Tradewind Books is a small Canadian publisher of children’s literature located in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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.

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.

Tradewind has also sold co-edition and translation rights to publishers in various countries, including the US, Mexico, Korea and Portugal.

A Day With Yayah, written by Nicola Campbell and illustrated by Julie Flett was a finalist for the BC Book Prize in 2018, and was listed as a resource in the BC First Peoples 12 Teacher Resource Guide, created by the First Nations Education Steering Committee.