Kato's Grand Adventure
An adventure story written from the perspective of lost kitten. Kato is the cutest little gray/black striped young male cat with white paws and a rusty colored nose. He sets out to look for his missing sister. In the process he gets lost in the woods by a rushing stream. With the help of a rabbit, then an owl, and finally a coyote he overcomes many obstacles on his journey.
Assisted by newfound friends, Kato is reunited with his sister and arrives safely at home. Kato’s Grand Adventure is a perfect to be read-aloud to children and grandchildren at an early age. It can then be a first chapter book for anyone with a 4th or 5th grade reading level. Original illustrations by Jasmine Tritten.
About Jasmine Tritten, LLC (Corrales, New Mexico Author)
Jasmine Tritten grew up in Denmark and studied art in Europe. In 1964 she immigrated to the U.S. where she obtained a degree in Interior Design and later a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art with a minor in English. Her second love is writing. She has been journaling since childhood. Her memoir, The Journey of an Adventuresome Dane, was published in 2015. Jasmine’s children’s story “Kato’s Grand Adventure” appears in Corrales Writing Group 2014 Anthology, co-authored with her husband, Jim. This book was awarded a Silver Medal by the Military Writers Society of America (MWSA). “Kato” also appears in an animal rescue fundraising anthology Rescue Me: Purrfect Companions, December 2016. Slightly different versions of two memoir chapters “Mother’s Day in Bolivia” and “Recovery” were published separately, the first by SouthWest Writers and the second by MWSA. In September 2016, Silver Birch Press published “Coast-to-Coast Nightmare” as a part of their When I Moved Series. Jasmine’s chapter “Terror” appears in From the Frontlines to the Home Front: New Mexicans Reflect on War, December 2016. Catching Calliope and SouthWest Sage each have published a short story by Jasmine. One of these was awarded a First Place in a writing competition. She also won an Honorable Mention in another contest. In 1998 she had a poem published in Tranquil Rains of Summer: The National Library of Poetry. Jasmine resides in enchanting Corrales, New Mexico with her husband and five cats, where she pursues her art and writing.
About James Tritten (Co-Author)
Jim retired after a forty-four year career with the Department of Defense including duty as a carrier-based naval aviator. He holds advanced degrees from the University of Southern California and formerly served as a faculty member and National Security Affairs department chair at the Naval Postgraduate School.
Dr. Tritten’s publications have won him twenty-three writing awards, including the Alfred Thayer Mahan Award from the Navy League of the U.S. He has published five books and over three hundred chapters, short stories, essays, articles, and government technical reports.
Jim was a frequent speaker at many military, arms control, and international conferences and has seen his work translated into Russian, French, Spanish, and Portuguese.
