I thought a great analogy for an Indie author with very few book reviews would be like a fish without water. They soon die, or so I thought. But not in all cases. Check out this amazing video about the lung fish. Like the Indie author, it never gives up! It actually is encased in
One in three people surveyed didn’t pursue a career in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) because it seemed too difficult. I’m trying to change that perception by writing and illustrating entertaining, fun books about sea life. I’m hoping that my books will help attract both boys and girls to understanding and enjoying science. Follow this
If you’re a reading teacher, you know how important it is to activate prior knowledge and build background information before reading a new story. This is an introduction that I presented for my book, “Did You Make the Hole in the Shell in the Sea?” to a group of children in a Storytime at Barnes
Check it out! Something’s Tugging on My Claw!is on the third page of this week’s Publisher’s Weekly issue celebrating independent publishers. Excited to have a tiny toe hold in the massive publishing industry. When you’re looking for a great book for a gift or to read yourself, try picking up a book from an independent publisher
E-books are really convenient when traveling, but there’s nothing like a printed, illustrated storybook when tucking a child into bed. It was one of my favorite times with my kids.Article Link: http://nyti.ms/2ca8pgKhttp://nyti.ms/2ca8pgK
Illustrations help to make books more appealing to children, and also help to engage the reader, according to an article entitled, “The Influence of Illustrations in Children’s Storybooks,” published in Reading Psychology. In preliminary testing, this study found that books that attract children, whose grade levels range from kindergarten to third grade, are books containing...
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Just dropped “Loki’s” molted shell off at the local taxidermist, Rick Page of “Classic Taxidermy”. The shell was really starting to fall apart at the end of our summer school programs. Rick’s going to soak the shell for a month in salt water to hydrate it, and then wire all the pieces back together. Rick
Our author visits and sea animal programs are finished for the summer, so it’s time to take two of the horseshoe crabs that you met this year back to the beach where we found them.
My son recently asked me why I’ve concentrated so much time and energy this year to help Perfection To A Fault find an audience. It’s more than the glowing reviews that I received from Publisher’s Weekly and Kirkus Reviews this year. It’s more than the fact that I may have been contacted by a major Hollywood studio
My most memorable moment from the 2016 ALA Annual Conference didn’t happen in the exhibit hall. Instead, it occurred in a shuttle bus being transported from our hotel to the conference. I had just run as fast as I could to catch a bus that was about to leave, and I wasn’t alone. The bus
We were just notified that “Something’s Tugging on My Claw!” has been chosen as a Mom’s Choice Award Recipient in Children’s Picture Books. Feels great to have our latest book acknowledged. This calls for a celebration!! (Click here to view on Mom’s Choice Award website)
We had a blast meeting all of the “Finding Dory” sea animal fans at Barnes & Noble in Saugus last night. Thanks for inviting us to participate!
To celebrate the 2nd printing of the book, we’ve returned to the scene of the crime! In celebration of the second printing of Perfection To A Fault, as the 100th anniversary of this captivating story approaches, we’ve returned to many of the locations in Ossipee that were crucial to this historical, true crime story. We want
Have you ever wondered how you can distinguish a male horseshoe crab from a female one? Come along to a tidal flat and explore a horseshoe crab’s habitat to learn lots of fun facts about horseshoe crabs.
How do you introduce a story where a lot of the information included in the book may be new to children listening? Create a well thought out introduction that will help children to understand the story. This video was recently recorded at a Barnes & Noble Storytime, and is a suggestion of one way to
This video takes viewers on a tour of a two parlor lobster trap at the Head of the Harbor in Gloucester, Massachusetts. See how a lobster trap works, and how young lobsters escape. The lobster fisherman who owns this trap likes the two parlor trap best, because sometimes lobsters can figure out a way to
An author who has influenced my work, New England based writer, Stephen King, gives interesting and humorous insight into his writing process and his life as an author in the shared video below. If you’re interested in writing yourself, I’d strongly recommend Stephen King’s book, On Writing. It’s a departure from the horror genre with which
We were on a mission this year to find horseshoe crabs spawning on the beaches that make up the north shore of Boston during the full moon cycle. Unfortunately, we came up short. The north shore is still in recovery mode after years of using horseshoe crabs as bait. We’re happy to report that horseshoe
Click on this video to see beautiful Crane Beach in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and explore the intertidal zone. Learn what pattern to look for in the sand to find live sand dollars just below the surface. See how different a living sand dollar looks from the shell it leaves behind when it’s no longer alive. Did
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