Look what’s new!  Jasper John Dooley, Number Two!  Thrilled to receive my author’s copy.  I can hardly wait for March 1st, the official publication date.

Every year the Ontario Library Association compiles a list of the top Canadian books for children and teens.  Hurray for Middle of Nowhere, which is on the list for 2012.  Read the list of honoured books here.

I’m so pleased to have a story in the Celebrate Winter issue of chickaDEE.  In addition to the story, Club chickaDEE.com has posted a little interview with me.  Check it out!

Middle of Nowhere is a Quill and Quire Best Book for 2012. “Children are amazingly capable of identifying – and rejecting – sophistry. The books that speak to them tend to be the ones that treat them with respect, engaging their intellects as well as their imaginations. Middle of Nowhere is that kind of book.”  Read the whole list.

Both Jasper John Dooley, Star of the Week and Middle of Nowhere have been selected by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre as two of the Best Books for 2012.  Jasper is a little sore that he didn’t get a star like Middle of Nowhere did, but he gets another chance next year when Jasper John Dooley, Left Behind is released.  Find out more.  

It’s always a thrill to hear from readers.  Thank you, Lucy, for sending this darling picture.

Quill and Quire recommends Middle of Nowhere for your holiday gift basket.  Read all the recommendations.

My first picture book What Language Does Your Dog Speak won the 2012 Helen Isobel Sissons Canadian Children’s Story Award, presented by P.A.C.E.  The book will be published by Groundwood in 2014 under the title Norman, Speak!  Find out more about the good work done by P.A.C.E. Canada.

So pleased that Jasper John Dooley, Star of the Week has been nominated for a 2012 Cybil Award in the Easy Reader/Early Chapter Book category.  The Cybils are the Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Awards.  Read more about them here.

The cover of Jasper John Dooley, Left Behind is finalized!  This is the second in a chapter book series about the irrepressible Jasper John.   Look out for this instalment of his adventures Spring 2013!