stewart founded 1967 founder may cutler country of origin canada headquarters location toronto publication types books official website www.tundrabooks.com tundra books is the oldest children s book publisher in canada . 1 tundra books was founded in 1967 by may cutler a montreal based writer and editor . cutler established the publishing company in the basement of her home 2 becoming the first woman to publish children s books in canada . 2 the u.s. division of the company tundra books of northern new york was founded in 1971 . one of tundra books best selling titles has been the 1980 short story the hockey sweater which was written by roch carrier published by may cutler 3 and illustrated by filmmaker sheldon cohen . after 28 years tundra books was sold to mcclelland & stewart . 4 in 1996 tundra books headquarters moved to toronto from its former home in westmount quebec a suburb of montreal and a new publisher kathy lowinger took over . in the late 2000s tundra reissued many children s titles including mordecai richler s jacob two two books the olden days coat by margaret laurence monica hughes isis trilogy and veronica tennant s on stage please . on may 15 2007 tundra books celebrated its 40th anniversary . 1 on june 24 2009 kathy lowinger announced her retirement as publisher of tundra books . no new publisher was named instead kathryn cole was promoted to editorial director and alison morgan was promoted to managing director . 5 company founder may cutler died in march 2011 . 3 references edit a b kerbel josh 2007 05 17 . tundra turns 40 . children s bookshelf . publishers weekly . retrieved 2009 04 06 . a b block irwin 2011 03 04 . former westmount mayor dies at 87 . montreal gazette . retrieved 2011 03 06 . a b cutler remembered as pioneering publisher mayor . cbc news . 2011 03 04 . retrieved 2011 03 06 . 1 mcclelland & stewart about 2 external links edit children s literature portal tundra books website tundra books fonds at library and archives canada v t e penguin random house random house usa crown crown broadway harmony hogarth three rivers ten speed watson guptill knopf doubleday knopf doubleday everyman s library us pantheon schocken vintage random house ballantine bantam dell del rey dial modern library spectra villard children s beginner books golden information books on tape fodor s living language the princeton review prima games uk cornerstone hutchinson random house william heinemann ebury bbc books ebury del rey fodor s rider virgin books 90 % transworld bantam doubleday vintage publishing the bodley head chatto & windus harvill secker jonathan cape vintage canada mcclelland & stewart douglas gibson books tundra books new canadian library other companhia das letras 45 % penguin random house grupo editorial alfaguara penguin group uk dorling kindersley hamish hamilton ladybird penguin penguin classics puffin rough guides viking warne us alpha author solutions authorhouse iuniverse trafford xlibris dutton penguin putnam riverhead sentinel tarcher viking berkley publishing group ace berkley new american library jove plume roc children s dial young readers dutton children s firebird g. p. putnam s sons grosset & dunlap philomel price stern sloan puffin warne parents bertelsmann pearson plc retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tundra books & oldid 691331183 categories book publishing companies of canadacompanies based in torontochildren s book publishers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 19 november 2015 at 03 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view