Children’s Storytime: Angie Drake Reads King of the Condors

BOLD is thrilled to host a special children’s storytime. Featured presenter Angie Drake will read King of the Condors by Justin T. O´Conor Sloane.

Join us for a bilingual storytime featuring King of the Condors, a beautifully illustrated folktale full of adventure, magic, and a message of hope. Told in both English and Spanish, this family-friendly event includes a reading, a short photo presentation about the real Kichwa family behind Ecuador’s Tambo Cóndor Interpretive Center, and a look at the amazing wildlife they help protect. Audience members can help decide how the story is read—one language or both! Perfect for families, language learners, and nature lovers of all ages. Stay for Q&A and discover how storytelling can help save endangered species.

Angie Drake is the writer behind Not Your Average American, a blog focused on Ecuador’s culture, nature, and conservation. She works closely with Tambo Cóndor, a Kichwa-owned eco-project in the Andes, and shares stories that connect people to place. She’s thrilled to present King of the Condors to new readers.

Justin T. O´Conor Sloane is the author of King of the Condors, a bilingual children’s book inspired by Andean folklore and his time living in Cuenca, Ecuador. A lifelong storyteller, Justin believes in the power of imagination to inspire change. A portion of each book sale supports wildlife conservation in Ecuador.

Justin collaborated closely with his wife, Ana Ximena Caroso Montero, an Ecuadorian advocate and the book’s Spanish translator.

Stephanie Suter is a Swiss-born artist based in Cuenca, Ecuador. She illustrated King of the Condors using ink on silk, creating dreamlike images that bring the story to life. This is her first children’s book. Stephanie is also active in local conservation efforts alongside her husband.

From each book sold, $3 is donated to support their efforts to build the Tambo Cóndor Interpretive Center, a local education hub where schoolchildren and community members will learn about endangered species like the Andean condor and the spectacled bear—and how to help protect them. You can read more about this grassroots initiative here.

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Event cohosted by BOLD Coffee & Books and Indigo: Editing, Design, and More.