The Marlin and the Mermaid "Help save the Chesapeake Bay"

The Marlin and the Mermaid "Help save the Chesapeake Bay" is a Rhyming children's picture book designed to educate students, k-4, on sustainability and to encourage them on what they can do to help keep our rivers, our bays, and our oceans clean. The project is superbly illustrated by Rick and his daughter Camie Romano, using water colors and acrylic paints, both are from Virginia Beach. Educators agree that both a Rhyming and picture format is one of the best means for sending home a message to children; they grasp the ideas and concepts so much more vividly. This project brings awareness to our Nation's largest estuary, the Chesapeake Bay, the pollution which affects this area, and how pollution impacts the sea life. This teaches children values, for they are our future leaders and policy makers. This book is the first of a four part series, the second book will have the pair swimming to the Pacific Ocean to find out about the Great Pacific garbage patch.

Author: Daniel R. Ford
Publisher: Green Seahorse Media LLC
Published: 05/17/2013
Pages: 42
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.27lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.11d
ISBN: 9780985529529

About the Author
My life and background has always been around water. I learned to swim, fish, and surf in the Atlantic Ocean. As a teenager I went on numerous "road trips" with my friends to the outer banks of North Carolina to camp and surf for the weekend. I taught lifesaving and was a water safety instructor for four years during college (Longwood University, Va.) I was in the commercial crabbing industry for a year and a half. I then joined the Merchant Marines in 1990, to participate in desert shield/desert storm. For the next twelve years I sailed with various companies, literally sailing around the world, visiting beautiful, vibrant countries, with such different cultures. This was truly a blessing. The project started rolling last June when I met the most beautiful woman ever, both inside and out. She has a heart of gold, full of love, knowledge, a strong passion for doing "good" and wanting everyone to strive to do their best, my inspiration, my muse! It took this beautiful woman, a hurricane, and being pinned down for three hours at a table to put together a "rough book" for the project. After signing an agreement last fall with Rick and Camie, the book sprang to life. This story started three years ago, May 2009, with a play on a pair of words, Marlin and Mermaid. I decided then these words had a meaning and a purpose. As I pondered, the ideas began to flow and they have only continued to grow with new ideas and dreams! This isn't just a book or an eBook as first planned, but now the birth of an interactive eBook, full of information, using the "new" technology designed for tablets and other interactive devices, allowing for children to grow through creative and playful ideas!

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