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When a moose is loose on the Palouse, there are some who decide he doesn't belong. That's the intriguing premise of a children's book by longtime Edmonds resident Janice Gear, who wrote the book under her pen name/spiritual name, Seema Jot Kaur.

Self-published under Gear's Blue Iris Joy imprint (blueirisjoy.com), "Moose Is Loose on the Palouse" features illustrations by Christopher Shanahan, a graphic design artist in Ohio. He focuses on serving writers, publishers and the literary world in general.

Gear will do a reading, along with Shanahan, at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, May 6, on the Edmonds B...