Books to Read for Orange Shirt Day
We at Orca are taking time this Orange Shirt Day to acknowledge the harmful effects of residential schools on Indigenous communities.
We at Orca are taking time this Orange Shirt Day to acknowledge the harmful effects of residential schools on Indigenous communities.
“Why did they make it so high?” one of journalist Gregor Craigie’s sons asked him, sparking the inspiration for his new book, Why Humans Build Up: The Rise of Towers, Temples and Skyscrapers. Illustrated by Kathleen Fu, this nonfiction book for children aged 9 to 12 seeks to answer Craigie’s son’s question.
Monique Gray Smith was watching her own children when she was inspired to write her newest picture book, I Hope, available September 13. Smith was on a family vacation with her then 15-year-old twins when inspiration struck. “I kept thinking about all the hopes I had and have for them,” describes Smith. …
Our Educational Sales Manager, Sarah, shares her top picks for back-to-school. These books will allow you to start the year off with hope, empathy, curiosity and laughter!
Prince Rupert is well known for rain and fishing. I’ve never known anything but. Like rain, salmon has always been a part of my life—in the ocean, on the stove, in the refrigerator or in my belly.
Most people say they like summer for the sun, but for coastal Natives, summer means one thing—salmon. The sockeye salmon season. It’s an important time of year because that is how most Native people earn their living. It’s also when we preserve our food for the winter.
Little Pine Cone: Wildfires and the Natural World written by CBC meteorologist Johanna Wagstaff and illustrated by award-winning illustrator Julie McLaughlin is now available from Orca Book Publishers.