About

Shelley Tanaka

SHELLEY TANAKA is an award-winning author, translator and editor. She has written more than twenty books for children and young adults, winning the Orbis Pictus Award, the Mr. Christie’s Book Award, the Science in Society Book Award and the Information Book Award, and she has twice been nominated for the Deutsche Jugendliteraturpreis. Other honors include Texas Blue Bonnet runner-up, School Library Journal Best Books, ALA Notables and IRA Young Adults’ Choice. Her translation of Michel Noel’s Good for Nothing won the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People and was on the IBBY Honor List (Commended). Shelley teaches at Vermont College of Fine Arts, in the MFA Program in Writing for Children and Young Adults. She lives in Kingston, Ontario.

Books by Shelley Tanaka

First Times: Short Stories about Sex

edited by Karine Glorieux
translated by Shelley Tanaka

Ages: 14 to 18
Grades: 9 to 12

Marcel with a Splash

illustrated by Julia Sørensen
translated by Shelley Tanaka

Ages: 3 to 6
Grades: p to 1

Taming Papa

by (author) Mylène Goupil
translated by Shelley Tanaka

Ages: 9 to 12
Grades: 4 to 6

Paulina

The Story of an Almost Unlucky Pig

by (author) Hans Limmer
translated by Shelley Tanaka
illustrated by David Crossley

Ages: 3 to 8
Grades: p to 3

Suck It in and Smile

by (author) Laurence Beaudoin-Masse
translated by Shelley Tanaka

Ages: 12 to 17
Grades: 7 to 12

Pebbles to the Sea

by (author) Marie-Andrée Arsenault
illustrated by Dominique Leroux
translated by Shelley Tanaka

Ages: 3 to 6
Grades: p to 1

I Have the Right to Culture

by (author) Alain Serres
illustrated by Aurélia Fronty
translated by Shelley Tanaka

Resources: Resources
Ages: 3 to 6
Grades: k to 1

Do You Know Where the Animals Live?

Discovering the Incredible Creatures All Around Us

by (author) Peter Wohlleben
translated by Shelley Tanaka

Resources: Resources
Ages: 8 to 10
Grades: 3 to 5

My Body in Pieces

illustrated by Marie-Noelle Hebert
translated by Shelley Tanaka

Ages: 14 to 18
Grades: 9 to 12

I Have the Right to Save My Planet

by (author) Alain Serres
illustrated by Aurélia Fronty
translated by Shelley Tanaka

Resources: Resources
Ages: 4 to 7
Grades: k to 2

The Day the Rain Moved In

illustrated by Éléonore Douspis
translated by Shelley Tanaka

Ages: 3 to 7
Grades: k to 2

The Big Bad Wolf in My House

by (author) Valérie Fontaine
illustrated by Nathalie Dion
translated by Shelley Tanaka

Resources: Resources
Ages: 4 to 8
Grades: k to 3

Our Environment

Everything You Need to Know

by (author) Jacques Pasquet
illustrated by Yves Dumont
translated by Shelley Tanaka

Ages: 9 to 12
Grades: 3 to 6

Can You Hear the Trees Talking?

Discovering the Hidden Life of the Forest

by (author) Peter Wohlleben
translated by Shelley Tanaka

Resources: Resources
Ages: 8 to 10
Grades: 3 to 5

Look at the Weather

by (author) Britta Teckentrup
translated by Shelley Tanaka

Ages: 7 to 18
Grades: 1 to 6

Grandfather and the Moon

by (author) Stéphanie Lapointe
illustrated by Roge
translated by Shelley Tanaka

Ages: 10 to 13
Grades: 5 to 8

Dear Canada: Hoping for Home

Stories of Arrival

by (author) Kit Pearson, Ruby Slipperjack, Jean Little, Shelley Tanaka, Paul Yee, Irene N. Watts, Rukhsana Khan, Brian Doyle & Afua Cooper

Ages: 8 to 12
Grades: 3 to 7

I Don't Live Here Anymore

by (author) Gabi Kreslehner
translated by Shelley Tanaka

Ages: 12 to 18
Grades: 7 to 12

All Year Round

illustrated by Emilie Leduc
translated by Shelley Tanaka

Ages: 2 to 5
Grades: p to 1

Naptime

by (author) Iris De Moüy
translated by Shelley Tanaka

Ages: 2 to 5
Grades: p to k

Gustave

by (author) Remy Simard
illustrated by Pierre Pratt
translated by Shelley Tanaka

Ages: 4 to 7
Grades: k to 2

Cher Journal : Terre d'accueil, terre d'espoir

Onze récits

by (author) Marie-Andrée Clermont, Paul Yee, Irene N. Watts, Ruby Slipperjack, Afua Cooper, Brian Doyle, Rukhsana Khan, Jean Little, Shelley Tanaka & Kit Pearson

Ages: 9 to 18
Grades: 4 to 12