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New England Aquarium to host Turtles Heading Home! book signing
Children’s book from Charlesbridge Publishing features Aquarium’s sea turtle work
WHAT: The New England Aquarium is hosting a book signing for Charlesbridge Publishing’s recently published Turtles Heading Home! by Liza Ketchum, Phyllis Root, and Jacqueline Briggs Martin. The new book follows the efforts of Massachusetts conservationists as they rescue critically endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtles, provide rehabilitation, and release them back to their ocean home. The Aquarium’s year-round Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation work to save and protect cold-stunned sea turtles is featured throughout the book, along with imagery captured by the Aquarium’s photographer, Vanessa Kahn. The book is geared towards 6–9 year olds, and readers will walk away from the book knowing more about the rescue efforts necessary to save the species from the impacts of changing ocean temperatures.
The authors will hold a brief talk at the start of the event to welcome attendees and provide an overview of the book. Books will be available for purchase on-site.
WHEN: Wednesday, August 6 from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
WHERE: In person at the New England Aquarium’s Simons Theatre lobby, 1 Central Wharf, Boston.
HOW: No registration or tickets are needed—attendees are welcome to arrive and enter the theater lobby freely.
WHO:
- Liza Ketchum is the author of seventeen books for young people, including The Life Fantastic and The Last Garden. Her books have appeared on the ALA’s Best Book lists and the New York Public Library’s 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing. She and her husband divide their time between Vermont and Massachusetts. www.lizaketchum.org
- Jacqueline Briggs Martin is the author of over twenty picture books for children, including award-winners Snowflake Bentley, a Caldecott medal winner, and Creekfinding: A True Story, recipient of the Green Earth Award for Environmental Writing for Children and a Riverby Award. Jacqueline lives in Iowa with her husband. www.jacquelinebriggsmartin.com
- Phyllis Root is the author of fifty books for children, including Big Belching Bog; Plant a Pocket of Prairie; One North Star; Big Momma Makes the World, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner; and The Lost Forest, a National Outdoor Book Award winner. Phyllis resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota. www.phyllisiroot.com
MEDIA CONTACT: Pam Bechtold Snyder—617-686-5068; psnyder@neaq.org