Saving Li'l Smokey - Orphaned black bear cub "Li'l Smokey" is now featured in children's book.

Saving Li'l Smokey
Almost one year to the day of his rescue from a Northern California wildfire, the orphaned black bear cub "Li'l Smokey" is now featured in an illustrated children's book.

"We're so pleased with how everything turned out; it has met and exceeded all of our expectations," said CalFire Forester Adam Deem, 33, who plucked the 6 month old severely burned bear cub from the ashes of the Moon fire in Shasta county last July.

"Probably the best part of the whole process was that we were able to keep the project entirely local," said Celeste Deem, 34, Adam's wife and co-author. "It's a local story with local authors and a local illustrator".

The book is illustrated by Ryan M. Lamb, a 15-year-old who will soon be a sophomore at Foothill High School in Redding.

"Ryan's art gave the book a really great look and feel," Adam said. "We are so proud of him and we know he has a promising future in art."

Finishing touches for the book were provided by InHouse Marketing of Redding, producers of Enjoy magazine.

The book was printed through CreateSpace, a self-publishing subsidiary of www.Amazon.com.

A series of public events are scheduled for the month of July.

Saving Li'l Smokey will first be featured during ArtHop this Saturday, July 11, at Sugarplum Cottage on Churn Creek Road in Redding, at 6 p.m.

Adam, Celeste and Ryan will be at the Art Hop to sell and sign books July 12 and 15, they will be at the Redding Library for the Summer Read-Aloud program.

The book can also be purchased on their Website.

For information visit www.lilsmokey.net.
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