Groundwood books.(A Roster of Canadian Houses)(Brief article)

Sales are up, not only in Canada but also in the U.S., says publisher Patsy Aldana. She attributes this success to having a very focused list "that has a real identity and a real coherence to it, and in our case, that's really aimed at the top of the market," she says.

Sales of two Groundwood titles were boosted when the New York Times named them as best illustrated books of the year, she adds. The Black Book of Colours by Menena Cottin, illustrated by Rosana Faria, illuminates what it is like to be blind. Skim, written by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Jillian Tamaki, is a vivid glimpse of what it is like to be 16. Two books by Deborah Ellis--oral histories of Iraqi refugee …