DEPTH Blog

Sometimes, lightning strikes from unexpected places. For the past year I had been struggling to come up with an idea for the fourth children’s book in my Harry Hawksbill Sea Turtle Adventure series, published by Best Publishing Company. On a sunny July Saturday afternoon this past summer, my ten-year-old grandson Luke Chiappetta opted for some alone time with grandma and grandpa, instead of hanging out at the nearby sports complex between games of his sister’s softball tournament.

One of the reasons why author Paul Mila chose a sea turtle as the main character in Harry Hawksbill Helps His Friends was to bring sea turtles to the forefront of peoples' minds when thinking about ocean conservation.

Author Paul Mila, wrote Harry Hawksbill Helps His Friends to impart both a social message for young children and also to teach them about sea life.

When author Paul Mila was writing Harry Hawksbill Helps His Friends, he and the Best Publishing Company editorial staff wrestled with one main question: should we use his underwater photographs to tell the story, or retain the services of an illustrator?

What does it look like to write a book? 

It's always makes for a great dive when sea turtles are nearby, don't you agree?!