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Series: Nye, Sand and Stones Hardcover Bree Galbraith 9781459820326 $19.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 5 Apr 13, 2021

Somewhere off the coast and around the corner there are two islands. One island is made mostly of stones and the other mainly of sand, and that’s where the problem began. Young Nye doesn’t understand why the people on her Island of Sand work so hard to build beautiful sandcastles every day if they are destined to be ruined by the stones catapulted over by the people of the Island of Stones every evening. When she asks “Why?” all she ever hears in response is “Because.” As years go by, Nye realizes that the Because is starting to make sens... + Read More
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Series: Nye de l’île de Sable Hardcover Bree Galbraith 9781459824720 $19.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 5 Apr 13, 2021

Quelque part au large, mais pas trop loin, se trouvent deux îles. Une est en grande partie faite de pierres tandis que l’autre est couverte de sable. C’est là que les problèmes commencent. La petite Nye ne comprend pas pourquoi les habitants de son île de Sable s’acharnent à construire jour après jour de beaux châteaux de sable qui sont détruits tous les soirs par les habitants de l’île de Roche qui y catapultent des pierres. Quand elle demande pourquoi, on lui répond toujours : « C’est comme ça, c’est tout. » Au fil des ans, Nye se rend... + Read More
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Series: What Matters Paperback Alison Hughes 9781459826410 $12.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 5 May 12, 2020

What happens when one small boy picks up one small piece of litter? He doesn't know it, but his tiny act has big consequences. From the miniscule to the universal, What Matters sensitively explores nature's connections and traces the ripple effects of one child’s good deed to show how we can all make a big difference.
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Series: Orca Footprints Chemical World Science in Our Daily Lives Hardcover Rowena Rae 9781459821576 $19.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 May 12, 2020

Chemical World: Science in Our Daily Lives explores some of the materials—all of which are made of basic chemical elements—that humans use or come into contact with in their day-to-day lives. Some of these chemicals are naturally occurring—clay, mercury, lead. Others have been synthesized by chemists during the past 150 years and used in a bewildering array of products ranging from roof shingles to toothpaste. Many chemical inventions, as well as naturally produced chemicals, have had profound effects on food supply, developing medicines and cr... + Read More
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Series: Orca Wild Bird's-Eye View Keeping Wild Birds in Flight Hardcover Ann Eriksson 9781459821538 $24.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 May 12, 2020

Wild birds are everywhere, from the dry deserts to the icy poles. We see them soaring overhead, paddling across water, flitting through trees, pecking at the ground or our backyard bird feeders and singing from fence posts. Birds contribute to the health of the planet and provide pleasure for millions of people, but wild birds are in trouble. Today, almost 200 bird species are critically endangered. They are threatened by habitat loss, invasive species, climate change, pesticides, plastics in the environment, human-made structures and other ani... + Read More
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Series: Orca Wild Sea Otters A Survival Story Hardcover Isabelle Groc 9781459817371 $24.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Apr 28, 2020

Sea otters once ruled the Pacific Ocean, but the fur trade of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries brought this predator to near extinction. Today they’re slowly coming back from the brink, and scientists are learning more about their pivotal role as one of nature’s keystone species. This book looks at the history, biology, behavior and uncertain future of sea otters. Author and photojournalist Isabelle Groc takes us into the field: watching sea otter rafts off the British Columbia coast from a kayak, exploring what makes their fur coats so ... + Read More
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Series: Orca Issues Heads Up Changing Minds on Mental Health Paperback Melanie Siebert 9781459819115 $24.95 YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION Age (years) from 12 Apr 21, 2020

? “Informative, diverse, and highly engaging; a much-needed addition to the realm of mental health.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review Featuring real-life stories of people who have found hope and meaning in the midst of life’s struggles, Heads Up: Changing Minds on Mental Health is the go-to guide for teenagers who want to know about mental health, mental illness, trauma and recovery. For too long, mental health problems have been kept in the shadows, leaving people to suffer in silence, or worse, to be feared, bullied or pushed to the mar... + Read More
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Series: One Earth People of Color Protecting Our Planet Paperback Anuradha Rao 9781459818866 $24.95 YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION Age (years) from 12 Apr 07, 2020

