Hello Children's Book Lovers! 

It is my pleasure to announce the release of the third in the Savant "Color-Me-Please" series, THE TURTLE DANCES. This delightful 80-page children's story with 28 black and white, pen-and-ink illustrations by celebrated artist and illustrator Ruth R. Janik of A WHALE'S TALE fame recounts the adventures of Isla, a Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle, resting on the beach at Waikiki, who notices a dance couple practicing a partner routine for a dance competition. Intrigued, she decides she, too, wants to dance, and more so, partner dance. But how to do it?



Written for adults to read aloud to their children, and youth to 16 years of age to read and enjoy, THE TURTLE DANCES is lavishly illustrated in black and white for reader coloring opportunities. It is the third in the Savant "COLOR-ME-PLEASE" children's book series, following A WHALE'S TALE and MYTHICAL VOYAGE.

THE TURTLE DANCES is an ideal bedtime or "read-to-me-please" story for reading aloud and for youth to listen to, read and enjoy time and again.

THE TURTLE DANCES
by Daniel S. Janik (Illustrated by Ruth Janik)
80 pp.  8.25" x 5" Softcover
28 B&W "Color-Me-Please" Illustrations
ISBN 978-0-9886640-1-2

Available from the publisher, printer, Savant Bookstore Honolulu,  Amazon.com, other online websites and fine bookstores everywhere

THE TURTLE DANCES is the third of Daniel S. Janik's children's books focused on the Pacific Rim and its natural inhabitants.  His first book, SOURDOUGH SCOTT'S BEDTIME FAIRY TALES FROM ALASKA (Publication Consultants) is a collection of three new-age fairy tales from Alaska (Three Bears, Wolf and Moon, and Otter Girl).  A WHALE'S TALE (Savant Books and Publications) and THE TURTLE DANCES (Savant Books and Publications) continue the tradition of curiosity-based, discovery-driven works of which children and adults never tire.

Sincerely,
Daniel S. Janik
Author of
     - THE TURTLE DANCES (Savant Books and Publications)
     - the award-winning A WHALE'S TALE (Savant Books and Publications)
     - SOURDOUGH SCOTT'S BEDTIME FAIRY TALES FROM ALASKA (Publication Consultants)
Author website at http://janik.yolasite.com