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OLA’s Super Conference 2013

Tundra Books will be exhibiting at the OLA’S Super Conference this year! Please visit us at booth #720 to learn about our new and upcoming books. And, we will be having author signings at our booth! With each author signing, we will be handing out complimentary copies of the title at a first come, first serve basis. So don’t forget! There’s a limited number of signed books to give away!

Thursday, January 31, 2013
Lorna Schultz Nicholson will be signing Puckster’s First Hockey Tournament at 11:00 am.
Pucksters First Hockey TournamentPuckster’s First Hockey Tournament
Written by Lorna Schultz Nicholson
Illustrated by Kelly Findley
Trade Paperback | Ages 4-8 | 24 Pages
ISBN: 978-1-77049-457-2
Puckster is Hockey Canada’s lovable mascot and this polar bear knows everything to know about hockey. His books are perfect entertainment for young hockey fans.

Thursday, January 31, 2013
Marthe Jocelyn will be signing Where Do You Look? at 2:00 pm.
Where Do You LookWhere Do You Look?
Written by Marthe Jocelyn and Nell Jocelyn
Hardcover | Ages 2-5 | 32 Pages
ISBN: 978-1-77049-376-6
In this playful exploration of homonyms, readers will discover the fun they can have with language. Is a wave at a beach? Or at a train station? Is a trunk in a garden? Or on an elephant? Kids will love the juxtaposition of words and meanings, and the detailed collage illustrations will have them coming back again and again.

Friday, February 1, 2013
Roy MacGregor will be signing Face-Off at the Alamo at 10:00 am.
Face-Off at the AlamoFace-Off at the Alamo
Written by Roy MacGregor
Trade Paperback | Ages 8-11 | 176 Pages
ISBN: 978-1-77049-418-3
“How do you get reluctant boy readers interested in books? Long-time Globe and Mail columnist Roy MacGregor seems to have figured out a solution to that perennial problem with his Screech Owls series, which marries hockey with mystery and adventure. As in previous instalments, the book chronicles the adventures of a small-town Ontario hockey team as it travels around the world for tournaments. This time, Travis, Sarah, Nish, and the gang are bound for Texas. As usual, there’s more than just hockey occupying the kids, who discover a plot to destroy the titular landmark.” – Quill & Quire

Friday, February 1, 2013
Shane Peacock will be signing Becoming Holmes at 1:00 pm.
Becoming HolmesBecoming Holmes
The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His Final Case
Written by Shane Peacock
Hardcover | Ages 10-14 | 264 Pages
ISBN: 978-1-77049-232-5
“…What an ending to a fabulous series of books about the young Sherlock Holmes! Shane Peacock has made each of his ‘case files’ so powerful that fans will be sad to say goodbye to the young man destined to be the famous and dogged detective of the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle works…. Shane Peacock has done a cracking job of sharing the brutalities of Victorian London and the early evidence of those traits and quirks that make Sherlock Holmes a storied detective…. Shane Peacock has done such a remarkable job of letting his readers know who Sherlock will become, a man worthy of admiration.” – Sal’s Fiction Addiction

Some additional events featuring our authors:

CANSCAIP Mass Book Launch
Friday, February 1, 2013 from 12:15 PM – 2:15 PM

  • Tim Beiser: Miss Mousie’s Blind Date
  • Lorna Schultz Nicholson: Puckster’s First Hockey Tournament and Puckster’s New Hockey Teammate
  • Karen Patkau: Who Needs a Swamp? A Wetland Ecosystem; Who needs a Jungle? A Rainforest Ecosystem; and Who needs an Iceberg? An Arctic Ecosystem

Follow @TundraBooks, @lornasn, @scissorhouse, @RoyMacG, @Shane_Author, and @TimBeiser on twitter! You can also follow #sc13 for the latest news and updates!

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Launch of: Checkers and Dot

On Sunday, December 2, 2012 from 2:00-4:00 pm at Little Island Comics, we celebrated the launch of Checkers and Dot with creators J. Torres and J. Lum!

If you’re not familiar, the Checkers and Dot series are black-and-white board books that present high-contrast patterns and rhyming text for toddlers. For the launch, we asked guests to come dressed in black-and-white. We even had a photo booth – and now the photos are available for download. Here are the easy steps:

step11. Click on the following link to go to Tundra’s flickr photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tundrabooks/
2. Look for your photo! You can do a quick search too.

step23. Click on your photo.
4. Click on the ACTION drop-down menu.
5. Click on VIEW ALL SIZES (highlighted in blue in the image above).

step36. On this page, you can choose a download size for your photo. We recommend the larger sizes!

step47. Click on the DOWNLOAD THE ___ ___ SIZE OF THIS PHOTO link (highlighted in blue in the image above). Or you can right-click on the photo and click SAVE IMAGE AS…

step58. A box will pop up, choose SAVE FILE.
9. Click OK.
10. Share with your family and friends. 🙂

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Tuesdays with Tundra 25

Tuesdays with Tundra is a monthly post on our new releases. The following books are available today in stores and online!

The Geomancer’s Compass
Written by Melissa Hardy
Hardcover | 272 Pages | Ages 12+
ISBN: 978-1-77049-292-9
eBook: 978-1-77049-365-0
Set in the year 2021, this fantastic YA novel explores the tension between a young woman’s future building infrastructure for Augmented Reality, and the commitment she makes to her dying grandmother to honour ancient Chinese magic. The Geomancer’s Compass imagines a world in the near future while exploring the Chinese immigrant experience and the expanding, elastic and shifting nature of reality.

Hockey Canada’s Learn All About Hockey: Color and Activity
Written by Al Huberts
Illustrated by Frank Bailey
Trade Paperback | 176 Pages | Ages 4-9
ISBN: 978-1-77049-436-7
Learn All About Hockey introduces young hockey enthusiasts to the game and does so through interactive pages that provide young players with the opportunity to colour in pages, follow mazes, complete word searches, spot the difference puzzles and more. All details of the game from the dimensions of the ice surface to the rules are included with images of referee hand signals for penalties, off sides, goals and more. Players are also introduced to each piece of equipment and taught about its use. The book follows two teams as the compete in an action packed game and in the process, kids will enjoy reading this exciting hockey story, while enjoying the ability to interact in the fast paced world of hockey.

Puckster’s First Hockey Tournament
Written by Lorna Schultz Nicholson
Illustrated by Kelly Findley
Trade Paperback | 24 Pages | Ages 4-8
ISBN: 978-1-77049-457-2
“The Puckster series for young hockey fans by Lorna Schultz Nicholson and illustrated by Kelly Findley captures a kid’s excitement about getting into the game. Puckster’s First Hockey Sweater and Puckster’s First Hockey Game contain lots of hockey action and adventures….” – The Calgary Sun

Puckster’s New Hockey Teammate
Written by Lorna Schultz Nicholson
Illustrated by Kelly Findley
Trade Paperback | 24 Pages | Ages 4-8
ISBN: 978-1-77049-455-8
“Young hockey fans ages four to six who are new to the sport will appreciate the Puckster Series…. Puckster’s First Hockey Game details the thrills, spills and excitement of competition.” – The Waterloo Region Record

Pub Date Giveaway: In the comments below, please tell us which new November release of Tundra’s you would love to read and one lucky reader will receive their requested book! One request per person and please review our rules. This giveaway ends at midnight on Monday, December 3, 2012!

UPDATE: Congratulations to wordsofmystery who has won a copy of The Geomancer’s Compass by Melissa Hardy!

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