Meet Your Friends
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Each of these critters comes from a different place, with a different story, and with a dream all their own, but they all find acceptance, chosen family, and pickleball.
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Ollie Otter
Our playful main character learns the value of friendship through trying new things along the shores of Traverse City, Michigan.
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Robby Raccoon
From the Redwoods of California, Robby needs encouragement to step outside of his comfort zone and find acceptance for being just who he is.
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Pauly Penguin
From the Redwoods of California, Robby needs encouragement to step outside of his comfort zone and find acceptance for being just who he is.
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Wally Wallaby
his brave critter finds a new forever home as well as a past-time where he feels he belongs.
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Author | Larry Blundred
Larry Blundred is a member of USA Pickleball and a resident of Cincinnati, the second-fastest growing region in the nation for the sport of pickleball. On the pickleball court, Larry discovered new friendships and the inspiration for his third book, How Pickleball Saved Ollie Otter.
Larry is also a member of the Cincinnati Pickleball Club and Middletown Pickleball Club. He is a retired financial advisor and a former marketing executive. He earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri and a master’s in marketing from the University of Illinois-Champaign. Larry and his late wife, Donna, co-wrote two books. Staying Resilient When Life Throws You More Than A Curveball, published in 2017 and Rise Above: Survivor, or Thriver? published in 2018. |
Illustrator | Gabe Fuller
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Gabe Fuller is a senior at Brentwood High School in Brentwood, Tennessee. He aspires to pursue a career in illustration and animation after graduation.
The author “discovered” Gabe’s design and artistic skills while observing his work on an airplane flight from Atlanta to Nashville in early March of 2020. |
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