New Releases by Kate Beaton

A laugh-out-loud picture book with a feel-good message from bestselling comics creator Kate Beaton about a half-human-half-shark bent on revenge after a greedy fishing captain messes with her waters – perfect for fans of We Don’t Eat Our Classmates and The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors. When Shark Girl is captured by an evil fishing captain''s net, she makes a vow... for REVENGE! With the sea witch''s help, Shark Girl becomes a human sailor and launches a plan... for MUTINY! But Shark Girl needs the help of her crew mates before she can enact her plan. Will Shark girl SINK... or SWIM? Bestselling creator Kate Beaton has created a subversive and hilarious spin on the classic little mermaid fairytale that will inspire little readers. Sometimes standing up for what''s right means you have to show your teeth!

SIGNED A laugh-out-loud picture book with a feel-good message from bestselling comics creator Kate Beaton about a half-human-half-shark bent on revenge after a greedy fishing captain messes with her waters - perfect for fans of We Don''t Eat Our Classmates and The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors . When Shark Girl is captured by an evil fishing captain''s net, she makes a vow. . . for REVENGE! With the sea witch''s help, Shark Girl becomes a human sailor and launches a plan. . . for MUTINY! But Shark Girl needs the help of her crew mates before she can enact her plan. Will Shark girl SINK. . . or SWIM? Bestselling creator Kate Beaton has created a subversive and hilarious spin on the classic little mermaid fairytale that will inspire little readers to seek their own revenge on behalf of justice!

Bodies of Art, Bodies of Labour by Kate Beaton, award-winning author of Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands and Hark! A Vagrant, explores connections between class, literature, and art from Cape Breton Island. In this thought-provoking book, Beaton addresses the often overlooked impact of class on the Canadian arts scene. The book highlights the reality that people from poor or working-class backgrounds face significant barriers to becoming artists, limiting their ability to share their stories and contribute to the collective culture. This lack of representation in art, music, and literature can empower or stereotype, edify or diminish, or worse, erase entire communities. Beaton emphasizes that if working-class and poor people do not write themselves into stories, others will, often with damaging results. Drawing on examples from work published about Cape Breton, Beaton sheds light on the portrayal of working-class lives. She juxtaposes this with her personal experiences, her family''s stories, and the inspiring work of other Cape Bretoners. Despite economic hardships, her community has long valued and created art: art for no money, for each other, for themselves, for memory, for joy. Bodies of Art, Bodies of Labour thoughtfully examines personal and working class legacies, celebrating the authenticity and power of truly seeing ourselves and each other in the art that we create. With an introduction by Julie Rak.

Pour rembourser son prêt étudiant, Kate n''a guère le choix : elle doit quitter sa Nouvelle-Écosse natale pour aller travailler à l''autre bout du Canada, dans l''ouest lointain, là où l''on extrait le pétrole des sables bitumineux. Souvent isolée, naviguant de site en site, la jeune femme découvre un monde marqué par le harcèlement quotidien et le sexisme de nombreux collègues masculins. Sans se départir de son empathie ni de son humour, soutenue par des allié.e.s de confiance, Kate s''interroge sur la violence de son univers professionnel, qu''il s''agisse des relations humaines ou de l''exploitation forcenée des ressources naturelles. A-t-elle mis les pieds dans un univers parallèle, ou cette violence n''est-elle que le reflet de notre société ?

Before there was Kate Beaton, New York Times bestselling cartoonist of Hark! A Vagrant, there was Katie Beaton of the Cape Breton Beaton, specifically Mabou, a tight-knit seaside community where the lobster is as abundant as beaches, fiddles, and Gaelic folk songs. With the singular goal of paying off her student loans, Katie heads out west to take advantage of Alberta’s oil rush—part of the long tradition of East Coasters who seek gainful employment elsewhere when they can’t find it in the homeland they love so much. Katie encounters the harsh reality of life in the oil sands, where trauma is an everyday occurrence yet is never discussed. Beaton’s natural cartooning prowess is on full display as she draws colossal machinery and mammoth vehicles set against a sublime Albertan backdrop of wildlife, northern lights, and boreal forest. Her first full length graphic narrative, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands is an untold story of Canada: a country that prides itself on its egalitarian ethos and natural beauty while simultaneously exploiting both the riches of its land and the humanity of its people.

Princess Pinecone would like a real war horse for her birthday, instead of which she gets a plump, cute pony--but sometimes cuteness can be a kind of weapon, especially in a fight with dodgeballs and spitballs and hairballs and squareballs.

A la princesa Pinecone le gustaría recibir un caballo grande para su cumpleaños, pero recibe un poni gordito. Aun así, a veces el ser lindo puede ser un tipo de defensa.

C''est bon d''être le roi.

