Groundwood Spring 2017

Are you sure you want to remove your recommendation for

Amber Teething Necklaces for the Gullible

William Holt

Thank you for your recommendation

You are recommending:

Amber Teething Necklaces for the Gullible

Peddling Snakeoil for the Modern Age

By William Holt

as a Loan Stars Smarchvember 2019 Adult top pick

#/1000 characters

Review content may be used by Loan Stars, the publisher of the title, BookNet Canada or selected third-parties at the program's discretion loanstsrs

You are recommending:

Amber Teething Necklaces for the Gullible

Peddling Snakeoil for the Modern Age

By William Holt

as a Loan Stars Smarchvember 2019 Adult top pick

Review content may be used by Loan Stars, the publisher of the title, BookNet Canada or selected third-parties at the program's discretion loanstsrs

You recommended this title on September 12 2019

Amber Teething Necklaces for the Gullible

Peddling Snakeoil for the Modern Age

By William Holt

as a Loan Stars Smarchvember 2019 Adult top pick

Review content may be used by Loan Stars, the publisher of the title, BookNet Canada or selected third-parties at the program's discretion loanstsrs

You recommended this title on September 12 2019

Amber Teething Necklaces for the Gullible

Peddling Snakeoil for the Modern Age

By William Holt

as a Loan Stars Smarchvember 2019 Adult top pick

This is a really great book that really opens your eyes to the use of hokey-pokey snakeoil based teething pain treatments that aren't Tylenol or Motrin based. Or then something else entirely that has nothing to do

0/1000 characters

Review content may be used by Loan Stars, the publisher of the title, BookNet Canada or selected third-parties at the program's discretion loanstsrs

Request a reading copy

You are requesting an advance reading copy of by

This request will be submitted to

I prefer:

Digital Print Any format

Mailing Address* required*

Requested by
Job title *required*

Please provide any additional information you would like the publisher to know that would support your request

# of 250 characters left

Reading copies are not available for all forthcoming titles, and are supplied at the sole discretion of the publisher.

* missing required field

Request a reading copy

Your request has been forwarded to the appropriate contact at

You will receive a copy of the email request. Any questions about the status of your request should be directed to the publisher contact.

Request a reading copy

You have already requested a reading copy of by

The request was made on . Any questions about the status of your request should be directed to the publisher contact:

You are exporting:

This order will be exported using the default fund codes assigned to each branch, and

Override the fund code defaults for the export

User fund code

Close this order after export

Groundwood Spring 2017

Create Template

Give your template a name Please provide a name. That name is already used, please enter a unique name.

Choose a base template

Single

List

Tile

Default PDFs
single
list
tile

DRAFT

1.
Series: Town Is by the Sea Hardcover Joanne Schwartz 9781554988716 $21.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 5 - 9 Apr 01, 2017

Winner of CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal Winner of the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award A young boy wakes up to the sound of the sea, visits his grandfather’s grave after lunch and comes home to a simple family dinner with his family, but all the while his mind strays to his father digging for coal deep down under the sea. Stunning illustrations by Sydney Smith, the award-winning illustrator of Sidewalk Flowers, show the striking contrast between a sparkling seaside day and the darkness underground where the miners dig.With curriculum connec... + Read More
2.
Series: A Cage Went in Search of a Bird Hardcover Cary Fagan 9781554988617 $18.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 7 May 01, 2017

Is there someone out there for everyone? Two lonely souls find each other in this unusual tale of friendship and belonging from award-winning comic writer Cary Fagan. In her North American debut, illustrator Banafsheh Erfanian brings ornate artistry to the cage and birds that inhabit this surprisingly human story.A long-empty birdcage takes a chance and leaves behind its attic home to find a bird to keep. Out in the world, the cage encounters many birds and offers shelter to each of them. One by one, they refuse, explaining why they belong else... + Read More
3.
Series: Uncle Holland Hardcover JonArno Lawson 9781554989294 $17.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 7 Apr 01, 2017

When Holland is arrested for the thirty-seventh time for stealing beautiful things, he must make a very difficult decision. A police officer says that he must either go to jail or become a soldier. He chooses to join the army and is sent south, where he finds himself surrounded by beautiful things: palm trees, parrots, flowers and big blue waves…and fish!Holland starts painting pictures of the fish, which he sells at the market on the weekend. Soon, he has money to send home to his parents. They are worried that he’s gone back to his stealing w... + Read More
4.
Series: Walk with Me Hardcover Jairo Buitrago 9781554988570 $18.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 7 Mar 01, 2017

