A Children’s Book Series to inspire Bravery & Curiosity

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Curiosity, the young sea turtle adventure book

Curiosity: A Young Sea Turtle’s Adventures by Bec Martin is coming November 1st, 2025.

Beautifully illustrated with full-page watercolor paintings by Lisa T. Myers, this is the story of Shelley’s adventures as she grows to adolescence.

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Bravery, the baby sea turtle book

The prequel to this story is Bravery: A Baby Sea Turtle's First Adventure, an award-winning children’s book.

These books hope to inspire acts of bravery & curiosity in children. LEARN MORE.

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I’m so thrilled to offer a special edition English/Spanish combination edition of Bravery through Bookshop Fundraising.

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Bravery is award-winning!

We are incredibly honored to share the news: Bravery has won First Place in the Children's - Non-Fiction - Animal category at the BookFest Awards! A heartfelt thanks to everyone who championed Shelley’s story and made this possible.

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JUST in case you hadn't noticed!!!!😜 📣FUN GIVEAWAY currently going on! If you pre-order, or purchase the book on Amazon, on its release date, this Saturday, Nov 1st, you can participate!! 🎉 Simply POST a picture 📸 of your order confirmation an
We are down to 3 days!!!!! 💚💚💚 Please consider ordering a copy on Nov 1st, which is Curiosity's release date! I have no idea if I'd have enough people ordering to make a dent in receiving a ⭐️top seller⭐️ or ⭐️best seller⭐️ badge on Amazon, bu
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4 days until my book release!!! 🌊🐢🫶🏻 PRE-ORDER "Curiosity: A Young Sea Turtle's Adventures", OR ORDER ON NOVEMBER 1st, from Amazon to enter my ⭐️GIVEAWAY⭐️! ✅ Order ✅ Post a pic of order confirmation ✅ Tag one of my accounts! (@brav