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Let's

make some noise!! 

"Kerbel never fails

to delight"

-School Library Journal

(Grumble Yawn) 

Playful...bright...memorable...fun...the perfect book to read before bedtime and an equall

*2023 Forest of Reading
Yellow Cedar Award WINNER

2021 Junior Library Guild

'Gold Standard' Selection

*2022 NSTA and CBC

'Outstanding Science Trade Book'
Selection

*2023 Rocky mountain Book Award
Finalist


*2023 Red Cedar Book Award
Finalist


*2022 CCBC 'Best Books for Kids and Teens'
Selection

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IBBY
Canada 'Silent Books Collection' Selection
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2023 Bank Street Books 

Best Board Book of the year

Selection

2021 Northern Lights Book Award 
Board Book Category Winner

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One of Canada's

"Best Picture Books of 2021" 

CBC Books - December, 2021

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*New Picture Book *

"This lovely little story is an important reminder that, 
even when the change seems unmovable,
we can find creative solutions to our problem.
There can be hope." 
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LIKE A DUCK

From the author of 'My Deal with the Universe',

a lighthearted, tender story of a girl and her steadfast duck.

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"A sunny, charming book with

emotional threads that run deep...

an excellent book to share

with an anxious kid."

-Quill & Quire, May 2021

 

A Winnipeg Free Press Book Club

'2021 Summer Reading Challenge'

Selection

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*NEW MIDDLE-GRADE *

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One of Canada's

"Best Picture Books of 2020" 

CBC Books - December, 2020

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"A sweet harangue of

little siblings everywhere."

-Kirkus Reviews

"Deborah Kerbel has

hilariously highlighted the

plight of the slow poke."

-Storytime with Stephanie

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"Charming...

Highly

Recommended."

-CM Magazine

-Kirkus Reviews

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Quill & Quire

Starred

Review

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"An artful plea for
emotional
acceptance."
"Kerbel deftly crafts
a gentle argument for
more empathy."
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Winner
2019 Northern Lights
Book Award
*Best Illustration*

“Gorgeous, captivating, & moving

...this book will touch the hearts

and mesmerize the eyes

of readers young & old.”

-School Library Journal

“Lullabylike....

Del Rizzo brings eye-catching allure to

Kerbel’s wistful welcome.”

-Publisher's Weekly

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& NOMINATED BOOKS

AWARD WINNING

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"a tender story of the devotion between a boy and his dog.

Juno may be a puppy in the Arctic Circle, but

children everywhere will relate to her.”

 

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