Congratulations to our Forest of Reading nominees!
Congratulations! Listed here are all Orca books nominated for 2021 Forest of Reading awards.
Guest Post: Elizabeth Withey on how her own life inspired The One with the Scraggly Beard
In a guest post for the Orca Blog, Elizabeth Withey explains how her idea for The One with the Scraggly Beard came from her own family’s experiences.
Guest Post: Ann Yu-Kyung Choi on using animals to tell time in Once Upon an Hour
Once Upon an Hour author Ann Yu-Kyung explains the traditional Korean timekeeping practice where the 12 animals of the zodiac are assigned to 2-hour sections of the 24-hour clock.
Q&A with Michelle Mulder: Community-building during COVID-19
Michelle Mulder is the author of several books in the Orca Footprints series, including Home Sweet Neighborhood: Changing the World One Block at a Time. Since people started taking COVID-19 precautions such as distancing, she’s noticed a surging interest in topics she loves to write about, like cycling, community-building and …
Behind the Pages: Q&A with an Orca sales manager!
We’re taking you #BehindThePages again with another member of the Orca pod! Check out what a day on the job is like for sales manager Janet Murie.
Q&A with Michael F. Stewart: The inspiration behind Heart Sister
In this Q&A, Heart Sister author Michael F. Stewart explains where he got his inspiration for this unique story, discusses his writing process and offers advice for young aspiring writers.