? “The activists’ stories are extraordinary...It’s a powerful answer to Rao’s framing questions: ‘Who is an environmental defender? What does she or he look like? Maybe like you. Maybe like me.’”—Publishers Weekly, starred review ? “Thought-provoking reading for young people figuring out their own contributions. This valuable compilation shows that Earth’s salvation lies in the diversity of its people.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review One Earth profiles Black, Indigenous and People of Color who live and work as environmental defenders. Through... + Read More
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Series: Pride The Celebration and the Struggle Revised and Expanded Edition Paperback Robin Stevenson 9781459821248 $24.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Mar 24, 2020

? “An indispensable and celebratory primer on the ongoing fight for LGBTQ+ rights. An excellent resource that is as thorough as it is visually appealing.” —School Library Journal, starred review Like the original version, this new edition of Pride: The Celebration and the Struggle celebrates the LGBTQ+ community's diversity and the incredible victories of the past 50 years—but it also has a larger focus on activism, the need to keep fighting for equality and freedom around the world and the important role that young people are playing. The new... + Read More
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Series: The World Around Us On Our Nature Walk Our First Talk About Our Impact on the Environment Hardcover Dr. Jillian Roberts 9781459821002 $19.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 6 - 8 Mar 03, 2020

This illustrated nonfiction picture book by child psychologist Dr. Jillian Roberts introduces children to the important topic of the environment. Crafted around a conversation between a grade-school-aged child and an adult, this inquiry-focused book using age-appropriate language and tone will help children shape their understanding of the natural world and how they participate in protecting it. Dr. Roberts starts the discussion with the types of pollution and trash that children might notice on a nature walk or a trip to the beach, how they ar... + Read More
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Series: Orca Footprints Ours to Share Coexisting in a Crowded World Hardcover Kari Jones 9781459816343 $19.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Oct 08, 2019

There are almost eight billion people alive today. Having that many people in the world puts pressure on both social and natural resources, and we have to ask ourselves difficult questions like, What is our fair share? And how do we share more equitably? Ours to Share starts by giving an overview of human population growth, from the time when there were only a few hundred thousand people until now. The book goes on to examine some of the inequities that happen between people when natural and social resources are stressed and provides examples o... + Read More
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Series: The Justice Project Paperback Michael Betcherman 9781459822504 $14.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 12 Oct 01, 2019

High-school football star Matt Barnes was on the top of the world until a freak snowboarding accident ended his promising sports career and left him with a permanent limp. As he struggles to accept his changed body, Matt becomes depressed and isolated. Instead of college football camp, he faces a summer job at the local golf club. Then by chance Matt lands an internship at the Justice Project, an organization that defends the wrongly convicted. The other intern is his high-school nemesis, Sonya Livingstone, a quick-witted social activist with l... + Read More
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Series: IndigLits Inconvenient Skin / nayÃªhtÃ¢wan wasakay Dual language (English & Cree) Hardcover Shane L. Koyczan 9781926886510 $29.95 POETRY May 28, 2019

Inconvenient Skin challenges how reconciliation has become a contested buzzword filled with promises and good intentions but rarely any meaningful follow-through. While Canada's history is filled with darkness, these poems aim to unpack that history to clean the wounds so the nation can finally heal. Powerful and thought-provoking, this collection will draw you in and make you reconsider Canada's colonial legacy. The cover features the art of Kent Monkman, and the interior features work by Joseph Sanchez, a member of the Indian Group of Seven.W... + Read More
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Series: Orca Issues My Body My Choice The Fight for Abortion Rights Paperback Robin Stevenson 9781459817128 $19.95 YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION Grade (CAN) from 8 - 12 May 07, 2019

Abortion is one of the most common of all medical procedures. But it is still stigmatized, ?and all too often people do not feel they can talk about their experiences. Making abortion illegal or hard to access doesn't make it any less common; it just makes it dangerous. Around the world, tens of thousands of women die from unsafe abortions every year. People who support abortion rights have been fighting hard to create a world in which the right to access safe and legal abortion services is guaranteed. The opposition to this has been intense an... + Read More
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Series: Orca Issues I Am a Feminist Claiming the F-Word in Turbulent Times Paperback Monique Polak 9781459818927 $19.95 YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION Grade (CAN) from 8 - 12 May 07, 2019

What is feminism? Why does it still matter? What exactly does intersectionality mean? In order to answer these (and many other) questions, I Am a Feminist first examines the history of feminism and then addresses the issues girls and women continue to face today. The book also looks at the ways in which people, especially young people, are working together to create a world where gender equality is a reality, not a dream. The author shares stories about the courageous individuals who have made a difference in the lives of women and girls worldw... + Read More
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Series: Orca Footprints Home Sweet Neighborhood Transforming Cities One Block at a Time Hardcover Michelle Mulder 9781459816916 $19.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7 Mar 19, 2019

