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'''Summerwild Productions''' is a Canadian independent book publisher.
Originally based in Gibsons, BC, a small town on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast, the company was founded in 1987 by former president Ken Budd, and is owned and operated by previous managing editor Robert Marthaller. Summerwild has produced and/or published over 40 titles, mainly consisting of non-fiction coffee table photography books featuring wildlife and the environment. Later works include the educational series The Adventures of Buddy Williams, which features four installments, SummerWild, FallGently, WinterFree and SprinRush, all accompanied by Student Study Guides.
== Publications == '''Notable publications''' * ''Touch the Magic, A Photographic Essay of Greater Vancouver'' was runner-up for the Bill Duthie Booksellers’ choice in 1986. * ''Carmanah, Artistic Visions of an Ancient Rainforest'' won the Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize and the Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice from the BC Book Prizes Program in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bcbookprizes.ca/winners/1990 |title=BC Book Prizes |publisher=Bcbookprizes.ca |date=2010-04-24 |access-date=2010-07-02}}</ref> * ''The Elders Are Watching'' was selected by The Canadian Children’s Book Centre as an ‘Our Choice’ title in 1990. * ''If You’re Not From the Prairie'' was the runner-up for the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize from the BC Book Prizes Program in 1993 and was also selected as ‘Our Choice’.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bcbookprizes.ca/index.php/winners/details/if-youre-not-from-the-prairie/ |title=BC Book Prizes |publisher=Bcbookprizes.ca |date=2010-04-24 |access-date=2010-07-02}}</ref>
'''Chronology of all productions, publications, consulting projects''' * ''Touch the Magic, A Photographic Essay of Greater Vancouver'' (1985) - a hardcover photo essay - Philip Hersee, photographer, & Ken Budd, writer - 37,000 copies<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paperbackswap.com/Touch-Magic-Photographic-Philip-Hersee/book/0969216602/ |title=Touch the Magic}}</ref> * ''Nepal, A Photographic Essay'' (1987) - a hardcover photo essay - Sandra Gibson, photographer & writer - 3,000 copies <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.delhibookstore.com/product_info.php?products_id=96536 |title=Nepal - Buy Online Nepal Book By Sandra Gibson, Summer Wild Productions Books For Sale Online |publisher=Delhibookstore.com |date= |access-date=2010-07-02}}</ref> * ''Wild Whales, Killer, Gray & Humpback Whales'' (1987) - a hard & soft cover photo essay - Dr. James Darling, writer, and a number of wildlife photographers - 20,000 copies <ref name="isbndb1">{{Cite web|url=https://isbndb.com/d/publisher/summerwild_productions.html|title = Home | ISBNdb}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acsonline.org/factpack/bibliography.html |title=Bibliography | Cetacean Fact Sheet | American Cetacean Society |publisher=Acsonline.org |date= |access-date=2010-07-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whaletrust.org/publications/publications_books.shtml |title=Whale Trust Books |publisher=Whaletrust.org |date= |access-date=2010-07-02}}</ref> * ''Calgary, Cowboys and Kananaskis Country'' (1987) - a hardcover photo essay - Cameron Young, photographer, & Ken Budd, writer - 15,000 copies <ref>{{cite book|last=Young |first=Cameron |url=http://www.alibris.com/search/books/qwork/886633/used/Calgary,%20cowboys%20&%20Kananaskis%20Country |title=Calgary, cowboys & Kananaskis Country by Cameron Young, Ken Budd (Used, New, Out-of-Print) |publisher=Alibris |date= |access-date=2010-07-02}}</ref> * ''Solstice, The Art of Roy Henry Vickers [Trade]'' (1988) - a hardcover art book - Roy Henry Vickers, writer & artist - 18,000 copies<ref>{{Cite book|title=Amazon review|isbn = 0969348525|last1 = Vickers|first1 = Roy Henry|date = October 1989}}</ref> * ''Solstice, The Art of Roy Henry Vickers [Limited Edition]'' (1988) - a hardcover, limited edition art book - Roy Henry Vickers, writer & artist - 100 