Iron Canuck Reviews & More: Review Tour: The Dithereens: Zoom Barrier Reef by Cal Devney, illustrated by Veronica Hipolito, with an excerpt, a giveaway, and my review

THE DITHEREENS: ZOOM BARRIER REEF

by Cal Devney

GENRE: Children's Fiction

BLURB:

Solving this mystery could change everything...

From the deep ocean to a secret doughnut-shaped reef, Zoom and Stephen must confront their fears and find the clues they need.

This time Zoom and Stephen have their friends with them. But will it be enough when it comes time to face their greatest enemy?

EXCERPT:

‘I don’t know Zoom. I’ve also been thinking about some of the creatures that live in the deep dark ocean, and some of them aren’t very friendly,’ Stephen fretted.

Before Zoom could respond, Tuxta, who had been listening in, answered while nodding enthusiastically, ‘Stephen, you are absolutely correct! There would be a lot of animals in the deep ocean that would want to swallow the pair of you whole.’

Stephen spluttered. ‘Just us? What about you, Tuxta?’

Tuxta confidently pulled out the stinging jellyfish tentacle and waved it in front of them. Zoom and Stephen jumped back, instinctively reacting to the paralysing tentacle. ‘I have my secret weapon.’

Zoom moved away from the tentacle. ‘Yes, we know about your weapon,’ he responded. ‘It is very effective at discouraging animals from coming near you.’

Stephen giggled, ‘Yeah, we weren’t at all scared of you at first because of your teeny tiny body, until you pulled out that tentacle.’

Tuxta huffed and said gruffly, ‘As I recall, you raced away like chickens. Puk Puk Pukaaak!’

Stephen frowned at the little jungah, his brow coming down over his eyes. Zoom cleared his throat. Wanting to change the subject, he said, ‘I just love how the sun rays come through the water like the sun has been broken into long rectangles.’

Without really looking where Zoom was pointing, Stephen responded huffily, ‘Yeah, neat.’ He cast Tuxta a cranky look.

Zoom, Stephen and Tuxta swam silently for several minutes. Then Tuxta whispered, ‘Look out! There is something coming ahead of us that will be wanting to eat you two.’

AUTHOR Bio and Links:

Director & Author Innovator

Cal Devney is an educator, innovator and children’s book author. She has worked in primary, secondary and tertiary education, specializing in science and digital technologies teaching. Cal’s stories are kooky, fun and creative, but mostly based on sound science principles… aside from the made up characters and the magic that is!

At Blue Sea Books, we are re-imaging reading in the 21st Century context by bringing emerging technologies into the children’s book publishing ecosystem. We are passionate about using innovation to engage, entertain and enliven young minds in new ways.

CONNECT WITH Cal Devney

WEBSITE: http://www.blueseabooks.au

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/BlueSeaBooks

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/blueseabooks/

YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnWompTLjBW7o72Na_F9LWQ

GOODREADS: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22636676.Cal_Devney

AMAZON.COM: https://amazon.com/dp/0228897114

AMAZON.AU: https://amazon.com.au/dp/0228897114

BARNES & NOBLE: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-dithereens-cal-devney/1144780550

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GIVEAWAY

The author will award a $10 Amazon/BN gift card to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter.

http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/28e4345f4898/

My Review - 4 of 5 stars -

This was a very cute story with a lot of teaching moments. I loved the descriptions of the animals, sea creatures, and natural phenomenon as they came up. Zoom and Stephen and their friends, new and old, were definitely cute and showed what teamwork could accomplish. I really enjoyed this story and recommend it as a family read.