header
Monographs from Canadian publishers
organized for the digital library


Preview titles in Orca

The Orca Digital Collection

Outstanding Books for Young ReadersOrca

Orca Book Publishers, Western Canada’s premier publisher of best-selling, award-winning children’s books, has released its entire digital collection on the Canadian Electronic Library.

The collection includes all titles available in digital format as of fall 2010. Seamlessly integrated with the Canadian Electronic Library on the ebrary platform, this exciting new collection offers immediate access to all titles to all cardholders system-wide at one low price.

The Orca Digital Collection includes selections for children of all ages and inclinations.

For reluctant readers there are several series:

  • Graphic Guide Adventure series for kids 8 and up,

  • Orca Currents for reluctant middle school readers,

  • Orca Sports for reluctant readers aged ten and up,

  • Orca Soundings for teen reluctant readers and

  • Rapid Reads: short novels for adults that teens love too.

For kids reading at level, there are high quality picturebooks for ages four to eight, Orca Echoes, (early chapter books for ages seven to ten) and a large selection of novels for ages nine and up.

With 421 titles in this collection, you’re sure to find something that pleases the most selective of young readers.

To supplement the collection, Orca’s resource guides for teachers are included.

These titles are available only as a collection: they are not included in the standard CEL subscription package.

For more information, see our brochure (PDF).

Term sheet:

Titles released as of December 2010 421
New titles added as published?

no

Multiple-simultaneous user license? yes
Primary purchase model subscription
Individual titles available under
perpetual access license?
no
Titles included in Canadian Electronic
Library Publishers Collection?
no
MARC records supplied without charge? yes
Subscription term 1 year
See title list (Excel)  

Pricing  
Public library system-wide license $.01/cardholder
School board system-wide license $.10/student
Minimum price per library system $ 4,000.00
Value of books in collection at list price $4,388.25