BC Book Prizes...
The nominees for this years BC Book Prizes have been announced and we have three - count 'em - three nominees!
(We considered staging a Hunger Games-type competition to pick a winner but the authors preferred to wait for the announcement on May 12, 2011.)
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Willow we win?
The Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice Award has announced the nominees for the Diamond Willow Award.
Better Than Weird by Anna Kerz, Missing by Becky Citra, Power Play by Liam O'Donnell and Mike Deas and Somebody's Girl by Maggie de Vries have all been nominated for the award.
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Seven (the series)...
On October 10, 2012, Orca will launch a series of seven books written by seven bestselling authors: Eric Walters, John Wilson, Ted Staunton, Richard Scrimger, Norah McClintock, Sigmund Brouwer and Shane Peacock.
Seven grandsons, seven journeys, seven authors...one amazing series. Learn more at www.seventheseries.com.
Watch the trailer.
And each month until publication, download a sample from each book. First up: Between Heaven and Earth by Eric Walters. Click here for your first taste of heaven, um, Seven.
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Would you like some dystopia with that?
All Good Children, a teen novel by Catherine Austen has been shortlisted for the 2012 Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award.
The winner will be announced and the award presented at the annual CLA conference in Ottawa on May 31st.
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Talking 'bout your generation...
 First we sent Generation Us - The Challenge of Global Warming to all Members of Parliament. Now we are sending the book, a succinct and readable analysis of global warming by Dr. Andrew Weaver, to 100 high schools in BC. With the help of Claude Labine of Campbell Scientific Canada, the book will go out this month.
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Reaching Reluctant Readers
 Check out ReachingReluctantReaders.com. Designed for those working with struggling and striving readers, this site features:
You can also see the last webinar we put on with Saddleback Educational Publishing - Connecting With Struggling Readers.
Visit the web site here.
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Take it out for a test drive...
Text2Reader is a Language Arts program for grades 6-8. Text2Reader is developed by teachers with selections from bestselling books and is correlated to the English Language Arts curriculum. Resource Links called Text2Reader "Best of 2011 - Professional Resources."
- Sign up for a free seven-day trial issue here. (Sign up before March 30th and we will enter you in a draw for $100 in free books.)
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Friends with benefits...
Want to add some new Orca titles to your collection? Visit our Facebook page and "like" us to be entered to win $100 worth of books! We'll like you back. Honest.
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Junior Library Guild...
 Two spring titles were chosen as Junior Library Guild selections:Both are part of the Spring list for Junior Library Guild and will show up in libraries all across North America.
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