A manatee character introduces manatees, describing their physical characteristics, behavior, and habitats, and discusses the dangers that threaten their existence.

The curiosities of the sea come to life in this playful romp at the beach. Funny rhymes and even sillier illustrations make this an ideal read for families all year long. Full color.

She'd left it all behind -- The Tribe, the tragedy, and her vicious memories of the Loxahatchee River. Thirty years later, a subpoena to testify in a Florida court case brings Hannah Simpson back to south Florida...and face to face with Mitchell Goldstein -- a mysterious journalist, determined to learn her story. Armed only with the awful truth and her vivid recollection of that fateful day, we plunge with Hannah into the treacherous Loxahatchee, and witness the young girls of The Tribe the dangerous adventure they braved, the impossible choices...and the many predators lurking there. As her story unfolds, Hanah suspects Goldstein's motives are anything but pure. Yet even he can't resist hearing Hannah's incredible story. With survival threatened by every twist of the current, Hannah is compelled -- by circumstance and fate -- to face the mystical and dangerous forces on this river of souls.

"You learn dat dis world don't love negar! And negar don't make for dis world!" Zachariah's mother warned him when he was still a boy. Yet, poor and abominably ugly, the Jamaican fisherman grasps lovingly for life, though the worst forces of nature conspire against him. Washed far out to sea in the night, Zachariah is attacked by a hammerhead shark, scorched by the Caribbean sun, hurled about by the sea which both frightens and entices him, and confused by his own encroaching madness. In a rare weave of humor and sadness, Zachariah forces himself to reflect on his life and the strangeness of chance, on anything but his place as a small man in a fragile boat in the boundless sea. Still on land are the villagers, the woman, and the sons who comprise life for Zachariah. While he struggles with the forces of nature, the natural faith of the villagers encounters the incapacity for belief of the troubled English doctor. As the superstitions and certainties of Jamaican life and the consequences of science meet, Winkler reveals a rich understanding of the precarious balance between thought and reality, between the coincidental and the miraculous. "This is one of those rare novels that announces its presence with such modest grace that the size of its ambition and accomplishments steals gently into the consciousness."—Michael Thelwell, Washington Post Book World "Mr. Winkler deftly unfurls his exquisitely written story, which is redolent of the colorful patois and chaotic flavor of rural Jamaican culture."—Bob Allen, Baltimore Sun

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Who will step in to save the vulnerable planet Moonark from those who would destroy it and sap its valuable resources? Who would dare to do battle with the fierce Chocroids, the giant and terrifying Muck Mock spiders, and to fight crime from Moonark all the way to distant Earth? Enter the Manatee Warriors, an intrepid group of galactic superheroes whose mettle and bravery sees them through wild adventures of treachery and danger. Aided by the incredible technological advances pioneered by the genius inventor Sweegee, the manatees work as a team to defeat all who would threaten their homeland. In this thrilling science fiction novel, read on as the Manatee Warriors struggle against the invasion of the powerful Chocroids, restless and dangerous beasts with an appetite for destruction. Then follow our aquatic heroes as they travel to a distant planet called Earth, evading human interference as they seek to understand the source and very nature of the strange mutations which have given them their awesome powers. Will they uncover the answer to this great mystery? Will they succeed in saving Moonark from the forces which besiege it on all sides? Read on, and find out!