In this guest post, Who is Tanksy? author Bev Katz Rosenbaum explains where she got her inspiration for the book and what she hopes young readers can take away from it in 2020.
Growing up, I didn’t know much about mental health. We never even used those words in my small town.
In this guest post, author Eric Walters explains how he was inspired to write an early chapter book, High and Dry, and a middle grade Hi-Lo book, On the Rocks, based on the same real-life event. (Classroom questions and activities included!)
Happy Spring, Orca Blog readers! As the seasons change, so does the weather. In this guest post, CBC meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe shares what it’s like writing about science for kids, and how to talk to them about scary topics like natural disasters.
Melanie Jackson discusses how she was influenced by Edgar Allan Poe when writing her latest YA mystery, Tick Tock Terror, and what she ended up discovering about the famously unhappy poet.
The following post was written by Kate Hargreaves, author of Jammer Star. Roller derby can sound intimidating. It’s a contact sport, you have to learn new skills (like how to roller skate!) and you don’t learn the rules in gym class at school (yet!). But it’s also one of the …
