Kah-Lan and the Stink-Ink
Karen Autio
Illustrated by Emma Pedersen
ISBN: 978-1-989724-07-1
Price: $9.95
Pub Date: October 1, 2020
Fiction
Ages: 7-9
Kah-Lan finds help in surprising places.
Kah-Lan is a young sea otter ready to leave the raft he grew up in. He sets off for adventure in an ocean filled with new sights and sounds and smells—among them humans and the sharp scent of fuel.
The ocean is a dangerous place for an otter on his own, and Kah-Lan must find other otters to raft with if he wants to survive.
Kah-Lan eventually makes new friends, two young male otters named Zid and Gula. After the three friends weather a storm together, they head off in search of new hunting waters. But the storm brought new dangers, and Kah-Lan and his friends soon find themselves on a mysterious and dangerous journey. Along the way, Kah-Lan discovers that help can be found in some very surprising places.
Karen Autio grew up horse-crazy and book-loving, and she fell in love with sea otters on a visit to the Vancouver Aquarium in the 1980s. When she’s not researching, writing or working as a freelance editor, Karen enjoys canoeing, photographing wildlife, reading and travelling. Karen lives in Kelowna, British Columbia. To learn more, visit www.karenautio.com.
Emma Pedersen is a graduate of the OCAD University drawing and painting program. Her playful style infuses character and story into each illustration. Emma lives with her husband in an apartment full of books in Toronto, Ontario. For more information, visit www.epillustration.com.