San Diego water damage is a very real thing, and the sad reality is that many people are not aware of how to catch it early, and when it does happen, they aren’t sure about what to do to handle the situation. The problem really comes in where the cause of the damage is more [...]

Teaching Activities Take advantage of your student or child’s interest in reading and in Bay animals. The attached guide will help young readers summarize, learn, and have fun withOsprey Adventure. Click here to download: Osprey Adventure Activity Guide Can’t find Osprey Adventure? Make a request in your local bookstore or contact the author: jcurtis@cablespeed.com. Or, order it [...]

Kids’ Pages   Hey, kids, you can do it!   You are an important part of keeping our earth safe for the people and animals that live here. Besides recycling fishing line and picking up plastic, there are many things that you and your parents can do to make important contributions to saving our environment. [...]

Help the Osprey The osprey, also known as a fish hawk since it dines nearly exclusively on fish, is one of the most recognized large birds in the world. Though the brown and white birds are often mistaken for eagles, the osprey is smaller, its black bracelets (marks on its wrists), and crook in its [...]

Jennifer Curtis and Osprey Adventure illustrator Marcy Dunn Ramsey recently participated in a dual visit to Kent School in Chestertown. Biologist Peter McGowan of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was interviewed about his role in the bookOsprey Adventure by Michael Buckley for the Sunday Brunch Interview Series which airs on Sundays at 9 a.m. on [...]

Author Visits Jennifer Keats Curtis is a Maryland native who passionately helps students learn about the remarkable animals that inhabit our backyards and how even the youngest students play a role in conserving and protecting them. A journalist who serves as editor-at-large for Maryland Life Magazine, Jennifer diligently researches her topics and excels at “kidspeak.” She [...]

About The Author Author Jennifer Keats Curtis wants to help bring children closer to the animals in their own backyards. By diligently researching her topic and interviewing real experts, including children working to help preserve and protect local wildlife, the former journalist has developed a knack for teaching young children about important ecological issues and [...]

This site is based on a new illustrated children’s book Osprey Adventure(Tidewater Publishers, 2008), a heartwarming tale of how a boy and his biologist father save an osprey (that familiar bird that looks like an eagle) from certain death after it becomes accidentally entangled in fishing line. Beautifully illustrated by renowned artist, Marcy Dunn Ramsey, the [...]