Take Action series
work in progress
March 2026
Cover alt text:
BOOK_TITLE: SUBTITLE by AUTHOR_NAME. Illustrated by ILLUSTRATOR. Logo: Orca Take Action! DESCRIPTION_ONE.
Files
NOTE: the colors of the bubbles may need to be adjusted for contrast
- titlepage.png the color thought bubbles.
- thoughtbubble.png the cloud thought bubble
- action.png action background icon to the left of title
- quote.png quote background icon to the right of title
Sidebars etc
- words.png A cellphone
Fonts
@font-face {
font-family: bolup;
font-style: normal;
font-weight: normal;
src: url("../font/Bolupisang.otf");
}
@font-face{
font-family: gluten;
font-style: normal;
font-weight: normal;
src: url("../font/Gluten-Medium.otf");
}
@font-face{
font-family: teen;
font-style: normal;
font-weight: normal;
src: url("../font/teen.otf");
}
@font-face{
font-family: teen;
font-style: normal;
font-weight: bold;
src: url("../font/teen_bold.otf");
}
@font-face{
font-family: teen;
font-style: italic;
font-weight: bold;
src: url("../font/teen_bolditalic.otf");
}
Individual Sections
Title Page html
<body class="title-page" epub:type="frontmatter">
<div class="titleblock">
<h1 class="titlepage">TITLE</h1>
<h2 class="subtitle">SUBTITLE</h2>
</div>
<div class="authorblock">
<h2 class="author">Mark Leiren-Young</h2>
<h2 class="illustrator"><span class="by">illustrated by</span>ILLUSTRATOR</h2>
</div>
<figure class="title-2">
<img alt="Orca Book Publishers" src="image/orca_book_publishers.png"/>
</figure>
figure class="title">
<img alt="Logo: Orca Take Action!" src="image/orca_takeaction_logo.png"/>
</figure>
Title Page css
body.title-page {
background-color: #FCF393;
}
div.titleblock{
background: url("../image/titlepage.png") no-repeat;
background-position: center;
background-size: contain;
margin: 0 3em 0;
padding: 4em 0 4em;
}
div.authorblock{
background: url("../image/thoughtbubble.png") no-repeat;
background-position: center;
background-size: contain;
margin: 0 auto 0;
padding: 1em 1em 3em .75em;
}
h1.titlepage{
font-family: bolup, sans-serif;
font-size: 7em;
line-height: 0.7;
margin: 0 auto 0;
}
h2.subtitle{
font-family: teen, sans-serif;
font-size: 1.5em;
}
.bigger{
font-family: gluten, sans-serif;
font-size: 2em;
}
div.authorblock{
background: url("../image/thoughtbubble.png") no-repeat;
background-position: center;
background-size: contain;
margin: 0 auto 0;
padding: 1em 1em 3em .75em;
}
h2.author{
color: #1d4063;
font-family: gluten, sans-serif;
font-style: normal;
margin: 0;
}
h2.illustrator{
color: #a01929;
font-family: gluten, sans-serif;
font-size: 1.2em;
margin: .5em 0 1em;
}
figure.title,
figure.title-2 {
clear: both;
margin: 2rem auto;
text-align: center;
}
figure.title img,
figure.title-2 img {
height: auto;
object-fit: contain;
vertical-align: bottom;
width: 10em;
}
figure.title-2 img {
width: 13em;
}
Headings html
<div class="chapter-head">
<h1 class="chapter-title" id="_idParaDest-XX"><span class="action">Action One</span> TITLE</h1>
</div>
Headings css
/* Contents and Front-back */*
h1.front-back,
h1.contents {
border: 5px dashed #356182;
border-radius: 10px;
color: #356182;
display: inline-block;
font-family: teen, sans-serif;
font-size: 2.5em;
font-weight: bold;
line-height: 1.4;
margin: 10% 0 .5em;
padding: .1em .5em;
text-align: left;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
h1.contents{
border: none;
}
/* Action Heading
THIS IS THE HEADING VERSION WITH A FILM CLAPPER
*/
div.chapter-head{
background: #9cd8df url("../image/action.png") no-repeat;
background-position: bottom left;
background-size: 12.5rem;
border-bottom: 1.5em solid #d12b3f;
margin: 0 0 2em;
padding: 1rem 0 1rem;
}
h1.chapter-title{
color: #005b73;
font-family: teen, sans-serif;
font-size: 1.5em;
margin: .75em 0 0 3rem;
padding: 1em 0 0 5em;
text-align: left;
}
span.action{
display: block;
font-size: 1.25em;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
h2.resources {
border: 2px solid #c82e6c;
border-radius: 15px;
color: #c82e6c;
display: inline-block;
font-family: teen, sans-serif;
font-size: 1em;
padding: .1em .5em;
}
/* Quote Bubble Heading
THIS IS THE HEADING VERSION WITH A QUOTE BUBBLE
*/
div.chapter-head{
background: #E5D1B5 url("../image/quote.png") no-repeat;
background-position: center right;
background-size: 6em;
border-bottom: 2em solid #CAAF8D;
margin: 0 0 2em;
padding: 2em 1em 1em;
}
h1.chapter-title{
background-color: #ffffff;
border: 5px dashed #9d6d06;
border-radius: 10px;
color: #9d6d06;
display: inline-block;
font-family: teen, sans-serif;
font-size: 2rem;
line-height: 0.9;
padding: .1em .5em;
}
/* Other Headings */
h2.subhead {
background: #B8860B;
border-radius: 20px;
color: #ffffff;
display: inline-block;
font-family: teen, sans-serif;
font-size: 1.2em;
