oskilde, Denmark is located just west of Copenhagen on island of Zealand. It's the business and educational centre for the region and the 10th largest city in Denmark. Now those things are just statistical facts. The main thing a kid will like about this city is you can go to the Viking Ship Museum and see well preserved 11th century Viking ships and have fun with some very interesting hands on educational and artistic experiences. In fact, you can even take up oars on a Viking ship, and build a ship, the perfect size for you to float in your bathtub As you turn the pages of this 'learn to...

The Northern Elephant Seal, Mirounga angustirostris, the guys with the great big noses and the squabbling harems, are the really big comeback kids; and we mean that, because not only are the elephant seals really big, they have made a really big comeback Hundreds of thousands of these really fun creatures once inhabited the Pacific Ocean, and then they were wholesale slaughtered in the 1800's for their blubber that could be rendered into oil. Only 50-100 of them were left to roam the vast ocean where they spend most of their time until it is time for them to come ashore to molt or mate. They...

The California ground squirrel, Otospermophilus beecheyi, was named for Frederick William Beechey, who explored the coast Northern California in 1826-28 as captain of His Majesty's Ship Blossom. This squirrel is sometimes called the Beechey Ground Squirrel. However, all of that aside, this is the story of one very cute ground squirrel appropriately named Charlie, who is a definite part of the ecosystem of a particular beach in La Jolla, California where the surfers surf, the California Brown Pelicans fly, and the seagulls abundant mix with the seals and the sea lions. There are those who...

This is the first book of the Animal Rescue Series, and photographer John D. Weigand and writer and poet Penelope Dyan continue with Bellissima Publishing, LLC's plan to save the planet one species at a time by making kids and adults aware of the plight of those creatures over which humankind has been given dominion. Their visit to Laguna Beach's Pacific marine Mammal Center brings home the wonderful work that is being done there to save seals, sea lions and elephant seals that need a little help before they can move along on their way. Dyan is an award winning author and poet, and Weigand is...

This is the second book of the Animal Rescue Series; and photographer John D. Weigand and writer and poet, Penelope Dyan, continue with Bellissima Publishing, LLC's plan to save the planet one species at a time by making kids and adults aware of the plight of those creatures over which humankind has been given dominion. Their visit to Hawaii's beautiful Hanauma Bay brings home the wonderful work that is being done there in this nature preserve to save the creatures of the sea. Dyan is an award winning author and poet, and Weigand is an experienced television engineer. Both have been widely...

More than 400 seabirds were treated at the International Bird Rescue's (IBRRC) Northern California bird center after they were caught up in a deadly algae foam along the Pacific Northwest coast. Oregon and Washington wildlife rescue centers were overwhelmed with epidemic numbers of wet, cold, and dying sea birds soiled by an unusual sea slime. When author Penelope Dyan and photographer John D. Weigand arrived at the center in Fairfield, California that afternoon, they had no idea they would be returning to witness a massive bird rescue and would see the tools they were shown and photographed...