Groundwood Books

02/12/2025

💛We're so excited to see THE ONE AND ONLY QUESTION highlighted by The Brown Bookshelf for !

02/10/2025

Jennifer McGrath ​

02/10/2025

Indie Publisher Feature: Sundays are for Feasts by Leila Boukarim 🍁 and illustrated by Ruaida Mannaa.

About the book:

Every summer, Yasmine visits her family in Lebanon, and every Sunday, the whole family comes over for lunch. This summer Sunday, Yasmine is making the hummus!

Sundays Are for Feasts is a celebration of how meals can bring family together, and the importance of making your own traditions. Includes an author's note, glossary of Arabic terms used in the story and a recipe for hummus!

This book is published by Groundwood Books in Toronto 🍁

Groundwood Books House of Anansi

02/07/2025

✍️ New on the Blog!

💙 MARCEL WITH A SPLASH author Julia Sørensen writes about her real-life son, Marcel, and why she wanted to craft a new kind of story about children with Down syndrome.

💬 "The first version of the text was very explanatory and educational...I showed this project to a publisher who was immediately interested in the subject and the drawings but didn’t find the text compelling. I then thought about simplifying things and telling a slice-of-life story. To let Down syndrome be present and named, but not have it take up all the space. And I submitted the new version of the text to the editor, who was thrilled."

🔗 Read on: https://ow.ly/AEIg50UV1os

02/06/2025

When it comes to picture books, collaboration is everything, and we're always thrilled to have both the author and illustrator of one of our featured ...

02/06/2025

✨ THE REHEARSAL CLUB by Laurie Petrou and Kate Fodor is out now!

💛 This middle-grade novel takes place at a real-life New York location: The Rehearsal Club, a boarding house for aspiring actresses. When 12-year-old Pal goes to visit her sister there, she uncovers a decades-old mystery involving two actresses cast in a Broadway show.

🔗 Learn more about the book here: https://houseofanansi.com/products/the-rehearsal-club?_pos=1&_sid=aabdd13e0&_ss=r

02/05/2025

🎊 Cheers to all of our February titles publishing this week!

✨THE REHEARSAL CLUB by Laurie Petrou and Kate Fodor
✨SUNDAYS ARE FOR FEASTS by Leila Boukarim and illustrated by Ruaida Mannaa
✨THE PONY AND THE STARLING by Jennifer McGrath - Author and illustrated by Kristina Jones
✨MARCEL WITH A SPLASH by Julia Sørensen, translated by Shelley Tanaka

02/05/2025

I love being out in nature and watching animals be themselves. Today’s picture book captures that feeling with gentle grace.

02/03/2025

February is ! 🎉

We’re so grateful for the opportunity to work with incredible Black creators and help put their books in the hands of readers. From picture books to novels to non-fiction, these books explore important historical events, elevate Black activists and celebrate the diverse experiences of Black children and youth from all over the world—as well as the infinite possibilities their futures hold. Happy reading! ❤️

02/03/2025

In fall 2024, Grade 1 students across Canada will receive a copy of Violet Shrink, by Christine Baldacchino and Carmen Mok (Groundwood Books), through the TD...

02/01/2025

Our submissions portal is now open! 🎉

Groundwood Books will be accepting direct submissions from authors until March 31st.

Find the portal link and more information on what we're looking for here: https://ow.ly/nH5a50URvxc

01/29/2025

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🐉 Happy ! To celebrate this special holiday, and the 40th anniversary of CHIN CHIANG AND THE DRAGON’S DANCE by Ian Wallace, we’re giving away 2 (two) gorgeous signed prints of art from the book!

👉 To enter:
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❗RULES: Open to Canada and U.S. entrants. Contest closes on January 30th at 10:00am EST. Winner will be randomly selected and contacted via DM. This contest is not affiliated with Meta. Book not included.

01/28/2025

😋 This delicious new picture book publishes next week!

💛 “A winsome ode to Middle Eastern food and families.” — Kirkus Reviews

🍽️ Based on the author’s childhood summers spent in Lebanon eating meals with her family, SUNDAYS ARE FOR FEASTS, written by Leila Boukarim and illustrated by Ruaida Mannaa, celebrates the food-based traditions that bring us together.

🔗 Learn more at GroundwoodBooks.com.

01/27/2025

✨“An exuberant tribute to digging in using digits.” — Publishers Weekly

🍽️ Feven isn’t afraid to try new foods. But for every meal, she must decide: should she use utensils, or her hands? When Grandma comes to visit, the whole family gathers around the dinner table to eat injera, an Ethiopian and Eritrean flatbread. And Feven knows just what to do!

😋 SOMETIMES I EAT WITH MY HANDS, a debut picture book by author and illustrator Kid Haile, reminds us that customs around food can be central to who we are, and that learning to eat means sharing with the people we love.

🔗 Available April 1st. Learn more and preorder on our website, GroundwoodBooks.com.

01/24/2025

✨ When Geraldo Valério was growing up in Brazil, he learned that the tiny creatures he saw swimming in a puddle by the river weren’t fish, but tadpoles that would grow and change into entirely different creatures … and his fascination with frogs and toads began!

🐸 Leap into a stunning exploration of frogs and toads from around the world with this companion to MY BOOK OF BUTTERFLIES and MY BOOK OF BIRDS!

📖 MY BOOK OF FROGS AND TOADS by Geraldo Valério publishes on April 1st. Learn more here: https://ow.ly/8GW950UKeUn

01/23/2025

💛 Alice and Mrs. Nobody love getting up to no good. While giving each other fashionable haircuts, belting nighttime duets, or scribbling magic-marker wall murals, the two friends are inseparable. Until the day they disagree on what to play next.

📖 MRS. NOBODY written by Y.S. Lee and illustrated by Marie LaFrance puts a surprising spin on the concept of setting boundaries — particularly with those closest to us.

🔗 Preorder this book on our website: https://ow.ly/aGjE50UKeB4

01/22/2025

👀 There’s a first time for everything…including ⭐starred reviews!⭐

💋 Kirkus calls FIRST TIMES: SHORT STORIES ABOUT S*X a “truly refreshing and worthwhile read.”

🔗 This short story collection edited by Karine Glorieux and translated by Shelley Tanaka publishes April 1st. Preorder a copy from your favorite bookseller using the links on our website: https://ow.ly/7mYq50UJOsg

01/22/2025

We're so grateful to The Canadian Children's Book Centre for covering Groundwood's Feeling and Healing Collection in this latest issue! 💛 Order your copy below:

AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER! This issue of Canadian Children's Book News is all about social-emotional learning (SEL). In her engaging profile, CCBN writer Jessica Rose sits down with Naseem Hrab to discuss her career as both an author and publisher at one of Canada’s longest-running children’s book...