Harvey Holds His Own

Victoria Allenby

An engaging, multilayered book that helps little ones identify shapes on their favorite construction-site vehicles

Dump Truck, Dump Truck Coming through! I spy a triangle—how about you?

It’s no secret that toddlers of any gender love big vehicles. Shape Up, Construction Trucks! uses rhyming verse and bright photographs to celebrate this enthusiasm in a unique take on conceptual shape books. Each spread highlights geometric shapes hiding in plain sight on excavators, bulldozers, cranes, and more. And after the toddlers have browsed the pages to their heart’s content, a final note to parents offers enriching, age-appropriate activities to keep building their child’s foundational skills.

With repetitive, easy-to-remember verse from the awardwinning author of Nat the Cat Can Sleep Like That, Victoria Allenby’s Shape Up, Construction Trucks! is a highly visual shape book that digs deep.

Includes Parent’s Guide on back cover

Victoria Allenby has been writing poetry and stories for as long as she can remember. Her debut picture book, Nat the Cat Can Sleep Like That, won the 2014 Preschool Reads Award and was nominated for the 2015 SYRCA Shining Willow Award. She has followed up the success of this debut with the critically acclaimed early readers Timo’s Garden, Timo’s Party, and Timo Goes Camping, as well as the picture books Rhino Rumpus and Good Morning, Grumple. Victoria first learned the proper names of many construction vehicles from her two-year-old cousin, who was an excellent teacher. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Parental Guide

Learning Shapes A foundation for later math concepts Rhyme & Rhythm

Encourage recitation, a first step to reading

Motor Skills

Practice tracing shapes with a finger Family Reading, Ages 2-5

Read together to foster learning & development

Picture Book for Children Ages 2–5 Rights available: World ex. North America ISBN: 978-1-77278-134-2 Trim Size: 9 x 9 in / 22.86 x 22.86 cm | Pages: 24 List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD Hardcover with padded cover, rounded corners, and extra-heavy pages Publication Date: September 15, 2020 Ship Date: August 21, 2020 JNF013070 JUVENILE NONFICTION / Concepts / Size & Shape JNF057030 JUVENILE NONFICTION / Transportation / Cars & Trucks JNF035050 JUVENILE NONFICTION / Mathematics / Geometry JNF042000 JUVENILE NONFICTION / Poetry / General

Colleen Nelson

illustrated by Alice Carter

Fall in love at first blunder with a wisely foolish kindergarten teacher who makes the first day of school an experience to remember.

Kayla isn’t too sure about the first day of kindergarten. What if she misses her mom? What if she can’t find the bathroom? But when Kayla meets Mrs. Muddle, it quickly becomes clear that Kayla’s problems are nothing compared to her teacher’s. Mrs. Muddle mixes up the kids’ name tags, takes them to the library instead of the gym, and can’t find the bathroom. She doesn’t even know how to use a slide properly! Clearly somebody needs to take charge. Soon Kayla is much too busy teaching her teacher to think about her own worries. Hearkening back to classics like the Amelia Bedelia collection and Douglas Wood’s What Teachers Can’t Do, award-winning author Colleen Nelson will make parents, children, and especially teachers laugh out loud over Mrs. Muddle’s antics and the exasperated Kayla’s leadership. As the students find their way around the school, Alice Carter’s giggle-inducing art welcomes readers into a kindergarten class that makes the first day of school seem very appealing indeed.

An author and junior high school teacher, Colleen Nelson earned her Bachelor of Education from the University of Manitoba in her hometown of Winnipeg. Her previous works include the critically-acclaimed middle-grade novels Harvey Comes Home and Harvey Holds His Own; Sadia, which won the 2019 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award; and Blood Brothers, which was selected as the 2018 McNally Robinson Book of the Year for Young People. Colleen writes daily in between appearances at hockey rinks and soccer fields in support of her two sports-loving sons. The family’s West Highland Terrier Rosie adds an extraloveable dose of liveliness, squirrel-chasing, and shoe-chewing to their lives.

Alice Carter is an artist, illustrator, and storyteller with a passion for sharing her whimsical imagination. A graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design who now works with clients from all over the world, Alice is inspired by people-watching, music, and every animal she comes across. Her picture books include Angus All Aglow, Our New Kittens, My Puppy Patch, and Pierre & Paul: Avalanche!. Alice lives in Ottawa, Ontario.

Picture Book for Children Ages 3–6 Rights available: World ex. North America ISBN: 978-1-77278-131-1 Trim Size: 9 x 10 in / 22.86 x 25.4 cm | Pages: 32 List Price: $17.95 USD / $19.95 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket Publication Date: September 29, 2020 Ship Date: August 28, 2020 JUV035000 JUVENILE FICTION / School & Education JUV019000 JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories JUV039090 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / New Experience