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© 2008 Anna Cortez ISBN 978-1-934302-35-4 All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or any portion thereof in any form. Requests for such permissions should be addressed to: TSTC Publishing Texas State Technical College Waco 3801 Campus Drive Waco, TX 76705 http://publishing.tstc.edu/ Publisher: Mark Long Project Manager: Grace Arsiaga Illustrations: Kelly Spencer Printing Production: Bill Evridge Cover Design & Page Layout: Carmen Rangel Manufactured in the United States of America First edition

OOOH! Shelbert and Suzy at summer camp sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G! 

Don’t forget! After dinner we’ll be hiking to the dark reef to tell ghost stories! 

Miss Shelly, you’re the best camp counselor ever! 

I’ve got an idea . .. . we need to hide before anyone gets here! 

Has everyone heard about the Ghost of Dark Reef? 

Run for your lives! It’s the Ghost of Dark Reef! MOMMY SAVE ME! 

Ha! Ha! We got you good! 

That wasn’t very nice! You two need to get back to camp! 

Come on you two! You are in DEEP trouble! 

Oh Miss Shelly, where are you? 10

What if the Ghost of Dark Reef is real? 11

Don’t worry! I’m just going to cook up some nice Mermaid Stew! 12

I think Miss Shelly’s in trouble. Let’s go! 13

I’ll give you your teacher back, but first you have to answer a riddle. 14

What’s full of holes but still holds water? 15

That’s a hard one! Does anybody know? 16

It’s a sponge! 17

Thank you for saving me, Shelbert! 18

From now on, we’ll all work together! 19

OOOH! Shelbert and Suzy at summer camp in LUHV, K-I-S-S-I-N-G! 20

About Anna Anna Cortez is Coordinator of Library Resources for the Learning Resource Center at Texas State Technical College Harlingen, handling interlibrary loan requests, research questions, and community outreach. She also coordinates displays and events for the Learning Resource Center. She graduated in 2005 from the University of Texas-Pan American and lives with her family in Harlingen, Texas. One of the best parts of her job is writing, performing, and directing puppet shows. Anna began writing puppet shows while working as a children’s assistant at the Harlingen Public Library and continues to do so at the TSTC Harlingen Learning Resource Center. Before the shows are performed, she always gets approval from her biggest critic, her six-year-old daughter Angelina. About Kelly Kelly Spencer grew up in Corpus Christi, Texas, where she graduated from Richard King High School. It was her dad that first showed her how to draw, and thus began her passion for art. In 2005, she moved to Waco, Texas, to study Advertising Design and Print Technology (ADP). While at TSTC she had an idea that she could illustrate children’s books, which sounded perfect to her. Since she was an intern in the TSTC Publishing Department she had the best opportunity to make her idea come true. There, she illustrated her first coloring book called Shelbert Goes to Summer Camp.

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 It’s a fun-filled summer camp adventure with Shelbert and his friends!  Will Shelbert find true love with Suzy? Is there really a ghost haunting the Dark Reef? Will the campers be able to save Miss Shelly after she disappears?  Join them as they learn about true friendship, problem solving, and caring for others. 

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