E-book Q&As with Deborah Kalb: Q&A with Mark C. Fava

  

 

 

Mark C. Fava is the writer of the brand new youngsters’s image e book Andy the Admiral and the USS Shipshape. He additionally has written the e book Lessons from the Admiral. He spent 30 years within the Navy, and is an aviation lawyer.

 

Q: What impressed you to write down Andy the Admiral?

 

A: I wished to create a enjoyable youngsters’s story that
launched a few of the values I discovered throughout 30 years within the Navy—teamwork,
preparation, integrity, kindness, respect, and repair. I additionally wished to share
a bit of that Navy expertise with a brand new era of younger readers.

 

Q: How a lot did your individual expertise within the Navy
contribute to penning this e book?

 

A: Quite a bit. I spent 30 years within the Navy, a lot of
it in naval aviation as a Navy Reservist, and practically every thing within the e book—from
the characters and traditions to the sights and sounds—was influenced by these
experiences. I wished it to really feel like a enjoyable and thrilling journey first and
not a textbook.

 

Q: What do you suppose Agus Prajogo and Yohanes
Bastian’s illustrations add to the e book?

 

A: They introduced the USS Shipshape and its crew to life
in a approach I might solely think about once I wrote the story. The illustrations are
colourful, detailed, and full of little surprises that I hope youngsters will
uncover every time they learn the e book. They are exceptionally proficient and
nice companions on this journey.

 

Q: What do you hope youngsters take away from the e book?

 

A: First, I hope they’ve enjoyable studying it and need to
learn it once more. Along the way in which, I hope they choose up the concept that being an excellent
shipmate—and an excellent pal—means working collectively, being ready, treating
others with kindness and respect, and doing all of your half. And in fact, I hope
they study to say to one another, “Well done Shipmate!”

 

Q: What are you engaged on now?

 

A: I’m already engaged on the subsequent two books in The
Shipshape Shipmates collection. Patrick the Pilot is subsequent, adopted by Riley the
Rescue Swimmer, with every journey introducing youngsters to a brand new character, a
new a part of the ocean companies, and a brand new worth. They are within the remaining illustration
section now and shall be out in 2027.

 

Q: Anything else we should always know?

 

A: Andy the Admiral and the USS Shipshape releases
September 1 and is the primary e book in The Shipshape Shipmates collection. My hope is
that youngsters merely love the characters and adventures—and that oldsters,
grandparents, academics, and army households discover one thing significant within the
tales, too. You can study extra at theshipshapeshipmates.com. 

 

–Interview with Deborah Kalb. This Q&A was carried out in partnership with Mark C. Fava. You can enter a contest to win a hardcover copy of Andy the Admiral and the USS Shipshape; see the principles here.