font-weight: bold;
line-height: 1.2;
margin: 1em 0 .25em;
padding: .15em .75em;
text-align: left;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
h2.resources {
border: 2px solid #c82e6c;
border-radius: 15px;
color: #c82e6c;
display: inline-block;
font-family: teen, sans-serif;
font-size: 1em;
padding: .1em .5em;
}
h3.subhead{
background: #E5D1B5;
border-radius: 5px;
color: #126852;
display: inline-block;
font-family: teen, sans-serif;
font-size: 1em;
font-weight: bold;
line-height: 1.2;
margin: 1em 0 .25em;
padding: .1em .5em;
text-align: left;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
/* Misc */
span.author-name {
font-family: teen, sans-serif;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
Asides html
Quotes
<aside aria-label="quote 1" class="quote">
<p class="quotemarks top">“</p>
<p class="quote">THIS_IS_THE_QUOTE</p>
<p class="bottom quotemarks">”</p>
<p class="quote-source">PERSON<span class="smaller">, LOCATION_OR_SOURCE</span></p>
</aside>
What You Can Do
<aside aria-label="what XXX" class="what">
<div class="what-head">
<h2 class="what"><span class="block what-small">what</span> You <span class="what-small">can</span>Do</h2>
</div>
<ul>
<li class="bullet">LIST_TEXT</li>
</ul>
</aside>
#### Words to Know
### Asides CSS
/ Quotes /
aside.quote { background: #F1F9FE; border-bottom: solid 4px #BE97B7; border-left: dashed 4px #BE97B7; border-radius: 10px; border-right: dashed 4px #BE97B7; border-top: dashed 4px #BE97B7; margin: 1em auto; width: 60%; }
p.quote { font-family: gluten, sans-serif; font-size: .75em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2; padding: .8em .8em 0 .8em; text-align: center; text-indent: 0; }
p.quote-source { background: #BE97B7; font-family: gluten, sans-serif; font-size: .9em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 1em; padding: .8em; text-align: center; text-indent: 0; }
p.quote-source .smaller { font-family: gluten, sans-serif; font-size: .8em; font-weight: normal; }
p.quotemarks { color: #BE97B7; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 6em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: -0.6em; overflow: visible; text-align: center; text-indent: 0; }
/ What You Can Do /
aside.what{ background: #9cd8df; border-left: 20px solid #005b73; border-radius: 15px 15px 0 15px; margin: 1em 1em 0 0; padding: 0 .8em .8em; }
div.what-head{ background-color: #9cd8df; border: 2px solid #005b73; border-radius: 50%; box-shadow: 2px 2px 2px #005b73; float: left; height: 6rem; margin: .25em 2rem .8em -.8em; width: 6rem; padding: .25em; }
h2.what{ color: #135161; font-family: teen, sans-serif; font-size: 2rem; font-weight: bold; line-height: .75; margin: 1rem 0 0 .8rem; padding: 0; text-align: center; text-align: left; text-transform: uppercase; }
h2.what .what-small{ color: #005b73; font-size: .5em; text-transform: initial; }
aside.what ul{ list-style: none; margin: 1em 0; padding-left: 0; }
aside.what ul li{ font-family: sans-serif; font-size: .8rem; margin: .25em 0; text-indent: -1.5em; padding-left: 1.5em; }
aside.what ul li::before{ color: #005b73; content: "● "; }
@media amzn-kf8{ aside.what{ background: #9cd8df; border-left: 8px solid #005b73; border-radius: 0; margin: 1em 0; padding: 1em; }
div.what-head{
background-color: #9cd8df;
border: 2px solid #005b73;
border-radius: 0;
box-shadow: none;
float: none;
height: auto;
margin: 0 0 0.8em 0;
width: auto;
padding: 0.5em;
text-align: center;
}
h2.what{
color: #135161;
font-family: sans-serif;
font-size: 1.2em;
font-weight: bold;
line-height: 1.2;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
text-align: center;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
h2.what .block{
display: inline;
}
h2.what .what-small{
color: #005b73;
font-size: 0.8em;
text-transform: none;
}
}
/ Words / aside.words { background: #c82e6c; border-left: 6px solid #FABBAC; margin: 1em auto; padding: .8em; width: 80%; }
.words-wrapper { height: 6em; position: relative; width: 100%; }
.words-bg { background: url("../image/words.png") no-repeat center left; background-size: 4em; height: 6em; left: 0; pointer-events: none; position: absolute; right: 0; top: 0; z-index: 10; }
h2.words { background-color: #fff; border: 3px dashed #c82e6c; border-radius: 5px; color: #c82e6c; display: inline-block; font-family: teen, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; margin: 1em 0 0 2em; padding: .1em .5em; position: relative; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; z-index: 5; }
h2.words .smaller { font-size: .8em; text-transform: initial; }
aside.words p { color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0; }
aside.words b { font-family: teen, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; } ```