Popular Paperbacks
 A number of Orca titles have been nominated for the 2008 YALSA Popular Paperbacks list in the category "Get Your Game On" from the American Library Association. The list collects recommended and popular or topical titles which are widely available and which represent a broad variety of themes or genres.
Nominated are:
From the South Side Sports Series:
From the Orca Sports Series:
These books join other Orca titles nominated for YALSA's Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers 2008 list earlier this year - I.D. by Vicki Grant, Bang by Norah McClintock, The Darwin Expedition by Diane Tullson, Bull's Eye by Sarah N. Harvey, Responsibleby Darlene Ryan, Down by Norah McClintock, and Nightwalker - The Warlocks of Talverdin by K.V. Johansen. Both lists will be voted on at the ALA Midwinter Conference in Philadelpha in January.
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Best of 2007
Resource Links
The following titles were selected for the Resource Links Best of 2007 list:
Picturebook:
The Summer of the Marco Polo (Lynn Manuel and Kasia
Charko)
Mechanimals (Chris Tougas)
Board Book:
Welcome Song for Baby (Richard Van Camp)
Fiction Grades 3-6:
The Big Snapper (Katherine
Holubitsky)
TJ and the Quiz Kids (Hazel Hutchins)
Over the Rainbow with Googol and Googolplex (Nelly Kazenbroot)
Cheetah (Wendy Lewis)
Horse Power (Ann Walsh)
Manga Touch (Jacqueline
Pearce)
Mirror Image (K.L. Denman)
Fiction Grades 7-12:
The Bonemender's Choice (Holly Bennett)
The Burning Time (Carol Matas)
The Warrior's Daughter (Holly Bennett)
Bang (Norah
McClintock)
Chill (Colin Frizzell)
Down (Norah McClintock)
Rebel Glory (Sigmund Brouwer)
Tiger Threat (Sigmund Brouwer)
Titan Clash (Sigmund
Brouwer)
The list was published in the most recent issue of Resource Links. Published 5 times a year,
Resource Links is a national journal devoted to the review and evaluation of
Canadian resources for children and young adults.
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Sydney Taylor Book Award
 Association of Jewish Libraries
The Whirlwind, a recent teen novel by best-selling author Carol Matas, has been named a 2008 Notable Book for Older Readers from the Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee of the Association of Jewish Libraries.
School Library Journal said of The Whirlwind:
"This unique and thought-provoking story shows what prejudice and indifference to suffering and wrongdoing can lead to." And Jewish Book World said:
"Another winner from the talented Matas."
The Whirlwind, 978-1-55143-703-3
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Resource Guides
 Do you use Orca Soundings and Orca Currents in your classroom? Then we have just the thing for you. Our new professionally-written curriculum guides are sure to make the addition of these popular books to the classroom a snap.
Included in the guides:
- The Value of Using Orca Soundings and Orca Currents in the Classroom
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Reading Levels
- Classroom Teaching Ideas: Reading Workshop - Individual Silent Reading - Literature Circles
- Student Ownership of Book Discussion Groups
- Modeling Responses to Literature
- Written Preparation for Literature Circles Discussion
- Group Sharing
- Assessment
- And more.
The resource guides can be purchased individualy or as part of a classroom collection. Call 1-800-210-5277 for more details.
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Bunnies in space
 A great review
School Library Journal has reviewed the recent wordless picturebook Ben's Bunny Trouble, by Daniel Wakeman and Dirk van Stralen.
The review says in part: "Young science fiction fans will enjoy this wordless picture book about a boy's adventure in outer space, told in comic-strip-like panels...imaginative but not scary.This book will encourage pre-readers to develop their narrative skills and perhaps imagine their own otherworldly encounters."
Ben's Bunny Trouble is the sequel to Ben's Big Dig.
Ben's Bunny Trouble, 978-1-55143-611-1
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2007 was a great year for Orca and we look forward to another year of great books, stellar authors and continued success. Many thanks for your continued support.
Thanks for reading!
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