As the first in a series of childrenB次元官网网址檚 board books marked a milestone, the second is ready to launch in April.

Here is a big HIGH 5 to celebrate 1 year that our sweet little board book Hello Humpback! has been on the bestsellers list! Huge appreciation to all the parents, teachers, librarians, babysitters & all the folks out there who value sitting with our little ones & reading to them!

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One Eagle Soaring, is the second instalment in the First West Coast series of board books from

Robert B次元官网网址淟uckyB次元官网网址� Budd, a historian and writer who lives just beyond Oak BayB次元官网网址檚 borders, and Roy Henry Vickers, a renowned First Nation artist and storyteller who graduated from Oak Bay High are the dynamic author duo behind the seriesB次元官网网址� bestselling, breakout board book The first book has been on the best sellerB次元官网网址檚 list for the last year, achieveing the goal of bringing the West Coast to the world.

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B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 pretty incredible that this little board book has been received so well,B次元官网网址� says Budd.

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One Eagle Soaring is a first numbers board book, celebrating wildlife found across B.C.B次元官网网址檚 spectacular scenery. The title harkens back to the day the duo, who have created a number of books together, came up with the childrenB次元官网网址檚 book foray. Overlooking the Skeena River on an August evening, with eagles soaring overhead they wondered if they could share the beauty of the West Coast with the three young children playing on the lawn in front of them.

B次元官网网址淭hat was exactly how this whole thing started, one eagle soaring high,B次元官网网址� Budd says. B次元官网网址淭o use the landscapes and animals of the west coast to be able to introduce numbers was a really fun project to do.B次元官网网址�

The book features the titular eagle, leaping frogs, orcas, hungry bears and even bees in a variety of habitat all from the mind of Vickers. His images introduce toddlers to the coastal animals and traditional Indigenous imagery used to represent them. Within each colourful forest, beach or underwater scene, children can locate their favourite animals and practice saying their names.

B次元官网网址淲e live in one of the most beautiful parts of the world. and one of the best things is the wonderful wildlife,B次元官网网址� Budd says.

The rhyming words and the images encourage counting, with both the first obvious image, and then other little things in the picutres.

Three whales swim under three clouds, and a baby for the first time, might notice the clouds before they notice the whales, Budd notes. But the little surprises are there for the adult reader too.

B次元官网网址淚f youB次元官网网址檙e going to pick up a book several times, you want it to be engaging to you as well,B次元官网网址� Budd says. B次元官网网址淩oyB次元官网网址檚 incredible at that, finding layers and depth in a really simple way. It takes a master to do that.B次元官网网址�

The next book in the series is set to focus on colours.

One Eagle Soaring releases April 7.