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

Tundra is very excited to be publishing Rebel Fire on September 3, 2024! Written by Ann Sei Lin, Rebel Fire is the second book in the Rebel Skies fantasy YA series, set in a world of flying ships, sky cities and rebel uprisings. A Note from Ann: Dear readers, A huge thank you to everyone for being here and for following this adventure through with me! Kurara’s story begins in Rebel Skies with paper. It begins on a floating banquet hall in the middle of the sky when her ability to make origami animals dance brings her a little too much attention. In Rebel Fire, the journey continues with p ..read more

Hello book lovers! The Tundra Books team is headed to the PLA 2024 Conference happening in Columbus, Ohio from April 3rd to April 5th at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. We’ll be showcasing many of our wonderful titles at booth 2616! Come by and say hello to our Marketing and Publicity Senior Associate, Sam Devotta, our Marketing and Publicity Coordinator, Stephanie Ehmann, and our Editor, Peter Phillips. We have lots of great programming scheduled with our awesome guest authors, so be sure to check out our list of panels and signings below! Panels: Thursday, April 4th A ..read more

Tuesdays with Tundra is an ongoing series featuring our new releases. These titles are now available in stores and online! Sparkles, No SparklesBy Shannon McNeill 32 Pages | Ages 3-7 | Hardcover ISBN 9780735270398 | Tundra Books A frog has no sparkle. A poodle has no sparkle. A pigeon has no sparkle. Not to worry! A cape has sparkle, a crown has sparkle and boots have sparkle. Some wily animals decide to hit the stage, leaving the actors without costumes. After the animals get their moment in the spotlight, chaos ensues . . . but luckily there are some chicks with sparkle to save t ..read more