A simple, imaginative story depicting the complex emotional reality of a girl whose father no longer lives at home.The girl conjures up an imaginary companion — a lion — who will join her on the long walk home from school. He will help her to pick up her baby brother from daycare and shop at the store (which has cut off the family’s credit), and he’ll keep her company all along the way until she is safely home. He will always come back when she needs him, unlike her father whom she sees only in a photograph — a photograph in which he clearly re... + Read More
5.
Series: Away Hardcover Emil Sher 9781554984831 $18.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 7 Apr 01, 2017

Love shines through in the sticky notes shared between a mother and daughter in this picture book about making time for family in the midst of our busy lives.Between work and school, homework and housework, a mother and daughter don’t always get to spend as much time together as they’d like. Add to that a little girl’s fears about leaving home for the first time, and the need to stay close through handwritten notes becomes even more important. As the camp departure date gets closer, Mom does her best to soothe her daughter’s nerves. A visit fro... + Read More
6.
Series: Along the River Hardcover Vanina Starkoff 9781554989775 $17.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 Apr 01, 2017

Boats of all shapes and sizes travel on the river, through the seasons, toward the sea. Who will you meet on the river?This vibrant picture book from Brazil depicts the joy of the journey, showing in simple yet detailed illustrations the people you might meet along the way, the sights you might see and the food you might eat. Readers will delight in identifying recurring details when rereading. Reminiscent of the highly acclaimed Jimmy the Greatest!, which received six starred reviews, Along the River is a celebration of community bonds and sha... + Read More
7.
Series: Short Stories for Little Monsters Hardcover Marie-Louise Gay 9781554988969 $19.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 5 - 8 Mar 01, 2017

This hilarious collection of illustrated stories gives us a glimpse into the things children wonder about every day.What do cats really see? What do trees talk about? Should you make funny faces on a windy day? Do worms rule the world? Do mothers always tell the truth? Do snails have nightmares?These short stories are illustrated in vibrant watercolor and collage in cartoon style. They are rich in detail and tiny humorous subplots that will delight all little sharp-eyed monsters.
8.
Series: The Alphabet Thief Hardcover Bill Richardson 9781554988778 $17.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 5 - 9 Mar 01, 2017

The alphabet thief stole all of the B’s, and all of the bowls became owls…When night falls, along comes a peculiar thief who steals each letter of the alphabet, creating a topsy-turvy world as she goes. It seems that no one can stop her, until the Z’s finally send her to sleep so that all the other letters can scamper back to where they belong.Bill Richardson’s zany rhymes and Roxanna Bikadoroff’s hilarious illustrations will delight young readers with the silly fun they can have with language — and may even inspire budding young writers and ar... + Read More
9.
Series: Greetings, Leroy Hardcover Itah Sadu 9781554987603 $18.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 7 May 01, 2017

The first day at a new school is nerve-wracking enough, never mind when it’s in a new country! In this lively picture book from award-winning storyteller Itah Sadu, Roy realizes he may come to love his new home in Canada as much as he loves his old home in Jamaica.Written as an email to a friend back home, this picture book tells the story of Roy, whose family has just moved to Canada from Jamaica. His new home is different from his old home – in Canada, even the sun feels cold! His nerves ease, though, as welcome reminders of home follow him t... + Read More
10.
Series: Bilingual Cooking Poems Salsa Un poema para cocinar / A Cooking Poem Paperback Jorge Argueta 9781773060033 $8.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 4 - 7 Mar 01, 2017

In this new cooking poem, Jorge Argueta brings us a fun and easy recipe for a yummy salsa. A young boy and his sister gather the ingredients and grind them up in a molcajete, just like their ancestors used to do, singing and dancing all the while.The children imagine that their ingredients are different parts of an orchestra — the tomatoes are bongos and kettledrums, the onion, a maraca, the cloves of garlic, trumpets and the cilantro, the conductor. They chop and then grind these ingredients in the molcajete, along with red chili peppers for t... + Read More
11.
Series: Bilingual Cooking Poems Sopa de frijoles / Bean Soup Un poema para cocinar / A Cooking Poem Paperback Jorge Argueta 9781773060026 $8.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 4 - 7 Mar 01, 2017

This delightful recipe in poem form shows us all, young and old, how to make a heartwarming, tummy-filling bean soup — from gathering the beans, onions and garlic to letting them swim in the pot until the house smells wonderful and it’s time for supper.A young boy helps his mother prepare a soup the whole family will enjoy using ingredients from Mother Earth. Onions are “yellow as the dawn,” beans are like stars spread out on the “sky of the table” and the water in the pot is “as deep as a little lake.” While the soup is cooking, the boy buries... + Read More
12.
Series: What Are You Doing? Paperback Elisa Amado 9781773060040 $8.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Mar 01, 2017