Picture a busy avenue. Now plant trees along the boulevard, paint a mural by the empty lot, and add a community garden. Set up benches along the sidewalks and make space for kids' chalk drawings, and you've set the scene for a thriving community. Placemaking—personalizing public and semi-private spaces like front yards—is a growing trend in cities and suburbs around the world, drawing people out of their homes and into conversation with one another. Kids are natural placemakers, building tree forts, drawing on sidewalks and setting up lemonade ... + Read More
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Series: Orca Footprints Teacher Guide Paperback Tasha Henry 9781459822207 $29.95 EDUCATION Nov 06, 2018

Orca Footprints is a nonfiction series for middle readers that answers kids' questions about the state of the natural world, resource sustainability and how to be global citizens. Using the Orca Footprints series, this guide helps educators build an inquiry-based unit plan based on three learning modules: Our Earth, Our Work and Our Global Community. The guide includes introductions to fourteen Orca Footprint titles with ideas on how to present and use the books with a variety of dynamic activities and thoughtful graphic organizers to support s... + Read More
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Series: Orca Footprints Dive In! Exploring Our Connection with the Ocean Hardcover Ann Eriksson 9781459815865 $19.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7 Oct 09, 2018

We're all connected to the ocean, and the ocean to us. The ocean provides half the oxygen we breathe; it feeds us, creates our weather and provides us with water. But we haven't been as kind to the ocean in return. The problems are many: pollution, overfishing, rising seas and acid waters. What can be done? Don't despair; take action. Dive In! explores our intimate connection with the ocean and provides every reader with an achievable set of actions that can help improve ocean health for our sake and the sake of the millions of marine plants an... + Read More
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Series: PopActivism Can Your Conversations Change the World? Paperback Erinne Paisley 9781459813090 $14.95 YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION Grade (CAN) from 8 - 12 Sep 18, 2018

Being a feminist can mean different things to different people, but one thing it always includes is the belief in equality and human rights. Whether you are talking with one close friend or hanging out with a group of classmates, it matters what you say and how you say it. Not everyone is going to agree with your opinions, especially when you are talking about social justice issues. Can Your Conversations Change the World? provides insight into the origins and history of feminism, how it plays out on the global stage and what it means to be a y... + Read More
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Series: Orca Footprints Better Together Creating Community in an Uncertain World Hardcover Nikki Tate 9781459813007 $19.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7 Apr 03, 2018

Better Together explores how people gather in groups of all kinds to fulfill the basic human need for companionship. From the smallest units of parents, siblings and friends to global organizations that try to build on a foundation of common human experience to meet their goals, people working together are a powerful force for change. Too often, we look at someone and see all the ways we are different. People all around the world come together to build things, teach and entertain each other, and provide everything from better health care to goo... + Read More
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Series: Orca Footprints Going Wild Helping Nature Thrive in Cities Hardcover Michelle Mulder 9781459812871 $19.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7 Mar 20, 2018

Going wild. We don't see it as a good thing. And why would we? For most of our time on earth, humanity has been running from lions and other wilderness dangers. We've worked hard to make our local landscapes as safe and convenient as possible. Sometimes that's meant paving over areas that might burst into weeds. Other times, we've dammed rivers for electricity or irrigation. But now pollution, climate change and disruptions to the water cycle are affecting the world in ways we never anticipated. What if the new key to making our lives safer (an... + Read More
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Series: PopActivism Can Your Outfit Change the World? Paperback Erinne Paisley 9781459813069 $14.95 YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION Grade (CAN) from 8 - 12 Feb 20, 2018

What you choose to wear becomes part of your identity, but it doesn't affect just you. Your clothing sends a message to the world, whether you want it to or not! And often we don't know what that message really is. Can Your Outfit Change the World? looks at how and where clothes are made, how the people who make the clothes are treated and how the companies who sell the clothes affect the health of our planet. Armed with information, you can follow the book's guide to spending your fashion dollars in a responsible and eco-friendly way. Your out... + Read More
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Series: Orca Footprints A Fair Deal Shopping for Social Justice Hardcover Kari Jones 9781459810433 $19.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7 Oct 03, 2017

