TWO BOBBIES: A TRUE STORY OF
HURRICANE KATRINA, FRIENDSHIP AND
SURVIVAL
Written by Mary Nethery and Kirby Larson
Illustrations by Jean Cassels
Published by Walker Books for Young Readers
Bloomsbury
Publishing date, fall 2008
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina bore
down on the city of New Orleans and everyone
who lived there, including a wisp of a cat
and one puppy. Bobbi the dog and Bob Cat
were each exactly the friend each other
needed at exactly the right time.
This is their unforgettable story. |
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(The Authors - Mary Nethery and Kirby Larson)
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(Bobbi and Bob Cat)
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THE FAMOUS NINI: The Mostly True Story
of a Plain White Cat Who Became a Star!
Illustrations by John Manders
Will be published by Clarion Books
Spring 2009
Nini was a plain white tom who lived at a
coffee shop in Venice during the 1890’s and
rose to the world stage! He was visited by
Guiseppi Verdi, the King and Queen of Italy,
Pope Leo XIII, Czar Alexander III, and the
Emperor of Ethiopia, to name a few. No one
today knows why Nini became such a star. This
story answers the question, What does a cat
have to offer that no other creature possesses?
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THE AMBER BABOON New York Harbor, 1923
Three Hollywood cats write one serial (but
not serious) novel! Mary’s writing cat Asta
joined with the writing cats of two other
authors to write THE AMBER BABOON, a high-
flying fantasy adventure set in 1920’s Egypt.
The story stars a catalogist, a philanthropist,
and a gumshoe detective who travel to Egypt
in search of the tomb of Queen Neferkitti. |
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UPCOMING EVENTS!
December 6th, 2008:
Arts Alive! Holiday Book Signing, 6 - 9 p.m., Eureka Books
Eureka, CA
February 7th, 2009:
Morris Graves Museum, Family Arts Day, 12 - 2 p.m.
Eureka, CA
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February 28 - March 2, 2008
Whidbey Island Writers Conference
Whidbey Island, Washington
Revving Up Your Manuscript:
Tools for Revising Children's and
Young Adult Stories—If the King
Died . . . or Plotting in Three Acts
(Presented with authors Kirby Larson,
Helen Ketteman and Ann Whitford Paul)
For registration information, visit
www.writeonwhidbey.org |
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(Left to right, Mary Nethery, Kirby Larson, Helen Ketteman, and
Ann Whitford Paul) |
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