($ book proceeds go to turtle charities) •WINNER of the MOM’S CHOICE AWARD and •CANADIAN CHOCOLATE LILY AWARD — comes a bestselling national hit, kids adore this tranquil bedtime story of baby sea turtle’s journey home to Mama, now in its second edition. *HD VERSION: www.youtube.com —Find I’ll Follow the Moon: •AMAZON: www.amazon.com •AMAZON KINDLE: www.amazon.com •IBOOKS/ITUNES/IPAD: itunes.apple.com •BARNES&NOBLE: www.barnesandnoble.com •BARNES&NOBLE NOOKBOOK: search.barnesandnoble.com •STEPHANIE LISA TARA WEBSITE: www.stephanielisatara.com •STEPHANIE LISA TARA FACEBOOK PAGE www.facebook.com ~ Chocolate Lily Award congratulates Stephanie Lisa Tara and Lee Edward Fodi (illustrator) for I’ll Follow The Moon’s third place win!!! — *Chocolate Lily Award Winner – June 2007* Click, clack, tap, Blue melts away. As I tap, crick, crack,I spin, I sway. I’m coming, Mama, I’ll see you soon I know just how…I’ll follow the moon. American author Stephanie Lisa Tara and Canadian illustrator Lee Edward Fodi have teamed up to create a lyrical rendition of a green sea turtle’s first glimpse of life. Hatched on a moon-washed beach, the baby turtle finds its way by instinct across the expanse of sand to the sea and a rendezvous with its mother. Written in simple verse in the first person, the rhythmic text is full of action and sensory detail and loaded with alliteration and onomatopoeia for an enjoyable read-aloud. The refrain, “I’m coming, Mama…..,” repeated on each double page …

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Indian Ocean releases World Cup ditty
India’s leading folk, rock and pop band Indian Ocean Tuesday released a ditty ‘India Wants to Play’ to inspire the countrymen to take to active part in sports in the run-up to the cricket World Cup.

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Indian Ocean sea levels ‘rising at different rates’
Mapping variations in regional sea level changes of different parts of the Indian Ocean could help developing countries better adapt to the effects of climate change, according to a study published in Nature Geoscience last week (11 July).

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Indian Ocean tsunami retrospective: Five years later
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