First Watch

<p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Loads of drama wrapped up in a long-kept secret.  This season pull in middle grade readers! Grab a surfboard and catch a wave with crazy Charlie.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>2022 International Indie Award for Children's Chapter Book. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Charlie and his human live aboard a boat called </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Ninja</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>. Poachers boldly prowl local turtle nests. Why is the Coast Guard always too late? Who can make a difference? Surely not</span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> mere </em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>dogs?</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Charlie's leadership tips the balance in his friend group. His fellows begin to see that everyone and anyone is called to take a stand. The dogs learn to ride their surfboards with expert skill but wily poachers stand in the way. The canine surfers must understand their power to make a difference ...just as they are. </span></p><p><u style=color: rgba(11 76 180 1)> </u></p><p><span style=color: rgba(13 14 14 1)>Winner International Indie Book Award for Chapter Book 2022. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(13 14 14 1)>Reading level: Longer illustrated chapter books/middle grade books (ages 8-12).</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(13 14 14 1)>Listening level: storytelling on Audible (all ages).</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(13 14 14 1)>Children's Educational Topics: friendship dynamics leadership styles self-confidence environmental conservation sea turtles and of course...canine surfing. Excellent adjunct to classroom relationship discussions as well as environmental teaching units.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>YouTube book trailer </span>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDeCn66EY3M</p><p><span style=color: rgba(13 14 14 1)> </span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </strong></p><p> </p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>