1.
Series:
Big Whales, Small World
Board book
Mark Leiren-Young
9781459825024
$10.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 0 - 2
Apr 14, 2020
In Big Whales, Small World you will meet whales from around the world. This rhyming photographic board book visits the oceans of places like New Zealand, Russia and South America. Writer, filmmaker and orca activist Mark Leiren-Young introduces young readers to blue whales bigger than dinosaurs and tiny vaquitas who swim close to shores.
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Series:
Orcas of the Salish Sea
Hardcover
Mark Leiren-Young
9781459825055
$19.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 6 - 8
Apr 14, 2020
Meet Onyx and the orcas of J pod, the world’s most famous whales. Illustrated with stunning photos, this picture book introduces young readers to the orcas humans first fell in love with. The members of J pod live in the Salish Sea, off the coast of Washington and British Columbia. Moby Doll was the first orca ever displayed in captivity, Granny was the oldest orca known to humanity, and Scarlet was the orca humans fought to save.
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Series:
The Sun is a Peach
Board book
Sara Cassidy
9781459818675
$10.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 0 - 2
May 05, 2020
A young child walks along a country road into town where there’s a parade on. The experiences of the day, and the child’s eventual homecoming and bedtime, are chronicled and compared to the sun. The sun takes the form of the yolk of an egg, a spool of thread, the eye of a bird, an ice-cream cone and a dandelion. Each round, yellow item on the page hints at the big golden ball in the sky. Stunning illustrations by Josée Bisaillon capture how imagination shapes the environment around us. This simple board book shows children that the way they s...
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Series:
Bath Time!
Board book
Eric Walters
9781459821309
$10.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 0 - 2
Apr 21, 2020
What makes bath time fun for baby? Bath toys! From parading penguins and splashing seals to frolicking frogs and bathing beavers, these joyful animal toys are ready to play. Join the splashy party in the tub…you may even get wet too! Bright, vibrant illustrations from Christine Battuz match the energy of a baby in the bath as you’re introduced to Eric Walters’s animal alliterations across each page. It’s just good clean fun!
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Series:
Grandmother School
Hardcover
Rina Singh
9781459819054
$19.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 6 - 8
May 05, 2020
Every morning, a young girl walks her grandmother to the Aajibaichi Shala, the school that was built for the grandmothers in her village to have a place to learn to read and write. The narrator beams with pride as she drops her grandmother off with the other aajis to practice the alphabet and learn simple arithmetic. A moving story about family, women and the power of education—when Aaji learns to spell her name you’ll want to dance along with her. Women in countless countries continue to endure the limitations of illiteracy. Unjust laws have...
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Series: Orca Two Read
Meg and Greg: A Duck in a Sock
Paperback
Elspeth Rae
9781459824904
$14.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 6 - 8
Apr 14, 2020
A Duck in a Sock is the first book in a series designed for shared reading between a child learning to read and an experienced reader. The stories have special features to help a child with dyslexia or another language-based learning difficulty find reading success. Meg and Greg are hanging out for the summer doing what ten-year-olds do—helping an injured duckling, finding a lost pet fish, saving ranch animals from a wildfire and catching a wandering sloth! Jump inside to join Meg and Greg on their adventures.
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Series: Orca Echoes
Genius Jolene
Paperback
Sara Cassidy
9781459825291
$7.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 6 - 8
Apr 07, 2020
On her annual trip in her father’s 18-wheeler, eight-year-old Jolene is headed to Los Angeles on a six-day road trip to deliver some newsprint with her dad. Just like last year, they tell each other stories and listen to music. They also keep up their favorite tradition: critiquing one type of food at every stop. This time it’s onion rings. But this year is also different. Unlike last year, Jolene’s parents are no longer together. They split up when her father came out as gay. These are big changes for Jolene, but she is spunky and smart and h...
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Series:
Rock Mammoth
Paperback
Eveline Payette
9781459824263
$12.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 9 - 12
Apr 21, 2020
Louis has to do an oral presentation on his pet. To everyone’s great surprise, he decides to present his mammoth. Even more surprising, he talks to the class about a new species of hairy Elephantidae only recently discovered: the Rock Mammoth. This proud ancestor of the hairy musicians of the ’70s didn’t actually disappear. In fact, these elephants had had enough of being rock stars and wished for a more tranquil life. So they decided to remain hidden during the last millennia. But now Louis, the great mammoth enthusiast and rigorous scientific...
