The Water You're Swimming In

In this moving middle-grade novel, Noah tries to be the perfect kid to keep his parents happy and his anxiety at bay after his teenage brother runs away, but he finds himself floundering and sets off to find his brother himself.

Reflection

Introduction by: Dr. Rosie Ramsden

Hedy Bohm is a Jewish teenager from Oradea, Romania, who survives Auschwitz-Birkenau and the Fallersleben concentration camp, where she is a forced laborer at the Volkswagen factory. After liberation, Hedy, now an orphan, escapes from Communist Hungary to Canada, where she starts a family and becomes involved in Holocaust education.

Color in Nature

Part of the nonfiction Orca Wild series for middle-grade readers and illustrated with color photographs throughout, this book examines how animals use color for survival.

Gone Forever?

Illustrated By: Xulin Wang

Part of the nonfiction Orca Think series for middle-grade readers, this illustrated book introduces young people to places around the world that could disappear because of the effects of human-caused climate change.

Dessin refuge

Illustrated By: Camille Lavoie

La classe de Yohan le submerge de bruit et de demandes contradictoires. Ses crayons offrent une échappatoire : des lignes colorées deviennent des montgolfières qui l'élèvent au-dessus du chaos

Les insectes

Illustrated By: Laurie Forêt

Une fourmi détective met les enfants au défi de repérer les mensonges cachés parmi des faits surprenants sur sept insectes, en mêlant sciences, humour et histoires farfelues pour développer curiosité, confiance et esprit critique chez les jeunes lecteurs.

Mikuan et Apinam

Illustrated By: Tara Miller

Mikuan, huit ans, adore son petit frère Apinam, né avec une paralysie cérébrale. Une balade en forêt avec leur kukum prend une tournure inattendue lorsqu'ils tombent nez à nez avec un ours noir.

Nocturnal Animals

Under the cover of darkness, a hidden world awakens… Tree frogs sing love songs, while a bobcat waits to pounce on mice beneath the snow. From shadowy forests to moonlit meadows, nighttime creatures from around the world come to life. With poetic text and dreamy art by Ashley Anne Clark, this cozy tale will delight readers of all ages.

Smart Machines

Illustrated By: Pui Yan Fong

Part of the nonfiction Orca Think series for middle-grade readers, this illustrated book introduces young readers to artificial intelligence and how this technology will influence humanity now and in the future.