Kolin's Travels: July 2022

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I just published two books which I think you might like:

BOOK 1: MEMORIES OF MANCHURIA

In 1995, a 21-year-old college graduate named Kolin flew to northeast China to be a volunteer "teacher" in a poor university near the countryside. He had no idea what he was getting himself into. Rudely initiated into international living, Kolin suffered through the school of hard knocks. He had no clue about how to teach, and he knew next to nothing about China. He had never lived by himself before, and he didn't know how to cook. He didn't speak Chinese, and he knew no one in China. How was he going to survive?

What was daily life in China like in an era when there were no supermarkets and you bought your food from piles laid in the street? What was it like to travel more than 17,000 kilometers around China on slow, crowded trains and buses? How did it feel to be a lonely foreigner in such an unfamiliar land? How were outsiders treated in China at a time when foreigners were still novelties? What was teaching like when you had inadequate textbooks , no internet, and most of your students were farmer's children?

Go back a quarter of a century to a China which has almost disappeared—the China which Kolin grew to love.

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BOOK 2: PEDRO THE PORCUPINE AND HIS INACCESSIBLE FONDNESS

THIS BOOK IS NOT JUST FOR KIDS! If you liked Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, or Matilda, then you will love the humor and adventures of Pedro. There are 19 stories in this fun book! I'm also really excited about the 48 wonderful illustrations by my former student Aspen Barker who made my imagination of Pedro and his adventures come to life.

Pedro is a porcupine with a problem. He wants to make friends with the forest animals, but they are afraid of him because Pedro's sharp quills seem scary.

With help from his adoptive mouse family, Pedro meets 19 forest animals including raccoon twins with a flair for drama, a shunned skunk, a deer who is mocked for only having one antler, a hyperactive chipmunk, a friendly Canadian moose, a vulture with an odd sense of humor, and a snobby swan, just to name a few.

Through Pedro's 19 surprising and funny adventures, he learns that you can't judge a boar by his cover and that being yourself is one of the best ways to make friends.

Available in Kindle and paperback editions. Please buy a copy of Pedro by using one of the links below for Amazon in your country:

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