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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New illustrated childrens book follows adventures of three young dolphins The Adventures of the Thundering Whales: The Dreaded Weaved Catcher by marine life artist Stephen Vadakin seeks to inform young readers about ocean creatures WAUKESHA, Wis. The Adventures of the Thundering Whales: The Dreaded Weaved Catcher, a childrens book by Stephen Vadakin, shares the story of three young dolphins and their encounter with a dangerous weaved catcher. When Thunder, Flukie and Sapphire are out playing in the ocean, having fun, they dont hear the dreaded weaved catcher (fishing trawler) coming near. All of a sudden Thunder is caught in a loose piece of fishing net and falls far, far down into the ocean depths, his friends Flukie and Sapphire do not know what to do. Thunder soon falls too deep for his companions to follow, deeper than any dolphin has fallen alive. Suddenly Thunders medallion around his neck illuminates. Hes cant believe it, but now a magic air bubble has formed around him, and now he can breathe. An underwater earthquake occurs and he is drawn into a vast cave system deep into the earth. He meets hundreds of friendly creatures and their leader Big Sid the squid. Meanwhile, Flukie and Sapphire enlist the help of many of their marine life friends. Old blue, the giant blue whale, four sperm whales, Safi, Corfu, Tamri, Juba and the swordfish police patrol. Thunder must survive the deepest depths of the ocean. Can they save him? I hope this book can …
John Grisham writes for kids?!? Yes he does, and according to Miss Caroline at Main, he does so rather well! She reviews his book Theodore Boone, Kid Lawyer and lets you know what she liked about this story of a 13 year old who knows quite a bit about the law, and a bit about the book’s sequel that just came out.
Hear author Dana Solano speak about the Inspiration for her children’s book character, Apricot Brown. Apricot Brown is Miss Undefinable. She chooses not to define herself by one thing, but rather by them all. She’s an all-in-one and one-for-all kind of girl that helps children celebrate their diversity and embrace their differences. A must read for any kid! Visit ApricotBrown.com to learn more or buy a copy for a special child in your life. Also available at Amazon.com Images courtesy of Luxepic and CPWconfessions Music: Dynamite by Taio Cruz
Chris Haughton won the Eilis Dillon Award and The Bisto Childrens Book of the Year in Dublin 16th May 2011. This is the first time and author or illustrator has won both award
Shorter video. What? No Bananas? is a children’s picture book written by Kaushik Viswanath and illustrated by Shilpa Ranade and is published by Hogs Back Books (ISBN 9781907432064). You can look inside the book on Google and Amazon. Find out more at www.hogsbackbooks.com
These trailers are so fun to make. I went through a phase where I made lots of these, but I hadn’t made one in awhile, so when Livie made her book review video, I had to do a trailer for it! Her book review vid is on their channel: www.youtube.com The channel is missing lots of vids, but I’ll be updating it tonight.
This one year old can swipe and use buttons on this ipad storybook for kids. This childrens app has a narrate and a sounds button which can easily be pressed to hear the story and the great sound effects.
Check out Karen and Nancy’s review of “Fantastic Mr. Fox”. We run Kidsmomo, the site all about introducing kids to books and series they’ll love! This review is a special KidsmomoMO (‘mo kidsmomo for kids). Check out our related blog entry! www.kidsmomo.com
Daryl Enos understands that father knows best. At age 49 and after illustrating four childrens books, Enos is heading back to art college — more than 30 years after dropping out as a teen. Read more at www.tinyurl.com/enterprise-norton062009. The Enterprise is your ORIGINAL source for local news.