May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and we are thrilled to share this great collection of books by AAPI creators or with AAPI themes. These books are fantastic reads, not just this month but all year round!
In this guest post, author Eric Walters shares the inspiration for his books Bear in the Family and Saving Sammy, both part of the Orca Echoes line.
I Make Space, a new book from Governor General Literary Award-nominated author Sara Cassidy and illustrator Jimmy Tigani, is now available from Orca Book Publishers.
In this guest post, author Pamela McDowell shares the inspiration for her book, Fire on the Mountain, and how wildfires affect families, communities, animals and more.
For spring break, sixteen-year-old Maya travels from Vancouver to Palm Springs to visit her grandparents, soak up the sun and play some tennis. When they surprise her with tickets to the Indian Wells tennis tournament, she can’t believe her luck. This is going to be the best vacation ever. But …
In Impossible, seventeen-year-old Jemma’s older brother took her in when she needed to get away from her abusive ex-boyfriend, Razor. All Jemma wants now is to be a good mom to her baby daughter, Violet. But one night she needs to go out, just for a few minutes, to get …
