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PICTURE BOOKS

Red Canoe, The ©22
by Anne Yvonne Gilbert

As an abandoned canoe reminisces about bygone adventures with its beloved
boy, are the best days behind it-or is there a glimmer of new life just ahead?

ISBN: 9781568463681 • LIST: $28.50/DISC: $22.80
Hardcover • 32 Pages • 11” x 81/2” • DEWEY: JP
Colour Illustrations • Reading Level: Grades 3-5
Creative Editions • Spring 2022

Sashiko ©22
by Barbara Ciletti

During Japan’s Edo period, a style of needlework was born from a need to make
fishermen’s clothing stronger and warmer. The “little stabs” of running stiches
known as sashiko soon became an art form, inspiring this tale told from the
perspective of a child who witnesses her mother stitch love and protection “into
cloth as blue as the summer sea.”
A poetic tale on the origins of sashiko, an elegant textile art from Japan.

ISBN: 9781568463704 • LIST: $28.50/DISC: $22.80
Hardcover • 32 Pages • 81/4” x 10” • DEWEY: JP
Reading Level: Grade 5 • Interest Level: Grades 2-5
Colour Illustrations • Creative Editions • Fall 2022

Say Their Names ©22
by Caroline Brewer

Aliya, a seven-year-old Black girl, sees on TV news the public reaction to
recent and tragic events. Determined to make sure the lives of those lost
matter, she leads her own protest march that extends beyond her living rooom
and into her neighborhood to “say their names” and loudly proclaim “good
people come in all colours.”

ISBN: 9781478875697 • LIST: $23.95/DISC: $19.16
Hardcover • 24 Pages • 9” x 113/8” • DEWEY: JP
Reading Level: Grades 3-6
Colour Illustrations • Reycraft Books • Fall 2022

Secret of the Plátano Tree, The ©22
by Luz Maria Mack

“Under the full moon, Abuela leads an enchanted dance, bows to the sky and
the night winds, and helps her curious grandson discover the rhythm of his
heartbeat while listening to the great secret of the plátano trees. At first his
tiny ears couldn’t hear it, but Abuela shares that she can’t teach something
that only her heart knows. This loving and tender story of the magical union
between a grandmother and her grandson was penned by Dominican-
American author, Luz Maria Mack, and inspired by a dream where she and
her Abuela met again to dance and share the secrets of the plátano trees.
Sometimes the secrets of life are written in nature, under the stars and in the ISBN: 9781953859235• LIST: $29.45/DISC: $23.56
sounds of the whispering trees. Hardcover • 32 Pages • 9” x 11” • DEWEY: JP
Reading Level: Grade 2
Colour Illustrations, Original Artwork
Lerner Publishing Group • Fall 2022
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