Arbordale Publishing is an independent children's book publishing company located in

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History

It was founded in 2004 by co-owners Lee and Donna German as "Sylvan Dell Publishing," named for Donna's ancestral family homestead in

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. In 2013, they were sued by Sylvan Learning Center over the use of the word "sylvan" in the company name. Sylvan Dell means "wooded valley," and the company settled the lawsuit by changing the name to Arbordale in 2014. "Arbordale" also means wooded valley. This consistency in meaning allowed the company to keep their same logo, which represents learning leaves falling into an open book or valley.

Education

Arbordale books are aligned to

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Next Generation Science Standards The Next Generation Science Standards is a multi-state effort in the United States to create new education standards that are "rich in content and practice, arranged in a coherent manner across disciplines and grades to provide all students an inter ...

(NGSS), as well as state education standards. Arbordale books are vetted by experts and professionals from a variety of organizations including

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, JPL,

Project Learning Tree Project Learning Tree (PLT) is an environmental education program for teaching children about trees and forests using hands-on activities. It was created in 1976, after passage of the first National Environmental Education Act in 1970 and celebratio ...

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, the

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and others. This publisher releases approximately 20 titles each year.

Notable authors

Mary Alice Monroe Mary Alice Monroe is a best-selling author known for fiction that explore the compelling parallels between nature and human nature. Many of her novels deal with environmental issues. For example, ''The Beach House'' and ''Swimming Lessons'' refer ...

Awards

*NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Books - "Ferdinand Fox's First Summer," "On the Move: Mass Migrations," Polar Bears and Penguins: A Compare and Contrast Book," "Desert Baths," "Gopher to the Rescue! A Volcano Recovery Story," "Newton and Me," After A While Crocodile: Alexa's Diary," "Animal Mouths," Bat Count: A Citizen Science Story," "Cao Chong Weighs an Elephant," Honey Girl: The Hawaiian Monk Seal," Living Things and Nonliving Things: A Compare and Contrast Book," and "Moonlight Crab Count." *CBC Children's Choices - "Kali's Story: An Orphaned Polar Bear Rescue" and "Once Upon an Elephant" *Literary Classics Gold Award - "Nature Recycles: How About You?," "Animalogy," and "The Great Divide" * Gelett Burgess Book Award - ''Home in the Cave'' and ''A Warm Winter Tail'' http://sylvandellpublishing.com/documents/AwardsReviewsandDistinctions-ForWeb.pdf {{Bare URL PDF, date=March 2022

References

Book publishing companies based in South Carolina Children's book publishers Companies established in 2004