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Online Kids Author Talk With Katherine Applegate

Living the Otter Life

2025-06-24 15:00:00 2025-06-24 16:00:00 America/Chicago Online Kids Author Talk With Katherine Applegate Join us online as award-winning kids author and summer reading champion Katherine Applegate talks about her enthusiastically heartwarming novel in verse, "Odder." Families, grades 3-6. Register to get a link. A recording will also be available for later viewing. Live online event -

Tuesday, June 24
3-4 p.m.

Add to Calendar 2025-06-24 15:00:00 2025-06-24 16:00:00 America/Chicago Online Kids Author Talk With Katherine Applegate Join us online as award-winning kids author and summer reading champion Katherine Applegate talks about her enthusiastically heartwarming novel in verse, "Odder." Families, grades 3-6. Register to get a link. A recording will also be available for later viewing. Live online event -

Join us online as award-winning kids author and summer reading champion Katherine Applegate talks about her enthusiastically heartwarming novel in verse, "Odder." Families, grades 3-6. Register to get a link. A recording will also be available for later viewing.

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Join us as award-winning kids author and summer reading champion Katherine Applegate talks about her enthusiastically heartwarming novel in verse, "Odder."

Everyone wants to meet Odder, the Queen of Play. Odder spends her days off the coast of central California, practicing her underwater acrobatics and spinning the quirky stories for which she’s known. She’s a fearless daredevil, curious to a fault. But when Odder comes face-to-face with a hungry great white shark, her life takes a dramatic turn, one that will challenge everything she believes about herself ― and about the humans who hope to save her.

Katherine Applegate’s "Odder," is inspired by the true story of a Monterey Bay Aquarium program that pairs orphaned otter pups with surrogate mothers. This poignant and humorous tale told in free verse examines bravery and healing through the eyes of one of nature’s most beloved and charming animals.

Families, grades 3-6. Register to receive a link for viewing this online event.

About the Author: Katherine Applegate is the Newbery Medal-winning and New York Times bestselling author of numerous books for young readers, including "The One and Only Ivan," "Wishtree," "Crenshaw," the "Endling" series, the "Roscoe Riley Rules" chapter book series and the "Animorphs" series. She lives with her husband, who writes as the author Michael Grant, and their children, in California.

This event is part of DBRL's Online Author Series, supported by David Lile honorarium funds. A recording will also be available for later viewing on the author series site.

AGE GROUP: | School-Age |

EVENT TYPE: | Featured | Books & Authors |

TAGS: | Online Author Series | Book Discussion |

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