World Without Fish by Mark Kurlansky

Earlier this year, my first "children's" book was released by Workman Publishing. Mark Kurlansky, famed food writer and oceans expert, wrote World Without Fish for (and with) his 10 year-old daughter, Talia.

The book is written for kids aged 9-12, about ocean conservation. It's a very well-written book explaining a serious subject to kids, and what they can to do help counter-act overfishing, among other things, that are adversely affecting our environment.

This book was really fun to work on, partly because it brought back a lot of memories for me of going deep-sea fishing with my grandfather while growing up. We lived off the coast of Southern California, and would often take his boat, the Sea Lion, out towards Catalina Island to spend the weekend

fishing.

All in all, I did a front cover, an inside jacket cover, seven full-page illustrations, and 11 single-page comics chronicling the story of "Kram & Ailat," that introduce each chapter. Kram & Ailat was written by Mark, and adapted to comic form by me.

The book looks very beautiful, to which I credit the Design Director, Raquel Jaramillo. From day one, she had a real passion for this project, and her vision really paid off. Though there's been a lot of praise in the press for myself and for Mark, there's been almost none for her significant contribution.

If you have a kid in your life who's 9-12 that you think might be interested in science, the ocean, or sea life of any kind, you should consider getting him or her this book. LINK to Amazon

Thanks for reading,

Frank