Bubby's Puddle Pond: A Tortuga's Tale of the Desert

Children who learn how to rely on friends and themselves when they are young grow up to be happier adults. Bubby s Puddle Pond tells how Bubby, a tortoise in the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, moves outside his solitary shoebox into an unfamiliar world, making friends who band together for safety, comfort and companionship. Along the way, Bubby realizes that just as he can trust his friends, he can trust himself, too. First-time author Carol Hageman, draws on her own experience with wildlife and with second-graders, who she tutored in reading and helped them create their own books as a school volunteer.

Inspired by her lifelong love of wildlife and the outdoors, first-time author Carol Hageman has written a book that's enjoyable for children up to and including second grade to have read to them or read themselves. Based loosely on animal behavior Hageman observed in real life, Bubby's Puddle Pond: A Tortuga's Tale of the Desert is an adventure about how to get along with others while finding one s own strengths. Currently living in Tempe, Arizona, in her free time, Hageman practices yoga, rides horses and is a Master Gardener.