The 2020 African American Literature Read-In Week Recommended Book List
Tradewind title Boonoonoonous Hair by Olive Senior is included in the 2020 Annual African American Literature Read-In Week Recommended Book List. You can download the list here.
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Tradewind title recommended for Black History Month
Tradewinds title When Morning Comes by Arushi Raina has been recommended for the Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s February Reading List in celebration of Black History Month. Read all about it here.
Kiddo reviewed in Winnipeg Free Press
Tradewind title Kiddo by author Cynthia Nugent has been featured in the Winnipeg Free Press. “What does it take to become a junior journalist? In Vancouver author Cythia Nugent’s mid-grade novel Kiddo (Tradewind, 256 pages, $13, paperback), the namesake character makes up for her poor spelling with her unbounded enthusiasm.“ – Helen Norrie Read the […]
The Princess Dolls reviewed in ‘The Ormsby Review’
The Princess Dolls by Ellen Schwartz, with illustrations by Mariko Ando, has received a very favourable review in ‘The Ormsby Review’. “Through school curriculum, the internment story will become familiar to children in Canada — how 22,000 people of Japanese ancestry living in coastal BC, three-quarters of whom were born in Canada, were stripped of […]
Best Canadian picture books of 2019: Boonoonoonous Hair by Olive Senior
Yet another feather in writer Olive Senior and illustrator Laura James’s caps as Boonoonoonous Hair makes the the CBC’s list of the best Canadian picture books of 2019. Read all about it here.
Boonoonoonous Hair featured in ‘2019 Books With a Message’ list
Olive Senior’s Boonoonoonous Hair is featured as one of the books in A Fuse #8 Production’s recent article, ’31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Books With a Message.’ The author praises the book’s positive message and particularly the specificity of the positive advice it offers to young children. Read the article here.
Boonoonoonous Hair interview on NPR
Listen to Olive Senior’s interview on NPR, in which she discusses what ‘boonoonoonous’ means, and talks about the message she hopes to bring to young children with Boonoonoonous Hair. Read the article and listen to the interview here.
Nhung Tran-Davies interviewed in Ricepaper
Nhung Tran-Davies, author of A Grain of Rice, was recently interviewed by Vincent Ternida for Canadian-based literary magazine, Ricepaper. In the interview, they discuss her work, and how books are tools for empathy, empowerment, to bring about positive change in the world. Read the full interview here.
Olive Senior wins Matt Cohen Award
Congratulations to Olive Senior for winning the Writer’s Trust Matt Cohen Award! “The Writers’ Trust of Canada gave out seven prizes in recognition of the year’s best in fiction, nonfiction and short story, as well as mid-career and lifetime achievement awards. Olive Senior was recognized with the Matt Cohen Award, which is given to a writer who has dedicated their […]
Kiddo reviewed in Kirkus
Tradewind title Kiddo has received a very favourable review in Kirkus. “An abundance of humor in all its forms moves the plot and its many subplots to satisfying conclusions. Retro fun for persistent readers.” Read more here: Kirkus Reviews