Before he leaves for his first day of school, Chepito runs outside to play. He comes across all kinds of people in his neighborhood who are reading. “Why, why, why?” he sings, and they each have a different answer for him, whether it’s a man reading a newspaper, a young girl enjoying a comic, a couple of tourists consulting a guidebook or an archeologist studying hieroglyphics. Later that day, Chepito discovers the fun of reading for himself, and he even brings home a book to share with his little sister.Elisa Amado has written a perfect introd... + Read More
13.
Series: A Trio of Tolerable Tales Hardcover Margaret Atwood 9781554989331 $16.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 7 - 10 Mar 01, 2017

Wordplay and outrageous adventures rule the day in these three humorous stories from Margaret Atwood, with illustrations by Duan Petricic. Now published together in a chapter book for the first time!In Rude Ramsay and the Roaring Radishes, Ramsay runs away from his revolting relatives and makes a new friend with more refined tastes.The second tale, Bashful Bob and Doleful Dorinda, features Bob, who was raised by dogs, and Dorinda, who does housework for relatives who don’t like her. It is only when they become friends that they realize they can... + Read More
14.
Series: Mary Anning's Curiosity Hardcover Monica Kulling 9781554988983 $14.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 7 - 12 May 01, 2017

Mary Anning, considered the world’s greatest fossilist, discovered her first big find at the age of twelve. This novel is an imaginative re-creation of her childhood in early nineteenth-century Lyme Regis.Mary was born in 1799 in Lyme Regis, England, to a poor family. She and her older brother were the only two of ten children to survive. Her father, a carpenter and part-time fossil hunter, taught his children to look for fossils.When her father injured himself and was unable to work, Mary quit school and took up fossil hunting full-time to hel... + Read More
15.
Series: The Goat Hardcover Anne Fleming 9781554989164 $16.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 11 Mar 01, 2017

When Kid accompanies her parents to New York City for a six-month stint of dog-sitting and home-schooling, she sees what looks like a tiny white cloud on the top of their apartment building.Rumor says there’s a goat living on the roof, but how can that be?As Kid soon discovers, a goat on the roof may be the least strange thing about her new home, whose residents are both strange and fascinating.In the penthouse lives Joff Vanderlinden, the famous skateboarding fantasy writer, who happens to be blind. On the ninth floor are Doris and Jonathan, a... + Read More
16.
Series: Grandfather and the Moon Hardcover Stéphanie Lapointe 9781554989614 $18.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 10 - 13 May 01, 2017

This moving graphic novel tells the story of the affection between a girl and her grandfather. When the grandfather withdraws in grief after his wife dies, the girl is determined to live life fully herself and enters an extraordinary contest — the result is a sensitive portrayal of pursuing a dream.Grandfather, a man of few words, is devastated when his beloved wife succumbs to cancer, and he sinks into depression. His granddaughter (“Mémère,” as he calls her) has a different response. She decides to enter the Who Will Go to the Moon Contest, a... + Read More
17.
Series: Harvey How I Became Invisible Paperback Herve Bouchard 9781773060057 $16.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 10 May 01, 2017

A sophisticated and original graphic novel, about a young boy's reaction to his father's death.Harvey and his little brother are playing in the slushy streets of early spring when they learn, out of the blue, that their father has died of a heart attack. Everything changes and Harvey’s favorite movie, The Incredible Shrinking Man, suddenly begins to dominate his fantasy life. When relatives try to get him to look at his father in his coffin, Harvey finds himself disappearing.Brilliantly illustrated, emotionally true and devastatingly sad, this ... + Read More
18.
Series: The Guy, the Girl, the Artist and His Ex Paperback Gabrielle Williams 9781554989416 $14.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 13 Mar 01, 2017

The Guy decides to have a house party while his parents are out of town. The Girl is adjusting to life in a new country. The Artist has discovered that forgery is a lucrative business. And his Ex, mother of his baby, is just trying to make ends meet.As Guy, a feckless high-school senior, plans the party of the year, Rafi worries about her mother, who is still grieving over the drowning death of Rafi’s little brother back in Bolivia and haunted by the specter of La Llorona, the weeping ghost who steals children.Meanwhile, Rafi’s uncle is an art ... + Read More
19.
Series: Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox New edition Paperback Danielle Daniel 9781773061177 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 7 Jul 15, 2017

In this introduction to the Anishinaabe tradition of totem animals, young children explain why they identify with different creatures such as a deer, beaver or moose. Delightful illustrations show the children wearing masks representing their chosen animal, while the few lines of text on each page work as a series of simple poems throughout the book.In a brief author’s note, Danielle Daniel explains the importance of totem animals in Anishinaabe culture and how they can also act as animal guides for young children seeking to understand themselv... + Read More