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Skating Wild on an Inland Sea
Let’s go! Experience the magic of skating on wild ice in this story-poem by Jean E. Pendziwol, with breathtaking illustrations by Todd Stewart.
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Jillian has a swooping, gorgeous pen line-expressive, vibrant and precise all at once...evocative and wondrous...It complements Mariko's fine ear for dialogue and the incidentals and events of adolescent life. Skim is an unusually strong graphic novel-rich in visuals and observations, and rewarding of repeated readings.","OtherText_Review_12_Src":"Publishers Weekly","OtherText_Review_13":"[Skim uses] high school as a fertile setting for pungent commentary on racial, cultural, and sexual issues...The narrative, mainly in diary form, feels accurate and realistic, drenched in a sense of confusion and nihilism, and the art, influenced by Craig Thompson's Blankets (2003), reflects the spare, gloomy emotional landscape in which Skim exists. This story will appeal to many female comics fans...","OtherText_Review_13_Src":"Booklist","OtherText_Review_14":"[Skim] is bringing kudos to Canadian children's book publisher Groundwood Books for its poignant and funny portrayal of a teenage girl...[Jillian Tamaki's] monochromatic ink drawings with their fluid lines add powerful cinematic storytelling to [Mariko Tamaki's] minimalist text...Jillian's ability to catch the gestures and body language of the private school girls in their plaid skirts and knee socks equals Mariko's well-attuned ear for dialogue. The combination of words and images makes Skim a fully rounded and memorable character struggling with a welter of confused feelings...we feel for her...[Jillian Tamaki] has won several awards. It seems a sure bet that Skim will garner her a few more.","OtherText_Review_14_Src":"Calgary Herald","OtherText_Review_15":"A gorgeous, poetic pen line and sharp dialogue bring this angsty story of a disaffected teenage girl to life.","OtherText_Review_15_Src":"Publishers Weekly","OtherText_Review_16":"Jillian Tamaki's illustrations perfectly match the rough edges and continuous movement of Skim's teenage characters and reveal humour in the agonizing minutiae of high school life...Mariko Tamaki's text blends teen-speak with eloquence and wry one-liners...blending colloquialisms and sharp observations into something profound...","OtherText_Review_16_Src":"Toronto Star","OtherText_Review_17":"No medium can capture the sense of being plunged into another person's mind like comics can, and Skim is the perfect example, its words and pictures and storytelling so unified in conjuring Kim's world that it comes as a surprise to see it has two creators rather than one...The careful layering of perception, desire, and reality is handled so deftly that the effect is almost subliminal...The Tamakis have done the hardest and most rewarding thing an artist can do: they have captured the texture of real life and made it into something beautiful.","OtherText_Review_17_Src":"Irish Times","OtherText_Review_18":"The Tamaki cousins in their first graphic novel take a huge fistful of high school story trappings and distill a beautiful and funny time capsule of real feeling... Skim is a refreshing reminder of the inevitability of change and the importance of looking beneath the surface.","OtherText_Review_18_Src":"VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates)","OtherText_Review_19":"The tricky part with graphic novels is getting the story to be as good as the drawings, and [the Tamakis] have figured out a winning combination for sure. The story is riveting and will bring you right back to 11th grade angst within the first few pages. Jillian Tamaki has an especially expressive, loose style that lends itself beautifully to this slightly morose tale.","OtherText_Review_19_Src":"Bust","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Metro","OtherText_Review_2":"...avoids all the cliches of a coming-of-age story...Original in every which way.","OtherText_Review_20":"This stunning coming-of-age novel will draw in not only GN buffs, who will appreciate the creative design and dramatic use of both illustration and narration, but also realistic-fiction fans who may not normally gravitate to the format but will find this a sympathetic standout.","OtherText_Review_20_Src":"Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books","OtherText_Review_21":"Writer Mariko Tamaki and artist Jillian Tamaki stunningly entwine their acute dialogues and visual riches in brush, soft pencil and grey tones, illuminating this adolescent romance in all its conflicted depths. [Skim is the] most sophisticated and sensitive North American graphic novel debut of the year.","OtherText_Review_21_Src":"Paul Gravett","OtherText_Review_22":"A quietly moving graphic novel...sharply witty and incisive...Long, languid lines portray Skim's turmoil and angst with pitch-perfect resonance...Recommend this to fans of Daniel Clowes's Ghost World, who have been waiting for another graphic novel of teen angst and suburban ennui.","OtherText_Review_22_Src":"Kirkus Reviews","OtherText_Review_2_Auth":"Valerie D'Orazio","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Friends of Lulu","OtherText_Review_3":"...intelligent choice...a sensitive and caring portrayal of youth...universal...a complete success...[Jillian's] storytelling is solid...[and] her art is very atmospheric...","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Gay Comics List","OtherText_Review_4":"...traverse[s] the turbulent landscape of high school with tenderness and a keen eye for the yearning of adolescent girls...From the particularities of slang to the bigger concepts like fear and isolation, Mariko and Jillian Tamaki capture the subtle details that comprise this understated part of life...a world [in] which anyone who has ever been a teenager would be able to relate to at some level...Jillian Tamaki's use of line and shadow is effective in rendering the psychology of characters and the moody spaces they find themselves in...Formally, Skim is interesting for its varied approach to panel-use. Some pages flaunt over 10 similarly sized and shaped panels while others reveal only one (often silent) borderless image. The overall effect reveals impressive artwork and many powerful scenes...Skim is a unique piece, one not to be missed. Highly Recommended. [Skim uses] high school as a fertile setting for pungent commentary on racial, cultural, and sexual issues...The narrative, mainly in diary form, feels accurate and realistic, drenched in a sense of confusion and nihilism, and the art, influenced by Craig Thompson's Blankets (2003), reflects the spare, gloomy emotional landscape in which Skim exists. This story will appeal to many female comics fans...","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"CM Magazine","OtherText_Review_5":"...