s literature publishing founded 1996 founder michael katz carol frank headquarters vancouver british columbia canada key people michael katz publisher carol frank co publisher and art director r. david stephens senior editor products books website tradewindbooks.com tradewind books is a small canadian publisher of children s literature located in vancouver bc . the company was founded in 1996 by michael katz and carol frank and their titles have since been internationally recognized for their illustrations writing and design . 1 2 they release six to eight publications each year including picture books poetry books chapter books and young adult novels . 3 contents 1 history and mandate 2 distribution 3 awards and recognition 4 references 5 external links history and mandate edit founded by michael katz and carol frank in 1996 tradewind books has over 100 titles in print . their current office is located on granville island . 4 tradewind books is committed to promoting multiculturalism in canada and frequently publishes books showcasing worldwide points of view . their books span ethnicities and locations throughout north america such as canadian aboriginals and chinese americans and around the world including egypt mexico and the caribbean . 3 their titles have been translated into french german portuguese and korean . distribution edit tradewind books is distributed by fitzhenry & whiteside in canada orca books in the us turnaround publisher services in the uk and john reed books in australia . tradewind has also sold co edition and translation rights to publishers in various countries including the us mexico korea and portugal . awards and recognition edit books and authors published by tradewind books have been recognized and awarded around the world . black dog dream dog written by michele superle and illustrated by millie ballance and honey cake written by joan betty stuchner and illustrated by cynthia nugent both won the chocolate lily award . another book illustrated by millie ballance the eco diary of kiran singer written by sue ann alderson won the henry bergh children s book award 2007 . the king has goat ears written by katarina jovanovic and illustrated by philippe b ha won the christie harris illustrated children s literature prize 2009 bc book prizes . abby s birds written by ellen schwartz and illustrated by sima elizabeth shefrin won the elizabeth mrazik cleaver award for illustration 2007 . 2 in 2012 paul yee author of eight titles for tradewind was awarded the vicky metcalf award for children s literature by the writers trust of canada for his lifetime achievement . 5 references edit lim patricia . asian canadian writer s workshop community dinner tomorrow night don t miss it ricepaper vancouver 28 may 2010 . retrieved 12 december 2012 . a b awards & recognition . tradewind books . retrieved 12 december 2012 . a b fall 2012 & spring 2013 catalogue . tradewind books . retrieved 12 december 2012 . tradewind books . granville island directory . retrieved 13 december 2012 . vicky metcalf award for children s literature . writers trust of canada . retrieved 12 december 2012 . external links edit official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tradewind books & oldid 703342662 categories book publishing companies of canadacompanies based in vancouver 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 4 february 2016 at 23 03 . 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