A Penticton father-son-duo used their extra time together during the pandemic to publish a locally-set children鈥檚 book.

Ken Miller, has completed his long-in-the-works children鈥檚 book, The Cherry Bandit which was inspired by his family鈥檚 time living on Cherry Orchard in Naramata for about 15 years. Ken and his wife Nicole鈥檚 raised their son, Ben, on the orchard.

The story was crafted by Ken鈥檚 memories of his son growing up in the orchard.

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When Ken finished writing the book, his now 17-year-old son secretly illustrated the entire book, and copyrighted and self published it and surprised his dad with the finished copy.

鈥淭he story is special to our family, as it portrays some anecdotal stories from Ben鈥檚 childhood growing up on a Cherry farm, which brings about a few laughable moments in the book,鈥� said Nicole. 鈥淭his project has been a labor of love for my husband and we feel a lot of pride in our family for being able to have a published author and illustrator in the family as a father-son-duo.鈥�

The book is currently available on Amazon and on display at Coles bookstore in Cherry Lane Shopping Center, where it is featured on the front counter. It is also available at the gift shop in the Penticton Art Gallery.

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