Archive for February, 2015

Bear on the Homefront Launch at the Canadian War Museum

February 17th, 2015

This winter, Teddy, the famous stuffed bear who travelled to the front lines of World War I and back again, received a new home in the Canadian War Museum’s newly renovated “Homefront” exhibit. Teddy’s World War I exploits are recorded in the picture book A Bear in War. On Sunday, March 15th, a new book […]

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Moon at Nine by Deborah Ellis an Amelia Bloomer Project selection

February 17th, 2015

Pajama Press is proud to announce that Moon at Nine by Deborah Ellis has been selected as one of the titles to be honoured on the Amelia Bloomer Young Adult Fiction list in 2015. Part of the American Library Association Social Responsibilities Round Table’s Feminist Task Force, the Amelia Bloomer Project recommends a list of […]

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CanLit for LittleCanadians reviews In a Cloud of Dust

February 12th, 2015

“…In a Cloud of Dust provides a glimpse into the lives of children who must travel long distances for the chance to attend school. Alma Fullerton’s text is modest in its quantity but weighty in its simple message of compassion and support, similar to her A Good Trade (Pajama Press, 2012) and Community Soup (Pajama Press, 2013) […]

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Graffiti Knight receives USBBY “Outstanding International Book” honour

February 2nd, 2015

Graffiti Knight by Karen Bass has been honoured by the United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) as one of six Outstanding International Books for grades 9–12 in 2015. Chosen from among all books published outside of the United States but first distributed within that country in a given  year, the Outstanding International […]

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School Library Journal reviews Dance of the Banished

February 1st, 2015

“Gr 8 Up–Skrypuch continues to tell the stories of young refugees—as in The Hunger (2002), Nobody’s Child (2003, both Dundrun), and Daughter of War (Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2008)—in her latest historical novel. Set between 1913 and 1917, it features two Alevi Kurd teenagers in Anatolia as World War I breaks out and Turkey begins the […]

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