March 27th, 2015
“…Brian Deines has often used his illustrative talents to depict stories of North American First Nations life, but here his rich oil paintings, with their solid figures and warm palette, are very much up to the task of giving readers the sense of life in Africa. The joy of the children who have received a […]
Posted in In a Cloud of Dust
March 27th, 2015
Five Pajama Press titles have been selected for the Bank Street College of Education’s The Best Children’s Books of the Year, 2015 Edition: Nat the Cat Can Sleep Like That Written by Victoria Allenby, illustrated by Tara Anderson Under Five, Animals (Fiction) Skydiver: Saving the Fastest Bird in the World Written and illustrated by Celia […]
Posted in Cat Champions, Graffiti Knight, Moon at Nine, Nat the Cat Can Sleep Like That, Skydiver
March 27th, 2015
Skydiver: Saving the Fastest Bird in the World by Celia Godkin has been nominated for the Green Earth Book Award. Skydiver is a non-fiction picture book that chronicles the successful efforts of scientists to reintroduce peregrine falcons to their former territories in North America after the population was depleted by the effects of DDT. The […]
Posted in Skydiver
March 27th, 2015
Two Pajama Press books have been nominated for the 205–16 Hackmatack Children’s Choice Award. Skydiver: Saving the Fastest Bird in the World, a picture book illustratedby Celia Godkin, chronicles the successful efforts of scientists to reintroduce peregrine falcons to their former territories in North America after the population was depleted by the effects of DDT. […]
Posted in A Brush Full of Colour, Skydiver
March 24th, 2015
On her birthday, Pistachio Shoelace gets an unsigned card that says “Happy birthday, my little princess” and a golden crown. She has suspected her whole life that she is actually a princess, so she weaves a tale that she believes is the story of her royal heritage. At dinner, donning her princess dress and crown, […]
Posted in Princess Pistachio
March 23rd, 2015
In a Cloud of Dust offers a glimpse into the daily struggle of a young Tanzanian girl. Anna has along trek to and from school. While her classmates relax on lunch break, she works on her assignments, knowing it will be too dark to study by the time she walks back home. When Anna misses […]
Posted in In a Cloud of Dust
March 23rd, 2015
How does it feel to be surrounded by people who see you as the enemy? How do you protect yourself when you aren’t sure whom to trust? The protagonists of Uncertain Soldier, Karen Bass’s wonderful new novel for young adults, are grappling with these questions. Erich, a 17-year-old German sailor in Hitler’s navy, finds himself […]
Posted in Uncertain Soldier
March 9th, 2015
Pajama Press congratulates Deborah Ellis, whose 2014 novel Moon at Nine has been shortlisted for the 2015 Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award. Based closely on real events, Moon at Nine recounts the story of two teenaged girls who fell in love in 1980s Tehran. The moving novel has already been selected for the […]
Posted in Moon at Nine
