Spiders are not considered insects because insects only have six legs?
There are over 40,000 species of spiders?
In many spider species, the female is usually bigger than the male?
Most spiders are not dangerous to humans?
Want more facts about spiders and other creepy-crawlies? Make sure you check out Elise Gravel’s Disgusting Critters series! They’re on promotion at Indigo in-store and online for buy 2 get the 3rd free from now until March 2, 2020.
The Spider By Elise Gravel
ISBN 9781770496644
Ages 6-9 | Tundra Books
Part of a series of hilarious non-fiction about disgusting creatures, this book looks at the spider. It covers such topics as the spider’s habitats (pretty much everywhere but outer space), the silk it spins (it can trap prey and makes a nifty bowtie), and its parenting practice (female spiders carry around their eggs in a silk purse). Although silly and off-the-wall, The Spider contains factual information that will both amuse and teach at the same time.
February 19th, 2020 will mark the first ever I Read Canadian Day and we can’t wait to shout about our favourite Canadian authors and books!
The goal is to raise awareness of Canadian books and celebrate the richness and diversity of our country’s literature by encouraging everyone to read something Canadian for at least 15 minutes.
Libraries and bookstores are encouraged to sign up and host their own mini events and displays to help spread the news. Find out more on their website and join the conversation on social media with #IReadCanadian.
We’ll be reading Canadian on February 19th – will you join us?
We’re bringing you a special treat today: a guest post from Me and Banksy author, Tanya Lloyd Kyi! Check out Tanya’s previous posts on Reading with Rendz and The Contented Reader for more insight into her writing process and be sure to keep an eye on her own blog for the final installment tomorrow.
To write a novel, you need two types of time. Time to sit in front of the keyboard, tapping away. And time to let your mind wander, puzzling over characters and playing with plot twists. The problem with the latter is that it looks suspiciously like doing nothing. And if you live, like I do, in a house with a husband and two teenagers, you’re not allowed to do nothing for long.
Can you drive me to the gym? Can these extra friends stay for dinner? And have you seen my black socks? No, not those black socks, the other ones.
I wrote Me and Banksy on a very tight deadline. I loved my characters – passionate and artistic Dominica, fiery Saanvi, and the über-smart but highly unmotivated Holden. But every day I needed to churn out new pages. I desperately needed time to plan and plot.
Can you sign these field trip forms? Can you proofread my essay? Where did I put my hat? No, not that hat, the other one.
The answer, I found, was bedtime. Not my kids’ bedtimes, because they stay up later than me these days. No, it was my own bedtime. Instead of picking up a book or plugging in an audiobook like usual, I would turn out the light, close my eyes, and imagine myself in Dominica’s world. More often than not, the glimmer of an idea would appear. Sometimes, I’d scribble it down during breakfast.
Can you book me a haircut? Is this a pimple or a wart? Where did I put my backpack? Yes, of course that one.
I recently read a tweet about making use of unclaimed time. The minutes while waiting for the noodles to boil. I’m going to take that advice to heart this year, and see what new ideas appear, and what new stories I can write. I might just find a few more glimmers, tucked between the socks, the hats, and the backpacks.
Me and Banksy is available now! Make sure you’re following Tanya on social media!
Since 2006, the United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) has put together an honor list of international books for young people. The list is published each year in February and highlights international books that are deemed to be outstanding in their field. We would like to congratulate Miguel Tanco whose beautiful book, Count on Me, was included on this year’s Outstanding International Books list!
Count on Me
By Miguel Tanco
Hardcover | 48 Pages | Ages 3-7
ISBN 9780735265752 | Tundra Books
A young girl sees the world differently in this beautiful picture book celebration of math.
Everyone has a passion. For some, it’s music. For others, it’s art. For our heroine, it’s math. When she looks around the world, she sees math in all the beautiful things: the concentric circles a stone makes in a lake, the curve of a slide, the geometric shapes in the playground. Others don’t understand her passion, but she doesn’t mind. There are infinite ways to see the world. And through math is one of them.
This book is a gorgeous ode to something vital but rarely celebrated. In the eyes of this little girl, math takes its place alongside painting, drawing and song as a way to ponder the beauty of the world.
The Hans Christian Anderson Award is the highest international recognition give to an author and an illustrator of children’s books. Awarded every other year by IBBY, it recognizes lifelong achievement and is presented to creators whose complete works have made an important, lasting contribution to children’s literature.
With patronage from Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and a sponsorship from Nami Island Inc., the Anderson Award recipients are selected by an international jury of children’s literature specialists.
The Author’s Award was first given out in 1956 and the first Illustrator’s Award was given in 1966. We are thrilled to announce that Isabelle Arsenault has been shortlisted for this year’s award – congratulations, Isabelle!
Colette’s Lost Pet By Isabelle Arsenault ISBN 9781101917596 | Hardcover Ages 4-8 | Tundra Books Colette is exploring her new neighborhood and wants to make friends. But when she encounters someone her age she’s never met before, she doesn’t know what to say-so she hastily invents a lost pet! Things spiral a bit out of control as a neighborhood-wide search party is assembled and Colette makes her pet bird more amazing with each telling. Will the neighborhood kids catch on to her ever-growing fib?
Albert’s Quiet Quest By Isabelle Arsenault ISBN 9781101917626 | Hardcover Ages 4-8 | Tundra Books There are so many distractions in Albert’s Mile End neighborhood, what’s a book-loving introvert to do? Desperate for a quiet place to read, Albert storms out to the alley behind his house where his friends and neighbors often meet to play, looking for a quiet place to read. And he almost does too, except for those meddling Mile End kids . . . who just want to have some fun, as LOUDLY as possible. Will Albert ever find a moment of quiet to enjoy his book? Or could his friends be looking for a book break of their own?
The Spider
