New Releases by Kate Beaton

A laugh-out-loud, wonderfully absurd graphic novel about an indoor cat named Meatball who escapes outside to be a wild cat, where he poops wherever he wants, hunts for his meals (badly), and learns the true meaning of home, by bestselling comics creator Kate Beaton. Meatball lives a tough life. Each day, his family’s three children love him, cherish him, and give him cuddles. It’s agony. But there is one thing he looks forward to: mealtime, also known as Nummy Num Time. When a nature documentary helps Meatball awaken his Inner Wild Cat, Meatball escapes into the wild to live as he was always meant to. He’ll have no trouble surviving, right? It turns out there’s a lot Meatball has to learn. His food isn’t served to him, and there’s no place comfy to sleep. Luckily, the forest is full of animals who know all about being wild. But the longer Meatball lives outside, the more he wonders: Was life with humans really that bad?

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!

Kate Beaton, award-winning author of the graphic novel Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, explores connections between class, literature, and art.

Kate a 21 ans et vit en Nouvelle-Écosse, au Canada. Pour pouvoir rembourser son prêt étudiant, elle se rend à des milliers de kilomètres de chez elle, dans l''Alberta, et travaille pour différentes compagnies qui exploitent les sables bitumineux afin d''en extraire le pétrole. Kate découvre alors un monde hypermasculin et hostile, où elle peine autant à nouer des amitiés qu''à simplement exprimer ce quelle ressent. Souvent isolée, victime d''un harcèlement constant, la jeune femme tente malgré tout de rester du côté de l''empathie et de l''humour pour décrire un système éprouvant et complexe, qui exploite aussi froidement les ressources naturelles que les êtres humains.

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.

Since Kate Beaton appeared on the comics scene in 2007 her cartoons have become fan favourites and gathered an enormous following, appearing in the New Yorker, Harper and the LA Times, to name but a few. Her website, Hark! A Vagrant, receives an average of 1.2 million hits a month, 500 thousand of them unique. Why? Because she''s not just making silly jokes. She''s making jokes about everything we learned in school, and more. Praised for their expression, intelligence and comic timing, her cartoons are best known for their wonderfully light touch on historical and literary topics. The jokes are a knowing look at history through a very modern perspective, written for every reader, and are a crusade against anyone with the idea that history is boring. It''s pretty hard to argue with that when you''re laughing your head off at a comic about Thucydides. They also cover whatever''s on her mind that week - be it the perils of city living or the pop-cultural infiltration of Sex and the City, featuring an array of characters, from a mischievous pony, to reinvented superheroes, to a surly teen duo who could be the anti-Hardy-Boys. Perceptive, sharp and wonderfully irreverent, Hark! A Vagrant is as informative as it is hilarious, and a comic collection to treasure.

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.

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.

La princesse Prunelle n''a qu''un voeu pour son anniversaire cette année : qu''on lui offre un cheval. Un grand cheval musclé qui serait digne d''une princesse guerrière. Or, le jour venu, on ne lui offre pas exactement le cheval de ses rêves... Princess Prunelle knows exactly what she wants for her birthday this year: a horse! A big, strong horse fit for a warrior princess! But when the day arrives, she doesn''t quite get the horse of her dreams . . . For anyone who''s ever been saddled with a truly terrible present, La princesse et le poney is a laugh-out-loud story of overcoming first impressions and falling in love with one unforgettable roly-poly pony. Original title: The Princess and the Pony

"Ida B. Wells, the Black Prince, and Benito Juaarez burst off the pages of Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection, armed with modern-sounding quips and amusingly on-point repartee. Kate Beaton''s second D+Q book brings her hysterically funny gaze to bear on these and even more historical, literary, and contemporary figures. Irreverently funny and carefully researched, no target is safe from Beaton''s incisive wit in these satirical strips."--Provided by publisher.

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.