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Our books are read and loved by children all over the globe. As part of House of Anansi Press, we aim to publish books of the highest quality.
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✨ Today is the LAST DAY to guarantee shipping from our website in time for Christmas! 🎁

🔗 Shop our curated gift guides for the readers in your life here: https://houseofanansi.com
A green graphic with illustrated sparkles and a Christmas decoration reads, "Today is the Last Day to Guarantee Shipping for Christmas."
December 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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🚚 Monsters! Trucks! Exciting adventures! These books make perfect gifts for boys. 🏒

🔗 Shop these giftable books for children here: https://houseofanansi.com/collections/groundwood-books?type=product&q=Childrens+Books
A red graphic reads, "Book for Boys" with the Groundwood Books logo beside an illustration of the character Gargantua Jr., illustrated by Kevin Sylvester. The book covers include: GARGANTUA (JR!), GAME FACE, THE ZOMBIE PRINCE, EYES ON THE ICE, KING OF THE DUMP, and THERE IS NO MAP FOR THIS.
December 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Thank you, @quillandquire.bsky.social, for including MY STREET REMEMBERS as a Notable Book of 2025!
Illustrated by Cathie Jamieson and written by me.
Check out all the great books here: quillandquire.com/omni/canadas....
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December 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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❄️ Cozy wintertime stories for kids to read all season long. These books are perfect gifts for a home collection or school library!

🔗 Shop these giftable books for children on our website here: https://houseofanansi.com ⛸️
A blue graphic with snowflakes reads, "For Winter Storytime." It features the covers of six books, including: COMMUNITY SNOWMAN, SKATING WILD ON AN INLAND SEA, ONE CAN, MY WINTER CITY, MALAIKA'S WINTER CARNIVAL, and HOME FOR MARGARET.
December 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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💙 On this International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we're highlighting THE SCOOTER TWINS, written by Dorothy Ellen Palmer and illustrated by Maria Sweeney. #IDPD #kidlit #canreads #EveryoneIncluded 🛵

🔗 Learn more about this book here: https://houseofanansi.com/products/the-scooter-twins
A copy of the book THE SCOOTER TWINS sits on a pile of illustrated interiors from the book. The illustrations show two children on their mobility scooters.
December 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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In honour of #GivingTuesday, Groundwood Books will be donating a portion of the proceeds from online and in-person sales at our bookshop to Food Banks Canada. 🩷

🔗 Explore the books in our Giving Back Collection here: https://houseofanansi.com/collections/giving-back
A graphic with an illustration of a boy with a can of food from the book ONE CAN reads, "It's Giving Tuesday. In honour of the book ONE CAN, Groundwood Books is donating a portion of the proceeds from online and in-person sales at our bookshop to Food Banks Canada." A graphic reads, "Explore Our Giving Back Collection" with the Groundwood Books logo. Book covers such as HOME FOR MARGARET, COMMUNITY SNOWMAN, OUR LITTLE KITCHEN, and LOOP DE LOOP are featured.
December 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Know a little one who seemingly always comes home with a new rock or stick to show off? 🪨 These books are for the Nature Kids in your life. 🌱

🔗 Shop these giftable books for children by heading to our website: https://houseofanansi.com

Rock illustration by Matt James from the book ROCK. 🎨
A graphic will an illustration of a rock is title "For The Nature Kids." It features various picture book covers including: LOOP DE LOOP, ROCK, WALKING TREES, MOTHER ASPEN, WEST COAST WILD RAINFOREST, and WILFDUL.
December 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Today is the LAST DAY to shop our Black Friday Sale online! Get 30% OFF BOOKS when you use the code: BLACKFRIDAY2025 (after discounts, before tax).

📚 Shop the sale here: houseofanansi.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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This Friday and Saturday only, our Prose and Poems hats, puzzles, and tote bags are 50% OFF at the Anansi Bookshop! 🧢 These make perfect gifts for the stylish book lovers in your life.

