CARIBBEAN · CORAL REEFS · ISLAND LIFE
Island girl,
ocean storyteller.
I'm Trinity, born on a tiny dot of an island called Utila, raised in the Caribbean with salt in my hair and sun on my skin, falling in love with the ocean and wanting to spread that love to others. I created this book to show children the magical world under the sea, in the hope that they'll fall in love with it just as I did, and maybe grow up to become the next generation of ocean lovers and conservationists.
A rhyming reef adventure for ages 3–6 · signed copies available
Dotto Meets the Corals
The Book
Dotto's Ocean Adventures · Book One
32
PAGES
3-6
AGESRhyme
READ-ALOUD
Free
ACTIVITY PACK
Follow Dotto, a curious little cowfish, as she drifts across a sun-dappled Caribbean reef and befriends the corals who live there — wise Brain Coral, tall Staghorn, and gentle Elkhorn. Told in soft, lilting rhyme, it's a first lesson in loving the ocean and keeping it clean, written for little hands and read-aloud nights.
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Printables to download today, plus the paperback on Amazon. Every direct order supports reef conservation in the Bay Islands.
A gentle, rhyming picture book about a tiny fish, a hurting reef, and the big difference small acts of kindness can make.
Meet Dotto, a curious baby cowfish who loves exploring her coral reef. But when she meets Elkhorn Coral, who has lost all his color, Dotto learns that her ocean home needs help. With her wise coral friends, she discovers what's making the reef sick, and how caring, together, can help it heal.
Written in playful read-aloud rhyme and brought to life with bright, friendly art, Dotto Meets the Corals introduces children ages 3 to 8 to coral reefs, ocean animals, and simple ways to protect the sea, all wrapped in a warm story about kindness and hope.
Inside you'll also find: • A "Meet the Real Reef" page matching Dotto and her friends to the real corals and fish they're based on • Kid-friendly fun facts about coral reefs • Easy, real-world ways little readers can help the ocean • A free downloadable Ocean Activity Pack full of games and coloring
Created by Trinity, who grew up snorkeling the reefs of a tiny Caribbean island, this is a story made to spark a lifelong love of the ocean, one little reader at a time.
Perfect for bedtime, classrooms, and any child who loves animals, the sea, and saving the day.
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From a tiny island
to a big blue mission.
My Story
I grew up on Utila, a speck of an island in the Bay Islands of Honduras, where my parents ran a scuba diving centre and the sea was practically the family business. I learned to read the reef before I could read books — which corals were thriving, which were turning pale, which fish had come home for the season.
That childhood became a calling. My conservation work earned support from the National Geographic Society and the Nature Conservancy, and even now, from my home in Madrid, the reef is never far from my mind. I wrote Dotto's story so the children who'll inherit the ocean fall in love with it first — because we protect what we love.
-Trinity
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National Geographic Society grantee
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Nature Conservancy grantee
〰️ National Geographic Society grantee 〰️ Nature Conservancy grantee
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Pop in your name and email and I'll send you a few free pages from Dotto's activity pack: colouring, a coral-matching game, and a little reef pledge. The complete pack is printed inside every copy of the book.
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