A Penguin Named Patience A Hurricane Katrina Rescue Story Suzanne Lewis Illustrated by Lisa Anchin
To Jennie Newton who took me to see the penguins Tom Dyer who explained their ordeal and librarian Kim Wood who said that would make a terrific picture book Suzanne For Mom Dad and Dina Lisa ILLUSTRATOR ACKNOWLEDGMENTS With special thanks to Ezra for his unending encouragement to Jo for all of her support and to all of the Mentees for being my tribe but especially to David and Gabrielle Diaz Maple Lam and Brooke Boynton-Hughes for accompanying me on the first early reference-gathering trip to the aquarium Sleeping Bear Press gratefully acknowledges and thanks Tom Dyer and Katie Smith at Audubon Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans for their review of and help with the story
Patience knew something was terribly wrong It was dark and steamy hot inside her home at Audubon Aquarium in New Orleans Being an African penguin meant she was used to a warm climate but not this warm
