Astrid and Apollo and the Ice Fishing Adventure

by V.T. Bidania, Evelt Yanait (Illustrator)

Overview

It's ice fishing season, and the twins are looking forward to a fun day in the ice house. Dad shows the kids how to be safe on the ice, how to drill a hole, and how to catch fish. The fishing fun begins and everyone is having a great time. . . except for Mom. She is cold and worried about things going wrong. But when an uninvited guest arrives and surprises the family, it’s Mom who ends up laughing loudest of all.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781666337433
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	01/08/2022
Series:	Astrid and Apollo
Pages:	64
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 7.50(h) x (d)
Lexile:	620L (what's this?)
Age Range:	6 - 8 Years

About the Author

V.T. Bidania was born in Laos and grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota. She spent most of her childhood writing stories and now that she’s an adult, she is thrilled to be writing stories for children. She has an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from The New School and is a recipient of the Loft Literary Center’s Mirrors & Windows Fellowship. She lives outside of the Twin Cities with her family.

Evelt Yanait is a freelance children’s digital artist from Barcelona, Spain, where she grew up drawing and reading wonderful illustrated books. After working as a journalist for an NGO for many years, she decided to focus on illustration, her true passion. She loves to learn, write, travel, and watch documentaries, discovering and capturing new lifestyles and stories whenever she can. She also does social work with children and youth, and she’s currently earning a Social Education degree.

Interviews

First chapter book series to feature Hmong American protagonists;