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We’re glad you found us. Insidebooks is an independent publisher of eco-friendly children’s books as well as adult fiction. There’s a world of learning to discover inside books. Whether you’re a young child wanting to explore how animals depend on people being kind to the environment, or an adult exploring famous settings in an exciting historical context, Insidebooks is for you.
Insidebooks has two series for children aged 4 through 8. All of our children’s books are drawn by award-winning illustrators. Our Friends of the Sea™ series features such titles as Bennie the Otter, Darcy the Dolphin, Whitney the Whale and Percy the Polar Bear. Our Friends of the Land™ series includes Tinku the Tiger, Eleanor the Elephant, Ping the Panda and Tanika the Toucan. These eight books are told through a beautiful story and captivating illustrations of animals seeking advice on how to preserve their habitat and their endangered friends.
Our first title, published in 2001, is entitled Inside the Barbary Coast. It introduces a new series of fiction titles where the settings, so often the object of our curiosity, are not incidental to the plot; they are the very backbone of it. Whether it is San Francisco in the 1890s, the Vatican during an important conclave, the White House in an era of political intrigue, or Scotland Yard when an impossible case is being solved, Insidebooks explores those places that fascinate us – either because we’ve been there and want to learn more, or because the events of a certain time and place intrigue us, compelling us to explore further.
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Inside the Barbary Coast is one of the most riveting and well-researched novels in recent years. It is the story of fascinating historical figures, romance and conflict, opium dens and tong wars, heroic attempts to save a king from death, the advent of X-rays, war in the Philippines, bubonic plague, and the great earthquake and fire of 1906.
Bennie the Otter is the story of a curious sea otter named Bennie who wants to know why his environment is becoming polluted and whether the oceans will be safe for him and his friends in the future. Through Bennie’s quest, we learn about the life of these furry animals and how litter and other human actions can threaten their habitat. Darcy the Dolphin is the tale of a joyful, caring dolphin who delights in educating her otter friend Bennie about their home the sea. Like Bennie, Darcy gets much of her food from the ocean’s shallow waters, but the reefs in those waters are becoming threatened. But Darcy’s biggest concern is the drift-net fishing that has captured other dolphins, like one friend who joins a cast of other dolphins at a nearby aquatic park. Despite these challenges, Darcy observes that caring humans are making decisions every day to care for Mother Earth.
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Children’s Books
