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.
Guest Post: Bev Katz Rosenbaum on “Who is Tanksy?” and the 2020 American election
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.