August 29, 2015

Kah-Lan The Adventurous Sea Otter: Book Launch (Vancouver and Kelowna)

Celebrate 
Sea Otter Awareness Week
Science Literacy Week, 
and 
the launch of children’s author Karen Autio’s new book!


Kah-Lan, the Adventurous Sea Otter

Written by Karen Autio
Illustrated by Sheena Lott
Sono Nis Press
978-1-55039-244-9
64 pp.
Ages 7-12
September, 2015


on Saturday, September 26, 2015

10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

at

Vancouver Aquarium
845 Avison Way
Vancouver, BC


AND


on Saturday, October 3, 2015

2:30 - 4:30 p.m.

at

Okanagan Regional Library
1380 Ellis Street
Kelowna, BC

Special to this event:

Contest for students!
A free author presentation 
for the school or homeschool co-op 
with the most students attending the event

Door prize for teachers!
Draw for a reading circle set of 6 copies 
(donated by Sono Nis Press)
for teachers who attend



Both events include:
• a reading by Karen Autio
• a Q & A with Karen Autio, and 
• a book signing.


Here's the description from Sono Nis Press, the book's publisher, retrieved here:

Kah-Lan, a young sea otter, is hungry. He is sure there are big crabs and sea urchins, his favourite foods, around the point, but his mother won’t let him out of her sight. Then, one day, Kah-Lan sees his chance. He and his friend Yamka race to the point and soon they are swept into danger. At first, the challenges are familiar: strong currents, crashing waves, the open ocean, and Orca, who is hungry too. Then, as the sea otters travel unfamiliar waters, they encounter new and strange dangers: two-legged furless creatures; fearsome, noisy, smelly things that pull log islands; and fish-filled webs that threaten to tangle them up and drag them down. All the while, they struggle to find enough food to keep going. Will they ever get back home? 
The heroic travels of two dynamic and realistic sea otter characters are a wonderful introduction to sea otters, and to the human activities that threaten them. Warm and appealing illustrations by Sheena Lott and a triumphant ending will inspire readers to learn more about these remarkable animals, helped by the factual notes and resources provided by author Karen Autio, who has loved sea otters from first sight.  
This is the fourth book by popular author Autio, and her first foray into illustrated chapter books and natural history.

2 comments:

  1. An amazing book from a talented writer!

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  2. Thanks so much, Helen, for helping to spread the word!

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