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Join us for an afternoon of adventure and KITTENS! Mount Holyoke College professor and author Valerie Martin will be reading from her lastest book Anton & Cecil, Cats at Sea. A percentage of the proceeds will be donated to the Dakin Humane Society (http://www.dpvhs.org/) Dakin will be bringing kittens for petting and cuddling.
Orange Prize−winning author Valerie Martin’s and Lisa Martin’s colorful cast of characters, rich historical detail, and lyrical storytelling will delight fans of such classic animal adventures as The Wind in the Willows, Stuart Little, and Poppy. Ages 7-14
Anton and Cecil, Cats at Sea
A swashbuckling story of two very different cat brothers and their adventures at sea.
Cat brothers Cecil and Anton are as different as port and starboard. Cecil, stocky and black with white patches, thirsts for seafaring adventure as he roams the docks of his harborside home, taking day trips on fishing boats when the chance comes along. Slim, gray Anton prefers listening to the sailors’ shanties at the town saloon. But one day when Anton does venture to port, he’s stolen off the dock, and the next thing he knows, he’s at sea.
Knowing little of the wide open ocean that lies beyond the harbor, Cecil boards another ship in hopes of finding Anton. But what begins as a rescue mission turns into a pair of high seas adventures, with thrills and danger bubbling under every wave.
Anton takes on a fierce rat, outwits hungry birds, and forges a forbidden friendship, while Cecil encounters dolphins and whales and finds himself in the middle of a pirate raid. On an ocean as vast as the one Anton and Cecil have discovered, will they see home—or each other—ever again?
Orange Prize winner Valerie Martin is the author of many acclaimed adult novels, including Property and The Confessions of Edward Day. She lives in Millbrook, New York. Her niece, Lisa Martin, has worked as an educator and children’s poet and currently resides in Charlottesville, Virginia. This is their first book for young readers