Adventure awaits when two old college friends, Don Kaufman and Mike Burgett, meet up for a month-long sojourn in Thailand. Don is an award-winning professor of zoology from a noted liberal arts college in the Midwest; Mike is an acclaimed entomologist whose research takes him to the opium fields of northern Thailand for several months each year. Their shared experiences in the Land of Smiles are the basis for The Monkey Brothers Adventures in Thailand, a tale of travel, discovery, and friendship.

Adventure awaits when two old college friends, Don Kaufman and Mike Burgett, meet up for a month-long sojourn in Thailand. Don is an award-winning professor of zoology from a noted liberal arts college in the Midwest; Mike is an acclaimed entomologist whose research takes him to the opium fields of northern Thailand for several months each year.

Joanne McDonough was a life-long native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who spent much of her free time gardening or creating art, both visually and in print. Her first children’s book, Dominic’s Ducks, grew out of Joanne’s love of children and animals. A true story about orphaned ducklings, it was written in the mid-1980s. Joanne put the story aside while she raised her daughter and grandson and worked full-time. In retirement, she dusted it off and created bright, delightful illustrations to accompany the story.

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Tony Renzoni is the author of the well-received books Connecticut Rock ’n’ Roll: A History, Connecticut Softball Legend Joan Joyce, Connecticut Bootlegger Queen Nellie Green, Historic Connecticut Music Venues: From the Coliseum to the Shaboo, and Connecticut’s Girls of Summer: the Brakettes and the Falcons.