Magical Tales of Turtles and Treasure
Dennis King
- These
- tales
- were
- written
- so
- a
- parent
- or
- parents
- could
- read
- a
- chapter
- to
- their
- children
- right
- before
- bedtime.
- The
- Flesch
- Reading
- Ease
- is
- rated
- at
- 88.
- The
- actual,
- vocalized,
- storytelling
- time
- is
- approximately
- two
- hours.
While
- staying
- whimsical,
- some
- words
- venture
- up
- to
- the
- fourth-grade
- level.
- This
- was
- done
- intentionally,
- so
- the
- mother
- or
- father
- and
- child(ren)
- may
- interact
- throughout
- the
- book
- to
- increase
- your
- child’s
- vocabulary
- and
- understandings.
- The
- character
- names
- of
- the
- two
- storyboard
- tykes
- can
- be
- substituted
- with
- identities
- or
- nicknames
- more
- meaningful
- to
- your
- children.
- Such
- as
- brothers,
- sisters,
- and
- neighborhood
- friends.
This
- delightful
- story
- is
- centered
- around
- a
- magical
- turtle
- and
- inquisitive
- kids.
- You
- open
- the
- pages
- to
- find
- the
- distressed
- loggerhead
- crying
- out
- for
- help,
- while
- stuck
- upside
- down
- in
- a
- seashore
- crevice.
- Don’t
- you
- know,
- even
- enchanted
- turtles
- can’t
- perform
- any
- magic
- when
- they
- are
- caught
- or
- flipped
- over
- on
- their
- back?
Enter
- our
- heroes,
- Dick
- and
- Jane,
- to
- tug
- and
- twist
- the
- helpless
- creature
- to
- freedom.
- The
- amphibian
- protects
- them
- with
- white-magic
- spells,
- and
- off
- they
- go
- off
- on
- an
- adventure
- or
- two.
- Along
- the
- way,
- you
- and
- they
- will
- swim
- among
- the
- sea
- life
- and
- even
- walk
- on
- the
- ocean’s
- floor
- enjoying
- the
- embedded
- color
- renderings.
But
- everybody
- needs
- to
- be
- careful.
- Mysterious
- islands
- are
- on
- the
- horizon.
- Volcanoes
- might
- erupt
- without
- notice.
- Beautiful,
- but
- steamy
- jungles
- are
- full
- of
- exotic
- creatures.
- After
- finding
- a
- half-buried
- chest
- down
- the
- sandy
- shore,
- the
- kids
- are
- captured
- by
- a
- band
- of
- pirates.
- Woe
- to
- them.
- With
- their
- marvelous
- friend
- still
- enjoying
- a
- needed
- snooze,
- the
- tykes
- are
- delivered
- into
- the
- hands
- of
- Captain
- Pegleg.
The
- Skipper
- and
- crew,
- being
- stranded
- on
- that
- island
- for
- decades,
- shackled
- the
- youngsters.
- Then
- tried
- to
- force
- them
- to
- reveal
- where
- their
- boat
- was
- stashed.
- After
- all,
- the
- children
- had
- to
- have
- cruised
- over
- somehow?
- Of
- course,
- the
- pirates
- did
- not
- believe
- they
- had
- swum
- and
- walked
- the
- ocean
- floor
- from
- the
- mainland
- to
- the
- pirate’s
- lair.
Meanwhile,
- after
- awakening,
- the
- turtle
- changed
- into
- a
- toucan
- to
- find
- the
- kids.
- After
- all,
- a
- flying
- toucan
- can
- search
- faster
- than
- a
- lumbering
- sea-turtle.
- Unfortunately,
- the
- bird
- was
- seized
- and
- not
- able
- to
- employ
- magic
- until
- it
- ‘Poofed’
- and
- reverted
- into
- the
- turtle’s
- natural,
- hard
- shelled,
- body.
They
- forced
- the
- kids
- to
- dive
- for
- the
- pirate’s
- treasure.
- Danger
- lurks
- in
- and
- around
- the
- sunken
- timbers
- of
- the
- decaying
- ship.
- Yet,
- as
- in
- all
- good,
- bedtime
- stories,
- everything
- works
- out
- just
- fine
- in
- the end.