Fair trade is not about spending more money or buying more stuff. It's about helping producers in developing countries get a fair price for their goods. In A Fair Deal: Shopping for Social Justice, Kari Jones provides a history of trade, explaining what makes trade systems unfair and what we can do about it. By examining ways in which our global trade systems value some people over others, the book illustrates areas in which fair trade practices can help families all around the world and suggests ways to get involved in making the world a more ... + Read More
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Series: PopActivism Can Your Smartphone Change the World? Paperback Erinne Paisley 9781459813038 $14.95 YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION Grade (CAN) from 8 - 12 Sep 12, 2017

Can Your Smartphone Change the World? is a twenty-first-century guide for anyone who has access to a smartphone. This how-to manual looks at specific ways you can create social change through the tap of a screen. Filled with examples of successful hashtag campaigns, viral videos and new socially conscious apps, the book provides practical advice for using your smartphone as a tool for social justice. This is the first book in the PopActivism series, which includes Can Your Outfit Change the World? and Can Your Conversations Change the World? (c... + Read More
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Series: Orca Footprints Down To Earth How Kids Help Feed the World Paperback Nikki Tate 9781459814127 $12.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7 Apr 04, 2017

Kids all over the world help collect seeds, weed gardens, milk goats and herd ducks. From a balcony garden with pots of lettuce to a farm with hundreds of cows, kids can pitch in to bring the best and freshest products to their families' tables—and to market. Loaded with accessible information about the many facets of farming, Down to Earth takes a close look at everything from what an egg carton tells you to why genetic diversity matters—even to kids.
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Series: Orca Soundings In Plain Sight Paperback Laura Langston 9781459814165 $9.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 12 Feb 07, 2017

Fifteen-year-old Megan "Cause Queen" Caliente is president of the political science club and likes to make her voice heard. But after the protest she organized on the Las Vegas Strip takes an unexpected turn, she is suddenly wishing she could disappear. When her mother comes to pick her up at the police station, Megan learns, to her horror, that her whole life has been a lie. Her father is a convicted terrorist, responsible for the deaths of more than two hundred people, and her mother has been living under an assumed name for fifteen years. Me... + Read More
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Series: Orca Footprints Let's Eat Sustainable Food for a Hungry Planet Hardcover Kimberley Veness 9781459809390 $19.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7 Feb 07, 2017

All the food you eat, whether it's an apple or a steak or a chocolate-coated cricket, has a story. Let's Eat uncovers the secret lives of our groceries, exploring alternative—and sometimes bizarre—farm technology and touring gardens up high on corporate rooftops and down low in military-style bunkers beneath city streets. Packed with interesting and sometimes startling facts on agriculture around the world, Let's Eat reveals everything from the size of the biggest farm in the world to how many pesticides are in a single grape to which insect pe... + Read More
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Series: Orca Footprints Pocket Change Pitching In for a Better World Hardcover Michelle Mulder 9781459809666 $19.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7 Sep 13, 2016

Until a few hundred years ago, people were embarrassed to buy bread in a store. Families took pride in making almost everything they owned. These days, many people take pride in buying as much as possible! New clothes, a speedier bicycle, the latest phone. If we've got money, someone can sell us a product that will supposedly make our lives better. But each year, humanity uses resources equivalent to nearly one and a half Earths, and we're still not meeting everyone's needs. Around the world, people are questioning consumerism, leaning toward m... + Read More
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Series: Orca Footprints Deep Roots How Trees Sustain Our Planet Hardcover Nikki Tate 9781459805828 $19.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7 Feb 09, 2016

Most of us see trees every day, and too often we take them for granted. Trees provide us with everything from food, fuel and shelter to oxygen and filtered water. Deep Roots celebrates the central role trees play in our lives, no matter where we live. Each chapter in Deep Roots focuses on a basic element—water, air, fire and earth—and explores the many ways in which we need trees to keep our planet healthy and livable. From making rain to producing fruit to feeding fish, trees play an integral role in maintaining vibrant ecosystems all over the... + Read More
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Series: Orca Footprints Brilliant! Shining a light on sustainable energy Paperback Michelle Mulder 9781459812147 $12.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7 Feb 09, 2016

