Murphy Goes to the Beach

Murphy Goes to the Beach Written by Josh Peterken on behalf of Firbank Grammar with illustrations by Franky Demaria

Murphy likes to explore.

Where should Murphy go?

Murphy has never gone to the beach before!

Murphy gets ready to leave.

He gets his hat. He gets his bucket and spade.

“Make sure you wear sunscreen!” Sally says.

The kids wave goodbye to Murphy.

Murphy arrives at the beach. The sand is soft and warm. The sky is clear.

Murphy steps on something crunchy. It is a piece of plastic!

What is this rubbish doing here?

There is another piece of rubbish! And another!

And another!

“Where did all this rubbish come from?” Murphy asks.

Murphy looks around. In the water, he sees a dolphin.

“Who are you?” says Murphy.

“My name is Turner,” answers the dolphin.

“Nice to meet you, Turner,” Murphy says.

“Do you know where this plastic came from?”

Turner explains that some people forget to throw away their rubbish properly, and it makes the beach all dirty!

One of Turner’s friends swims over. Her name is Hindley.

“Turner, come quickly, our friend Sandy is in trouble!” says Hindley.

“Let’s go help!” Murphy says.

Murphy runs with the dolphins.

Their friend Sandy is caught in a net. What can Murphy do?

Murphy grabs the net with his mouth. Turner and Hindley grab it with their flippers.

Hurray! They pull the net off Sandy.

“The beach used to be so beautiful,” says Turner.

“I wish people would pick up their rubbish,” says Hindley.

“What can we do?” Murphy asks.

Murphy has an idea! Murphy wants to clean up the beach, but he needs help.

Murphy gets back to school. Sally is at the front gate. “What are you doing here?” she asks.

“We need to clean the beach,” Murphy says. “There is too much rubbish.”

“We can help!” says Sally.

“I know all about rubbish and recycling because we talked about it at school!”

Sally asks the other kids if they want to help. Everyone wants to clean the beach!

“We should recycle all the plastic!” Murphy says.

“We can use these nets to create our new sports uniform!” Sally says.

The beach looks so clean now! “Thank you, Murphy!”the dolphins say.

Our Firbank Eco Uniform Fabric At Firbank, we have pioneered the school use of a revolutionary fabric that supports the removal of marine debris from our oceans. We are excited to be leading the way by manufacturing sustainable sportswear made of nylon waste, such as recycled plastic bottles and fishing nets recovered from our oceans. We are not only regenerating waste – we are also saving precious, finite resources, limiting our energy consumption and reducing carbon emissions.

ISBN: 978-0-6452640-1-2