<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">YES, Orca <a href="https://www.orcabook.com/">https://www.orcabook.com/</a> has many titles that are hard cover and they are FANTASTIC! However, their paperbacks have held up extremely well, and I'd have no problem recommending them too. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">However, I would also recommend Saddleback Publishing <a href="https://www.sdlback.com/">https://www.sdlback.com/</a> I did just check and they do only publish in paperback, however, I also think theirs are good and sturdy as well. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I really really like both of these publishers and have been using them for years. However, I work in a middle school - 7 to 8- and most of their  work is aimed at older students like middle to high school, just an FYI, although Saddleback does have some really good emerging reader series that I think would be fine for younger kids. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Tasha</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 11:02 AM Donna Brockmeyer via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I recently received a small grant to purchase High/Low books for 2nd-8th grade students reading below grade level. These books will be circulated in the school library which means thin paperbacks won't hold up. Can anyone recommend a vendor, series or author that will meet these requirements?<div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Donna Brockmeyer<br></div>Media Clerk<br></div>District 110, Grant and Illini<br></div></div></div></div>
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