New Books by Caroline Woodward - Author, Fiction Writer, Children's Books

More about the book	Have You Ever Heard a Whale Exhale? ISBN 9781998129072 • Pownal Street Press • 2024 10" × 8" • 32 pages $24.95 Hardcover available at fine bookstores and online. Chapters/Indigo/Coles Amazon.ca U.S. customers, please click on this Bookshop.org link to pre-order your copy of this book. This fanciful coastal adventure for kids of all ages brings the senses to life! In this splash of a tale, author Caroline Woodward and illustrator Claire Watson take us on an exploratory journey from sun-warmed rocks to crackling campfires, from below the waves to up in the sky. The book will have readers leaping with the dolphins and barking with the sea lions. On a journey of touch, taste, sight and smell, this whale of a tale urges littles to explore their surroundings and put their imaginations to work. “The rollicking and lushly illustrated tale leads readers on an amusing journey into the quirky wonders of the sea, sky and stars … Readers of all ages will chuckle at the antics portrayed in this light-hearted story. A perfect read before - or after - a beach or woods outing and even on a rainy day while stuck inside.” Paula Wild, award-winning author of seven books including Return of the Wolf: Conflict & Coexistence (Douglas & McIntyre 2018) and The Cougar: Beautiful, Wild and Dangerous (Douglas & McIntyre 2013) "Like Woodward, Claire Victoria Watson knows that playfulness is more effective than preachiness in winning over a young audience. Watson cements her reputation as a visual chronicler of the British Columbia’s West Coast in visually arresting, light-hearted illustrations that neatly complement and augment the text. The kinaesthetic image of humans entangled in a dance with an octopus is particularly memorable." Ginny Ratsoy, The British Columbia Review "With humour and rhyme, Caroline Woodward, who wrote the text for beautifully illustrated picture books A West Coast Summer (2018) and Singing Away the Dark (2017), again takes us to her beloved West Coast to really take in all the sensory experiences that life there offers. We will hear, and see, and smell, and taste, and learn and wonder at the unique ecosystem that is the ocean and its coast from those who live and enjoy it." Helen Kubiw, CanLit for LittleCanadians "For jaunty, rhyming oceanic fun, look no further than Caroline Woodward and Claire Victoria Watson’s lively Have You Ever Heard a Whale Exhale?. Combining naturalistic animal and landscape illustrations with whimsically entertaining spreads, the Canadian duo of author Caroline Woodward and visual artist Claire Victoria Watson bring readers a treat for the senses." Michelle, FAB BOOK REVIEWS More about the book
	A West Coast Summer ISBN 978-1-55017-843-2 • Harbour Publishing • 2018 81/2" × 11" • 32 pages • 15 colour illustrations $19.95 Hardcover available at fine bookstores. *A gorgeous children’s picture book about summer on the Pacific Northwest coast.* A West Coast Summer tells of a timeless, idyllic summer where “Sea salt in the air floats everywhere /and cedars smell sweet beside the shore.” Readers of all ages will enjoy this charming collaboration, sure to become a West Coast children’s classic. "...For those who live on or visit the west coast, A West Coast Summer will be familiar and comfortable. It will be home. For those who have never been, the book will be an invitation." Helen Kubiw - CanLit for LittleCanadians More about the book
	Alaska Highway Two-Step ISBN 978-1-55017-801-2 • Harbour Publishing Gorgeous new edition of this book - $19.95 E-book available at your favourite online retailer. Nominated for the Arthur Ellis Best First Mystery Novel in 1994 and a Globe & Mail Editor’s Top 100 Books Pick! The story follows Mercy Brown, a reluctant psychic and freelance journalist who embarks on a writing assignment-turned-adventure up the Alaska Highway upon discovering her late aunt’s mysterious diaries filled with Canadian dance history and a painful past. Harbour is proud to bring this book back into print! "...one of those rare books – a satisfying mystery that has no criminal content whatsoever... even the most hidebound mystery reader is likely to be delighted by this well-written and intriguing tale." The Toronto Star "…a worthy successor to her short fiction collection… Woodward interweaves several intriguing narrative threads into this intense first-person tale of (Mercy’s) actual and mental journeys to discover family, past and present, that will give her life wholeness… enhancing this narrative is the delightfully witty voice of Mercy Brown." Canadian Literature More about the book
