays with Tundra

Tuesdays with Tundra is an ongoing series featuring our new releases. These titles are now available in stores and online!

And Then There Was Us
By Kern Carter
232 Pages | Ages 14+ | Hardcover
ISBN 9781774883402 | Tundra Books
Coi is just eighteen years old, but has already survived years of physical and verbal abuse from her mother. After being kicked out of her mother’s house at age fourteen, Coi has lived with her father, and together they’ve created a peaceful life. That peace ends suddenly when her mother dies. While Coi struggles to find kindness in her heart for the woman who only hurt her, she starts having lucid dreams, forcing her to relive moments of abuse and emotional trauma that eventually led to Coi’s abandonment. Her mother’s passing also reopens the door to her mother’s side of the family, including her beloved younger half-sister, Kayla, her stepfather and her grandmother. Each of them challenge Coi’s long-held views about her mother, especially Kayla, who, Coi realizes, is taking their mother’s loss hard. As she reconnects with her family, Coi learns to see parts of her mother she never experienced, and for the first time since she was abandoned, opens her heart to forgiveness.

And Then There Was Us is also available today in audiobook!

What Does Little Crocodile Say At the Birthday Party?
By Eva Montanari
40 Pages | Ages 2-5 | Hardcover
ISBN 9781774881576 | Tundra Books
What sounds does Little Crocodile hear at their own birthday party?
The decorations go whirr whirr
The band goes ooom pa pa
The wish goes whoosh
The cameras go click
The balloon goes pop
And the crocodile says . . . WAHHHH!
In this charming book of sounds, Little Crocodile experiences the highs and lows of a birthday with friends and family, ultimately enjoying their day . . . after a small meltdown, of course! Little ones will delight in the adorable illustrations and fun read-aloud, and parents will delight in the sly humor and familiar emotional rollercoaster of a toddler’s day.

We can’t wait to see you reading these titles! If you share these books online, remember to use #ReadTundra in your hashtags so that we can re-post.

Tundra Book Group