Tundra is very excited to be publishing The Kiss of the Nightingale on October 1, 2024! Written by Adi Denner, The Kiss of the Nightingale is a young adult romantasy novel set in an alternative historical Paris. Scroll down for the full cover plus an excerpt from Adi Denner’s essay, “The Nightingale’s Legacy in Classical Music”. Cover Design: Tim Byrne The Kiss of the NightingaleBy Adi Denner 384 Pages | Ages 14+ | Hardcover ISBN 9781774885253 | Tundra Books Release Date: October 1, 2024 1890, Lutèce: In this city, Talents are everything: precious gems ..read more

Tuesdays with Tundra is an ongoing series featuring our new releases. This title is now available in stores and online! Roys Is Not a DogBy Esmé Shapiro and Daniel Newell Kaufman 48 Pages | Ages 3-7 | Hardcover ISBN 9780735265967 | Tundra Books On Lilypod Lane, everyone knows everything about everybody . . . or so they believe! When curious paperboy Weasel encounters his mysterious neighbor Roy on his route, he becomes convinced that Roy is actually a dog! But when his friend Pam Pam disagrees, Weasel must put on his detective cap and do his best sleuthing to reveal Roy’s extr ..read more

At Tundra Books, we want you to get to know and love our authors as much as you know and love their books. Our creator spotlight series will introduce you to the people behind some of your favorite titles . . . this week, say hello to Tasha Hilderman! About the Author: TASHA HILDERMAN graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Saskatchewan. A member of SCBWI and co-owner of a home retail store and garden café in Lloydminster, Tasha has been a panelist and featured speaker at numerous business-industry events, including the 2019 Facebook Communities Summit at Facebook ..read more

Tuesdays with Tundra is an ongoing series featuring our new releases. This title is now available in stores and online! Mile End Kids StoriesBy Isabelle Arsenault 136 Pages | Ages 6-9 | Hardcover ISBN 9781774885369 | Tundra Books In these three heartwarming, funny and colorful adventures, the neighborhood kids of Montreal’s Mile End navigate the ups and downs of friendship. This striking omnibus edition includes: Colette’s Lost Pet: Colette is self-conscious about making friends. When she meets the Mile End gang, she doesn’t know what to say – so she hastily invents a lost pet ..read more

Each year since 1985, the Ezra Jack Keats Award has been given to early career authors and illustrators who create children’s books that reflect our diverse culture. We would like to congratulate Sarah Gonzales who won this year’s award for her illustrations in the picture book, The Only Way to Make Bread! On winning the Illustrator Award, Sarah Gonzales said: “The EJK Award illuminates human uniqueness and togetherness, the traits of  Keats’ work that inspire me.  In my resilient  immigrant family, we were strong, as individuals and as a group. With Cristina’s b ..read more

Tuesdays with Tundra is an ongoing series featuring our new releases. These titles are now available in stores and online! And Then There Was UsBy Kern Carter 232 Pages | Ages 14+ | Hardcover ISBN 9781774883402 | Tundra Books Coi is just eighteen years old, but has already survived years of physical and verbal abuse from her mother. After being kicked out of her mother’s house at age fourteen, Coi has lived with her father, and together they’ve created a peaceful life. That peace ends suddenly when her mother dies. While Coi struggles to find kindness in her heart for the woman who ..read more

At Tundra Books, we want you to get to know and love our authors as much as you know and love their books. Our creator spotlight series will introduce you to the people behind some of your favorite titles . . . this week, say hello to Shannon McNeill! About the Author: SHANNON MCNEILL is a Canadian author-illustrator living in San Diego, California. She is a passionate advocate for children’s art education and volunteers in her community as an art teacher. She enjoys taco shops, reading aloud, weird plants, drawing in her car and spending time with her family in Southern California. Fast Five ..read more

Tuesdays with Tundra is an ongoing series featuring our new releases. This title is now available in stores and online! The Lightning CircleWritten by Vikki VanSickle Illustrated by Laura K. Watson 224 Pages | Ages 12+ | Hardcover ISBN 9781774882498 | Tundra Books After having her heart broken, seventeen-year-old Nora Nichols decides to escape her hometown and take a summer job as an arts and crafts counsellor at an all-girls’ camp in the mountains of West Virginia. There, she meets girls and women from all walks of life with their own heartaches and triumphs. Immersed in this ..read more

The CCBC Choices is a best-of-the-year list created annually by the librarians of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center. This year’s edition selected 238 books for children and teens published in the United States or Canada in 2023 that encompass a wide range of subjects, topics, and themes. We would like to congratulate X. Fang and Cherie Dimaline on their CCBC Choices selection! Dim Sum Palace By X. Fang 48 Pages | Ages 3-7 | Hardcover ISBN 9781774881989 | Tundra Books Liddy is so excited about going to the Dim Sum Palace tomorrow with her family that she can’t sleep. So when a ..read more

Tuesdays with Tundra is an ongoing series featuring our new releases. This title is now available in stores and online! New in Paperback: Water, WaterWritten by Cary Fagan Illustrated by Jon McNaught 160 Pages | Ages 10+ | Paperback ISBN 9780735270053 | Tundra Books One morning Rafe wakes up to discover his bedroom is floating in a vast sea of water. Alone with only his dog for company, Rafe adapts to this strange new world by fishing cans of food out of the water and keeping watch. Boxes float by, as does a woman, playing her cello. Then, one day, Rafe fishes out a young girl, who join ..read more