Did you know that cars can run on french-fry grease or that human poop can be used to provide power to classrooms? Kids in Mexico help light up their houses by playing soccer, and in the Philippines, pop-bottle skylights are improving the quality of life for thousands of families. Brilliant! is about what happens when you harness the power of imagination and innovation: the world changes for the better! Full of examples of unusual (and often peculiar) power sources, Brilliant! encourages kids to look around for new and sustainable ways to light... + Read More
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Series: Orca Footprints Pedal It! How Bicycles are Changing the World Paperback Michelle Mulder 9781459812154 $12.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7 Feb 09, 2016

Pedal It! celebrates the humble bicycle—from the very first boneshakers to the sleek racing bikes of today, from handlebars to spokes to gear sprockets—and shows you why and how bikes can make the world a better place. Not only can bikes be used to power computers and generators, they can also reduce pollution, promote wellness and get a package across a crowded city—fast! Informative but not didactic, Pedal It! encourages young readers to be part of the joy of cycling.
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Series: Orca Footprints What's the Buzz? Keeping Bees in Flight Hardcover Merrie-Ellen Wilcox 9781459809604 $19.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7 Sep 22, 2015

Whether they live alone or together, in a hive or in a hole in the ground, bees do some of the most important work on the planet: pollinating plants. What’s the Buzz? celebrates the magic of bees—from swarming to dancing to making honey—and encourages readers to do their part to keep the hives alive. All over the world, bee colonies are dwindling, but everyone can do something to help save the bees, from buying local honey to growing a bee-friendly garden.
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Series: Orca Footprints Trash Talk Moving Toward a Zero-Waste World Hardcover Michelle Mulder 9781459806924 $19.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7 Apr 01, 2015

Humans have always generated garbage, whether it’s a chewed-on bone or a broken cell phone. Our landfills are overflowing, but with some creative thinking, stuff we once threw away can become a collection of valuable resources just waiting to be harvested. Trash Talk digs deep into the history of garbage, from Minoan trash pits to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and uncovers some of the many innovative ways people all over the world are dealing with waste.
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Series: Orca Footprints Take Shelter At Home Around the World Hardcover Nikki Tate 9781459807426 $19.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7 Oct 01, 2014

A roof, a door, some windows, a floor. All houses have them, but not all houses are alike. Some have wings (airplane homes), some have wheels (Romany vardoes), some float; some are made of straw, some of snow and ice. Some are enormous, some are tiny; some are permanent and some are temporary. But all are home. Take Shelter explores the way people live all over the world and beyond—from the Arctic to the Antarctic, from an underground house in Las Vegas to the International Space Station. Everywhere people live, they adapt to th... + Read More
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Series: Orca Footprints Every Last Drop Bringing Clean Water Home Hardcover Michelle Mulder 9781459802230 $19.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7 Apr 01, 2014

In the developed world, if you want a drink of water you just turn on a tap or open a bottle. But for millions of families worldwide, finding clean water is a daily challenge, and kids are often the ones responsible for carrying water to their homes. Every Last Drop looks at why the world’s water resources are at risk and how communities around the world are finding innovative ways to quench their thirst and water their crops. Maybe you’re not ready to drink fog, as they do in Chile, or use water made from treated sewage, but yo... + Read More
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Series: Orca Footprints Brilliant! Shining a light on sustainable energy Hardcover Michelle Mulder 9781459802216 $19.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7 Oct 01, 2013

Did you know that cars can run on french-fry grease or that human poop can be used to provide power to classrooms? Kids in Mexico help light up their houses by playing soccer, and in the Philippines, pop-bottle skylights are improving the quality of life for thousands of families. Brilliant! is about what happens when you harness the power of imagination and innovation: the world changes for the better! Full of examples of unusual (and often peculiar) power sources, Brilliant! encourages kids to look around for new and sustainable ways to light... + Read More
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Series: The Great Bear Sea Exploring the Marine Life of a Pacific Paradise Paperback Ian McAllister 9781459800199 $19.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7 Sep 01, 2013

Following up the success of their first two books about the Great Bear Rainforest, The Salmon Bears and The Sea Wolves, Ian McAllister and Nicholas Read take readers on an expedition into the wondrous and mysterious underwater world of the Great Bear Sea. This amazing part of the northeast Pacific Ocean is home to some of the planet's mightiest and most beloved residents: whales, sea lions, dolphins, orcas, sea otters and wild salmon. Filled with spectacular images of this largely unknown part of the world, the book also explores the uncertain ... + Read More
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Series: Orca Footprints Pedal It! How Bicycles are Changing the World Hardcover Michelle Mulder 9781459802193 $19.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7 May 01, 2013

