Archive for December, 2016

French Toast “feeds the spirit and bakes up multiple servings of compassion and open-mindedness” says CanLit for LittleCanadians

December 16th, 2016

“…French Toast starts out as less about the food and more about labelling but Kari-Lynn Winters, with illustrator François Thisdale, turns the story around to be about the goodness of food and relationships that nourish us. Kari-Lynn Winters…impresses with her splendid foray into understanding and acceptance of skin colour, diversity and multiculturalism (Phoebe’s family is Haitian) and one […]

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My Beautiful Birds and When the Rain Comes are on School Library Journal blogger Elizabeth Bird’s list “2017 Picture Books I’m Really Looking Forward To”

December 16th, 2016

Pajama Press is thrilled that Elizabeth Bird has selected both My Beautiful Birds by Suzanne Del Rizzo, and When the Rain Comes by Alma Fullerton and illustrated by Kim La Fave as books on her list “2017 Picture Books I’m Really Looking Forward To”. Click here to read the full book list

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My Beautiful Birds is a Junior Library Guild 2017 Selection

December 15th, 2016

Pajama Press is thrilled to announce that My Beautiful Birds by Suzanne Del Rizzo is a Junior Library Guild 2017 Selection. The Junior Library Guild “is a book review and collection development service helping thousands of school and public libraries acquire the best new children’s and young adult books, saving them both time and money….Our services […]

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“Poetry lives, falls from the sky, floats on the sea, and tumbles from the heart, in All the World a Poem” says Foreword Reviews

December 13th, 2016

“Poetry lives, falls from the sky, floats on the sea, and tumbles from the heart, in All the World a Poem, a flowing collection of verses from Gilles Tibo, translated from the original French by Erin Woods. Cut-paper-and-crayon collage art by Manon Gauthier adds to a youthful sense of wonder, as young poets are invited to see and share the […]

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Winnipeg Free Press says All the World a Poem “celebrates the power and freedom of poetry”

December 13th, 2016

“…All the World a Poem, called [Gilles Tibo’s] ‘tribute to poetry,’ was first published in French as Poésies pour la vie. Enhanced by illustrations by Montreal artist Manon Gauthier, done in paper collage, coloured pencil and gouache, Tibo celebrates the power and freedom of poetry. He writes ‘Poetry is like a flower that blooms in the rain. Poetry is a mockingbird […]

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Publishers Weekly says “Godkin eloquently examines…the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park” in The Wolves Return

December 12th, 2016

“Godkin eloquently examines how the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park led to dramatic changes both in the landscape of the park and in the lives of the creatures that make their home there….Godkin’s text focuses on the interconnectedness of the animals’ environment and how one ostensibly small change can have dramatic effects over time. Although […]

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