[Skim is a] stunningly emotional graphic novel...an artful jumble that is as true-to-life as it is diffuse...unfussy and immediate...The delicately lined art alternately expands and contradicts the prose to achieve layers of meaning, tone and irony...With honesty and compassion, this innovative narrative communicates a life just beginning, open and full of possibility.","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Horn Book, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_Review_6":"...[Skim] manages to avoid the usual cliches...The b\/w cirt is fluid and curvy and looks like it came straight out of a sketchbook. 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Extraordinary, emotional, and beautifully rendered.\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eSTARRED REVIEW\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Kirkus Reviews","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003eThe ink, watercolor, gouache pictures have a unique, sometimes startling look as they divide into strips or fill the pages. They capture both the city's pace and its stark beauty, even on a raw winter's day. Smith's art has been award winning, but here he becomes author as well as illustrator. He does both titles proud in this stirring piece. STARRED REVIEW\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Booklist","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003eThe use of line, reflection, and perspective masterfully evoke a bustling gray city, making this thoughtful book an artful choice.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_Review_3":"The atmosphere will draw listeners in immediately … and many youngsters will appreciate the recognition of how sensorily overwhelming a cityscape can be and the tips for finding smaller pools of quiet and respite.","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003eSmith's understated portrait of longing for the return of a beloved family member takes readers on a quiet but powerful emotional journey … The story's spotlight is not on the loss of the pet, or on its return, but on the state of suspension in between — a mixture of grief, resignation, and patient waiting — and the independent child narrator’s loving regard for the animal as an autonomous being.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_Review_5":"\u003cp\u003e[T]he images do most of the talking. They range from modest vignettes of city life — a portion of wire fencing, a swatch of building — to showstoppers including a fractured illustration of the downcast boy's funhouse-like reflection in a mirrored-glass skyscraper.\u003cem\u003e . . \u003c\/em\u003e[H]eartrending.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Shelf Awareness, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_Review_6":"Small in the City is an unusual, useful parable, offering hope and reassurance for any young reader in the midst of a worrisome or frightening situation, whether it's a missing pet or something else ― or simply life itself.","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"BookPage","OtherText_Review_7":"Small in the City is the best picture book I’ve seen so far this year, and among the most moving I know. For the right child it will be revelatory.","OtherText_Review_7_Src":"New York Times Book Review","OtherText_Review_8":"Some picture books make you want to hug them to your chest and not let go until the fullness in your heart subsides. Small in the City, a work of surpassing poignancy and understanding by Canadian author-illustrator Sydney Smith, is one of them.","OtherText_Review_8_Src":"Wall Street Journal","OtherText_Review_9":"Small in the City is full of faith and compassion, and gorgeous to look at, as well.","OtherText_Review_9_Src":"Washington Post","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"The first picture book that award-winning Sydney Smith has both written and illustrated is about feeling small in the city and finding your way home.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_1":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_10":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_11":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_12":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_2":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_4":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_5":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_6":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_7":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_8":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_9":"Commended","PrizeCode_0":"03","PrizeCode_1":"01","PrizeCode_10":"03","PrizeCode_11":"03","PrizeCode_12":"03","PrizeCode_2":"01","PrizeCode_4":"01","PrizeCode_5":"01","PrizeCode_6":"01","PrizeCode_7":"01","PrizeCode_8":"03","PrizeCode_9":"03","PrizeName_0":"New York Times 25 Best Children's Books of 2019","PrizeName_1":"Ezra Jack Keats Award","PrizeName_10":"School Library Journal Best Books","PrizeName_11":"Kirkus Best Picture Books","PrizeName_12":"Horn Book's Fanfare List","PrizeName_2":"Governor General's Literary Award, Young People's Literature - Illustrated Books","PrizeName_3":"Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award","PrizeName_4":"Sheila Barry Best Canadian Picture Book of the Year","PrizeName_5":"Atlantic Book Award — Lillian Shepherd Award for Excellence in Illustration","PrizeName_6":"Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award","PrizeName_7":"CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal","PrizeName_8":"Globe 100 List","PrizeName_9":"NPR's Best Books","PrizeYear_0":"2019","PrizeYear_1":"2020","PrizeYear_10":"2019","PrizeYear_11":"2019","PrizeYear_12":"2019","PrizeYear_2":"2019","PrizeYear_3":"2020","PrizeYear_4":"2020","PrizeYear_5":"2020","PrizeYear_6":"2020","PrizeYear_7":"2021","PrizeYear_8":"2019","PrizeYear_9":"2019","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2019-09-01","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"The first picture book that award-winning Sydney Smith has both written and illustrated is about feeling small in the city and finding your way home.","Width":"7.25","WidthCode":"in"}
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Small in the City
The first picture book that award-winning Sydney Smith has both written and illustrated is about feeling small in the city and finding your way home.
