If a Dolphin Were a Fish - Softcover

"If a Dolphin Were a Fish" is part of the Accelerated Reader program used in over 57,000 schools.

FROM THE ILLUSTRATOR: Dear friends, and you who have followed Delfina's quick-change adventures---or want to---are indeed dear friends. It was the dream of a lifetime to illustrate "If a Dolphin Were a Fish" and I am honored to be able to share her story and my pictures with you. Every summer my family would come to Florida on vacation, and I would sit on my grandmother's patio drawing and making up stories. Even then, my favorite characters were dolphins and manatees. I remember the feelings of joy and excitement that came over me whenever I saw a dorsal fin in the water. I am grateful that the thrill never went away; I still smile whenever I see a wild dolphin, and now I have been given the opportunity to turn my childhood patio pictures into a real book, filled not only with dolphins but with other wild and whimsical animals you've never seen before! Of course, that's the beauty of books--anything can happen. So thank you for sharing the fun, and thank you so much for sharing my dolphin smile!

Best wishes, Laurie Allen Klein

Loran Wlodarski (If a Dolphin Were a Fish) is a science writer for SeaWorld and has written five books for them in addition to his many normal daily responsibilities. He has been published in sources such as Grolier's Encyclopedia for Children and The Marine Mammal Encyclopedia. In addition, he has served as a scientific consultant for "Ask Magazine", Random House Books, Animal Planet, Ripley's Believe It Or Not, and Who Wants to be a Millionaire. Loran has raised animals his entire life. One of his early jobs at SeaWorld's Education Department was to raise some of their animals - newly hatched sharks, macaws, turtles, tropical fish, and iguanas. Loran lives with his wife and child in Florida.