Tuesdays with Tundra is an ongoing series featuring our new releases. These titles are now available in stores and online!
Paint with Ploof By Ben Clanton and Andy Chou Musser 56 Pages | Ages 2-5 | Hardcover ISBN 9781774881941 | Tundra Books Ploof is a little cloud who’s eager to make their first rainbow! But how? With your help, of course! Can you help Ploof find the right shape? Mix colors? Fly high to paint? Cheer Ploof on through the ups and downs of trying something new, follow along with some calming breathing exercises and find a new perspective! Just as full of imaginative, interactive fun as the first book in the series, each page offers readers from preschooler age and beyond a chance to play and learn in tandem, exploring social-emotional skills along the way. Young readers will be delighted to see the effects of their actions as they join a colorful rainbow quest and paint with Ploof!
Reasons to Look at the Night Sky By Danielle Daniel 328 Pages | Ages 9-12 | Hardcover ISBN 9781774883532 | Tundra Books Luna has always loved the night sky. She’s an eleven-year-old who knows everything there is to know about space, and dreams of one day becoming an astronaut. The first step in her plan to get there is to ace the space unit in her science class and secure a spot in NASA’s summer space camp. But when Luna’s teacher is unexpectedly replaced with a substitute, Ms. Manitowabi, who is looking to shake up science class by bringing in art, Luna’s carefully laid plans are crushed. And that’s not all that’s shifting in Luna’s life – changes at home and in her friendships have her feeling topsy-turvy. What on Planet Earth is happening? Reasons to Look at the Night Sky is an endearing, poetic look at the inner world of a middle schooler grappling with change from acclaimed author and illustrator Danielle Daniel.
Reasons to Look at the Night Sky is also available today in Audiobook!
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.
At Tundra Books, we want you to get to know and love our authors as much as you know and love their books. Our creator spotlight series will introduce you to the people behind some of your favorite titles . . . this week, say hello toBruno Valasse!
About the Creator:
BRUNO VALASSE was born in Mexico City and moved to the United Kingdom, where he studied the Children’s Books Illustration MA at Anglia Ruskin, Cambridge. He is passionate about printmaking, handcrafts and mid-century graphics, and graduated from the Children’s Book Illustration MA at the Cambridge School of Arts in 2022. He teaches illustration at Centro university in Mexico. Shine is his debut picture book.
Fast Five with Bruno Valasse:
If you could live anywhere, where would it be?
I have lived in places I love, such as Cambridge and Bra. But I would definitely be tempted to live some time in the Scottish Highlands or the outer Hebrides!
What’s one thing that can instantly make your day better?
Maybe it’s two things: a long cycle ride and seeing how photos turned out when developing film.
Which meal is your favorite: breakfast, lunch, or dinner?
Definitely a long and lazy breakfast with friends or family after cycling.
What’s your “dance like nobody’s watching” song?
It’s singing rather than dancing, but “This Charming Man” by The Smiths and “Reach a Bit Further” by Wild Beasts always make me want to have a band again!
What is your favorite insect?
Well, moths, of course! Although bees score pretty high too.
Books by Bruno Valasse:
Shine By Bruno Valasse 32 Pages | Ages 3-7 | Hardcover ISBN 9781774884287 | Tundra Books A little moth hides from the dark, and doesn’t want to leave his bright and cozy home. But here’s a secret: he loves watching the stars. They only come out at night, though . . . when it’s dark outside. One night, the stars give the moth the courage to go outside into the night. There, he makes friends with other creatures who are also afraid of the dark, and they play and sparkle under the stars. But will a dangerous encounter with a group of hungry frogs drive the moth back inside? Or will it encourage him to create his own light in the darkness? Inspired by the author’s own childhood memories of being afraid of the dark but drawn to the beauty of the night sky, Shine is a gorgeous debut picture book which will encourage readers to be their authentic selves . . . and glow!
Tuesdays with Tundra is an ongoing series featuring our new releases. This title is now available in stores and online!
Tove and the Island with No Address By Lauren Soloy 48 Pages | Ages 4-7 | Hardcover ISBN 9781774883150 | Tundra Books Tove and her family go to the island with no address every summer. After checking to make sure that everything in the cabin is exactly as it should be, young Tove sets off on an adventure. She finds some interesting salvage on the beach, she visits the grotto and she offers to babysit her strange little friend’s five wild daughters. But when the weather takes a turn, Tove finds this task is more than she bargained for . . . Through Lauren Soloy’s brilliant art and storytelling, this imagined day on the island with no address pays tribute to Tove Jansson’s wild and beautiful imagination and explores both the exhilaration of adventure and the comfort of coming home.
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.
#WindowWednesday: We are incredibly fortunate to have stores create window features of our books. We want to highlight their amazing work here on our blog for you to see (and perhaps you’ll discover a new local bookstore).
