New Beginnings: A Bahamas Tails Chapter Book

Join Buckie the Buccaneer, a stray dog living in The Bahamas, as she explores Nassau, overcomes her insecurities, and learns the power of friendship.

Written in the first person to highlight her own frailties, the story begins with Buckie, a self-described queen, overlooking her kingdom. She is happy, she is content, and she is free. Then, she meets Simon “the Sensei” Seagull, and instantly, life as she knows it could change forever.

Buckie must decide if she wants to continue living by herself or if she is willing to open her heart, and her home, to her new friends. Fellow dogs Excitable Evie, Helpful Hubert, Adventurous Adam, Creative Caleb, Daring Diezel, and Virtuous Virginia lack the safety and freedom that Buckie enjoys, but they have something else, each other.New Beginnings, the first book in the Bahamas Tails series, follows Buckie as she meets new friends and visits Fort Charlotte, Western Esplanade, Junkanoo Beach, Festival Place, Fish Fry, and Downtown Nassau.

The book is an excellent resource for families interested in visiting Nassau, The Bahamas because all the places in New Beginnings are real and most can be visited by tourists. The chapters are intentionally short, include illustrations, and each chapter ends with a four-lined, reflective poem. In eBook versions, challenging words are in italics and definitions are located in the glossary at the end of the eBook.