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Don't take our word for it...
Looking for some great new reads for your enthusiastic and reluctant readers? The following titles will be sure to please.
 Alligator, Bear, Crab: A Baby's ABC: "Pechter's organic paintings feature soft lines, kindly faces, and a soothing palette of creamy sunset colors and sky blues...With care paid to each image, this is a charming, distinctive primer." -Publishers Weekly
Better Than Weird: "This moving story looks at both family and school life from the point of view of a boy trying hard to fit into a world he doesn't quite understand...The details of school life are believable and familiar, and the ending leaves Aaron and readers waiting for a hopeful outcome." -Kirkus Reviews
She Said/She Saw: "McClintock lays all the complexities and horror of adolescence bare...The brisk pace, solid character development and inventive structuring make for fast, page-turning reading, and it all wraps up with an unpredictable plot twist and ending. Mysterious and haunting, packed with hard truths about adolescence." -Kirkus Reviews |
In the office we've become active recyclers and have been more conscious about turning down the heat mid-day and turning off lights and monitors when we're away from our desks. And thanks to a micro-grant from BC Hydro, we'll soon be adding a compost to the Orca kitchen. 
