Surf Gecko to the Rescue! [Hardcover]

Bruce Hale (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1991

Moki the gecko wins a surfing contest and uses his prize money to encourage humans to clean up polluted beaches.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Geckostufs (September 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0962128015
• ISBN-13: 978-0962128011
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 10 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,814,090 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Edgar-nominated author Bruce Hale is passionate about inspiring reluctant readers to read. He has written or illustrated more than 25 seriously funny books for children, including the popular Chet Gecko Mysteries series and the comics-novel hybrid, Underwhere, as well as picture books like "Snoring Beauty" and "Moki and the Magic Surfboard."

An actor and Fulbright Scholar in Storytelling, Bruce is in demand as a speaker, having presented at conferences, universities, and schools across North America - from the Maui Writers Conference to the Surrey International Writers Conference in British Columbia. His acting resume includes regional commercials, theater, and an independent film, The Ride. Bruce's book, "The Malted Falcon," was an Edgar Award Finalist. "Murder, My Tweet" won the Little D Award for Humor Writing.

A little-known fact: Bruce loves jazz, and sings with an a cappella group called VocalPoint in Santa Barbara

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Laughing Gecko returns, July 13, 2003

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magellan (Santa Clara, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Surf Gecko to the Rescue! (Hardcover)

The Gecko is considered good luck in Hawaii. This children's tale follow's up on the author's previous The Legend of the Laughing Gecko: a Hawaiian Fantasy, in which the Gecko character has various misadventures with other native Hawaiian animal life, such as the Nene Goose, and Black Bufo. The Gecko's crazy laugh gets him in hot water and then gets him out of trouble with Black Bufo (Bufo being the genus for toad, so you can guess what kind of animal it is). In this story, Gecko gets into further hot water, so to speak, but he surfs his way to the rescue and comes through in the end. By the way, the gecko, which is a lizard common in southeast Asian and the Pacific, gets its name from the fact that its call sounds just like "gecko."

3.0 out of 5 stars Surf Gecko, December 26, 2009

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Terri "3kids-at-home" (Crescent City, California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Surf Gecko to the Rescue! (Hardcover)

I got this book for my son who loves Moki the Gecko, but he read it and said it was mostly about keeping beaches clean, and not so much about Moki. He was disappointed in the book, but said he wanted to keep the book anyway, just to complete his collection of Moki books. Had I read the book before ordering, I probably wouldn't of bought it. Granted we should keep the earth clean, but everywhere you go, they shove it in your face. Let kids enjoy a book without being hounded on keeping something clean!