Spring Releases From Common Deer Press

Common Deer Press is excited to launch the following chapter books and middle grade books in Spring 2025. 

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Asha and Baz Meet Gladys West (Asha and Baz Book 5)

By Caroline Fernandez 🍁and illustrated by Dharmali Patel 🍁

Paperback - Chapter Book (6-9)

May 2025

108 Pages | 5.5 × 8.5

Print ISBN 9781998484003

Digital ISBN 9781998484010

US: $9.99/Cdn:$10.99

Asha and Baz face a class challenge about cardinal directions (North, East, South, West). They travel back in time to meet Gladys West whose math helped to create modern-day GPS.

While visiting the community garden with their class, their teacher assigns a challenge: use a compass rose and a map to uncover parts of a secret message hidden around the garden.

When trying to follow the instructions on the map leaves the best friends feeling lost, they look to the past for guidance. Together, they magically travel to 1978, to meet mathematician Gladys West.

Gladys is working on her own important  project using a satellite to map the ocean, and with her help, Asha and Baz might just find their way.

The Spelling Bee Showdown (Emily and Same Book 3)

By Dave Cole and illustrated by Matty Mitchell

Paperback - Chapter Book (6-9)

May 2025

108 Pages | 5.5 × 8.5

Print ISBN 9781998484027

Digital ISBN 9781998484034

US: $9.99/Cdn $10.99

Twins Emily and Sam decide to bet on who will win the class spelling bee, with the loser having to write a fable for their class assignment. They soon learn that they have to decide between winning and supporting their sibling.

Emily loves reading, so she’s excited when her teacher announces that the class will be reading fables. Her brother, Sam, is less thrilled. He prefers spelling to reading. In fact, because he loves learning spelling rules, he’s sure he’ll win the upcoming spelling-bee. But Emily thinks her reading skills will give her the upper hand.

Emily gets right to studying, but the spelling list is harder than she expected. Meanwhile, Sam is preoccupied with a new classmate. This bet might be more than either sibling bargained for!

Hiss 

By Kirsten Marion🍁

Paperback - Middle Grade (9-12)

May 2025

190 Pages | 5.5 × 8.5

Print ISBN 9781998484041

Digital ISBN 9781998484058

US: $12.99/Cdn $14.99

Twelve-year-old Max is a scientist, a pioneer eager to discover the secrets of the universe, a young mind alight with hypotheses and theories waiting to be proven. Too bad nobody—not the bullies at school, the new girl Darya, or worst of all, his own dad—can see it. They only see him as a shy, nerdy kid. If they see him at all.

But everything changes when Max transforms into a giant python after an accident in his dad’s laboratory. He has cool new senses, powerful muscles, and an entirely different perspective to explore. This could be his chance to be strong and courageous!

But when rumours of a boy-eating snake escalate and Max’s animal instincts grow harder to control, Max realizes that being a wild snake in a suburban world is dangerous.

If he doesn't find his way back to his true form, he risks losing his humanity forever. But first, he must convince others of his identity and learn to see himself in a new way.

Hiss is a story of transformation, overcoming fears, and building relationships.

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Common Deer press is a proudly Canadian independent publisher of uncommon books for children and teens.