The Adventures of Blue Ocean Bob is a children's book series based upon timeless principles of achievement. The stories and the lessons they reveal are inspired by the work of outstanding individuals who have spent their lives researching and teaching these principles including Wallace D. Wattles Napoleon Hill Earl Nightingale and for the past fifty years Bob Proctor. While many of the principles in The Adventures of Blue Ocean Bob may appear basic or widely accepted they are often not tau...

“There once was a boy who lived close to the seaAnd daydreamed all day about what he might be.His island was lush and his life wasn’t bad,But he wasn’t content with the things that he had.”Despite his idyllic island life, young Bob yearns for a greater sense of purpose. He recognizes that his life doesn’t have direction, so he decides to set out on an adventure and seek out advice from the sea creatures.Bob encounters a carefree dolphin Al, who...

2023 Next Generation Indie Book Award Winner for Best Overall Design (Fiction)Discover a secret in the deep with Blue Ocean Bob as he helps some new friends in the Sea of KerchooWhile snorkeling along the ocean reef, Bob senses something in the deep below. With encouragement from Cathy the crab, he trusts his intuition and assembles a team to explore a shipwreck on the ocean floor. But despite help from Al the dolphin and Molly Marine, Bob is unable to comp...

*Aunque el joven Bob lleva una vida de ensueño en su isla, siente el profundo deseo de encontrar una mayor satisfacción personal. Así pues, junto con Tina, una colibrí que es su guardiana, Bob sale en busca del consejo de las sabias y felices criaturas que viven en el mar. Su misión lo lleva a conocer a Al, un delfín juguetón y vivaz, y luego al sabio de la zona, una vieja tortuga llamada Doc, quien finalmente le señalará a Bob el camino que lo conducirá a descubrir su pasión y alcanzar su...

“There once was a boy who lived close to the seaAnd daydreamed all day about what he might be.His island was lush and his life wasn’t bad,But he wasn’t content with the things that he had.”Despite his idyllic island life, young Bob yearns for a greater sense of fulfillment. He just knows there’s something out there—something special—just waiting for him! Along with Xena, his hummingbird guardian, Bob travels from his tropical island to the gre...

Join Blue Ocean Bob on his journey to protect all life in the Sea of KerchooBlue Ocean Bob loves the sea and wants to dedicate his life to protecting it. He begins a new job as assistant to Mary Marine, the Island of Roses's leading marine biologist, and with his hummingbird guardian, Xena, by his side, works hard to carry out his duties to the sea creatures both on and off the shore.When the challenges mount, Bob seeks advice from Doc the turtle, Earl the ...

Dive Deep with Blue Ocean Bob as He Takes the Lead Protecting All Life in the Sea of KerchooAn earthquake has set off an oil spill on the ocean floor, and Blue Ocean Bob faces his toughest challenge yet. After seeking advice from the local sage, Doc the turtle, Bob musters the courage to dive down and repair the damage alongside his mentor, Mary Marine. Upon their return, Wallace the walrus alerts Bob that a great white shark has been beached. Calling on his island...

A 1984 Newbery Honor BookAlthough he faces responsibility bravely, thirteen-year-old Matt is more than a little apprehensive when his father leaves him alone to guard their new cabin in the wilderness. When a renegade white stranger steals his gun, Matt realizes he has no way to shoot game or to protect himself. When Matt meets Attean, a boy in the Beaver clan, he begins to better understand their way of life and their growing problem in adapting to the white man a...

This stunning debut novel about grief and wonder was an instant New York Times bestseller and captured widespread critical acclaim, including selection as a 2015 National Book Award finalist!After her best friend dies in a drowning accident, Suzy is convinced that the true cause of the tragedy must have been a rare jellyfish sting. Things don't just happen for no reason. Retreating into a silent world of imagination, she c...

Based on true events! It's the summer of 1916 and the Jersey shore is being terrorized by a Great White shark. Can 10-year-old Chet and his friends survive a swim in the local creek? In the summer of 1916, ten year-old Chet Roscow is captivated by the local news: a Great White shark has been attacking and killing people up and down the Atlantic Coast, not far from Chet's hometown of Springfield, New Jersey. Then one day, swimming with his friends, Chet sees something in the water. . .

Keeper was born in the ocean, and she believes she is part mermaid. So as a ten-year-old she goes out looking for her mother—an unpredictable and uncommonly gorgeous woman who swam away when Keeper was three—and heads right for the ocean, right for the sandbar where mermaids are known to gather. But her boat is too small for the surf—and much too small for the storm that is brewing on the horizon.Kathi Appelt follows her award-winning and New York Times bestselling novel

Parents and children love to play "question" games: Would you eat spaghetti made with gummy worms? Would you wear your clothes backwards all day? Sometimes the answer is "yes" and sometimes it's "no"--but the fun is in the asking. Gifted writer and educator Esme Raji Codell has writtten a book that incorporates fractured fairy tales with this kind of parent-child interplay to create a pitch-perfect combination of bedtime read-aloud and fairytales that will delight children and parents!