About the Book

Peg and the Yeti follows a plucky young heroine who resolves to climb a mountain,Yetis and all! Mega-selling children’s lit stars Kenneth Oppel and BarbaraReid have joined forces to create an award-winning, rollicking tall tale, in whichfeisty Peg never misses a beat in her quest to climb a mountain and make a friend.With an outrageous story that kids will love and vibrant Plasticine illustrations,Peg and the Yeti is an adventure that takes its young readers to glorious heights.

• Finalist for the Governor General’s Award for Illustration
• Winner of the Jean Throop Book Award (Toronto Chapter IODE)
• CLA Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator’s Medal Honour Book
• Nominee for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award
• Shortlisted for the Shining Willow Award (Saskatchewan’s reader’s choice)

Product Details

• ISBN: 9780006392606
• ISBN 10: 0006392601
• Imprint: HarperTrophy
• On Sale: 10/17/2006
• Pages: 32
• BISAC1 : JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Marine Life
• BISAC2 : JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General
• BISAC3 : JUVENILE FICTION / General

Kenneth Oppel

Biography

Kenneth Oppel is the author of numerous books for young readers. His award-winning Silverwing trilogy has sold over a million copies worldwide and was adapted into an animated TV series and stage play. Airborn won the Governor General's Literary Award and also won the Michael L. Printz Honor Book Award. He is the author of Half Brother which won both the Canadian Library Association's Book of the Year for Children Award as well as the CLA Young Adult Book Award – the first time in the awards' history the same title has won both honours, This Dark Endeavor, Such Wicked Intent, The Boundless, and The Nest which won the CLA Book of the Year for Children Award. A two-time nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award, he lives in Toronto with his wife and three children. Visit him online at www.kennethoppel.ca.

Other Works by Kenneth Oppel

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  Silverwing: The Graphic Novel

  By Kenneth Oppel

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  Thrive

  By Kenneth Oppel

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  Hatch

  By Kenneth Oppel

Barbara Reid

Biography

Barbara Reid is one of Canada’s leading illustrators and authors. Her bestselling books include The Subway Mouse, The Party, Effie and Two by Two. She has won numerous awards for her innovative Plasticine illustrations, including a Governor General’s Award for The Party. The Subway Mouse won the Ruth Schwartz Award and was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award for Illustration. Barbara Reid was the first Canadian illustrator to win the international UNICEF/Jack Keats Award. She lives in Toronto with her husband, photographer Ian Crysler, and their two children. Visit her website at www.barbarareid.ca.

Other Works by Barbara Reid

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  Peg And The Yeti

  By Barbara Reid