📍 Our bookshop is located at 128 Sterling Road, Toronto. Friday hours: 1pm - 6pm. Saturday hours: 11am - 5pm.
November 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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🐸 From frogs to baby otters, these books are perfect for the little Animal Lovers in your life! 🦦

🔗 Shop these giftable books for children on our website: https://houseofanansi.com
A graphic reads, "For the Animal Lovers," featuring an illustration of a frog by Geraldo Valério from MY BOOK OF FROGS AND TOADS and a dog illustration by Marta Pantaleo from DOGS AND US. A collage of books across the graphic includes: DOGS AND US, CATS AND US, MY BOOK OF FROGS AND TOADS, MY BOOK OF BIRDS, THE TUFTED PUFFINS OF TRIANGLE ISLAND, WEST COAST WILD BABY ANIMALS and WEST COAST WILD ABC.
November 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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✨ Announcing Our ... BLACK FRIDAY SALE! ✨

🔗 Browse our titles to get ready to save this weekend here: https://houseofanansi.com 🛍️

Note: We are not shipping orders to the U.S. at this time.
A green graphic with vintage yellow stars and the House of Anansi and Groundwood Books logos reads, "Shop Our Black Friday Sale." A green graphic reads, "In Store: Friday, November 28 from 1pm - 6pm, Saturday, November 29 from 11am - 5pm. 40% OFF BOOKS, 50% OFF HATS, PUZZLES, AND TOTE BAGS." A green graphic reads, "Online: Friday, November 28 - Monday, December 1. 30% OFF BOOKS with code: BLACKFRIDAY2025. Plus! Free shipping on orders over $35 (after discounts, before tax)."
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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The Giving Back Collection 💕

These stories inspire important conversations about food insecurity, housing, spreading kindness, and how we can come together to help our communities.

🔗 Learn more about these books here: houseofanansi.com/collections/...
A graphic titled, "The Giving Back Collection" features a collage of picture books such as HOME FOR MARGARET, ONE CAN, COMMUNITY SNOWMAN, OUR LITTLE KITCHEN, and A FEAST FOR JOSEPH with the Groundwood Books logo.
November 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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🫧 EVERYBELLY is one of The New York Public Library's Best Books of 2025! Congratulations to Thao Lam 🎉

🔗 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
A graphic reads, "EVERYBELLY is one of The New York Public Library's Best Books of 2025." The cover of the book EVERYBELLY features cut-paper collage art of a little girl underwater with bubbles around her as two bodies float above.
November 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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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
A graphic reads, "Kobo Canada Best in Young Adult Literature" and the book THE BUTTERFLY'S STING. The cover features an illustrated girl boxing with braids in the air behind her.
November 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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I’m inspired by this beautiful artwork based on MY STREET REMEMBERS. Thanks for sharing, @mstaylor-art.bsky.social!
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We’ve been reading ‘My Street Remembers’ and creating abstract maps in Grade 2. Ss used sharpies & transparency sheets to trace sections of our Flemingdon Park map and then created abstract collages to go underneath #abstractart #EduSky
Colourful multi-layered abstract maps, using colour, shape and line
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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🎁 What better gift for the children in your life than a book?

You can find our website's home page 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 #kidlit
The books ONE CAN, ROCK, and THE REHEARSAL CLUB are arranged on brown wrapping paper with curly ribbon and bright gift bows off to the side.
November 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Happy #LebaneseHeritageMonth! 🧆

We're celebrating with SUNDAYS ARE FOR FEASTS, 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://houseofanansi.com/products/sundays-are-for-feasts
Two copies of the picture book SUNDAYS ARE FOR FEASTS are stacked on top of one another, one showing an illustration from the book of a character making hummus with chickpeas in the air. The cover of the book shows an illustrated girl holding a pot lid with the steam of food around her.
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Wearing our poppies this #RemembranceDay ❤️

