Blubert Strut: Who Am I? Story of a Lost Blue Footed Booby Bird

By Karen E. Blanc and Margie A. Padavan

Blubert Strut is a Who Am I, nature mystery, about a lost blue footed bird and the search to find out who he is. The story begins with the loss of an egg, falling from a helicopter, over a small lake in Ca. Luckily, it lands in a comfy, large nest on the top of a palm tree, leaning over, a blue lake. The giant egg lands in the nest of Melodie and Malcolm Mockingbird, who are very bewildered by the large, blue speckled egg. Her 6 hatchlings are born; then a giant, fully feathered, white bird, with a black beak, and giant blue feet, explodes out of his shell. Blue is 10 times bigger than his fellow hatchlings and eats most of the food.

Later, Malcolm declares that Blue should move to cousin Connies empty nest. They try to carry him, since Blue doesnt fly yet, but Malcolms heart gives out and they both fall toward the lake. Blue hits his head on a buoy in the lake and passes out, but he is able to climb up, on, what he thinks, is a very large egg, that he tries to hatch. He suffers from memory loss, not knowing who he is. A crowd gathers around trying to help him, till they figure it out. Time to celebrate and dance the high stepping, Blubert Strut.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Dec 22, 2017
• ISBN: 9781973610144

Karen E. Blanc

Having worked in the film industry, as a literary manager; Karen decided it was time to pursue publishing her latest childrens book,Blubert Strut. She has written most of her life; from short stories, screenplays, childrens books, to poetry. Spiritual Fitness for kids was her goal for this book, portraying good values, such as love, helpfulness, kindness, friendship and honesty. The story idea was inspired by Margie Padavan after observing a large bird sitting on a buoy, on the lake where she lived.

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ISBN: 978-1-9736-1013-7 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-9736-1014-4 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2017917325

WestBow Press rev. date: 12/22/2017

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This book is

dedicated to our kind investors Janis Schofield and Richard Helmold and friend Carolyn Hathaway and to our amazing & talented illustrators, Nichole Arends and digital illustrator, Ashleigh Clayton, social media director, Cassandra Winston.

Thank you is hardly enough to express our gratitude for blessing us with your hard work, dedication and encouragement.

Karen Blanc

Margie Padavan

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Molly Dickenson is visiting her Granny Pat for the summer in Lake Forest, California.

She proudly boasted, "I’m eight years old, have red hair in a long high pony-tail and way too many freckles. Granny Pat told me they are ‘sun kisses’. She also had red hair and freckles when she was my age so, she totally gets it! Now her hair is blackish. I love visiting my Granny Pat every summer in Lake Forest, California because she is such a great cook, spoils me and lives on this beautiful Sun and Sail Lake. It has many coves, plus millions of critters to spy on. I love her more than all