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Snow
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Some of the Kinder Planets
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ages 4
to 7
/ grades K
to 2
Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox
Children’s love for animals and disguise come together in this award-winning introduction to the Anishinaabe tradition of totem animals.
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ages 7
to 12
/ grades 2
to 7
Somos como las nubes / We Are Like the Clouds
An eloquent and timely plea for understanding refugees.
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ages 2
to 5
/ grades P
to K
Stella, Princess of the Sky
Another adventure begins in this book in the Stella and Sam series as they explore the wonders of the natural world at night.
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Stitches
Travis has been waiting to get to junior high. When that time finally comes, things are both better, and worse, than he had hoped.
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{"id":6582710108219,"title":"Tales from Gold Mountain","handle":"tales-from-gold-mountain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize, the IODE Violet Downey Book Award and the IODE National Chapter Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on the real background of the Chinese role in the gold rush, the building of the railway and the settling of the west coast in the nineteenth century, noted historian and children’s author Paul Yee has created eight original stories that combine the rough-and-tumble adventure of frontier life with the rich folk traditions that these immigrants brought from China.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese tales are funny, sad, romantic and earthy, but ultimately, as a collection, they reflect the gritty optimism of the Chinese who overcame prejudice and adversity to build a unique place for themselves in North America.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-05-13T13:03:51-04:00","created_at":"2021-05-13T13:03:51-04:00","vendor":"Groundwood Books Ltd","type":"","tags":["age range 0 - 7","By (author) Yee Paul","Childrens Accessible ebooks","Childrens Award-Winning","Childrens Starred Reviews","Groundwood Books","Illustrated by Ng Simon","Lexile measure NC850L","pub date: 2011-09-03","Stories from Around the World"],"price":1495,"price_min":1495,"price_max":1495,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39403387519035,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554987375","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Tales from Gold Mountain - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1495,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554987375","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":39412310999099,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554981250","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Tales from Gold Mountain - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1495,"weight":236,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781554981250","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":39412314144827,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554982431","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Tales from Gold Mountain - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1495,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554982431","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_421d0e6f-265d-4e42-8ac1-7b3c962b8e2e.jpg?v=1655623912"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_421d0e6f-265d-4e42-8ac1-7b3c962b8e2e.jpg?v=1655623912","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":22243410313275,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.81,"height":2123,"width":1719,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_421d0e6f-265d-4e42-8ac1-7b3c962b8e2e.jpg?v=1655623912"},"aspect_ratio":0.81,"height":2123,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_421d0e6f-265d-4e42-8ac1-7b3c962b8e2e.jpg?v=1655623912","width":1719}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize, the IODE Violet Downey Book Award and the IODE National Chapter Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on the real background of the Chinese role in the gold rush, the building of the railway and the settling of the west coast in the nineteenth century, noted historian and children’s author Paul Yee has created eight original stories that combine the rough-and-tumble adventure of frontier life with the rich folk traditions that these immigrants brought from China.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese tales are funny, sad, romantic and earthy, but ultimately, as a collection, they reflect the gritty optimism of the Chinese who overcame prejudice and adversity to build a unique place for themselves in North America.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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and up
/ grades 2
and up
Tales from Gold Mountain
This collection of stories describes the extraordinary circumstances of the Chinese who came to build the railroad in Canada and the United States.
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ages 12
to 15
/ grades 7
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The Boy in the Burning House
Acclaimed author Tim Wynne-Jones turns his considerable talent to a stunning novel that is part mystery, part psychological thriller.