Un bébé roi solaire, rond comme un oeuf, emmailloté dans son berceau royal attire ses sujets à lui. Il s''agit des membres de sa famille qui viennent célébrer sa naissance. Il projette d''être un roi généreux pour eux: en sourires, bisous et babils. D''un autre côté, il ne leur fera pas de quartier puisqu''il aura faim, il voudra également qu''on s''occupe de lui et que ses souhaits soient tous exaucés. Trouvant désormais que ses parents ne sont pas suffisamment prompts à répondre à ses désirs, il s''efforcera d''atteindre lui-même ce qu''il veut. Alors, il apprendra à ramper, à marcher, à parler. Devenu un grand garçon autonome, il s''inquiète maintenant du sort de ses vassaux laissés à l''abandon, mais la petite reine arrive à son tour dans la famille. [SDM].

A laugh-out-loud picture book with royal appeal! All hail King Baby! He greets his adoring public with giggles and wiggles and coos, posing for photos and allowing hugs and kisses. But this royal ruler also has many demands, and when his subjects can''t quite keep up, King Baby takes matters into his own tiny hands.Created by Kate Beaton, author of The Princess and the Pony and #1 New York Times bestsellers Hark! A Vagrant and Step Aside, Pops!, this modern, funny, and (let''s be honest) realistic take on life with a new baby is the perfect gift for anyone with an adorable little monarch in their world.

Originally published in single magazine form as Thought Bubble 2011-2015.

Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Thought Bubble Festival, which takes place in Leeds, Northern England, from Nov 1-6, 2016, this collection features short stories and art by: ALISON SAMPSON, CHARLIE ADLARD, GABRIEL BAUTISTA, GABRIEL BÁ, KATE BEATON, JORDIE BELLAIRE, IVAN BRANDON, JEFFERY BROWN, MARK BUCKINGHAM, CLARK BURSCOUGH, ADAM CADWELL, MIKE CAREY, EMILY CARROLL, CLIFF CHIANG, BECKY CLOONAN, BOO COOK, FAREL DALRYMPLE, RUFUS DAYGLO, ANDY DIGGLE, D''ISRAELI, MARC ELLERBY, MING DOYLE, WARREN ELLIS, GARY ERSKINE, CARLOS EZQUERRA, RAY FAWKES, DUNCAN FEGREDO, ROBIN FURTH, LEIGH GALLAGHER, STUART GORDON, BRANDON GRAHAM, NICHOLAS GUREWITCH, TONY HARRIS, WILL MORRIS, ANTONY JOHNSTON, BARRY KITSON, ALES KOT, EMI LENOX, TULA LOTAY, SARAH MCINTYRE, FABIO MOON, STEPHEN MOONEY, RAMON PEREZ, SEAN PHILLIPS, RICK REMENDER, EMMA RÍOS, TIM SALE, FIONA STAPLES, CAMERON STEWART, RICHARD STARKINGS, BABS TARR, EMMA VIECELI, ANNIE WU & SKOTTIE YOUNG. All profits from this collection go to Barnardo''s, one of the largest children''s charities in the UK.

Wonder Woman! Hunks! Great men and women of history! Step aside - Kate Beaton is coming for you. The author of the smash hit Hark! A Vagrant returns with all-new sidesplitting comics that showcase her irreverent love of history, pop culture and literature. Collected from her wildly popular website, readers will guffaw over ''Strong Female Characters'', the wicked yet chivalrous Black Prince, ''Straw Feminists in the Closet'' and a disgruntled Heathcliff. Delight in what the internet has long known - Beaton''s humour is as sharp and dangerous as a velocipedestrienne, so watch out!

Introducing Kate Beaton, a major new picture book talent, and author/illustrator of #1 New York Times bestseller Hark! A Vagrant! Princess Pinecone knows exactly what she wants for her birthday this year. A BIG horse. A STRONG horse. A horse fit for a WARRIOR PRINCESS! But when the day arrives, she doesn''t quite get the horse of her dreams...From the artist behind the comic phenomenon Hark! A Vagrant, The Princess and the Pony is a laugh-out-loud story of brave warriors, big surprises, and falling in love with one unforgettable little pony.

Une série de strips humoristiques très efficaces, où défilent quelques grandes figures de l''histoire et de la littérature mondiale, dans un joyeux télescopage d''époques et de références. Bloggeuse suivie par des centaines de milliers de visiteurs, dessinatrice au New-Yorker, Kate Beaton a remporté un énorme succès Outre-Atlantique, s''imposant dès sa sortie, pour plusieurs semaines, en tête des meilleures ventes aux Etats-Unis.

"Hark! A Vagrant" takes readers on a romp through history and literature--with dignity for few and cookies for all--with comic strips about famous authors, their characters, and political and historical figures, all drawn in Kate Beaton''s pared-down, excitable style. This collection features favorite stories as well as new, previously unpublished content. Whether she''s writing about Nikola Tesla, Napoleon, or Nancy Drew, Beaton brings a refined sense of the absurd to every situation.