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This illustrated nonfiction book for middle-grade readers explores the spices, condiments and confections we love and the rich histories and cultures they come from.Author: Jacques PasquetPublisher:...

Learn about the importance of seeds and how saving and conserving them for the future is key to sustaining healthy life on the planet. Seeds are essential to all life on the planet. They provide us...

Follow along as Pup learns how to eat spiky sea urchins, somersault beneath the waves and groom himself. He still needs lots of help from Mother, but one day Pup will be old enough to dive down...

In this graphic novel for early middle readers, mysterious raccoon-like Moon Creatures are discovered on an island in the Pacific Northwest.Author: Mike DeasPublisher: Orca Book PublishersPublication...

In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, eighteen-year-old Jake is targeted by a crime boss after he unwittingly helps a teen girl break into a houseboat.Author: Sigmund...

Charlotte is going to prove her grandma is right--the lake monster is real! When Charlotte gets a drone for her fourteenth birthday, she's determined to get footage of Dottie, the elusive lake...

Healthy ecosystems are important to the more than eight million different species that live on Earth, including humans. But over the centuries humans have damaged and changed the environment that we...

High-school football champion Matt Barnes was on the top of the world until a freak snowboarding accident left him permanently disabled, ending his promising sports career. People gawk with horror...

A young child skates, bakes, and milks the cow while the moon wondrously transforms above. When they walk through the woods with their skates, the moon is a frozen pond. When they tend the cow, the...

Despite living an ocean apart, a child connects with her grandfather over a shared love of pie and learns to hold space for him through his progressive illness.Author: Hayley LowePublisher: Orca Book...

In this meditative picture book about loss, a butterfly finds peace in the memories left behind by its friend, the rock.Author: Kathy StinsonPublisher: Orca Book PublishersPublication Date: Oct 15,...

In this illustrated chapter book, twins Henry and Allie buy their mom a pair of headphones for her work-from-home meetings, but they soon discover something much better: an empty room in the basement...

In this novel for middle readers, eleven-year-old Alina has once again moved to a new school, but this time she is determined to reinvent herself.Author: Ambreen Butt-HussainPublisher: Orca Book...

As daylight fades to dusk and slips into darkness, this gentle lullaby celebrates the sounds of the Prairies and the Plains on a stormy summer's night. From the hum of dragonflies to the drumming of...

As daylight fades to dusk and slips into darkness, this gentle lullaby celebrates the sounds of the Prairies and Plains on a stormy summer's night. From the hum of dragonflies to the drumming of...

Part of the nonfiction Orca Timeline series, with photographs and illustrations throughout, this book explores why and how people have built walls all over the world throughout the course of human...

This inclusive picture book celebrates the joy of preparing to welcome a child, with contemporary illustrations depicting diverse families and their communities of support.Author: Julie...

In this novel for middle readers told in vignettes, Mia and her best friend, Lara, have very different experiences growing up in a northern fishing community in the 1980s.Author: Kim...

Every day, no matter where we are or where we need to go, humans need food. Imagine carrying meals with you as you parachute into a war zone. Or trying to stay well fed while building the pyramids...

A nonfiction picture book that introduces very young children to the concept of death in a way that is gentle, age-appropriate and comforting.Author: Jillian RobertsPublisher: Orca Book...

In this buoyant picture book, three friends go to the park and their creativity spreads to everyone around them, into dance, chalk drawings, dramatic play and, when the day is over, inspirational...

This beautiful board book looks at how the simple act of being kind, to others and oneself, affects all aspects of a child's life.Author: Monique Gray SmithPublisher: Orca Book PublishersPublication...

Author: Monique Gray SmithPublisher: Orca Book PublishersPublication Date: Oct 13, 2020Number of Pages: 32 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: HardcoverISBN-10: 1459827538ISBN-13: 9781459827530

Where Do Babies Come From?: Our First Talk About Birth (Just Enough, 1)Author: Jillian RobertsPublisher: Orca Book PublishersPublication Date: Mar 15, 2022Number of Pages: 32 pagesLanguage:...

Why Do Families Change?: Our First Talk About Separation And Divorce (Just Enough, 4)Author: Jillian RobertsPublisher: Orca Book PublishersPublication Date: Sep 22, 2020Number of Pages: 32...

Vaccination is one of humanity's most effective and greatest discoveries. Infections like the plague, smallpox and other deadly diseases have affected and killed people for thousands of years, but...

Part of the nonfiction Orca Footprints series for middle-grade readers, this book explores the science of road ecology and what happens when highways, wildlife and habitats intersect. Illustrated...

An evocative board book intended to foster empathy among children and encourage them to show each other love and support.Author: Monique Gray SmithPublisher: Orca Book PublishersPublication Date: Feb...

Encourage children to show love and support for each other and to consider each other's well-being in their everyday actions. Consultant, international speaker and award-winning author Monique Gray...

Can Zevi use his psychic powers to save the life of a famous movie star? Sudden fame throws thirteen-year-old Zevi into the spotlight when the media discovers his secret abilities--and it's ruining...