Sisbro Partners with Wildlife Artist for New Book
Laura and Robert have partnered with acclaimed artist Heiner Hertling for a new children's book, A Pirate's Quest (for his family heirloom peg leg).
The book tells the story of a one-legged pirate and his watery search to find a very special peg leg. The peg leg is a family heirloom, which was passed down through the pirate generations from his grandfather to his father to him. And he loses it while visiting his two-legged sister who lives by a tiny lake far from the sea. To find his leg, he must follow the water, from the lakes to the rivers to the sea.
The book's idea came from a song featured in Sisbro's new underwater movie, The Riddle in a Bottle.
“We wrote a song about a lost peg leg, to help introduce ways that water moves around the world,” Laura said. “Then slowly we realized the song's story would make a great book, and we are extremely lucky that Heiner is onboard.”
Heiner Hertling is an award-winning artist and plein-air painter, who hosts a television series called Your Brush With Nature, currently featured on Public Broadcasting Stations around the country.
“Imagine a book filled with beautiful oil scenics of nature and wildlife . . . and there just happens to be a pirate in them,” Laura said. “It's going to be beautiful and quirky at the same time. We are so excited to be working on this project.”
The book will be published by Carl R. Sams II Photography.
