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Beneath the Surface '26 Tour Dates!
Happy 4 years of adventure, Beneath the Surface! Help me "shellebrate" and introduce a new girl hero to more readers (ages 10 - 13) this year with the Beneath the Surface 2026 Book Tour -- coming to a nature preserve/library/book store/ tea house near you (hopefully!). Each free event will feature a short reading from Beneath the Surface and an activity from the "Deep Dive" ocean literacy pack. The activities are most suitable for people ages 10-13 but all are welcome. March
Carissa Welton
Mar 32 min read
The Blue Marble Series
The Blue Marble Series takes young readers on an ocean exploration adventure through a fictional lens based on real-world issues. Beneath the Surface is the first book of three in the Blue Marble Series, introducing 11 year old Xing Xing, who inherits a special power that allows her to travel miles below sea level, near the coast of Nan’ao Island, in southern China. After traveling many miles from home, Xing Xing is welcomed to Fertile Valley , a utopian marine refuge full o
Carissa Welton
Jun 17, 20243 min read
World Ocean Month 2026
World Ocean Day unites millions of people, across the globe on the 8th of June (and throughout the year) to protect our blue planet. One Ocean, One Climate, One Future — Together In celebration of World Ocean Day, please join the 2026 Beneath the Surface Book Tour with author and creator of the Blue Marble Series, Carissa Welton. Inspired by her own SCUBA diving adventures and Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots youth groups she was mentoring, Carissa created an ocean exploration s
Carissa Welton
3 minutes ago1 min read
Our Lungs of the Sea
Twenty years ago, I got certified to SCUBA dive on our planet's largest, ancient reef system, the Coral Reef Triangle, off the coast of Nha Trang, Vietnam. Completing my SCUBA Open Water Certification with Coco Dive Center, Nha Trang, Vitenam April 2006 Usually when you go diving, your guides will take you to all the best places. But those are getting harder to find as global warming cooks our ocean relentlessly each year. I'll never forget swimming over my 1st coral grave
Carissa Welton
May 143 min read
Happy Blue Marble Month!
April is here and the 1st week so far has been a full moon fulfilling shellebration of our blue planet -- the dearest, sweetest, life affirming, precious jewel of an enigma, Earth. The 2026 Beneath the Surface Book Tour is really starting to get going, and I was so delighted to spend the very first Jane Goodall Day at Brooker Creek Preserve in Tarpon Springs, Florida. It's been such an honor to bring my ocean literacy program to more readers in the Tampa Bay Area, while c
Carissa Welton
Apr 92 min read
