Orca Echoes Resource Guide

Orca Echoes Resource Guide
Author: Alex Van Tol
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2009-09-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1554693780

The Orca Echoes are lively, entertaining short chapter books aimed at readers between ages seven and nine. These popular classroom favorites are well suited for social responsibility and character building programs. The Orca Echoes Resource Guide helps teachers open the door for meaningful classroom discussion. Professionally written guides with curriculum connections, writing exercises, discussion questions and activities are provided for each title in the Orca Echoes series. With additional information on teaching ideas, reading levels, literature circles and assessment, the Orca Echoes Resource Guide is a valuable tool for teachers using Orca Echoes in the classroom.

Orca Echoes Resource Guide

Orca Echoes Resource Guide
Author: Alex Van Tol
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2009-09
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1554692407

The Orca Echoes Resource Guide helps teachers open the door for meaningful classroom discussion. Professionally written guides with curriculum connections, writing exercises, discussion questions and activities are provided for each title in the Orca Echoes series.

Speaking Our Truth

Speaking Our Truth
Author: Monique Gray Smith
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2017-09-19
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 145981584X

Holding each other up with respect, dignity and kindness.

Orca Sports Resource Guide

Orca Sports Resource Guide
Author: Susan Greye
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Total Pages: 155
Release: 2009-09
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1551439255

The Orca Sports Resource Guide provides teachers with ideas for connecting each title in the series to the curriculum, the text and, most importantly, the students.

Batcat and the Seven Squirrels

Batcat and the Seven Squirrels
Author: Eric Walters
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Total Pages: 58
Release: 2016-10-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1459812573

Nathan has always loved animals and longs for a pet. When a baby squirrel shows up at Nathan's door, he wonders what could have happened to its mother. It isn't long before his family discovers six more orphaned baby squirrels in need of food and shelter. With help from Batcat, a neighborhood cat who is fed by many but owned by no one, Nathan learns to care for the squirrels. But all babies must leave the nest eventually. Will Nathan finally find a pet to call his own? The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

Blackberry Juice

Blackberry Juice
Author: Sara Cassidy
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Total Pages: 79
Release: 2016-09-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1459812298

In this early chapter book and follow-up to Not For Sale, Cyrus and his brother, Rudy, adjust to life in the country after moving into their new house.

Mystery of the Missing Luck

Mystery of the Missing Luck
Author: Jacqueline Pearce
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Total Pages: 65
Release: 2011-05-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1459806026

Sara loves her grandmother's bakery. It's a special place-not only because of its delicious Japanese buns and pastries. She enjoys spending time with her obaachan, her grandmother. But things aren't going well for the bakery. When the bakery's lucky cat statue goes missing, Sara wonders if the bakery's luck is gone for good. But then a mysterious cat appears in the backyard one night and inspires a plan. With the help of her friend, Jake, Sara just might find the statue and restore the bakery's lost luck. The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

Lark Holds the Key

Lark Holds the Key
Author: Natasha Deen
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Total Pages: 54
Release: 2016-10-18
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1459811305

The first book in the Lark Ba Detective series! It’s the third day of summer vacation, and Lark’s halmoni—that’s Korean for grandmother—has promised to take Lark and her twin brother, Connor, to the library. Only trouble is, they arrive to discover that the town librarian is missing her key to the library. Lucky for her, Lark just happens to be a budding private eye. Can rookie detectives Lark and Connor solve this mystery and recover the lost key? The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

Responsible

Responsible
Author: Darlene Ryan
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2007-10-01
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1554696992

Kevin Frasier is in a new high school—his fourth in the last year. He is trying to get along and not cause any waves. When he falls in with Nick and his friends, Frasier ends up going along as the group bullies and threatens their way through the school. When Nick starts tormenting Erin—and she stands up to him—the harassment escalates until Kevin is forced to make a difficult decision and risk everything.