King For a Day

Read ability, ages 4-12 all elementary school grades38 pages 8 1/2 x 11 inchesThis entertaining story features the ocean, weather, and environmental events including whales, moray eels, dolphins, manta rays, sun fish, giant clams, mermaids, starfish, coral, plankton luminescence, and Atlantis, giving children a science lesson in a fun story. A young mer-boy named Regus complains about the weather and how King Triton should do a better job.
When King Triton gets word that Regus thinks he can run the ocean realm better, the king sends for the mer-boy to take over so the king can have a day off. Regus learns how hard it is to keep the ocean under control and how difficult it becomes to please the creatures who live there.