The article, “Milford authors donate 500 books“, in the Milford Times features Carl and Jean’s donation of 500 of their award-winning books, A Pirate’s Quest, to Save the Children to improve children’s literacy in Eastern Kentucky. Carl is quoted in the article, saying, “Reading stimulates the imagination. It can open the door to wondrous adventures!” [...]
To improve reading skills for children in Eastern Kentucky, today Carl and Jean are donating 500 copies of their award-winning book, A Pirate’s Quest, to the nonprofit Save the Children. The books will be distributed to four elementary schools in Whitley County, Kentucky. Carl and Jean are also donating four copies of our award-winning DVD movie, [...]
Good news for sharks! Congress passes the Shark Conservation Act of 2010 to ban unimaginable shark finning, where the fins of live sharks are cut off and the sharks are thrown back in the water to die, in U.S. waters. Learn more in the article, “Congress Passes Shark Conservation Act to Ban Gruesome Finning Practices“. [...]
Do you care about keeping our Great Lakes and oceans clean? The International Coastal Cleanup 2010 from the Ocean Conservancy is this Saturday and you can help! The Ocean Conservancy International Coastal Cleanup, in partnership with organizations and individuals across the globe, engages people to remove trash and debris from the world’s beaches and waterways, [...]
Scientists will be rescuing sea turtle nests and eggs in the Gulf of Mexico to protect them from the BP oil spill. The US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is calling the plan the “Sea Turtle Late-Term Nest Collection and Hatchling Release Plan”. Eggs, mostly of endangered loggerhead sea turtles, will be taken to Florida [...]
The International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC) is conducting injured bird rescue to help oiled birds in the Gulf. I keep hearing the name of this organization in the news and wanted to learn more about them. IBRRC is working with the Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research, the lead oiled wildlife organization on the ground, to set [...]
We care about bears and feature them in our children’s books One Child, One Planet, A Pirate’s Quest, and in our wildlife gallery. I want to to let you know about a group I recently discovered that is helping bears. The World Society for the Protection of Animals is helping bears and other wildlife in the [...]
Federal wildlife agencies proposed Wednesday increased protections for loggerhead turtles along both U.S. coasts, according to the article “U.S. wildlife agencies seek protections for loggerhead turtles” in The Baltimore Sun. Ever since viewing the first clips from our award winning movie, The Riddle in a Bottle, featuring baby loggerhead sea turtles drifting along the ocean currents [...]
Laura Sams and Robert Sams, authors of our book A Pirate’s Quest, and directors of our DVD movie The Riddle in a Bottle, enjoy sharing their talents through author visits and live performances each year. You can watch their wonderful presentation in Dubai in the video above. They have performed at the Smithsonian Museum of [...]
KIDS FIRST! announced its Best of the Year Awards, and our underwater film The Riddle in a Bottle won the Best Educational Film for Ages 5 to 12. KIDS FIRST! is the world’s largest film festival, run by the Coalition for Quality Children’s Media, a national, nonprofit organization that evaluates, rates and endorses children’s feature films, DVDs, [...]
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