Mabel’s Fables 662 Mt Pleasant Road, Toronto, ON M4S 2N3
Photos by: Vikki VanSickle
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Into the Goblin Market Written by Vikki VanSickle Illustrated by Jensine Eckwall 48 Pages | Ages 4-8 | Hardcover ISBN 9780735268562 | Tundra Books Millie loves her quiet life on the farm, but Mina longs for adventure. When the Goblin Market comes to town, Millie knows it’s a bad idea. They’ve been told stories their whole lives about the dangers of the Goblin Market. But Mina just can’t resist . . . When Mina doesn’t come back, it’s Millie’s turn to brave the market to bring her home. She will use all her smarts and all her courage to try to outwit the goblins and save her sister . . . but will it be enough? This gorgeous and intriguing tribute to both “Goblin Market” by Christina Rossetti and classic fairy-tale villains is also a story about the bond between sisters and a celebration of courage, intelligence and resilience.
Tuesdays with Tundra is an ongoing series featuring our new releases. These titles are now available in stores and online!
Billy and the Epic Escape Written by Jamie Oliver Illustrated by Mónica Armiño 416 Pages | Ages 8-12 | Hardcover ISBN 9781774884195 | Tundra Books Billy and his best friends Anna, Jimmy, and Andy are looking forward to a summer exploring Waterfall Woods, discovering more about the magical creatures who live there and the Rhythm of nature that keeps their world, and ours, in balance. Then the woods come under attack from a mysterious red lady, forcing the sprites and brothers Wilfred and BiIfred into hiding, and the gang rush to the rescue! But what does the red lady really want Could she be connected to Bilfred’s disappearance all those years ago? And, if so, how is it possible she looks exactly the same decades later . . . Can Billy and his friends uncover the truth and stop the red lady’s plans, before the Rhythm is put in danger once again?
Billy and the Epic Escape is also available today in Audiobook!
Boy Here, Boy There By Chuck Groenink 56 Pages | Ages 3-7 | Hardcover ISBN 9781774881064 | Tundra Books A prehistoric Neanderthal family arrives at their new home, a cave, after a long journey. But their young boy’s imagination is seized by the beauty and promise of the valley below, and he sets out to explore all that the valley has to offer along, with his place in it. This wild, prehistoric world is full of beauty and wonder, including big and little “hairies” (woolly mammoths). But across a river, the boy spots another boy, a Homo sapiens. He’s dressed differently, but so much else is the same. The two share a moment of recognition before the stranger and his family depart, leaving a lasting impression on the Neanderthal boy – one that will have effects reaching throughout history. This picture book, sparingly written and expansively illustrated, imagines an encounter between Homo sapiens and our Neanderthal cousins based on the expanding understanding of prehistoric peoples. It will inspire young readers to see the beauty in discovery and the natural wonders of the prehistoric world as well as our shared humanity.
Boy vs. Shark By Paul Gilligan 240 Pages | Ages 10+ | Hardcover ISBN 9781774880449 | Tundra Books In the summer of 1975, 10-year-old Paul Gilligan doesn’t have a whole lot to worry about other than keeping his comic books untarnished, getting tennis balls off roofs and keeping up with the increasingly bold stunts of his best friend, David. And then Jaws comes to town. Suddenly everyone is obsessing over this movie about a shark ripping people to pieces. And if you haven’t seen it, not only are you missing out, you’re also kind of a wimp. Needless to say, Jaws leaves young Paul a cowering mess, and underlines the growing gap between him and David as well as the distance between where he stands and the world’s expectations of a boy’s “manliness.” And when Jaws himself becomes a kind of macho Jiminy Cricket for Paul, what is a scared and overwhelmed boy to do?
Boy vs. Shark is also available today in Paperback!
New Deluxe Edition:
Murtagh: Deluxe Edition By Christopher Paolini 720 Pages | Ages 12+ | Hardcover ISBN 9781774887523 | Penguin Teen Canada A stunning deluxe edition of Christopher Paolini’s instant #1 New York Times bestseller set in the World of Eragon, featuring fan favorite Murtagh and his dragon – with exclusive features and new content: • A long-anticipated scene featuring Eragon and Murtagh • Stunning red decorative stained and stenciled edges • A gorgeous, embellished foil-stamped cover • Never-before-seen full-color maps of Alagaësia and, for the first time, the world beyond • A full-color painting of Mt. Arngor • A letter from Jeod • Two pieces of original black-and-white artwork by Christopher Paolini The world is no longer safe for the Dragon Rider Murtagh and his dragon, Thorn. An evil king has been toppled, and they are left to face the consequences of the reluctant role they played in his reign of terror. Now they are hated and alone, exiled to the outskirts of society. Throughout the land, hushed voices whisper of brittle ground and a faint scent of brimstone in the air – and Murtagh senses that something wicked lurks in the shadows of Alagaësia. So begins an epic journey into lands both familiar and untraveled, where Murtagh and Thorn must use every weapon in their arsenal, from brains to brawn, to find and outwit a mysterious witch. A witch who is much more than she seems. In this gripping novel starring one of the most popular characters from Christopher Paolini’s blockbuster Inheritance Cycle, a Dragon Rider must discover what he stands for in a world that has abandoned him. Murtagh is the perfect book to enter the World of Eragon for the first time . . . or to joyfully return.
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