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Will you be attending the 2010 National Conference? The conference will be taking place on March 23-27, 2010 in the Oregon Convention Center.
Tundra’s very own, Pamela and Sylvia, will be at booth #1011 to tell you about our new and upcoming books! You can also come by to pick up our catalogues, posters, postcards, chapbooks, and bookmarks.
ForeWord Reviews announced the finalists in the 2009 Book of the Year Awards. We would like to congratulate the following authors and illustrators on their nominations!
Juvenile Nonfiction Finalist:
A Thousand Years of Pirates
By William Gilkerson
ISBN 9780887769245
96 Pages
“… A Thousand Years of Pirates, manages to preserve the historical reality of pirates while still maintaining the captivating image of pirates that so strongly interests people, especially children…. At the same time, Gilkerson captures the adventure of the high seas in his illustrations. …a great example of how history can be made interesting to young readers….” – ForeWord Reviews
Juvenile Fiction Finalist:
Jacob Two-Two on the High Seas
By Cary Fagan
Illustrated by DuÅ¡an PetriÄić
ISBN 9780887768958
112 Pages
“Fagan has produced a lively tale of pirates, transatlantic voyages, and the usual heedless parents…” – Books for Young People: Books of the Year, Quill & Quire
YA Fiction Finalist:
Vanishing Girl
By Shane Peacock
ISBN 9780887768521
320 Pages
“… The richly descriptive prose offers a vivid sense of both Victorian life and the diverse characters, especially complex, intriguing, and sympathetic Sherlock….” – Booklist
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on March 17th by tucking into a great novel based on Irish folklore:
Finn the half-Great
By Theo Caldwell
ISBN 978-0-88776-931-3
US $22.95
CAN $24.99
Ages 11+
Praise:
“The humour and trickery of Caldwell’s sources shines through, lifting it out of the humdrum war stuff of conventional fantasy…” – The Toronto Star
Be one of the first 5 people to answer this St. Patrick’s Day trivia question and WIN a copy of Finn the half-Great by Theo Caldwell.
What is the official emblem of Ireland? Hint: it’s not the Shamrock.
Good luck!
Read Theo Caldwell’s column about Saint Patrick in the National Post: http://www.theocaldwell.com/2010/03/saint-patrick-and-selfless-life.html
The following Tundra books are nominated for the 2010 Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice Award:
Bird Child
By Nan Forler
Illustrated by François Thisdale
ISBN 978-0-88776-894-1
Hardcover
32 Pages
Nominated in the Shining Willow category (kindergarten – grade 3)
Bullying and the ability to rise above it are at the heart of this strikingly beautiful picture book. All school-aged children have either bullied, been bullied, or witnessed bullying, and all too often, they feel powerless to stop what has been set in motion.
Dear Toni
By Cyndi Sand-Eveland
ISBN 978-0-88776-876-7
Hardcover
136 Pages
Nominated in the Diamond Willow category (grades 4-6)
When sixth-grader Gene Tucks moves south, she dreads being the new kid at school and almost everything else about her life as a “nobody.” But what she dreads most is the hundred-day journal-writing assignment her teacher has given the class. His brilliant idea is to have the journals locked in the town museum’s vault for forty years so that future grade-sixers can read them.
Word Nerd
By Susin Nielsen
ISBN 978-0-88776-875-0
Hardcover
256 Pages
Nominated in the Snow Willow category (grades 7-9)
In this brilliantly observed novel, author Susin Nielsen transports the reader to the world of competitive Scrabble as seen from the honest yet funny viewpoint of a boy who’s searching for acceptance and for a place to call home.
The Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice Award allows over 10,000 students and young adults to read and vote for their favorite books. Award winners will be announced at a gala that will be held in the spring. For more info on the SYRCA Willow Awards, please visit www.willowawards.ca.
Congratulations to the abovementioned authors and illustrator!
Thank you to everyone who entered yesterday’s giveaway of Advance Reader’s Copies of Folly. The response was overwhelming with a record number of visits to our blog!
The ten winners will be notified shortly by email. Thanks again to all who entered.
Stay tuned for more contests and giveaways!