New Classroom Collections

Orca Soundings Collection
Set of 57 paperback books and a Teacher Resource Guide on CD
List price: $603.15




• Interest level age 12+
• Reading levels from grade 2.0 to 4.5

"[The] series fulfills the wishes of countless librarians and teachers by providing well-written, relevant stories geared toward lower level readers. These slender books are an easy sell with their colorful, teen-savvy covers and edgy titles. Broad range of topics and viewpoints allow readers plenty of choices for individual reading preferences... There are many reasons why teens find themselves uninterested in reading, but these books are great tools for luring them back."
-VOYA

Orca Currents Collection
Set of 34 paperback books and a Teacher Resource Guide on CD
List price: $379.30

• Interest level age 10-14
• Reading levels from grade 2.0 to 4.5

"Orca Currents is an exceptional series of books for younger audiences, as well as for less avid readers, or challenged readers in intermediate grades of high school…Excellent for the "quick reads" section of the school or classroom library."
-Resource Links

"Any librarian who sees the light in a student's eye when she says she read her Orca book in one day cannot resist immediately calling his or her favorite vendor and making sure that there are plenty of Orca books on the shelf."
-Bruce Duboff, librarian in Pennsauken, NJ