From her birth on a shanty boat drifting down the Mississippi, to riding a giant catfish, to taming a hurricane with the instrument of her dreams: the blaring steamboat calliope, Kate is a wild, new tall tale American heroine! Illustrations feature the author’s carved wood marionettes. A fact filled information section ties the tale to history, geography, and culture! And includes a popular song played on the calliope to play yourself!
The story was inspired by the raucous cacophony of the steamboat Natchez steam calliope, blasting daily across the river to the author’s studio in New Orleans. (Pelican Publishing 2022)