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On the African plain many years ago there lived a zebra family.  There was a father, a mother, a son and two daughters.  One of the daughters was named Zoey.  Zoey feels sad because she feels misunderstood by her family.  One day, she finds herself alone and away from her herd.  Feeling scared and lost, Zoey tries to find her way home.

A wildlife photographer, Richard Jelinek has visited 46 countries and taught elementary school for twenty years.

This delightful tale tells of a family’s summer fishing adventures in Northern Wisconsin.  Bryce, Grayson and Dakota spend a week with Grandma D and Grandpa Phil doing all the things they love.  Full of adventure and laughs, this story hits the sweet spot of the best things about family:  the joy of special time with grandparents, a beloved pas time that keeps everyone involved and the traditions that we look forward to, year after year. (Written by Jona Ohm)
This charming children’s book comes with illustrations by water colorist and potter (and Eastwards’ featured artist) Cheryl Paulson, of Prairie Pottery

When Irene Ostendorf fires her rifle, the shot sends an out-of-town cyclist tumbling and her new pastor into the thorniest dilemma of his already complicated ministerial career.  How can J.W. ‘Dent’ Denton earn the goodwill of the townsfolk, support the eccentric old shooter and offer help to the injured young man.  The more Dent tries to do the right thing, the further he stumbles into a minefield of small-town secrets that everyone – especially the president of the local Last Man Club – seems hell-bent on preserving.

Eric Van Meter writes stories that reflect the quirky, rhythmic, hilarious ways that people try to cope with being human.  In between doomed efforts to master various musical instruments, Eric writes a blog at www.mondayspenny.com

Born in a log cabin in Tiger, Pend Oreille, Washington, in 1916, Dorothea ‘Dixie’ Pfister grew up on the edges of Seattle’s Green Lake. After high school, ‘Dixie’ worked at the Green Lake State Bank, and explored the Northwest in her Model A.  She would marry, and after she and her husband, Vern Nordstrand, raised their four children, Dorothea was given a computer and began writing about her life.  Her memoir, Pork Neckbones, Sauerkraut & Rutabagas, compiled many of her published essays and stories from a life well-lived and a girlhood in the first half of the Twentieth Century.

A former bookstore owner, Kirby has been crafting stories since infancy.  She spent a couple of decades pounding out columns that told the stories of people she met and the legends of an area of artists in Seattle.  With ‘A Friend of Michelle’, Kirby has given life to the fictional characters who might’ve told her their stories, if they’d existed at all.  Travel preoccupies Kirby’s adult aspirations, and for her first novel, she’s chosen the inspiring island of O’ahu, and for the subject, she tells the story of Sebastian.  He’s a young man learning that the course of true love never runs smooth and sometimes runs right up a hill better left behind.

With more than 300 pages, Spirited Cooking from the Pacific Northwest, by Chef John Wahlke in collaboration with Fremont Mischief Distillery.  A seasonal guide to Northwest style cuisine utilizing local products, foraged ingredients and hand crafted spirits.