With all orders of £20 or more

Offer closes 30th September 2010
 

EDUCATION is one of the major activities of Friends of IDW

As a result there is an increasing demand for Dilo Books and DVDs from schools and libraries around the world.

To encourage this trend IDW is offering

SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES

*A SPECIAL 25% DISCOUNT*

on all items in the IDW Mail Order Shop

Postage and packing is charged at £2.50 per order in the UK

and £2 per item for orders sent by surface mail outside the UK

and £3 per item sent by air mail outside Europe

Note: All items go via air mail within Europe

SPECIAL OFFER
with every set of 5 Dilo Books
Free
while stocks last

Dilo's Adopt and Watch Handbook
plus a
Dilo Poster

The full set of 5 Dilo books,

 all signed by the author

is £30 plus £2.50 P&P

Announcement

International Dolphin Watch is ceasing to to offer its Dolphin Adoption Packs. However the remaining Dilo's Adopt and Watch Handbooks are available free while stocks last as a Special Offer with sets of 5 Dilo books

Note: Dilo's Adopt and Watch Handbooks, which are beautifully illustrated in full colour, contain details of where dolphins Echo (England), Sun Spirit (Wales) Fungie (Ireland) Star Dance (Scotland) and Crooked Jaw (Bahamas) may be spotted.

Here are some examples of items inside the Dolphin Shop

The DILO Collection by HORACE DOBBS

The Dilo books are written in an easy-to read style for children age 7-11. Reviews indicate that these enthralling adventure tales are also greatly enjoyed by adults who often find some surprising facts hidden within them.

The books, size 14.5x21cm, approximately 100 plus pages in length are illustrated throughout with black and white pen drawings in his inimitable style by highly acclaimed marine artist Rico Oldfield.

Although the books follow a sequence each one is a complete story in itself and can be read separately.

The first book in the series, Dilo and the Call of the Deep, introduces Dilo the dolphin. Dilo's mother looses her companions in a mysterious tragedy. She brings up Dilo on her own. Her son becomes her best friend. The book reveals the joys and perils of the undersea world as seen through the eyes and mind of a curious, mischievous young dolphin.

Dilo Makes Friends sees the arrival of "The Terrible Twins", Robin and Debra, to spend a holiday with their uncle Pat, Boka his dog, Sprat his cat. And Postie - the postman. After a frightening start Debra develops a very close friendship with Dilo the dolphin who swims beneath the lighthouse where the children are staying.

What happens when humans get gold fever is the theme for Dilo and the Treasure Hunters. Dilo gets into dire peril when villains use explosives to get at sunken treasure.

In Dilo and the Witch of Black Rock the reader finds out what it feels like for a dolphin, accustomed to being free in the open sea, to be captured and imprisoned in a dolphinarium. After his release by the Terrible Twins Dilo meets up with them again in Dilo in Lighthouse Bay where a fire on a huge oil rig puts him in mortal danger.

When his mother dies, Dilo wants to go with her into the next world. The ghost dolphins who come to escort her tell Dilo he can't go. He has a mission. And that is why he has a star on his dorsal fin.

At night when Dilo sees the Dolphin Constellation of stars in the heavens he knows that the spirit of his mother is always with him wherever he goes.

Dolphin Healing is a fascinating exploration of the healing power of dolphins. Internationally renowned dolphin expert Dr Horace Dobbs, tells the incredible story of over two decades’ work with dolphins, and reveals new research that shows dolphins can inspire us not only with their beauty and intelligence; they can also heal us physically and emotionally.

Horace Dobbs explores possible scientific explanations for the healing power of dolphins which he supports with many heartwarming tales of personal transformation. These range from that of Bill, who, after swimming with dolphins, was completely cured after 12 years in a deep depression, and Lilo, whose terminal cancer regressed, to the incredible story of Eve, a severely autistic girl who uttered her first word, ‘good’, after meeting a dolphin.

Inspiring and deeply moving, Dolphin Healing heralds a breathtaking new development in communication between humans and dolphins.

       DOLPHIN DREAMTIME

  The CD that captures the therapeutic
        power of dolphins

In his enthralling TV documentary, The Dolphin’s Touch, medical research scientist Dr Horace Dobbs showed how swimming with a wild dolphin helped three patients with clinical depression. To make these benefits universally available, he set about finding ways of artificially capturing the therapeutic benefits of dolphin swims. To help him in this quest, Dr Dobbs sought help from those who had a great understanding of the power of the forces of nature – the Australian Aborigines.

The ingenious solution Dr Dobbs eventually came up with was what he termed “A Dolphin Sound Pill” – DOLPHIN DREAMTIME- a visualisation by Taranath Andre and Glenda Lum in which the listener is transported into the spiritual world of the dolphins.

In his book Dolphin Healing Dr Dobbs reveals how he set up a clinical trial to evaluate his DOLPHIN DREAMTIME concept and presented his findings to the Medical Research Council at Cambridge. Encouraged by the response to his seminar at the MRC the accumulated data was eventually evaluated scientifically at the Department of Psychology at Swansea University.

The conclusion at the end of the report from the university was that over 75% of those who listened to the DOLPHIN DREAMTIME benefited in some way or other. There were no side effects that might adversely affect those who experienced no benefit. The responses varied enormously. Most of those who took part in this random trial and did not respond positively were elderly and found difficulty in understanding the Australian accent.

When DOLPHIN DREAMTIME was made universally available via International Dolphin Watch, the new reports that came in revealed that listening to the DOLPHIN DREAMTIME could bring benefits far outside the brief of the original clinical trial which was designed to evaluate its possible use for the treatment of various forms of depression.

One result is that DOLPHIN DREAMTIME is now being used extensively for the management of stress, insomnia, pre examination nerves, pain alleviation in childbirth and a host of other conditions.

Doubtless as time goes by and we find out more about how dolphins can influence the human mind even more uses will be discovered.

 This CD is a collection of stories told with his usual infectious enthusiasm by Horace Dobbs, interspaced with some of his favourite music. It was compiled following a series of radio interviews Horace did when his book Dolphin Healing was published.

Listeners to this CD should beware. It could change your life!

That's just what happened to Jackie Connell. After hearing Horace on Johnnie Walker's BBC Drivetime programme. Jackie was so captivated she contacted Horace, organised two dolphin conferences at The Open University and became the Editor of the International Dolphin Watch Newsletter.

International Dolphin Watch 10 Melton Road, North Ferriby, E.Yorks HU14 3ET. England.
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