Northshire Bookstore Event: Liza Ketchum on “Turtles Heading Home!”

(Manchester Center, VT) On Saturday, August 30 at 2 pm, the Northshire will host children’s author Liza Ketchum to discuss Turtles Heading Home!, her latest book for young readers. Ketchum, the author of Begin with a Bee, illustrates the efforts of conservationists as they rescue sea turtles, nurse them back to health, and release them into warmer waters.

Young readers will learn about the rescue efforts necessary to save the endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle, largely due to climate change.The waters around Cape Cod used to cool off gradually, signaling to sea turtles that it was time to swim south. But now, due to climate change, the water stays warm too long and cools off too quickly, making the turtles too cold to migrate. 

Turtles Heading Home! follows the efforts of conservationists as they rescue the turtles, nurse them back to health, and release them into warmer waters. The operation involves hundreds of people, from the volunteers patrolling beaches, to the veterinarians in the hospital, to the pilots who fly the turtles south. All of them share the goal of helping save the Kemp’s ridley sea turtle—the most endangered sea turtle in the world.

“ The authors explain things in careful detail as they give readers a chance to meet many of the workers who search beaches, carefully transport stranded turtles to a wildlife rehabilitation lab for treatment, and then return the survivors to the shore… An inspiring success story for animal-rescue advocates” —Kirkus Reviews

LIZA KETCHUM is the author of seventeen books for young people, including The Life Fantastic and The Last Garden. Her books have appeared on the ALA’s Best Book lists and the New York Public Library’s 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing. She and her husband divide their time between Vermont and Massachusetts.

For more information on this or other events, email events@northshire.com, or visit the Northshire Bookstore, originally founded in 1976, has locations in Manchester, Vermont and Saratoga Springs, NY as well as at Northshire.com. Our large but intimate general bookstores carry the largest selection of categories and genres including new & used fiction, history, cooking, arts and rare author-signed editions. We also have entire floors devoted to Children’s Books and toys, a full line of stationery, magazines, music, cards, calendars, locally-sourced foods and many fine gifts from clothing to jewelry. Open to the public daily from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM and 24/7 online with free shipping at www.northshire.com