A stunning picture book from acclaimed author Katherine Applegate, adapted from the #1 bestselling middle-grade novel that spent over 100 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list! Odder spends her days playing underwater and learning life lessons from her mother. But when Odder’s life takes a dramatic turn, she is rescued by humans. The people are kind, and introduce Odder to other rescues. Soon, it’s clear that Odder has a talent for teaching other pups how to otter. Adapted from Katherine Applegate’s bestselling novel of the same name (with over 80 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list!), and inspired by the true story of a program that pairs orphaned otter pups. An INDIE BESTSELLER! A Junior Library Guild Selection An Amazon Best Book of the Month A Barnes & Noble Best Book of the Year (So Far) " Certain to enrapture young animal lovers."-- Kirkus Reviews "T he art is superb and the book’s water scenes convey a sense of swirling movement that mirror Odder’s playfulness." -- School Library Journal­ Katherine Applegate is the #1 New York Times -bestselling author of beloved and award-winning books for young readers, including Odder, Home of the Brave, Crenshaw, Wishtree , Willodeen, and The One and Only Ivan , for which she won the Newbery Medal. She is also the author of the Animorphs series, and a beginning reader series, Doggo and Pupper, illustrated by Charlie Alder. Katherine Applegate lives in Southern California with her family. Charles Santoso loves drawing little things in his little journal and dreams about funny, wondrous stories. He is the creator of Happy Hippo and has illustrated many books, including Ida, Always – written by Caron Levis, which was mentioned in the New York Times as “an example of children’s books at their best” and the New York Times bestseller Wishtree and Odder books by Katherine Applegate. He moves around between different countries to live and work but calls Sydney, Australia home.