Overview

A stunning picture book from acclaimed author Katherine Applegate, adapted from the #1 bestselling middle-grade novel that spent over 100 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list! Odder spends her days playing underwater and learning life lessons from her mother. But when Odder's life takes a dramatic turn, she is rescued by humans. The people are kind, and introduce Odder to other rescues. Soon, it's clear that Odder has a talent for teaching other pups how to otter. Adapted from Katherine Applegate's bestselling novel of the same name (with over 80 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list!), and inspired by the true story of a program that pairs orphaned otter pups.

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An INDIE BESTSELLER! A Junior Library Guild Selection An Amazon Best Book of the Month A Barnes & Noble Best Book of the Year (So Far) ""Certain to enrapture young animal lovers.""--Kirkus Reviews ""The art is superb and the book's water scenes convey a sense of swirling movement that mirror Odder's playfulness."" -- School Library Journal-

Author Information

Katherine Applegate is a #1 New York Times-bestselling author who has written many children's books, including The One and Only Ivan, which won a Newbery Medal; The One and Only Bob; Wishtree; and the Doggo and Pupper series. Her novel, Odder, from which this book is adapted, was a #1 New York Times bestseller and spent over 52 weeks on the bestseller list. She is also the coauthor, with Gennifer Choldenko, of Dogtown and Mouse and His Dog: A Dogtown Book. Katherine Applegate lives in Nevada with her loyal husband and her naughty dog. You can visit her at katherineapplegate.com. Charles Santoso loves drawing little things in his little journal and dreams about funny, wondrous stories. He is the creator of Happy Hippo and has illustrated many books, including Ida, Always, written by Caron Levis, which was praised by the New York Times as ""an example of children's books at their best."" He has also illustrated the New York Times bestsellers Wishtree and Odder, by Katherine Applegate. He moves between different countries to live and work but calls Sydney, Australia, home. You can visit him at charlessantoso.com.

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