Pedal It! celebrates the humble bicycle—from the very first boneshakers to the sleek racing bikes of today, from handlebars to spokes to gear sprockets—and shows you why and how bikes can make the world a better place. Not only can bikes be used to power computers and generators, they can also reduce pollution, promote wellness and get a package across a crowded city—fast! Informative but not didactic, Pedal It! encourages young readers to be part of the joy of cycling.
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Series: Orca Footprints Down To Earth How Kids Help Feed the World Hardcover Nikki Tate 9781459804234 $19.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7 May 01, 2013

Kids all over the world help collect seeds, weed gardens, milk goats and herd ducks. From a balcony garden with pots of lettuce to a farm with hundreds of cows, kids can pitch in to bring the best and freshest products to their families’ tables—and to market. Loaded with accessible information about the many facets of farming, Down to Earth takes a close look at everything from what an egg carton tells you to why genetic diversity matters—even to kids.
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Series: Orca Currents Slick Paperback Sara Cassidy 9781554693528 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Oct 01, 2010

Liza, determined to prove that her mother's boyfriend is no good, starts researching the oil company he works for. Liza discovers a lawsuit against the company for compensation that is long overdue to Guatemalan farmers. She starts a group at school called GRRR! (Girls for Renewable Resources, Really!) and launches an attack on Argenta Oil. As her activism activities increase, her objections to her mother's boyfriend become political. She is learning to separate the personal from the political, but when her mother discovers her plans for a demo... + Read More
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Series: The Sea Wolves Living Wild in the Great Bear Rainforest Paperback Ian McAllister 9781554692064 $19.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7 Oct 01, 2010

The Sea Wolves sets out to disprove the notion of "the Big Bad Wolf," especially as it is applied to coastal wolves—a unique strain of wolf that lives in the rainforest along the Pacific coast of Canada. Genetically distinct from their inland cousins and from wolves in any other part of the world, coastal wolves can swim like otters and fish like the bears with whom they share the rainforest. Smaller than the gray wolves that live on the other side of the Coast Mountains, these wolves are highly social and fiercely intelligent creatures. Living... + Read More
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Series: The Salmon Bears Giants of the Great Bear Rainforest Paperback Ian McAllister 9781554692057 $18.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Grade (CAN) from 4 - 7 Apr 01, 2010

Extensively illustrated with Ian McAllister's magnificent photographs, The Salmon Bears explores the delicate balance that exists between the grizzly, black and spirit bears and their natural environment, the last great wilderness along the central coast of British Columbia. Key to this relationship are the salmon that are born in the rivers each spring, who then go out to sea as juveniles and return as adults to spawn and die, completing a cycle of life that ensures the survival of not only their own species but also virtually every other plan... + Read More
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Series: Orca Currents Branded Paperback Eric Walters 9781554692675 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Mar 01, 2010

The principal announces that the school is implementing uniforms, and Ian finds himself caught in a conflict. His friend Julia wants him to devise a plan to fight the decision, and the principal is determined to convince Ian the uniforms are a good idea. Ian wants nothing to do with the issue. While doing research for a social-justice class, he learns that the manufacturer of the uniforms is on the top-ten list for human-rights violations. When he tells the principal this, all he gets is a reminder that the penalty for refusing to wear the unif... + Read More
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Series: Orca Currents Horse Power Paperback Ann Walsh 9781551438818 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Sep 01, 2007

Once again Callie is forced to take part in her mom's latest crusade. They head into ranch country to camp—bloodthirsty mosquitoes, stinky outhouses and all—at a protest to save a rural school. Callie's grandmother shows up with her biker buddies and the singing grannies. Callie hates camping and wants nothing to do with the protest. To make matters worse, Callie's only possible ally, her cousin Del, is mad at her. The last time Callie visited, she was thrown from Del's horse, Radish. Callie claimed the horse was vicious and now Del's parents a... + Read More
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Series: Orca Soundings Stuffed Paperback Eric Walters 9781551435008 $9.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 12 Mar 01, 2006

When Ian and his classmates watch a documentary about the health concerns of eating fast food, Ian decides to start a boycott and stop everyone he can from eating at Frankie's, a huge fast-food chain with a questionable menu. The boycott takes off and Frankie's gets concerned. The company's lawyers threaten Ian and his friends and try to force them to stop the boycott. Ian must convince others that the boycott is a good idea. Can Ian stand up for what he believes in? Can you take on a corporate behemoth and win? Also available in Spanish.