Local Author Publishes Children’s Book

Local author, Joanne Simon Tailele met with the preschoolers of Grace Lutheran Preschool in Naples on Monday, April 25 to share her newest children’s book, March of the Sea Turtles. The children in the four-year old class loved hearing all about the sea turtles of Marco Island and Southwest Florida. They were especially excited to find the turtles hidden on each two-page spread.

Ms. Tailele is a literacy buddy with two of the students at Grace Lutheran Preschool through the Early Learning Coalition of Southwest Florida Inc. This is the fourth year she has been a literary buddy through this program, giving children opportunities to own their own books donated by their buddies and engrain a passion for reading. She has published four novels, two biographies and two children’s books. You can learn more about Ms. Tailele and her books at joannnetailele.com.

March of the Sea Turtles is the first of the series, Carly’s Island Adventures. Each book will have the same lovable characters, Carly, and her neighbor, Everglades Park Ranger Todd. Each book will feature a different animal or fish that is local to Southwest Florida. Each story teaches the child how we must learn to get along with our shelled, feathered, or furry friends. To add to the excitement, each book has a hidden animal on each two-page spread for the child to find. March of the Sea Turtles, has of course, a sea turtle.

The book is available in paperback or hardcover at Sunshine Booksellers on Collier Boulevard on Marco Island at either their north or south location. For more information, you may contact them at info@sunshinebooksellers.com.