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Series:
Tales from the Fringes of Fear
Paperback
Jeff Szpirglas
9781459824584
$12.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 9 - 12
Apr 21, 2020
Most kids don’t have to stress about things like exotic insects with a taste for human flesh when they go to class. But students at this school have to be ever vigilant. You never know when a supernatural pastry or a clay monster bent on revenge might be lurking just around the corner. Even a simple field trip to a local animal sanctuary can have ssserious consequences. Dragged fresh from the grave and pulled out of the haunted corners of a school locker, these thirteen new stories are a nod to the storytelling style of Tales from the Crypt and...
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Series: Orca Footprints
Chemical World
Science in Our Daily Lives
Hardcover
Rowena Rae
9781459821576
$19.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 9 - 12
May 12, 2020
Chemical World: Science in Our Daily Lives explores some of the materials—all of which are made of basic chemical elements—that humans use or come into contact with in their day-to-day lives. Some of these chemicals are naturally occurring—clay, mercury, lead. Others have been synthesized by chemists during the past 150 years and used in a bewildering array of products ranging from roof shingles to toothpaste. Many chemical inventions, as well as naturally produced chemicals, have had profound effects on food supply, developing medicines and cr...
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Series: Orca Origins
Powwow
A Celebration through Song and Dance
Hardcover
Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane
9781459812345
$24.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 9 - 12
Apr 21, 2020
★ “Clearly organized and educational—an incredibly useful tool for both school and public libraries.” —School Library Journal, starred review Powwow is a celebration of Indigenous song and dance. Journey through the history of powwow culture in North America, from its origins to the thriving powwow culture of today. As a lifelong competitive powwow dancer, Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane is a guide to the protocols, regalia, songs, dances and even food you can find at powwows from coast to coast, as well as the important role they play in In...
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Series: Orca Wild
Bird's-Eye View
Keeping Wild Birds in Flight
Hardcover
Ann Eriksson
9781459821538
$24.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 9 - 12
May 12, 2020
Wild birds are everywhere, from the dry deserts to the icy poles. We see them soaring overhead, paddling across water, flitting through trees, pecking at the ground or our backyard bird feeders and singing from fence posts. Birds contribute to the health of the planet and provide pleasure for millions of people, but wild birds are in trouble. Today, almost 200 bird species are critically endangered. They are threatened by habitat loss, invasive species, climate change, pesticides, plastics in the environment, human-made structures and other ani...
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Series: Orca Wild
Sea Otters
A Survival Story
Hardcover
Isabelle Groc
9781459817371
$24.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 9 - 12
Apr 28, 2020
Sea otters once ruled the Pacific Ocean, but the fur trade of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries brought this predator to near extinction. Today they’re slowly coming back from the brink, and scientists are learning more about their pivotal role as one of nature’s keystone species. This book looks at the history, biology, behavior and uncertain future of sea otters. Author and photojournalist Isabelle Groc takes us into the field: watching sea otter rafts off the British Columbia coast from a kayak, exploring what makes their fur coats so ...
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Series:
One Earth
People of Color Protecting Our Planet
Paperback
Anuradha Rao
9781459818866
$24.95
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION
Age (years) from 12
Apr 07, 2020
? “The activists’ stories are extraordinary...It’s a powerful answer to Rao’s framing questions: ‘Who is an environmental defender? What does she or he look like? Maybe like you. Maybe like me.’”—Publishers Weekly, starred review ? “Thought-provoking reading for young people figuring out their own contributions. This valuable compilation shows that Earth’s salvation lies in the diversity of its people.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review One Earth profiles Black, Indigenous and People of Color who live and work as environmental defenders. Through...
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Series: Orca Issues
Heads Up
Changing Minds on Mental Health
Paperback
Melanie Siebert
9781459819115
$24.95
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION
Age (years) from 12
Apr 21, 2020
? “Informative, diverse, and highly engaging; a much-needed addition to the realm of mental health.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review Featuring real-life stories of people who have found hope and meaning in the midst of life’s struggles, Heads Up: Changing Minds on Mental Health is the go-to guide for teenagers who want to know about mental health, mental illness, trauma and recovery. For too long, mental health problems have been kept in the shadows, leaving people to suffer in silence, or worse, to be feared, bullied or pushed to the margins o...
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Series: Runecaster
The Stone of Sorrow
Paperback
Brooke Carter
9781459824393
$14.95
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 12
Apr 07, 2020
In a land of myth and ice, seventeen-year-old Runa Unnursdóttir is not the runecaster her clan has been hoping for. She spends her days daydreaming of sailing away and exploring the world instead of studying the runes and learning her spells. The villagers consider her odd, in looks and in manner. She’s nothing like her talented sister, Sýr, keeper of the sacred moonstone that ensures the village’s continued survival. But when a rival clan led by an evil witch raids the village and kidnaps her sister, Runa is forced to act. With a fallen Valkyr...
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