C is for Cape Cod

An internationally best-selling poet, Christina Laurie (1942-2022) presented workshops, poetry readings, and seminars throughout New England. Her poems and haiku have appeared in magazines, anthologies, and periodicals across the United States, England, Canada, and Japan. Christina Laurie’s first book, Seasons Rising: A Collection of Haiku, was published in 2011. She is the author of a memoir, two adult books on biblical characters, and a chapbook of inspirational insights, Inspiration Interludes (whose funds benefit the National League of American Pen Women).

Steve Heaslip is the chief photographer for the Cape Cod Times. He has been a National Press Photographers Association regional and national clip contest winner, and was named New England Newspaper and Press Association Photographer of the Year in 2001 and 2005. His photographs have been in two exhibitions, and have appeared in National Geographic, Life, Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, and Yankee. Originally from Rochester, New York, he lives in Barnstable and has been photographing Cape Cod since the 1980s.

"… a new alphabet book, worthy of coffee table status… While it at first appears to be a children's alphabet book, the book has lots of factual information that will be interesting to adults, especially visitors to the Cape."
– Falmouth (MA) Enterprise

"This new and beautifully designed work will give kids both the obvious and subtle charms of the Cape.
–Cape Cod Times