Bøker av Larry Golicz

Our bespectacled ¿sh reveals his curiosity and caution as he befriends both humans and ocean dwellers beneath the water's surface. Ultimately, he brings together a community of Paci¿c Coast reef inhabitants to help save their home. For many of the ¿sh swimming in the Paci¿c reefs, a boat on the water's surface signals "terror in the sky." But when a young girl named Marsha loses her glasses over the side of one of these "¿oating islands," they serendipitously land on the face of a speedy little "Manini" ¿sh known as "Bad Eyes." In a gesture of friendship, Marsha leaves her new ¿nned acquaintance this miraculous gift . From there, the detailed characters and action draw interest while his questioning dialogue weaves in an educational component that relays information about creature characteristics, habits, and the ocean's decline in this a magical and creative foray into the ocean realm of a myopic ¿sh. Even a big-eyed, noodle-legged octopus brings a teachable moment, commenting that "beauty comes from what I can do, not how I look." Character interactions are brought full circle with Marsha's return in the ¿nal chapter, and the story ends on a positive note, teasing more adventures with Bad Eyes and Marsha to come.

The book begins with Larry the romantic and then follows with the challenges of doing and living and questioning what we do to keep on trucking. Then it goes to quieter times when even nothing of consequence can gain your attention and appreciation for being alive. Still reality has its cold cut into our existence which is displayed in a battle poem and a walk on Tianamen Square. From there beliefs are what carry us on through our lives. The last chapter includes Haiku poems that compress so much about the serenity of nature in just three lines. Read aloud they are very much like enjoying a fine wine.

On a reef in Hawaii, our hero, called Bad Eyes, is a very small Manini fish with poor eyesight. Ushered to the rear of his school , he is charged to act as bait for predators, but is also able to survive as the fastest swimmer in the school. Will his scary life change when a pair of Marsha's glasses fall into the water above him. Curious to investigate, he swims up to peer at the clear glassy circles, when they suddenly fasten over his eyes. Diving to retrieve her glasses, Marsha meets Bad Eyes, now seeing better than any fish on the reef. They magically begin to speak. Marsha offers her glasses to Bad Eyes. This help save his school, but will he watch the reef for other marauders, like a school of sharks? And can they also help protect the reef? Can he help a desolate sea turtle looking for a quiet place to lay her eggs? An easily disguised octopus, the most intelligent animal on the reef, may offer aid as a most aware travelor among the choral chasms.? Will he gain the respect of a school of giant barracuda, to help with warnings of fisherman coming to drop their bottom nets on the reef, causing damage and death to all that are caught in them? With the help of Marsha their adventure insures for the both of them a confidence and understanding about the needed balance of nature to preserve our reefs legacy for our future.

In every life there is a bit of magic. Either real or imagined, a miracle or happen stance, it is important to us. Because with such an encounter, there is always an adventure, forever remembered. With losses to our environment, this is a time for heroes to make our world better. In this case, there is a small reef along the Hawaiian islands. On that reef are many fish, but one fish, called manini by the Hawaiians, swarms in large schools to feed on algae and by doing so, they groom the reef for the survival of coral and all other reef dwellers. Our hero, Bad Eyes, a very small manini, has poor eye sight, and as such was ushered to the rear of his school, not so much as an out-cast, but to act as bait for predators at the tail of his school. The school, assuming he was so small, no fish would want to eat him and as he was a very fast swimmer, the fastest in the school, he could always get away. Bad Eyes' life changed when a pair of glasses fell onto his head.