Groundwood Books

11/21/2025

Our … ✨ Winter 2026 List — PART 2! ✨ This many incredible titles required a second post! 🤭

🔗 All titles are available for preorder now! Learn more about them here: https://houseofanansi.com/collections/upcoming

11/20/2025

🫧 EVERYBELLY is one of NYPL The New York Public Library's Best Books of 2025! Congratulations to Thao Lam 🎉

In this poolside picture book, little Maddie meets and greets every belly she passes! Thao Lam’s celebrated cut-paper collage portrays bellies and bodies of all shapes and sizes — proving that every belly deserves its place in the sun. 🥽

🔗 EVERYBELLY has received SIX STARRED REVIEWS and is the WINNER of the 2025 Kirkus Prize. Learn more about this picture book here: https://houseofanansi.com/products/everybelly

11/19/2025

THE BUTTERFLY'S STING by Abbie Harlow is a Kobo Best Book of 2025! 🎉

🔗 Learn more about this book here: https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/the-butterfly-s-sting

11/18/2025

🎁 What better gift for the children in your life this holiday season than a book?

When you head to our website you'll find that the home page is TAKEN OVER by customized book collections for all reading ages — It's never been so easy to give the gift of reading! ❄️

🔗 Explore our gift guide collections here! https://houseofanansi.com

11/14/2025

Happy ! We're celebrating with SUNDAYS ARE FOR FEASTS, written by Leila Boukarim and illustrated by Ruaida Mannaa! 🧆

Every summer, Yasmine visits her family in Lebanon, and every Sunday, the whole family comes over for lunch. SUNDAYS ARE FOR FEASTS is a celebration of how meals can bring family together, and the importance of making your own traditions. 🫘

🔗 Out now! Learn more about this book here: https://ow.ly/4xJW50Xl9Wp

11/14/2025

We LOVE this article about flexing your hope muscle from Kerry Clare! Spot the Groundwood book 🔭THE STORY AND SCIENCE OF HOPE by Andrea Curtis, available now! ✨

A new longterm Australian study reveals strong links between hope and wellbeing. Even better? Unlike cognitive skills, hope remains malleable throughout ...

11/13/2025

Announcing our … ✨ 2026 Winter List — PART 1! ✨

Which titles are you the most excited for? 📖

🔗 All titles are available for preorder now! Learn more about them here: https://houseofanansi.com/collections/upcoming

11/13/2025

A child donates a can of food to their school food drive. But in an unexpected twist, they come to understand what it means to give & receive. 'One Can' by Lana Button, Eric Walters, & Isabelle Malenfant is today's beautiful in-store! 🇨🇦💕📚🥫

See here w/ A poignant wordless picture book about a homeless boy & his mom, by Children's Literature Legacy Award winner James Ransome, 'A Place for Us.'

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11/13/2025

A big part of caring for the environment is understanding those who dwell in it, beyond pervasive stereotypes. "Refreshingly," writes reviewer Melanie Jackson, "two kids’ picture books show animals as reality rather than myth." In the vividly illustrated Cats and Us: A Ten-Thousand-Year Fascination, travels through feline history, including cave-era days where a child quakes at the sight of a cat, and a ship's captain relying on kitties to keep his voyages rat-free.

In 's This Is a Tiny Fragile Snake, a family looks out for a beautiful yellow-and-black snake, for example: “We trapped her in a coffee cup,/a playing card to seal,/and moved her to the nearby woods,/no longer under heel.” Both stories published by Groundwood Books.

11/12/2025

✨ From our latest : WORDS MATTER author Sophie Casson's favourite things!✨

💛 My Pastel Box: Mostly Sennelier because of the wonderful buttery texture, but also some cheap brands in the dry pastels. I love adding new colours in there … very addictive. The box is cheap, but delights me anyways.

💛 The Little Man: I love outsider art. This little guy was created by a charming, retired neighbour from the chalet we go to, who occasionally sells his stuff on the side of the road in the country. I love how the colour is just approximately applied … and the tiny feather! It reminds me about how loose you need or can be inside your creative world.

💛 My Printing Trolley: Last year I started a new printing adventure that I’m really excited about. In the trolley, I’ve got everything I need to scoot over to the press I rent from my neighbouring bookbinder and print!

🔗 Check out all of Sophie's favourite things, and learn more about WORDS MATTER, in our latest : https://houseofanansi.com/blogs/anansi/studio-tour-with-sophie-casson

11/11/2025

Wearing our poppies this ❤️

📸: COMMUNITY SNOWMAN, written by Deborah Kerbel and illustrated by Tine Modeweg-Hansen. Learn more here: https://houseofanansi.com/products/community-snowman

11/10/2025

These Groundwood Books published one month ago! Which one do you want to read next? 📚✨

☃️ COMMUNITY SNOWMAN
💙 HOME FOR MARGARET
🔭 THE STORY AND SCIENCE OF HOPE
🎸 WAVELENGTH
🪷 A POND, A POET, AND THREE PESTS
🥊 THE BUTTERFLY’S STING
🕷️NIGHTMARE JONES

🔗 Available now at your favourite bookseller! Learn more here: https://houseofanansi.com/collections/new