Arbordale Publishing is an independent
children's book publishing company located in
Mount Pleasant, SC.
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
Wilmington, DE
Wilmington is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Delaware. The city was built on the site of Fort Christina, the first Swedish settlement in North America. It lies at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near w ...
. 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
Common Core
The Common Core State Standards Initiative, also known as simply Common Core, was an American, multi-state educational initiative begun in 2010 with the goal of increasing consistency across state standards, or what K–12 students throughout th ...
,
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 int ...
(NGSS), as well as state education standards. Arbordale books are vetted by experts and professionals from a variety of organizations including
NASA
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,
JPL
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,
Project Learning Tree,
USFWS
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,
SeaWorld
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, the
Cherokee Nation
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and others.
This publisher releases approximately 20 titles each year.
Notable authors
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Mary Alice Monroe
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"
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Gelett Burgess
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Book Award - ''Home in the Cave'' and ''A Warm Winter Tail''
Source:
[{{cite web, url=https://www.arbordalepublishing.com/documents/AwardsReviewsandDistinctions-ForWeb.pdf, title=Awards, reviews and distinctions, website=arbordalepublishing.com, access-date=18 September 2023]
References
Book publishing companies based in South Carolina
Children's book publishers
American companies established in 2004
2004 establishments in South Carolina