Author Jeanne Walker Harvey- Astro the Stellar Sea Lion

Start: 09/18/2010 4:00 pm

Join us for a reading, book signing and puppet making with the author of this fabulous new book!

About the book:

Astro is a stellar Steller sea lion! Only a few days old when found orphaned, he is cared for and raised at The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, California. When big enough to be released to the wild where he needs to be, he has other plans! Just like a lost dog finding his way home, Astro keeps swimming back towards the Center, crossing miles of open ocean water to do so. After several attempts, people realize that Astro is too accustomed to humans and will just keep coming back. Based on real events, readers follow Astro through some of the travels that have taken him across the U.S. to his current home at the Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut.

About the Author:

Jeanne Walker Harvey loves finding a true story that is inspiring and fascinating, and then using her creativity to tell the story. She hopes children will have a love of words and understand the power and beauty of words.

Ever since she was a child, Jeanne dreamed of being a children’s book author. Along the way she has had many jobs, ranging from being a roller coaster ride operator to an attorney for high-tech companies to a writer of magazine articles to, most recently, a teacher of Language Arts and writing workshops at a public middle school.

Jeanne lives with her husband in Marin County, California, just north of her favorite landmark, the Golden Gate Bridge. She has two sons in college and an adorable black Lab who sleeps at her feet while she writes. Astro the Steller Sea Lion is her first book.