Category: Spring 2009

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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

Tundra's Bologna Booth

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Booklist’s Top 10 Historical Fiction for Youth: 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.

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OMNI VIP: Win Books!

OMNI VIPWould 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.

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TINARS for Tots: Bradley McGogg, The Very Fine Frog

This Is Not a Reading Series for Tots on Saturday, March 21, 2009 was presented by Pages Books & Magazine, The Little Paper, Bunch, and the Gladstone Hotel. Emily Holton, acclaimed artist and author, was the host of TINAR’s “Read Me a Game.” Tundra’s Tim Beiser presented Bradley McGogg, The Very Fine Frog with a tasty bug song and a frog cooking show (part of the Frog Food Network of course). Also presenting that day was Julie Morstad’s ABC and David Bruins and Hilary Leung’s The Legend of Ninja Cowboy Bear.

Tim Beiser singing at TINARS for Tots
Tim Beiser singing "...bugs are a bog frog's most favourite dishes..." at TINARS for Tots
Sous Chef holding up Green Pond Scum for all the tots to see
Sous Chef holding up green Pond Scum for all the tots to see.
Chef Tim getting measuring cups for his Sous Chefs
Chef Tim getting measuring cups for his Sous Chefs.

Chef and Sous Chef
Sous Chef and Chef letting tots know that the 8 Bugs Smoothie with Poo is real!

It was a great turnout and brave taste testers agreed that the 8 Bugs Smoothie with Poo was delicious! Thank you to David for the excellent music and sound effects during Tim’s presentation! Also a huge thanks to Chris Reed and his team for the fabulous event, we look forward to next one!

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