Be Kind
This illustrated nonfiction book for middle-grade readers explores the history, science and mysteries of kindness and examines the things we can do for ourselves and others to help make the world a kinder place.
Lucy Tries Team Sports Four Pack
A four-book picture-book series that introduces children to different team sports and encourages active and engaged lifestyles. Featuring soccer, hockey, basketball and baseball.
Phoenix ani’ Gichichi-i’/Phoenix Gets Greater
A delightful and gentle story about a young Two-Spirit Indigenous child celebrating his identity, overcoming bullying, and bonding with his family. This dual language edition contains the story in both Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) and English.
Too Much Trash
Part of the nonfiction Orca Footprints series for middle-grade readers, this book examines how garbage hurts animals and their habitats. Illustrated with photographs throughout.
Vee in Between
When Vee was nine months old, her parents flew to China to adopt her. But when she struggles to keep up in Chinese dance class and a woman at the grocery store makes Vee feel like she doesn’t belong, her white parents don’t always understand.
I Am BIG
In the middle of the ice, a young Black hockey player finds joy in his talent and confidence in the cheers of his family, his coach, and the other players. Their support gives him the power to face down those who see him as a threat and to focus on the thrill of the game.
The Most Beautiful Thing I Have Ever Seen
A little girl sees her mother’s fear when war comes to their home. Fear is replaced with hope when they board a huge, shiny airplane. When it lands, they are somewhere new, and slowly, it comes to feel like home.
Good Food, Bad Waste
Part of the nonfiction Orca Think series for middle-grade readers, this illustrated book examines the problem of food waste around the world, its consequences for the environment and practical things young readers can do to curb food waste.
Plant-Powered Protein
Essential nutrition facts and dietary guidelines on how to get enough protein on a plant-based diet. Includes thirty recipes to make it easy to try out new food choices.
Waking Ben Doldrums
Neighbors come together to support a university student experiencing depression in this illustrated picture book about the power of community and kindness.
Billie and Bean at the Beach
With encouragement from her energetic dog, a hesitant child tries swimming at the beach in her own time and discovers a colorful world beneath the surface in this beautifully illustrated picture book.
Your Brain Is Amazing
This illustrated nonfiction book for middle-grade readers is a comprehensive overview of the brain. It looks at the science behind how it works, how it directs our day-to-day lives and how much we don't know about this key organ in our bodies.
AWOL
In this graphic novel for middle readers, everyone in eleven-year-old Leah’s family is affected by her father’s PTSD.
Fractured
Susan Mockler’s physical and psychological journey after a car accident left her partially paralyzed is an illuminating look at healthcare, ableism, and Susan’s acceptance of the mantle of disability activist.
I Hope / nipakosêyimon
This beautifully illustrated dual-language picture book, written by award-winning Indigenous author Monique Gray Smith, explores all the hopes adults have for the children in their lives. In English and Plains Cree.
J’espère
Cet album aux illustrations magnifiques, écrit par l’autrice autochtone primée Monique Gray Smith, fait un survol des espoirs que les adultes nourrissent pour les enfants de leur vie.
Rush Hour
This nonfiction book for middle-grade readers looks at the evolution of traffic, how it's affecting the environment and practical things young people can do to help. Illustrated with photographs.
Why Humans Work
Part of the nonfiction Orca Think series for middle-grade readers, this illustrated book explores why we work and why people around the world end up in the jobs, careers and professions they do.
Growing Old, Going Cold
A thoughtful and passionate memoir about Kathleen McDonnell’s enduring love for cold-water swimming and how it has benefited her life.
I Make Space
A straightforward but impactful board book about setting boundaries for yourself and respecting the boundaries of others.
Fresh Air, Clean Water
Part of the nonfiction Orca Think series for middle-grade readers, this illustrated book explores our right to a healthy environment and introduces the stories of people fighting for change.
Calm
A quiet board book full of soothing messages to encourage adult readers to stay calm and co-regulate with the babies and toddlers in their lives.
I'm Good and Other Lies
A pandemic lockdown has twelfth-grader Kelsey Kendler stuck at home with her unstable substance-using mom and distant dad.
Every Last Drop
Part of the nonfiction Orca Footprints series for middle-grade readers, this book explores one of our most precious resources: water.
