2023 TLA Conference

Hello book lovers! The Tundra Books team is headed down south to the 2023 TLA conference happening in Austin, Texas on April 19th to April 22nd. We’ll be showcasing many of our wonderful titles at booth 2435! Come by and say hello to our Executive Editor, Sam Swenson; Editor, Peter Phillips; Marketing and Publicity Senior Associate, Sam Devotta; and our Publicity Manager, Evan Munday!

On Friday, April 21st at 8:30am to 9:30am please join our authors David A. Robertson and Cherie Dimaline with moderator Cynthia Leitich Smith in the Austin Convention Center, Room 16A, for a panel on Decolonizing Library Shelves through the Rise of Indigenous Children’s Authors.

We will also be hosting signings at booth 2435! This is based on first come, first serve. One copy per person while quantities last and you must be in line for the signing to receive a complimentary copy.

Looking for literary assets for your schools and libraries? We’ve got you covered, ask about our catalogs, brochures, posters, postcards, bookmarks, buttons, art cards, sticker sheets, and pop sockets!

And don’t forget to follow us online @tundrabooks as we post live from the show floors!

2021 Lone Star Reading List

The Texas Library Association announced their 2021 Lone Star Reading List which encourages students in grades 6-8 to explore a variety of recently published books. We would like to congratulate David A. Robertson whose fantastic middle grade novel, The Barren Grounds, is one of the few Canadian titles on the list.

The Barren Grounds: The Misewa Saga #1
By David A. Robertson
256 Pages | Ages 10+ | Hardcover
ISBN 9780735266100 | Puffin Canada
Morgan and Eli, two Indigenous children forced away from their families and communities, are brought together in a foster home in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They each feel disconnected, from their culture and each other, and struggle to fit in at school and at their new home – until they find a secret place, walled off in an unfinished attic bedroom. A portal opens to another reality, Askí, bringing them onto frozen, barren grounds, where they meet Ochek (Fisher). The only hunter supporting his starving community, Misewa, Ochek welcomes the human children, teaching them traditional ways to survive. But as the need for food becomes desperate, they embark on a dangerous mission. Accompanied by Arik, a sassy Squirrel they catch stealing from the trapline, they try to save Misewa before the icy grip of winter freezes everything – including them.

2018 TLA Annual Conference

Peanut Butter and Jelly banner

Dear book lovers,

Tundra Books is exhibiting at TLA Annual Conference this year. Please say hello to the awesome Vikki VanSickle (Associate Director, Marketing & Publicity) and amazing Evan Munday (Publicity Manager) at booth #2708. They will be happy to tell you about our new and upcoming books or to answer any questions you may have.

We’re bringing our 2018 January-June and July-December brochures for you to take home.

From our Spring 2018 list, we think that Winter Is a Scream! Get some buttons for your school and libraries! We also have From the Heart of Africa art cards for Black History Month, Sakura’s Cherry Blossoms postcards for Poetry Month in April, Tilly and Tank posters, Trampoline Boy posters, Petra magnets, Peanut Butter and Jelly place mats, and lots of Monster ARCs.

Check out our Summer 2018 books and pick up some Anne’s Colors and Anne’s Numbers art cards, Blood Will Out bookmarks and ARCs, Clara Voyant bookmarks and ARCs, Red Sky at Night posters, Hedgehog door hangers, If a Horse Had Words art cards, and Megabat ARCs! Seriously, there’s a lot of goodies at our booth!

And of course, you’ll be privy to an early look at our Fall 2018 books. Some of you might even get a Goodnight, Anne art print to bring home or The Ghost Road bookmark.

TLA 2018

Booth 2708

Follow @TundraBooks and @TXLA on twitter or instagram. You can also follow #TXLA18 for the latest news and updates!

2017 TLA Annual Conference

JEB at TLA

Howdy!

Tundra Books is exhibiting at TLA Annual Conference for the first time this year and we’d love for you to give us a big Texas welcome.

Please say hello to our wonderful marketing and publicity manager, Vikki VanSickle and our marketing and publicity coordinator, Sylvia Chan at booth #2505. We’re nestled between Penguin Random House and Publishers Weekly, a cozy spot! Vikki and Sylvia will be happy to tell you about our new and upcoming books or to answer any questions you may have.

While you’re at our booth, you can also pick up the following for your libraries:
Activity Kits: Harry and Clare’s Amazing Staycation, It’s Great Being a Dad, and Count Your Chickens
ARCs: The Bonaventure Adventures, Jay Versus the Saxophone of DoomMaud, The Painting, Mort Ziff Is Not Dead, Innocent Heroes, and The Agony of Bun O’Keefe
Art prints: Little Blue Chair, How to Make Friends with a Ghost, and When the Moon Comes
Bookmarks: Jay Versus the Saxophone of Doom, Maud, and The Bonaventure Adventures
Educators’ Guides: Innocent Heroes
Father’s Day cards: 
It’s Great Being a Dad
Lanyards: Super Narwhal and Jelly Jolt 
Postcards: Carson Crosses Canada and The Fog
Posters: Sam Sorts, Can You Find My Robot’s Arm?, and Great Ideas Series
Puzzles: Where Oliver Fits
Tote bags: Tundra’s 50 anniversary!

And of course, we have an author signing! Jo Ellen Bogart will be there signing Count Your Chickens on Friday while quantities last.

Follow @TundraBooks on twitter or instagram. You can also follow #txla17 for the latest news and updates!

Yee Haw!