📸: COMMUNITY SNOWMAN, written by Deborah Kerbel and illustrated by Tine Modeweg-Hansen. Learn more here: https://houseofanansi.com/products/community-snowman
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Was tickled to review two children's books for @theseaboardreview.ca, one about an animal I love, the other about an animal I'm now, as a result, feeling a lot less cringey toward. Challenge: guess which is which. @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social lnkd.in/gN4mrpsshttp...
Cats and Us: A Ten-Thousand Year Fascination; and This Is a Tiny Fragile Snake
Refreshingly, two kids’ picture books show animals as reality rather than myth
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November 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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There is something special about wordless picture books and this one does not disappoint! It's full of fun, family, kindness, & sharing. The illustrations are lively & cheerful. With themes of working together and helping others, this book has something for everyone. Perfect for the winter season ❄️
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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These Groundwood Books published one month ago! Which one do you want to read next? 📚✨

🔗 Available now at your favourite bookseller! Learn more here: https://houseofanansi.com/collections/new
A colourful stack of children’s books features the titles: A POND, A POET, AND THREE PESTS, WAVELENGTH, NIGHTMARE JONES, COMMUNITY SNOWMAN, THE BUTTERFLY’S STING, THE STORY AND SCIENCE OF HOPE, and HOME FOR MARGARET.
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Happy #InuitDay! A day for celebrating and amplifying Inuit voices. We're celebrating with these Groundwood books.

🔗 Explore these stories and more here: https://houseofanansi.com/collections/indigenous-voices
A collection of picture books lay on a dark surface. The books include: ALEGO by Ningeokuluk Teevee, ARCTIC ADVENTURES by Raquel Rivera and Jirina Marton, Kisimi Taimaippaktut Angirrarijarani / ONLY IN MY HOMETOWN by Angnakuluk Friesen and Ippiksaut Friesen, and NATTIQ AND THE LAND OF STATUES by Barbara Landry and Martha Kyak.
November 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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This #TreatiesRecognitionWeek, we're highlighting the educational activities to explore the topics and lessons of the book MY STREET REMEMBERS with children. 📖

🔗 Explore Education Central here: https://education-central.com
Text reading, “Treaties Recognition Week,” points to the book MY STREET REMEMBERS, which points to text that reads, "Free reading discussion prompts and activities." Text to the side reads, "Breaking down important topics with classroom-ready learning resources to be used with Groundwood books." A Pre-reading activity titled, "Who Lived Here Before?" features skills of Critical Thinking in Literacy and Integrated Learning. The Activity is written as follows, "Ask students to write or draw who they think lived on the land before them. This can include animals, people or nature. Share ideas in a circle." Text reads, "Explore the learning resources for MY STREET REMEMBERS at Education-central.com. 1. Choose a Groundwood Books title by searching your audience age, book title, or exploring the topic collections. 2. Select your desired resources or skills and subjects. 3. Print!" And the Groundwood Books logo.
November 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Highlighting WORDS MATTER this #VeteransWeek ❤️

⭐️ “An important and well-done title that teachers will want to explore with their students.” — School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW

🔗 Learn more here: https://houseofanansi.com/products/words-matter
The middle-grade book WORDS MATTER sits on a wooden table. The illustrated cover features two children hiding behind a brick wall as two soldiers walk by.
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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📰 Education Central is home to expertly crafted learning resources for Groundwood books, helping to discuss and understand the headlines of today’s world.

🔗 Explore the learning resources for the book 🥫 ONE CAN on Education Central here: https://education-central.com/books/one-can/
A news headline reads, "SNAP benefits cut off during shutdown, driving long lines at food pantries," via Global News. An arrow points to the Groundwood book ONE CAN, which points to text that reads, "Free reading discussion prompts and activities." Text to the side reads, "Breaking down the news of today with classroom-ready learning resources to be used with Groundwood books." The cover of the book ONE CAN followed by text that reads, "Activities such as: NEEDS VS. WANTS SORT. Pre-reading Activity, Skills: Critical Thinking in Literacy, Key Ideas & Details. Have students sort images or words into Needs (e.g., food, shelter, love) and Wants (e.g. toys, candy, electronics). Discuss why some families might need help getting basic needs." The logo for Education Central by Groundwood Books is at the bottom of the graphic. Text reads, "Explore the learning resources for ONE CAN at: Education-Central.com. 1. Choose a Groundwood Books title by searching your audience age, book title, or exploring the topic collections. 2. Select your desired resources or skills and subjects. 3. Print!"
November 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM