Saving Samantha: A True Story

Illustrator Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzenand wife Robbyn team up again for another wildlife tale drawn from their encounters with the animal kingdom. Told in journal form and rendered in beautifully detailed artwork, the van Frankenhuyzens give a "dayin the life" view as the fox Samantha begins her journey from injured kit to independent adult living on her own.< P>Always respecting the boundaries between the wild and the human ways of life and basedon years of work as licensed wildlife rehabilitators, Gijsbert and Robbyn recommend readers "do not try this at home."< I> Saving Samantha< /I> is Gijsbert's fourteenth book withSleeping Bear Press. He has also illustrated the best-selling < I>The Legend of Sleeping Bear, The Legend of Leelanau< /I>, and most recently < I>The Edmund Fitzgerald: Song of the Bell. < /I>He and Robbyn live with their daughters in Bath, Michigan, on a 40-acre farm.