Vancouver’s Lifeguard Legend

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Mother Reindeer goes to the North

November 23rd, 2020

West Kootenays writer Kathy Sager has collaborated with Cortes Island illustrator Kristen Scholfield-Sweet for Mother Reindeer’s Journey to the Sun – A Tribute to Mountain Caribou (Maa $12), a winter solstice book that promotes awareness of B.C.’s mountain caribou. It’s the story of Mother Reindeer on her annual journey to bring warmth and light back to the north. Sager also published Suzie’s Sourdough Circus: with Amazing Recipes! (Harbour, 2011)
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Photo: Kathy Sager and daughters. Photo Ryan Dury

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