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Love in Northern Rapids recounts 18 canoe trips over more than a dozen years on many arctic rivers and on the Beaufort Sea, as well as the Inside Passage and other waterways in western North America. Author, Freda Mellenthin, proves that youth is no prerequisite for learning new skills, braving the elements, or falling in love. At the age of 61, she met Ted Mellenthin, an enthusiastic whitewater paddler of the same age who brought a canoe on their first date. They hit it off immediately, and Ted started to teach Freda the basic paddling strokes. Less than a year later, the pair set out on their first canoe expedition—into the Canadian Arctic.

This 7 x 9-inch book design project includes a softcover binding as well as interior pages including 16 maps, covering all the expeditions, along with 16 black and white photos and 32 in full colour.

Love in Northern Rapids is available in book stores, specialty stores, marinas and tourism locales throughout Canada.

The design brief for this serial publication includes the covers as well as interior pages accommodating a wide range of text genres and visual art.

The Capilano Review (TCR ) has published innovative literary and visual arts alongside one another since 1972. Writing genres include fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fiction. To better accommodate long line lengths in poems, the design incorporates a seven-inch-wide page. Other design features include elegant fonts set with generous leading that together provide ease of reading.

Find out more about The Capilano Review

TCR 3.4

Other TCR Covers

This project for a book of poetry features the cover design and interior page layouts. To address the need to avoid breaking long lines in some poems, this book is presented in 7 x 9-inch format.

Published by CUE (Capilano University Editions) and edited by Vancouver-area poets George Stanley and Jamie Reid, this Selected Poems: Billy Little, is a recognition of Billy Little’s “. . . lifelong work on behalf of poetry and poetry community in Vancouver and British Columbia.”

Visit this link to the CUE website, and find more info at ABC Bookworld about George Stanley and Jamie Reid.

This design project includes the printed hardcover binding with matching dust jacket and interior page designs highlighted with ornamented chapter titles and 15 beautiful colour illustrations.

For readers aged eight and up, Cinderella’s Daughter and the Magic Angelfish takes place in a magical world complete with captivating descriptions of nature and a host of charming and lovable characters. Fifteen striking illustrations by Natalia Vetrova help transport you into this fascinating story of courage, devotion, forgiveness, and love.

To obtain your copy of the deluxe hardcover edition contact jan@katodesignandphoto.ca

If you can’t find the right words to express yourself in prayer, then Let’s Pray Scripture! is the book for you. Inside, Chaplain Laurel Lafaut includes over 100 scripture-based prayers for use in various situations and circumstances, together with information that will help you to pray with confidence and comfort.

Published by STL Waters Publishing. Cover and page design and layout by Jan Westendorp/Kato Design and Photo.

5.5 × 8.25 inches

266 pages

ISBN: 978-0-9938382-0-0

Available from Red Tuque Books

Inspired by a true story about a rescued kitty, Buster’s Winter Folly is a 32-page picture book including sumptuous illustrations by Jeffery Austin Gibson educates children about how to take care of a pet and what they can do in case theirs get lost. A portion of profits from sales of this book is donated to animal rescue shelters.

Find out more by visiting author Kristin Schumacher’s website for Kitty Kompany and Chullie Publications

Available from Amazon

“Still sassy, Doris Gregory takes us back over seventy years. . . . Although at times the war weighs heavily upon her, Doris’s optimism, enthusiasm, and sense of humour permeate this rollicking adventure story, full of laughter and surprises.”

Illustrating Doris Gregory’s war-time memoir, this book includes, throughout, reproductions of such British war-time ephemera as a ration card, canteen card, and theatre playbill, along with 16 pages of black and white photos.

Available from Ronsdale Press and Amazon

Below you’ll see examples of other book designs by Jan Westendorp at Kato Design and Photo. Some include the cover alone, for others, the brief was to design the interior pages, yet others encompass both the cover and interior designs.

Book Covers

Interior page designs for Delta Police: Building on the Past, Focused on the Future

More about Delta Police and their history book celebrating 125 years

Interior page designs for Memoria: An Anthology of Portuguese Canadian Writers

Published by Fidalgo Books

Available from Amazon

Cover and interior page designs: 5 Secrets to Effective Communication

Available from Soft Skills for Success and Amazon

Cover and interior page designs: Autonomy Mastery and Purpose in the Avalanche Patch

Available at Google Books

Cover and interior page designs: What Every Kid Needs and Money Can’t Buy