Spin the Globe: the Incredible Adventures of Frederick Von Wigglebottom: Turtles of the Reef

By Edward Moldenhauer

Spin the Globe: The Incredible Adventures of Frederick von Wigglebottom is a fact-based and educational book series based on bedtime stories I told my daughter and son. Each night they would ask Daddy to tell them a story. After exhausting every variation of animal, astronaut, and princess stories I could come up with, one evening, I took notice of the globe that sat atop their dresser. I asked them to help me with a story topic and had them spin the globe! They would use their finger to stop the globe, and wherever their finger landed, I had to tell them an impromptu story about that particular country or area.
This particular story of the series takes place on the island of St. Georges Caye in Belize. Frederick is joined by Kayab, a Mayan boy, and Hay, a Garinagu girl, who release two rehabilitated sea turtles into the sea and teach him all about the history, people, sites and marine and jungle animals of the Pearl of the Caribbean.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Release date: Dec 30, 2014
• ISBN: 9781490753072

Edward Moldenhauer

Edward Moldenhauer, author of the Spin the Globe: The Incredible Adventures of Frederick von Wigglebottom, is a retired United States Navy pharmacist and military intelligence analyst. While having been published in several professional journals and cowriting The History of Pharmacy in the United States Navy, his true passion is honing up on “Ed’s Useless Trivia” to baffle friends and foe alike and to teach his children, Nicole and Eric, about every topic imaginable, sometimes to their chagrin. Ed currently lives in Burleson, Texas, with his wife, Jo Ann, their children and dogs, Freckles and Cocoa. When he’s not watching history shows or reading, he enjoys the outdoors, adventure races, cooking delicious meals for his family, and being out in the fresh air. Ed is a member of Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. Visit his website at: ejmoldy.wix.com/vonwigglebottom to learn more about the series.

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© Copyright 2015 Edward Moldenhauer.

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Illustrations by Kenn Yapsangco.

ISBN:   978-1-4907-5308-9 (sc)

             978-1-4907-5307-2 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2014922760

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Contents

Preface

Prologue

Chapter 1 Gud Mawnin To Belize

Chapter 2 Turtle Time

Chapter 3 She Smiles

Chapter 4 Snorkeling The Reef

Chapter 5 Rainforest And Ruins

Chapter 6 Punta Party

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Glossary

Sea Turtle Facts

Turtle Species

Special Thanks

To my little queen angelfish and my sturdy trident,

for providing my inspiration.

To my wife, for her love of sea turtles

and her adopted turtle, Serenity,

swimming somewhere out in the deep blue sea.

To Cap’n Ron, Linda, Scott, and Mike,

for their confidence and support.

And to the people of Belize,

for their dedication to preserving nature’s wonders.

Preface

Spin the Globe: The Incredible Adventures of Frederick von Wigglebottom is a fact-based and educational book series based on bedtime stories I told my daughter and son. Each night they would ask Daddy to tell them a story. After exhausting every variation of bunny, frog, knight, and princess stories I could come up with, one evening I took notice of the globe that sat atop their dresser. I asked them to help me with a story topic and had them spin