JUST KATE
Finding Friendship
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"I know that green turtles like me are supposed to roam alone. My brothers and sisters and I have all gone our separate ways, and I really miss them," sighed Kate "Still, it might not be quite so lonely if I only had a friend, even just one." At that very moment, Kate looked down and saw a brown creature with a big head, 8 long legs, and eyes closed shut. "How cute!" she said sweetly "It looks like it's sleeping." "Hey, maybe this could be my first friend."
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About the Book
As a young green sea turtle, Just Kate travels the oceans in love with her underwater world but saddened by her life alone. That is until the day she decides to make a friend and chooses a very unlikely campanion--an octopus named Cecil. Just Kate: Finding Friendship combines themes of courage and kindness, and of being open to new possibilities. The story will inspire children to ask questions about marine life, conservation, and the responsibilities we must embrace to care for the natural world. But the most important lesson that Just Kate and Cecil have to impart is this: That in their world, as in ours, we do not have to be alike or like the same things to be friends. We simply have to be there for one another.
About the Author
Barbara Alford and Frances Milazzo grew up together in Brooklyn, NY. Barbara's career took her to Alabama and Georgia focused on writing, while Fran's professional pathway in South Huntington, New York, was all about art. Alford and Milazzo were inspired by their granddaughters to create their first book, Just Kate, released in 2022. In their second book, Just Kate: Finding Friendship, this author-illustrator team take their heroine on a new adventure to discover what they have known, and have lived, for fifty years--the true meaning of friendship.