Lure of the Lake

Twins Harley and Rhiannon Hummingbird have always been competitive. But there’s one thing they can agree on—they can’t wait to travel from Oklahoma to their grandparents’ new cabin in northern Wisconsin. Both Harley and Rhiannon are looking forward to a week of swimming, boating, and, most importantly, fishing. During their visit, they learn about the best baits and the best fishing techniques, but the most important lessons they learn are about teamwork and persistence.

Art Coulson, Cherokee, was an award-winning journalist and the first executive director of the Wilma Mankiller Foundation in Oklahoma. He grew up fishing and crabbing most weekends with his family, especially his mother who was an avid angler. His first children’s book, The Creator’s Game: A Story of Baaga’adowe/Lacrosse (Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2013), told of the deep spiritual and cultural connections of American Indian people to the sport of lacrosse. Art still plays traditional Cherokee stickball, an original version of lacrosse, when he is visiting friends and family in the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. Art lives in Apple Valley, Minnesota.

Gregor Forster studied scientific illustration at the Zurich University of Arts in Switzerland. After finishing his studies in 2015, he started illustrating fiction and nonfiction picture books, educational books, and advertisements. When illustrating children’s books, Gregor loves to research new topics and learn about the world the story takes place in. He loves to entertain, educate, and amaze children as much as adults with his illustrations. When Gregor isn’t drawing or painting, he might be free diving somewhere in cold Swiss lakes.

Interest level: 3-4

Reading level: 3-6

Part of the Wilderness Ridge Series: 

Duck Hunting Dreams: 9781663912350 

Trophy Buck: 9781663912275 

Turkey Hunt Tradition: 9781663912398