copies<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artcountrycanada.com/vickersbio.htm |title=Art Country Canada}}</ref> * ''An Artist's Vision'' (1989) - a hardcover art book - Sue Coleman, writer & artist - 12,500 copies <ref name="isbndb1"/><ref>{{Cite book|title=An artist's vision: Paintings, drawings and text: Amazon.ca: Sue Coleman: Books |publisher=Amazon.ca |date= |id= {{ASIN|0969280742|country=ca}} }}</ref> * ''Carmanah, Artistic Visions of an Ancient Rainforest'' (1989) - a hard & soft cover art/environment book - noted essayists & artists - 21,500 copies <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abcbookworld.com/view_author.php?id=3425 |title=ABCBookWorld |publisher=ABCBookWorld |date= |access-date=2010-07-02}}</ref> * ''The Elders are Watching'' (1990) - a soft cover art/environment book - Roy Henry Vickers, artist, & Dave Bouchard, writer - 77,000 copies; four languages <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.umanitoba.ca/cm/vol4/no14/eldersarewatching.html |title=CM Magazine: The Elders Are Watching |publisher=Umanitoba.ca |date=1998-03-13 |access-date=2010-07-02}}</ref> * ''Broken Wing'' (1990) - a hard & soft cover novel - Stewart Dickson, author - 7,500 copies <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barbarossabooks.com/?page=shop/flypage&product_id=13069&CLSN_2964=124246197529645ba923a8a07471dfb1 |title=Broken Wing - Dickson, Stewart |publisher=Barbarossabooks.com |date= |access-date=2010-07-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abcbookworld.com/view_author.php?id=5379 |title=ABCBookWorld |publisher=ABCBookWorld |date= |access-date=2010-07-02}}</ref> * ''Clayoquot, On the Wild Side'' (1990) - a hardcover photo essay/environment book - Adrian Dorst, photographer, & Cameron Young, writer - 10,000 copies<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0010166 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050517021709/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0010166 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 17, 2005 |title=The Canadian Encyclopedia}}</ref> * ''The Sacred Earth'' (1991) - a hardcover photo essay - Courtenay Milne, photographer & writer - consultant to the photographer/writer and publisher - 10,000 copies<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harvestofmusic.com/Gauche%20Performers.html |title=Harvest of Music}}</ref> * ''The Wild Life of Bill Keay'' (1992) - a hard & soft cover photo essay/nature book - Bill Keay, photographer, and Wanda Keay & Jeff Morgan, writers - 11,000 copies<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abebooks.com/9780969280774/Wild-Life-Bill-Keay-0969280777/plp |title=Abe Books}}</ref> * Parade to Paradise (1992) - a hardcover children’s book - Charles van Sandwyk, writer & artist - 5,500 copies <ref>{{cite book|last=Noel |first=Charles |url=http://www.alibris.co.uk/search/books/qwork/4979799/used/Parade%20to%20paradise |title=Parade to paradise. by Charles Noel Van Sandwyk | New, Second-hand, Rare | Alibris UK |publisher=Alibris.co.uk |date= |access-date=2010-07-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.booksillustrated.com/en-UK/charles-van-sandwyk |title=Charles van Sandwyk |publisher=Booksillustrated.com |date= |access-date=2010-07-02}}</ref> * ''West Coast, Homeland of Mist'' (1992) - a hard & soft cover art book; full colour - Carol Evans, artist, and Bryn King & Carol Evans, writers - 11,100 copies<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.alibris.com/search/books/qwork/-96961350/used/West%20Coast:%20Homeland%20of%20Mist |title=Alibris}}</ref> * ''Tatshenshini RiverWild'' (1993) - a hard & soft cover photo essay/environment book - noted essayists, including U.S. Vice President Gore and former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, and numerous famous outdoor photographers - 14,000 copies<ref>{{Cite book|title=Amazon review|isbn = 1565790413|last1 = Careless|first1 = Ric|last2 = Budd|first2 = Ken|last3 = Mikes|first3 = Johnny|year = 1993}}</ref> * ''If You’re not From the Prairie'' (1993) - a hardcover art/poetry book; full colour - Henry Riplinger, artist, & Dave Bouchard, poet - 135,000 copies <ref>{{cite