	Singing Away the Dark ISBN 9781772290196 • Consortium Book Sales & Distribution • January 2018 $21.95 Now available in a new, jacketed, large format special edition! On a dark winter’s morning a little girl has to trudge a mile to catch the school bus. Will she be able to sing her way through the shadows? Lilting rhyming text and stunning paintings by Julie Morstad recall an era when singing away the dark was part of a six-year-old’s rural school-going routine. (Classroom activity guides and more about the book) Finalist for the 2011 Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Prize. A 2010-2011 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award Finalist. Nominated for the 2011 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award (Picture Book category). Nominated for the 2011-2012 Chocolate Lily Award (Picture Book category). Canadian Children's Book Centre red-starred Our Choice Award! "Beautiful on both a visual and a literary level, Morstad and Woodward are a match made in heaven. If you’re looking for going-to-school books outside of the usual fare that also happen to be easy on the eyes, this is one of the finer offerings out there. A real treat and a great little title. Well worth discovering." School Library Journal Review Singing Away the Dark by Caroline Woodward Illustrated by Julie Morstad Ages: 4 to 8
	Light Years: Memoir of a Modern Lighthouse Keeper ISBN 978-1-55017-727-5 • Harbour Publishing • 2015 $29.95 Available In Fine Canadian Bookstores E-book available at your favourite online retailer. *BC Bestseller and finalist for the Bill Duthie Bookseller's Prize 2016!* Told with eloquent introspection and an eye for detail, Light Years is the personal account of a lighthouse keeper in twenty-first-century British Columbia—an account that details Caroline’s endurance of extreme climatic, interpersonal and medical challenges, as well as the practical and psychological aspects of living a happy, healthy, useful and creative life in isolation. Photographs by Jeff George. More about the book
	The Village of Many Hats ISBN 978-0-88982-284-9 • (Oolichan Books) - Publisher defunct as of June, 2019. All rights held by author. • 2012 $9.95 Contact author directly to find out where to buy these books at the nearest retail outlet like Russell Books in Victoria or the Raven's Nest in New Denver or the South Peace Art Gallery in Dawson Creek among others. Please contact Caroline directly for the purchase of class sets and book club sets: readings@carolinewoodward.ca. The latter also applies to Disturbing the Peace which has the much-copied short story, "Summer Wages". Do not support illegal "free" copying of any living Canadian writer's copyright property! Thank you. It takes a village to raise a child and to care for families in crisis. In The Village of Many Hats Caroline Woodward also shows it takes a child and a wise hat-maker, to save a village. Young Gina struggles with her sister’s illness and a tragedy within her village that ultimately brings her community together. More about the book
*BC Bestseller!*	Penny Loves Wade, Wade Loves Penny ISBN 978-088982-267-2 • (Oolichan Books) - Publisher defunct as of June, 2019. All rights held by author. • 2010 $18.95 Trade Paperback Contact author directly to find out where to buy these books at the nearest retail outlet like Russell Books in Victoria or the Raven's Nest in New Denver or the South Peace Art Gallery in Dawson Creek among others. Please contact Caroline directly for the purchase of class sets and book club sets: readings@carolinewoodward.ca. The latter also applies to Disturbing the Peace which has the much-copied short story, "Summer Wages". Do not support illegal "free" copying of any living Canadian writer's copyright property! Thank you. In this long-awaited novel, Caroline Woodward returns to her Peace River roots. Penny Loves Wade, Wade Loves Penny is a contemporary story about middle-aged love enduring despite prolonged separations. The story winds around Penny Toland, resolute ranch wife and part-time teacher, and her husband, Wade, reluctant rancher and good man, adrift behind the wheel of his long-haul truck. Wade loops south on an odyssey from the Peace River region to the West Coast and across the province through the Okanagan and Kootenays. At home, Penny endures covetous neighbours, not-so-friendly bank managers, and suave strangers, while Wade encounters lotus-landers, biker gangs, and a ravishing all-woman country punk band called The Sireens. As the first winter blizzard blankets the north country, Wade makes a desperate push home to prove his love for Penny. (Reading guide, a two page excerpt and more about the book) Cover art by Marilyn Harris
	Chanter Dans le Noir ISBN 978-2-89695-196-3 • Les Éditions De La Courte Échelle • 2012 $14.95 Par un froid matin d’hiver, une petite fille doit traverser une forêt effrayante pour aller attendre l’autobus scolaire. Tout le long du chemin, elle chante pour se donner du courage. Chanter dans le noir est un album envoûtant et lumineux qui traite avec justesse et délicatesse des peurs enfantines. Singing Away the Dark by Caroline Woodward, Translated by Fanny Britt, Illustrated by Julie Morstad

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