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Issue Details: First known date: 1944... 1944 It Began with Dalton the Dolphin
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The tale of Dalton the Dolphin, who rescues a boy and girl, Andrea and David, who are lost at sea. To help the children return home, Dalton enlists the help of his friends Princess Pearl and Gooloogly the octopus. Pearl is the mermaid daughter of Neptune, Emperor of the Seven Seas, and Gooloogly is the Prime Minister. Andrea and David can hardly believe what they see.

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  • Dedication reads: 'Dedicated to - My Mother, who loved the sea and children. k. de L. N.'

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Illustrated by Joan de L. Neville.
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