Caring Conservationists Who Are Changing Our Planet.
Travel around the world and discover the stories of 20 conservationists and the endangered animals they are helping to save, including the orangutang, blue whale, Indian tiger, rhino, honeybee, Komodo dragon and sea turtle. Positive, uplifting and packed full of information, with 20 fun activities for children to try, this book will show children no one is too small to make a difference.
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My Review
Thanks to Rachel, of Rachel’s Random Resources, for organising this blog tour, and to the publisher for my copy of this book.
This is a book for children aged 5 to 8, I think. With beautiful illustrations and detailed biographies as well as activities, it introduces primary school children to conservation and those working to protect the planet.
I thought the illustrations were very well done, very ‘rich’ and colourful. The activities are varied and interesting, and help children develop multiple skills. This would be good book to use as a teacher resources as well as reading material for children to learn about different animals and people. I liked that there were people from all over the world highlighted.
This is an important subject for children to learn. We were learning about it almost 40 years ago when I was at primary school and nothing seems to have improved. The generation this book is aimed at will have more work to do because of the inaction of the one before my own. As for my own generation, we’ve tried but not hard enough, we haven’t been radical enough, we’ve allowed politicians and vested interests to distract us from the fight. Imaging what we could have done if we hadn’t been distracted by oil wars in the last twenty plus years?
I hope this book lights a fire in the kids who are going to have to live with the consequences of our inaction.
Author Bio –
About Kate
Kate is an author of both fiction and non-fiction children’s books. Originally from London, she now lives with her family in the South of France. She writes wild and adventurous stories about animals, people and STEM that encourages a can-do spirit, a quest for knowledge and a sense of adventure.
Caring Conservationists (Walker Books) is her first non-fiction children’s books. A further nine books are in production launching between 2023-2025. Find out more about Kate and her books at www.kateperidot.com .
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