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Microbes to the Rescue: Using Bacteria, Algae and Fungi to Clean Up the Planet
$21.95 Add to cartMicrobes are tiny but mighty, and they’re everywhere!
When left alone, microbes such as bacteria, fungi and algae are experts at adapting, surviving and thriving under extreme and constantly changing
- Series: Orca Footprints
- Author: Ridge, Yolanda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 1459839137
- Language: English
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The True Story of Vanilla: How Edmond Albius Made History
$24.95 Add to cartIn 1841, a 12-year-old enslaved boy, Edmond Albius, made history when he discovered how to hand-pollinate vanilla plants using a bamboo twig.
Until that time, only bees in Mexico could pollinate the p
- Series: Orca Biography
- Author: Richards, Ann
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 1459838440
- Language: English
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Under Fire
$10.95 Add to cartSixteen-year-old Poppy doesn’t mind responsibility.
So when Poppy’s widowed dad leaves her and her brother while he helps fight a distant wildfire, she’s confident she can manage. Her brother Jed has
- Series: Orca Anchor
- Author: Prendergast, Gabrielle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: April 15 2025
- ISBN10: 145983822X
- Language: English
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You’re Out of Luck, Alina Butt
$14.95 Add to cartTwelve-year-old Alina is actually looking forward to going back to school.
For once, she has some friends to sit beside on the first day. But when Alina walks into her classroom, someone is sitting in
- Series: Alina Butt
- Author: Butt-Hussain, Ambreen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 145984162X
- Language: English
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Two Tricksters Find Friendship
$8.95 Add to cartTo Jessie and Johnny, their friendship is easy.
Jessie and Johnny have been inseparable ever since Jessie moved to the small island town during summer break. But as they begin fourth grade together,
- Series: Orca Echoes
- Author: Aitken, Johnny
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 1459839285
- Language: English
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Thicker Than Water
$9.95 Read moreZack Bernard has a thing for crime shows, especially the forensic-investigation kind.
So when his friend Ella goes missing, Zack can’t help piecing together what he thinks is concrete evidence that co
- Series: Orca Soundings
- Author: Deen, Natasha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 29 2019
- ISBN10: 145982198X
- Language: English
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Depth of Field
$10.95 Read moreWhen Josh Biswas found out his girlfriend, Lian, was cheating on him, it didn’t only break his heart, it threatened his GPA.
Lian calls him boring and turns in their joint photography project in as he
- Series: Orca Soundings
- Author: Deen, Natasha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1459832205
- Language: English
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Ramadan: The Holy Month of Fasting
$18.95 Read moreThe month of Ramadan offers the opportunity to improve one’s personal and spiritual behavior.
By focusing on positive thoughts and actions, Muslims build a closer connection with God and come away fro
- Series: Orca Origins
- Author: Khan, Ausma Zehanat
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 88
- Publish Date: January 21 2025
- ISBN10: 1459841883
- Language: English
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What Matters
$12.95 Add to cartWhat 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 na… [more below]
- Author: Hughes, Alison
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 12 2020
- ISBN10: 1459826418
- Language: English
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Dreaming Alongside
$21.95 Add to cartLet Dragonfly lead you on a journey of inspiration!
Following your winged guide, visit the places and things that can help you find strength in the present and imagine your amazing future. Dream along
- Author: Gray Smith, Monique
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1459838610
- Language: English
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Can We Talk?: How Humans Stay in Touch
$29.95 Add to cartLet’s talk.
We don’t think much about our ability to communicate. We simply have a conversation, make a call, send a text or use sign language to share information. But how was human language invented
- Series: Orca Timeline
- Author: Birmingham, Maria
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: March 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1459838726
- Language: English
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Lark Wraps It Up
$8.95 Add to cartLark and Connor are ready for a sunny day at the splash pad when their halmoni (grandmother) gets a call from her friend Miss June.
Miss June’s handmade quilt has been stolen right from her backyard–
- Series: Orca Echoes
- Author: Deen, Natasha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: April 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1459838785
- Language: English
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Kenzie’s Little Tree
$21.95 Add to cartWhen Kenzie picks out a small tree for her family’s backyard, she promises to take care of it.
It seems delicate, just like her mom, who doesn’t always feel well. As the seasons change, her mom’s heal
- Author: McGauley, Alison
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1459837916
- Language: English
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Ins and Outs
$21.95 Add to cartIt’s all about ins and outs!
While a person sleeps inside, a cat climbs out of the open window. Next, a child sits on the swings outside in an empty school playground, but they get picked up and are i
- Author: Withey, Elizabeth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1459838351
- Language: English
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No Huddles for Heloise
$21.95 Add to cartHeloise likes a lot of things: sledding, giving rocks to her friends, and eating fish popsicles. She does NOT like certain things, like crowds, close-talkers and huddles.
The problem is, huddles are a
- Author: Kerbel, Deborah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1459839102
- Language: English
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Creatively Human: Why We Imagine, Make and Innovate
$26.95 Add to cartCreativity is everywhere and everyone is creative.
Our brains and bodies are built to make and innovate, and that instinct is as old as humanity itself. Starting when we’re babies, we draw, tell stori
- Series: Orca Think
- Author: Peterson, Lois
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: March 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1459837770
- Language: English
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Bison: Community Builders and Grassland Caretakers
$24.95 Add to cartBison are North America’s largest land animals.
Some 170,000 wood bison once roamed northern regions, while at least 30 million plains bison trekked across the rest of the continent. Almost driven to
- Series: Orca Wild
- Author: Backhouse, Frances
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: April 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1459839234
- Language: English
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Nevin Knows
$21.95 Add to cartNevin and his grandpa are heading to the park on a spring day, and Grandpa checks with Nevin about what shoes to wear.
Should he wear boots? NO! Sandals? NO! Slippers? NO! Running shoes? YES! YES! YES
- Author: Messier, Mireille
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1459836847
- Language: English
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Above, Below and Long Ago: Animals, Plants and Fossils in Hidden Places
$26.95 Add to cartLet’s get closer to wildlife that is hard to see.
There are animals and plants in the skies, deep underwater, on clifftops, in caves, underground and from long, long ago that remain hidden from the wo
- Author: Bright, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: March 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1459842138
- Language: English
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What’s in the Walls?
$12.95 Add to cartScritch, scratch…
One day after floor hockey practice, ten-year-old Zack hears some strange sounds in the school gym. But he’s the only one in there. It sounds like scratching…and it’s coming from
- Series: Orca Shivers
- Author: Champagne, Julie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: February 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1459839862
- Language: English
