News from Orca Book Publishers

July 2013

Summer! Time to read.
(And also a good time see what is coming soon.)

Babies need books too.

Check out our new "Baby's First Bookshelf." A collection of three bestselling baby board books packaged together at a reduced price. A perfect shower gift for that special little someone.

Includes: Alligator Bear Crab, Welcome Song For Baby and Kiss, Tickle, Cuddle, Hug.

BC Reads...

The nominees for the 2013 - 2014 British Columbia young reader's choice awards have been announced.

Redwing by Holly Bennett has been nominated for the Red Cedar fiction award.

City Critters: Wildlife In The Urban Jungle (Nicholas Read) is on the list for nonfiction.

And for teen readers, the Stellar shortlist includes Three Little Words by Sarah N. Harvey, The Prisoner of Snowflake Falls by John Lekich and I, Witness by Norah McClintock and Mike Deas.

And in other Reader's Choice news, Missing by Becky Citra recently won the Saskatchewan Shining Willow Award. Missing had also been nominated for the Silver Birch Award and the Arthur Ellis award.

If you go down to the woods today...

The Great Bear Sea: Exploring the Marine Life of a Pacific Paradise has just been released. This stunning book looks at the sea that nourishes the Great bear Rainforest.
Have a look at the Great Bear Books website, and this incredible video.

Welcome to the Great Bear Rainforest

Making Tracks.

The first two titles in the new Orca Footprints series, Pedal It!: How Bicycles are Changing the World and Down to Earth: How Kids Help Feed the World have both been aligned with the US Common Core curriculum.

Check out the correlation here.

And have a sneak peek at the newest book in the Orca Footprints series - Brilliant!: Shining a Light on Sustainable Energy.

In an advance review of Brilliant! Kirkus says:

"A smart, welcoming introduction to alternative fuels, one that puts the greater world in readers' hands."

Sure, we have a plan...

A Contingency Plan that is. Lou Allin's latest title in the Rapid Reads series has won the Arthur Ellis Award for Excellence in Crime Writing in the novella category.

"An adrenaline filled race to the finish...Perfect for ESL readers, reluctant readers, or adult readers who want a quick read." (Tri-State Book Review.)

All the world's a stage...

Craving attention? Just wanna sing? Have a look at the Orca Limelights, a new series of novels about the performing arts.
First up this Fall: Totally Unrelated by Tom Ryan (which is a Junior Library Guild selection), Cut the Lights by Karen Krossing and Attitude by Robin Stevenson.

Orca Limelights - Coming Fall 2013

And cue up this video to hear teens talking about their passion for performing.

Go ahead, break a leg.

Just great...

Just Gone, the new Rapid Reads novel from William Kowalski has just received a great review from Publishers Weekly.

"Worthy and positive...(appropriate for adult literacy and ESL programs)...the hopeful message of service and perseverance is well realized."

Text-erific...

Heard about Text2Reader? Curious? How about a sample issue? Click here for access to the full issue from September 2012.

Text2Reader is a Language Arts program for grades 6 to 8. Using selections from bestselling books, Text2Reader is developed by teachers and is correlated to the English Language Arts

curriculum and Common Core.

And if you are a BC teacher, T2R is available at a discount through LearnNowBC and has been approved by ERAC. the BC Educational Resource Acquisition Consortium. This resource "extensively" supports the BC curriculum and the activity and assignments that accompany the texts are very much based on English Language Arts learning outcomes.

Email for a sample issue or to learn more.

THANKS FOR READING!

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