Children's author Jennifer Wallis at 6 North

Meet Jennifer Wallis, author of Adventures With Scarlet the Dolphin, from 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Sept. 29, at:

6 North Café

14438 Clayton Road

Ballwin, MO 63011

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Jennifer Wallis is a school social worker at an early childhood center for the Fox C-6 School District. She has a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Saint Louis University and teaches adjunct for a few local colleges and universities.

She lives in Arnold, Mo., with her husband and biggest supporter, Nick, and her two daughters--Adelynn, age 4, and Faith, age 2--who gave her the inspiration to write. For every 10 books sold, Jennifer will donate a book to the Pajama Program. The Pajama Program is a non-profit that provides new pajamas and new books to children in need. For more information, visit www.pajamaprogram.org.

Adventures with Scarlet the Dolphin: California Sea Lions -- Hailey is an 8-year-old girl who lives on the beach and her best friend is Scarlet, who happens to be a dolphin. Scarlet takes Hailey on a new adventure every day and teaches her all about life in the ocean. On this adventure, Scarlet takes Hailey off the coast of San Francisco, California where she meets Callie, a California Sea Lion. After Hailey learns all about California Sea Lions she gets to play with Scarlet and Callie before having to return back home to the beach.

Autographed books will be available for sale on Sept. 29.

Online: www.amazon.com, www.barnesandnoble.com