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Blue Lake Days

by Sarah Shey; Illustrated by Sara Fletcher

24 pages; Saddle stitched; illustrated children's book; catalogue #05-2824; ISBN 1-4120-7926-8; US$12.00, C$13.80, EUR9.86, £6.90

Based on Lake Okoboji, Iowa, Blue Lake Days is a passport to summertime. The lively tale and fanciful illustrations depict a little girl's adventures during her vacation to a lake.

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About the Book

Blue Lake Days captures the exhilaration of lake vacations. The playful text paired with the imaginative illustrations creates a picture book that is both amusing to read and captivating to behold. Blue Lake Days is a delight to dip into all year round.

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Advance Praise for Blue Lake Days

"I love the illustrations and verse." - CHRISTIE VILSACK, First Lady of Iowa

"Sarah Shey takes just a few words to capture the essence of Iowa's unique places like Lake Okoboji. Both children and adults will find the work of Shey to be aplace where their own Iowa experiences are captured." - CARLA OFFENBURGER, Iowa book reviewer/critic

"A whimsical and color-filled fantasy ride!" - CASEY DUNAGAN, Retail Manager, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art

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About the Author

SARAH SHEY spent many summers at Lake Okoboji - from eating bags of licorice candy in grade school to defrosting refrigerators at Fillenwarth's Resort as a college student. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Time Out New York, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Des Moines Register, The Iowan, This Old House Magazine, and the anthology Woman's Best Friend: Women Writers on the Dogs in Their Lives. Shey also wrote Sky All Around, a children's book about rural Iowa.

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About the Illustrator

SARA FLETCHER grew up near Lake Erie in New York. She received her BFA in ceramic sculpture from Alfred University, a post- baccalaureate certificate in painting from Brandeis University, and her MFA in painting from the University of Iowa. Fletcher has exhibited work in Massachusetts, the state of New York and Iowa.

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