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. 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’.