Sid the Fiddler and the Coastal Critters

By:   Doreen Baumann
Illustrated by:   Kate Fallahee
Imprint:   Msblueheron Productions LLC
Volume:   1
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 216mm,  Spine: 6mm
Weight:   354g
ISBN:   9781736267516
ISBN 10:   1736267515
Series:   Coastal Critter Chronicles
Pages:   50
Publication Date:   01 May 2021
Recommended Age:   From 8 to 9 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  English as a second language
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

"Hi, I am Doreen Baumann. I've been a passionate creative all my life and now the author of my first children's book, Sid the Fiddler and the Coastal Critters. I hope it will bring awareness of how we humans affect the delicate and vital ecosystems that many take for granted. The concept for this book began as a kids' tour for my local community that would not only be fun and entertaining but educational. Everything changed in 2020. With experience as a volunteer docent and Marsh Tacky caretaker at the Smithsonian Affiliate's Coastal Discovery Museum on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, and, after reading about the tons of trash left on the beaches during the summer, the tour became a book with a conservation message. I grew up in Bayville, a beach town known for its oysters and clams on the north coast of Long Island, New York. I enjoyed boating, waterskiing, and eventually sailing on the sound. My father was an educator, my mother a librarian. After graduating from Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio, I began a career in managing school textbook production at two leading book publishing companies in New York City. I brought books to print for authors like Charles Schulz and Bill Martin Jr with a staff of art directors. Becoming a mother of three boys and living overseas led to exciting adventures that took many paths through Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Doha, Qatar; Rochester, New York; and Long Valley, New Jersey. Then to the South Carolina Lowcountry and new beginnings. After fifteen years owning a building business and designing specialty millwork with my husband, Stu, and then ""retiring"" with four horses in La Veta, Colorado, we returned to the beautiful and much warmer South Carolina Lowcountry. I have come full circle to re-enter the publishing field by establishing my own publishing company, MsBlueHeron Productions, LLC, and becoming an author. An exciting venture! You can contact me at www.doreenbaumann.com for educational activity sheets, a kids' pledge to keep the coastal shorelines clean, and follow the next publishing ventures for the Coastal Critter Chronicles series. Kate Fallahee currently works as a freelance children's book illustrator, having worked on multiple books and series, including A Walk with Cooper, I Want an Ostrich, My Shining Star, My Teacher Dad, and The Adventures of Mavis and Margot series. Kate graduated from Northeast Wisconsin Technical College with an Associate Degree in Design & Graphic Technology and now owns her own business, Kate's Illustrations. You can view her portfolio of work at kateillustrations.com."