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Storytime with Guest Author Ashlyn Anstee, "Shelby and Watts" series

  • Flintridge Bookstore 858 Foothill Boulevard La Cañada Flintridge, CA, 91011 United States (map)

There isn't a mystery that Shelby & Watts can't solve! They're saving the environment, one case at a time.

TIDE POOL TROUBLES

Meet Shelby & Watts! Shelby loves a good mystery. And her best friend, Watts, is never without his encyclopedia.

When Shelby gets a letter from Fred the hermit crab claiming that all the shells are missing from the beach, she and Watts are just the duo to help him. With Shelby's deductive skills and Watts's scientific knowledge, there's no case the two of them can't solve--one environmental mystery at a time!

MOUNTAIN OF A PROBLEM

Violet the bear has awoken early from her hibernation, but she doesn’t know why. She’s called on Shelby & Watts to solve the case before her son, Theodore, is roused from his hibernation, too. With Shelby’s deductive skills and Watts’s scientific know-how, they’ll leave no stone unturned or question unanswered.

In this follow-up to Tide Pool Troubles, our two environmental detectives uncover the larger issue underlying Violet's early start to spring: climate change. With accessible language and tips for what readers can do in the face of environmental change, this is a gentle introduction to one of today's most pressing issues.

Ashlyn Anstee grew up in a rainy city in Canada and then settled in a sunny city in the United States with her husband and four cats. She works in the animation industry and, in her spare time, drinks tea and takes naps. She writes, draws, illustrates, animates, and is the creator of the books No, No, Gnome!, Are We There, Yeti?, and Hedgehog!. Shelby & Watts: Tide Pool Troubles is her first graphic novel, and its sequel, A Mountain of a Problem, is her second.