Title:
 

Sea Shoes

Author:
 

Vicki Dean Mayhew

Grade or Market Focus:
  

Pre-k to 3, etc. (This book will appeal to adults as well as children)

No. Of Words:
 

956

Keywords &
Market Focus:
 

Great love between parent and child, father/son; sharing dreams, magic and mystery of the sea as the shoes travel on their own path seeing all the beautiful places this planet has to offer; completion of the family circle.

Synopsis:
 

There was a little boy who loved his father very much and a father who loved his little boy very much.  They would go for walks beside the sea and share their dreams.  One evening when the wind was whispering secrets to the tall green grasses on the beach and the sun was a giant flaming orange sphere melting into the glassy sea.   The little boy took his shoes off.  A wave came close and snatched the little boy’s shoes away.  They traveled all over the world through a calm emerald lagoon, a stormy sea with lightning, to a moonlit beach and to the northern lights.  Many animals found the shoes, an octopus, a family of dolphins, a walrus, polar bear cubs and a whale family. They try them on, but not one time do they fit.  Then one day there was a father who loved his little boy very much and a little boy who loved his father very much.  They would go for long walks beside the sea, like his father did with him when he was small.  A wave came close and set the shoes on the beach.  The little boy tried them on and they fit.

Author Bio:
 

Birthdate: 8/25/55

Education: 3 years at Florida Institute of Technology, 3 trimesters at Albuquerque Technical-Vocational Institute, camera repair training at both Minolta & Nikon 

Work Experience:  Veterinary technician 5 years, bartender 10 years, 20 years co-owner and vice president of AP-T Camera Repair Inc., a camera repair/retail camera shop

Volunteer Experience: Sunday School teacher, videographer and event photographer at St. Mark’s Episcopal church 13 years; Girl Scout troop leader; Cub Scout den leader; Boy Scout committee member; former vice-president and board member of the Silver Hill Neighborhood Association; former president of the Tres Manos Joint Advisory board; Thunderbird Little League coach, scorekeeper and board member

Awards/Publications: Salute to Albuquerque Teenagers; Astronaut Scholarship recipient;  Poem published in Carol Burnett’s book of children’s poetry;  photos published in The Albuquerque Journal,  New Mexico Magazine, Valencia County News Bulletin,  Southwest Art,  Cover Photo Artists of America Appointment Book

Organizations: Member of The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators

Personal: Married with 4 children and 1 grandson

Hobbies: writing, photography, skiing, exercising, reading, sewing, gardening and softball

Other:
 

The book needs to be marketed as a picture book along the lines of “Time for Bed” by Mem Fox.  A later, smaller version could have a “Sea Shoes” necklace attached to the front of the book.  The second and third book in this series could be marketed the same way.