Released on = February 1, 2006, 3:13 am

Press Release Author = Terry Lister

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = Tel the Tugboat and his Tugboat Friends is a collection of
charming stories about the humorous adventures of a small tugboat named Tel, along
with Toni, Tim and Trevor, his tugboat friends. This book is full of illustrations
of tugboats that children will love.

Press Release Body = TEL THE TUGBOAT AND HIS TUGBOAT FRIENDS published by Terry Lister

Book Description: Tel the Tugboat and his Tugboat Friends is a collection of
charming stories about the humorous adventures of a small tugboat named Tel, along
with Toni, Tim and Trevor, his tugboat friends. This book is full of illustrations
of tugboats that children will love.

Free Preview of the book: "Hello, I would like to introduce myself to you. I know
you recognise me as a ship of some sort, but do you know what type of ship I am? No,
then I will give you a clue. Have you ever been to the seaside or visited a dockyard
or maybe a naval base of some kind? Well, if you have, you would have almost
certainly seen vessels like us. You see, we're called tugboats and wherever you see
large ships or large vessels off any kind, especially in harbours, you're bound to
see a tugboat just like myself. That's because a tugboat is there to help assist
larger and sometimes smaller ships to manoeuvre around the confined spaces in
harbours, or if a ship needs our help at sea because they may have broken down, we
will be there to help. Or maybe they're too large to use their own engines in
harbour so we'll tow, push, or transport them alongside if they can't make it on
their own. That's our job and a very important job it is."

About the Author: Terry Lister is lives in Portsmouth with his wife. He joined the
Royal Maritime Auxillary Service as a seaman at the age of 15, progressing from
ordinary seaman to able seaman. During his time on the tugboats, Terry qualified as
a cook and joined the sea going tugs, spending a lot of time abroad.

Terry retired from the RMAS in 1991, and qualified as an art instructor in 2004 and
is now focusing on his children's book writing and developing a new board game.

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FOR MORE INFO. CONTACT:

Terry Lister (author)
E-mail: terry_lister@tiscali.co.uk

A copy of TEL THE TUGBOAT can be ordered from Amazon.co.uk at:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1425903894/qid

Web Site = http://

Contact Details = Terry Lister (author)
E-mail: terry_lister@tiscali.co.uk