November 7th, 2014
We are thrilled to extend our congratulations to Karen Bass, author of Graffiti Knight. This YA novel, set in Leipzig, East Germany, two years after World War II, has won the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People. Karen Bass accepted this prestigious award Thursday night at the 10th annual TD Canadian Children’s […]
Posted in Graffiti Knight
September 4th, 2014
The Canadian Children’s Book Centre announced the finalists for its 2014 children’s literature awards in a press release last night. Pajama Press congratulates Karen Bass, author of Graffiti Knight, and Meghan Marentette, author of The Stowaways, for their nominations to these auspicious awards. Graffiti Knight is a finalist for the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical […]
Posted in Graffiti Knight, The Stowaways
May 22nd, 2014
Pajama Press is proud to congratulate Jill MacLean, whose young adult novel Nix Minus One has won the Ann Connor Brimer Award for Children’s Literature. The award was presented yesterday at the Atlantic Book Awards gala in Charlottetown, PEI, following a week-long festival with events across the Atlantic provinces. A powerful story about a teenaged […]
Posted in Nix Minus One
May 12th, 2014
The Canadian Children’s Book Centre‘s semi-annual publication Best Books for Kids & Teens has selected four Pajama Press books in its Spring 2014 edition: Nat the Cat Can Sleep Like That by Victoria Allenby with illustrations by Tara Anderson The Stowaways by Meghan Marentette with illustrations by Dean Griffiths—Starred Selection Graffiti Knight by Karen Bass—Starred […]
Posted in Cat Champions, Graffiti Knight, Nat the Cat Can Sleep Like That, The Stowaways
April 15th, 2014
“Rory Stowaway longs for adventure. The other mice in his rural community mistrust the Stowaways’ history of exploring the World Beyond, and his own father is determined to keep his family safe at home. Meanwhile, as Rory learns more about his missing grandfather, he becomes determined to find and rescue him, even if he doesn’t […]
Posted in The Stowaways
April 3rd, 2014
The Stowaways by Meghan Marentette and Nix Minus One by Jill MacLean have both been selected for a 3-title shortlist for the Ann Connor Brimer Award. The Ann Connor Brimer Award is part of the Atlantic Book Awards Festival, which will be celebrated at events across the four Atlantic provinces the week of May 14. […]
Posted in Nix Minus One, The Stowaways
March 7th, 2014
Pajama Press is proud to announce that three of our titles have been shortlisted for the 2014 Canadian Library Association Awards. The Stowaways by Meghan Marentette, with illustrations by Dean Griffiths, has been shortlisted for the Book of the Year for Children Award. Graffiti Knight by Karen Bass and Nix Minus One by Jill MacLean […]
Posted in Graffiti Knight, Nix Minus One, The Stowaways
February 20th, 2014
“Rory Stowaway is a young mouse yearning for adventure. He wants to explore the World Beyond like his ancestors but, ever since Grampa disappeared during one such expedition, his family feels differently. Papa believes his father was eaten by a cat and Gran insists that her travelling days are over. Rory is not so easilydisuaded […]
Posted in The Stowaways
February 7th, 2014
Resource Links magazine published its list of “The Year’s Best” books for 2013 this week. Five Pajama Press books made the list: Congratulations to our authors and illustrator whose books were recognized. Check out the full list here.
Posted in Cat Champions, Graffiti Knight, Hoogie In the Middle, Nix Minus One, The Stowaways
January 31st, 2014
Pajama Press is pleased to announce that Nix Minus One by Jill MacLean and Graffiti Knight by Karen Bass have both been selected for the Ontario Library Association Best Bets Young Adult Top Ten list. The Stowaways by Meghan Marentette, with illustrations by Dean Griffiths, is a Junior Fiction honourable mention. We are extremely proud […]
Posted in Graffiti Knight, Nix Minus One, The Stowaways
