Author Sara T. Behrman lives in Portland, OR, and is a children's book author and former librarian; The Sea Hides a Seahorse is her debut children's picture book.
Illustrator Melanie Mikecz is based on San Francisco, CA.
A portion of the proceeds from the sales of The Sea Hides a Seahorse will be donated to support marine education and seahorse conservation; several species of seahorses are classified as endangered or vulnerable, and their habitats are largely threatened by development, water pollution, and coral reef destruction.
The Sea Hides a Seahorse will appeal to the educational/library children's market, and specialty targets include aquariums and ocean/marine preservation organizations.
Gift market/bookstore pairings could include seahorse stuffed animals, seahorse/ocean-themed coloring/activity books, and other marine-related sidelines.
Will cross-promote with other ocean-themed WMP children's books: Otto and the Flying Orca, Catastrophe by the Sea.
Backmatter includes information about seahorses?their habits, diets, environments, physiological structure, mating/courting rituals, reproductive information?ways that readers can help protect seahorses, additional resources, and information about aquariums.
There is a subtle "seek and find" feature in the illustrations: a seahorse is hidden on one page, and their hiding spot is revealed on the subsequent page!
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