Author: Susan Conrad

Publisher: Driftwood Publishing

ISBN: 978-1-7365906-0-7

 

Imaginations are special and the world has so many magical places to explore. Author Susan Conrad shares her real-life journey as she did kayak the Inside Passage and did feed her donkey carrots. A kayak she named Kami in real life and in this imaginative story, she carried her and her supplies through the 1,200-mile ribbon of water known as the Inside Passage. Let the journey begin!


Dreams are amazing and Suz imagined a big adventure on a boat. The ocean is vast and deep blue plus icebergs, whales and more. Living on a farm with donkeys and cows she floated her rubber raft on a pond below her house. You won’t believe what happened as her mom took her to the ocean. The bigness is exciting, and her dream became a reality.

Getting a kayak was first on her list and naming it Kami brought it to life. Exploring the ocean and world in a kayak . Learning how to navigate her kayak took practice and then seeing the world from many different perspectives is what is shared.

Meeting people along the way understanding new customs and seeing places like Great Bear, Spirit Forest and the first people and many more wonders but enduring and surviving a huge storm.

Imagine reading this with children in school and opening whole worlds of places they might never visit.

As the journey moves in she loosened her grip on Kami and moves one stroke at a time. Where will they find out her choices and thoughts when you get deeper into the story, and she decides on Alaska, and she gears up. First floating past an aquarium and wait till you see what she sees. Whales my favorite and then ferries, tugboats and barges navigating the Inside Passage. So excited she and Kami made it through the strong tidal currents. As you go further on the journey there are more surprises, but I don’t want to spoil your adventure as you learn more. The Great Bear Rainforest is amazing and the land of the Spirit Bear where a rare white bear was found. You won’t believe where she gets ice cream why. My favorite is the nights, the tents and how the Sea Sparkles. Would you like to meet the first people?

The magic, challenges and how powerful was the wind will Kami protect and guide her to safety? How long will it last? Where does her journey end? Find out what she sees, and the beautiful ocean is so blue. Join her in her tent as she describes her happy place and what she sees and why she’s so proud if herself. Always a dreamer why?

With illustrations by  Rebecca Rothman the story comes alive for readers of every age as the pictures tell their own story for beginning readers to enjoy the journey along with Suz and Kami. Author Susan Conrad created a beautifully written, well defined and exciting adventure for readers of all ages and might even encourage them to research facts about Inside Passage, read with a parent or sibling the author’s notes at the end about it and remember the sea might be calling you too! Never give up on your dreams!

Imagine taking your own journey in a Kayak or a different type of boat that can take you far away and explore the magic of the ocean blue, see the skies as they change from night today and back again and learn the wonders of the world meeting new people, seeing whale and other life in the water and exploring the world. Great for children to draw pictures about the book, add their own stories and create one called INSIDE MY SEA OF DREAMS.