Molly the Manatee

05/24/2024

If you're in town, come on by.... free gold bars and Lamborghinis...

(ok I may embellished a smidge about gold and cars, but books are prett cool)

07/16/2020

Hello everyone,
I hope everyone is safe from the craziness that is known as 2020.

Last year "Molly the Manatee" was turned into a musical in NYC. Tomorrow, July 17th, "Molly" will be read live on the "Save the Manatee Club" page at 11am.

Bring your kids, grandkids, great grandkids, random kids in the neighborhood (get permission first) and go to the Save the Manatee Club page.
I'll be in the comments thread...

Donate, if you're so inclined, let's save a few manatees!
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04/23/2020

To prevent complete boredom from the quarantine... do yourself and your kids, grandkids, neighbor's kids, kids you do not even know a favor and buy them a book.... it's autographed and everything!!!

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=bl_dp_s_mw_0?ie=UTF8&search-alias=aps&field-keywords=Molly+the+Manatee

10/13/2019

Molly the Manatee the Musical.. in NYC...
This show has everything; intrigue, mayhem, scary monsters of the deep, singing songbirds, clownfish sans clown shoes, monkeys of the intelligentsia, and a tap dancing turtle.... what? That's right, a turtle and a Manatee performing the old soft shoe... and oh the music... plus a murder... wait? No murder... ignor that; the Clownfish grabbed my phone.... coming to a children theater near you... (that's if Uncle Walt doesn't call first from the 407).

09/03/2019

Some fresh photos from the FIRST production of "Molly the Manatee the Musical" in NYC!!!

08/07/2019

Check this out:

Thai actor Alex Rendell is inspiring kids to help the environment.

03/24/2019

Manatees!!!

12/24/2018

Molly the Manatee the Musical

A few years ago, we were in the middle of a GoFundMe campaign to launch our first book, “Molly the Manatee”. We used that money, figured a few things out, printed the books and began our little “publishing” company. Here we are 30 months removed from the time Molly showed up on our doorstep (literally) and Cool Water Ripple Books, LLC has grown. We have a total of 11 books printed and are soon to add two more. Including the two new books, we will have published five first-time authors. We have also given a venue to artist/illustrators and now there are 4 first time illustrators that have had their work published. In retrospect, it has been a truly quick rise to this point (it just seemed a LOT longer). Less than 19 months ago we still only had 1 book printed.

And now…

Yesterday. I witnessed something I could never have imagined while I “finished” Molly the Manatee on a flight returning from Ireland in 2014. Under the pen of playwright Polly Hilton and her musical partner Brian Dratch, they gave us an informal performance of “Molly the Manatee the Musical”.
It all began this way… Before “Molly the Manatee” was a book, Polly would frequent the shop where I collected pay and stated me in passing;
“Mr. Chic, I’ve always wanted to write a musical based on a children’s book…”
“Ok”.
Months later when the book finally came out, Polly came strolling in once again. I handed her the book.
She said; “Oh, this is your book!”
“Yes”.
She thumbed through it, pausing on various pages, admiring the incredible artwork illustrations of Liza Donovan.
She started to hand me the book back and genuinely said; “Congratulations!”
“No, that copy is yours.”
Confounded, Polly looked at the book and then at me…
“You’re supposed to go and make this a musical, remember?”
Her eyes brightened, her smile ever etched in my mind; she turned and went to energize the world.
Her path led her to graduate from Emerson College, to New York, to Orlando and the happiest place on earth, back to New York, (I imagine “Molly” tucked under her arm the whole time). She secured a job at the 92nd Y (check it out, it’s the gateway to Broadway), got engaged (congrats Polly and Brian), all the while working on the “Molly the Manatee the Musical”.
And yesterday, my parents, my son Colton, Polly’s parents, brother, and illustrator extraordinaire Liza witnessed the performance. It was performed in a room at “Imagine On”, an incredible off shoot of The Children’s Theatre of Charlotte. A place where Polly and her twin sister Claire performed, and I too performed some forty plus years ago (over on Morehead).
Polly and Brian played and sang… I heard it with my heart and it was perfect.
Merry Christmas, God Bless Us Everyone….

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(Photo by Margi Dalgleish Edwards)

03/30/2018

We've got a Spring Special thingy thing happening now... Feel free to contact us on IM or go to
www.coolwaterripplegroup.com
to take advantage of this limited supply offering!!!! Sale ends 04/08/2018!

02/11/2018

These future authors recieved their very own copy of my first book. They colaborated on a chapter book about a Pawnee boy and a settler girl in the 1830's. Book to be published by September 2018.
Congratulations 4th grade students at North Columbus Elementary (Georgia).
And thank you Columbus State University, Department of Education.

10/02/2017

We have some new works out at Cool Water Ripple Books! Go and check out our new website ⬇️⬇️⬇️

We have added our new website to the about section so be sure to click the link and check out our online shop! What book is YOUR favorite!
Thelma Kathleen Ferry Chic Cariaga

Www.coolwaterripplegroup.com