As a former resident of Alaska now residing in Honolulu, Hawaii, I am a "natural" naturalist by location and avocation, applying my naturalist's eye to all my children's works.  Some years ago, I was challenged by several author-educators to "put my pen where my mouth was" and write some transformative children's stories.  I wanted stories that would appeal to all ages, from pre-school through teen, and that adult's could read to children over and over without losing interest.  I wanted the stories to picque the reader and listener's curiosity, initiate discussion, encourage personal discovery and inspire dreams without the need for gratuitous violence. The result is these works which I sincerely hope will become "Read-To-Me-Please" and "Color-Me-Please" favorites. 

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Daniel S. Janik, is a former resident of Alaska currently resides in Honolulu, Hawaii, with his wife, Setsuko Tsuchiya. Together they welcome the Humpback whales back to Hawaii every year around Christmas, sending them with fond Aloha back again to Alaska in mid-April. 

ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR:
Ruth R. Janik, after having traveled about a bit, settled in a quiet part of the USA near family and friends to pursue her artistic endeavors. 

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 ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
As children, 20-year Alaskan sourdough Dan Janik, and his best friend, Alaska Eskimo Ted Ireton hiked, fished, panned and skiied all over the Land of the Midnight Sun.

ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR:
Patricia Kilson was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska.  She is the author and illustrator of Song of the Raven (Publication Consultants). 

Translation for 140 languages by ALS

A Whale's Tale
Daniel S. Janik
Illustrated by Ruth R. Janik

Savant Books and Publications, 2009
90 pp.  8.25"x6.00"  Fully Illustrated

ISBN 978-1442-10506-5

First in the Savant "Color-Me-Please" Series

 The adventures of a juvenile humpback whale on his way from Hawaii to Alaska and back as told by his childhood sweetheart. "A Whale's Tale" is written for adults to read aloud to their children, or children to read and enjoy. Lavishly illustrated in black and white with reader coloring opportunities.

EXCERPT:  "The tropical sky blushed every imaginable hue of blue. Gentle crystalline waves reached up to the sky like a playful pack of ponies running towards land, their silvery manes fluttering in the gentle trade winds. Brilliant sunlight splashed along as if on a golden waterfall happily emptying into an azure sea.
    Sorry, little one, I don’t know if it was a school day or the weekend because, well, almost every day in Hawaii is paradise. But this was not just any other another day, because, you see, I had just finished my afternoon nap, and opened my eyes, twenty feet under water.
    Twenty feet under water! That's impossible, you say! Have you already forgotten that I am a whale, and the deep blue sea is my natural home -- just as everything above the water including the crisp, fresh air, is your natural home! So now that we both, once again, know who we are, let’s continue..."

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Sourdough Scott's Bedtime Fairy Tales from Alaska
Dan Janik
Illustrated by Patricia Kilson
Forward by Ted Ireton

Publication Consultants, 2005
63 pp.  7"x9"  Fully Illustrated

ISBN 978-1-59433-031-5

A "Color-Me-Please" Book

"Dan's bedtime fairy tales of the far North are a new breed of fairy story - three enchanting tales including Three Bears (like you've never heard it before), Wolf and Moon, and Otter Girl - told and retold around Alaskan campfires - developed into complete bedtime stories. Sourdough Scott's Bedtime Fairy Tales From Alaska are pure delight, for children, parents alike. They are Dan's heartfelt gift to the precious, child-explorer-pioneer inside of all of us!" 

Excerpt from Wolf and Moon: "The eskimo shaman sang on and on, and it seemed to the young man and maiden as if hours were passing.  The old man's song began to sound to them like summer bees droning and they both fell fast asleep.

The young man began to dream that he was lying in the snow, curled up warmly in a furry ball, a blue, cloudless artic sky high above him. He felt as if everything about him were exciting and new.  In fact, it was not that everything about him was different, but that he was different, for you see, he had become a sleek arctic wolf..."
 
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