web|url=http://umanitoba.ca/cm/cmarchive/vol22no3/revfromprairie.html |title=If You're Not From the Prairie |publisher=Umanitoba.ca |date= |access-date=2010-07-02}}</ref> * ''The Amazing Live Christmas Tree'' (1993) - a hardcover children’s book; full colour - Marcella Betzler, writer, & Deborah Martin, illustrator - 5,000 copies <ref>{{cite web|url=http://209.52.67.3/ipac20/ipac.jsp?index=.NW&term=marcella |title=Horizon Information Portal |publisher=209.52.67.3 |date= |access-date=2010-07-02}}</ref> * ''Salmon of the Pacific'' (1994) - a soft cover environment book; full colour - Adam Lewis, writer & assorted photographers - 5,000 copies<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Salmon-of-the-Pacific-Lewis-Wolfe-Osborne-Kozak/9781895714609-item.html?cookieCheck=1 |title=Chapters/Indigo}}</ref> * ''Hiking on the Edge, Canada’s West Coast Trail'' (1995) - a soft cover adventure book; full colour - Ian Gill, writer, & David Nunuk, photographer - 5,000 copies<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.alibris.com/search/books/qwork/2903767/used/Hiking%20on%20the%20Edge:%20Canada's%20West%20Coast%20Trail |title=Alibris}}</ref> * ''Spirit Transformed, A Journey From Tree To Totem'' (1996) - a hardcover adventure & art book - Roy Henry Vickers, artist, Brian Payton, writer, & Bob Herger, photographer - 5,000 copies<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oyate.org/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=420&category_id=10&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=97 |title=Oyate.org}}</ref> * ''Brent Heighton, Artist'' (1997) - a hardcover art book - Brent Heighton, artist, & Ken Budd, writer - 3,000 copies<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.alibris.com/search/books/qwork/799748/used/Brent%20Heighton%20:%20artist |title=Alibris Books}}</ref> * ''Releasing the Light, The Art of Carol Evans'' (1997) - a hardcover art book - Carol Evans, artist & writer, and Ken Budd, editor - 5,000 copies<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.alibris.com/search/books/qwork/-155192074/used/Releasing%20the%20Light:%20the%20Art%20of%20Carol%20Evans |title=Alibris Books}}</ref> * ''Vancouver, Living the Moment: A Photographic Essay of Metro Vancouver'' (2009) - a hardcover photo essay - Bob Herger, photographer, Ken Budd, writer, and Robert Marthaller, editor - 10,000 copies printed<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/VANCOUVER-Living-Moment-Photographic-Essay-Herger-Hansen-Budd/9780981193304-item.html |title=Chapters/Indigo}}</ref> * ''The Adventures of Buddy Williams, Book I: SummerWild'' (2011) - softcover juvenile fiction - Ken Budd, writer, Robert Marthaller, editor - 1000 copies<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/SummerWild-Ken-Budd-Rob-Marthaller/9780981193311-item.html?ikwid=summerwild&ikwsec=Home |title=Chapters/Indigo}}</ref> * ''SummerWild Student Study Guide & Teacher/Parent Key'' (2011) - softcover novel study guide - Robert Marthaller, writer, Ken Budd, writer, and Robert Marthaller, editor - 1000 copies<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/SummerWild-Student-Study-Guide-Rob-Marthaller-Ken-Budd/9780981193328-item.html?ikwid=summerwild&ikwsec=Home |title=Chapters/Indigo}}</ref> * ''The Adventures of Buddy Williams, Book II: FallGently'' (2012) - softcover juvenile fiction - Ken Budd, writer, Robert Marthaller, editor - 750 copies<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/FallGently-Kenneth-William-Budd-Robert-David-Marthaller/9780981193342-item.html?ikwid=fallgently&ikwsec=Books |title=Chapters/Indigo}}</ref> * ''FallGently Student Study Guide & Teacher/Parent Key'' (2012) - softcover novel study guide - Robert Marthaller, writer, Ken Budd, writer, and Robert Marthaller, editor - 750 copies<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/FallGently-Student-Study-Guide-Kenneth-Willliam-Budd-Robert-David-Marthaller/9780981193359-item.html?ikwid=student+study+guide&ikwsec=Books |title=Chapters/Indigo}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == *[http://www.summerwild.ca/pages/home.html Summerwild Productions website]
Category:Book publishing companies of Canada