Kate’s 2¢: “Voices in the ocean: a journey into the wild and haunting world of dolphins”

by Susan Casey

“Voices in the ocean: a journey into the wild and haunting world of dolphins”

by Susan Casey

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   My high school friend studied to be a marine biologist. She said her biggest thrill was to swim with the dolphins. The plight of some of the dolphins in this book would have made her very sad.

   I have visited several aquariums and I don’t like them any better than I like zoos. Let’s leave wild life animals to live in the wild, their natural habitat be it land or water and go about our own business as they go about their business.

From: https://susancasey.com/about-susan:

ABOUT ME: As a writer and photographer, my work has appeared in Fast Company, Women’s Sports, USAir Magazine, Soap Opera Digest, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle and Examiner, Inventors Digest, Electrical Contractor, and many other publications. 

Since the publication of Women Invent!  Kids Inventing! and Women Heroes of the American Revolution, I have had the honor of doing many presentations about those books at venues including the Houston Forum, the Montana Educator’s Conference, the UCLA Women’s Leadership Conference, Edufest, the Charlotte S. Huck Children’s Literature Festival, the Orange County Children’s Book Festival, Humboldt County Children’s’ Author Festival, Cal Day at UC Berkeley, Confratute, the Conference of the Montana Association of Gifted and Talented Education,  at conventions of the California School Librarians Association, the California Reading Association, the California Teachers of English, and at branches of the Los Angeles Public Library, the Los Angeles County Library, the Orange County Library, community organizations, and the Malaysia Invention, Innovation and Technology Exposition (ITEX).

I live in Los Angeles.  In my free time, I read, hang out at coffee shops like so many others, working some and chatting some, visit libraries for the quiet, go to theaters and museums for inspiration and row on a crew with others in Marina del Rey.   As I make my way around Southern California I am always up to stop at random ethnic restaurants and the ubiquitous taco trucks.  It’s always a delight to discover new foods and places.  Life is full of surprises!

From NLS/BARD.LOC:

Voices in the ocean: a journey into the wild and haunting world of dolphins DB82327

Casey, Susan. Reading time: 11 hours, 29 minutes.

Read by Cassandra Campbell. A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.

Animals and Wildlife

Nature and the Environment

Recounts author’s two-year global adventure exploring the nature of dolphins and their interactions with humans. Examines the careers of others who work with dolphins and communities in which dolphins play interesting roles. Discusses how they are mistreated by the captivity industry. Violence, strong language, descriptions of sex. Commercial audiobook. 2010.