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BOX CANYON BOOKSHELF This winter, be sure to check out these new titles by uber-talented Telluriders. The perfect holiday gift? A page-turner for the plane? One to curl up with on a snowy day? We’ll let you decide. All are available at Between the Covers bookstore on Main Street.
MARINA & THE MERMAIDS
TELLURIDE UNVEILED
TANDEM ROWING
Telluride Unveiled is a collection of photos by highly regarded local photographer and Guide contributor Ryan Bonneau of Telluride and its surroundings. Through the medium of black and white photography and captured over 20 years exploring every nook and cranny of this corner of the San Juans, Bonneau unveils a raw and peaceful beauty made even more stunning by the contrasting light, dramatic contours and striking textures unique to this region. Says Bonneau, “I moved to Telluride on a youthful whim in search of light, fluffy powder and long vertical ski descents. What I didn’t realize was that this transition would change my life forever and ultimately satiate my soul with the richness of an unrivaled tiny mountain town surrounded by a truly dramatic and seemingly endless landscape.” Also available at Slate Gray Gallery.
Author Susan Kees, well known for local hikers’ bible The Telluride Hiking Guide, has penned a memoir, Tandem Rowing: More Than a River (A Long Way to Row for a Taco). The book recounts Kees’ and husband Bill’s 2001 adventure rafting 1,800 miles from the headwaters of the Colorado River in Wyoming to its terminus in Mexico’s Sea of Cortez. The pair, who travelled in a customized raft with two sets of oars so they could row in tandem, had been married 30 years at the time. (Kees, who reflects in the book on relationships, quips that when comparing the journals each kept on the trip, Bill asked “were we on the same trip?”) With Bill now battling terminal cancer, Kees says she was motivated to write the book for him to read, as well as “to inspire the average person to step out of his comfort zone.”
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Telluride might be a long way from any coast, but this children’s book by local writer Linne Halpern will bring the sea a little closer for young readers. Marina and the Mermaids tells the tale of Marina, who lives near the ocean and yearns to swim in the sea like a mermaid. Marina’s fear of the ocean, however, keeps her feet firmly on dry land. When her lucky bracelet ends up in the water, Marina realizes it’s time to face her fears and dive in. Charming and beautifully illustrated by the very creative Halpern, Marina teaches “young explorers the value of diving into new experiences,” according to Halpern. “I was a child who was afraid of a lot of things. I liked my comfort zone and often needed coaxing to challenge myself outside of it. Since moving to Telluride, the book’s lessons of gaining confidence through adventuring and learning to feel comfortable in the unknown feel truer than ever.”
ECOQUEEN Has local activist and environmentalist Joanna Measer Kanow created the perfect superhero for our time? We think so. Her name is EcoQueen, otherwise known as Kora, a 17-year-old biracial teenager with the power to reverse the effects of climate change. In EcoQueen, Kanow’s wonderful work of teen fiction, we follow Kora, who, empowered by her abilities and accompanied by her autistic twin brother, Rio, sets out to protect the people and ecosystems threatened by rising sea levels, catastrophic weather events, droughts and wildfires across the globe. As young Kora learns to control her gifts, she realizes the impact of environmental changes caused by humans, fossil fuels and pollution. “I wrote the book to get kids inspired to start taking bold climate action now, since us adults have been dragging our feet,” says Kanow. “I want readers to feel that they can become part of solutions to the climate change problems we all currently face.”
