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Caring Conservationists Who Are Changing Our Planet

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By Kate Peridot
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Caring Conservationists Who Are Changing Our Planet by Kate Peridot introduces young readers to inspiring eco-warriors who are making a difference in conserving the planet. The book features the stories of various conservationists from around the world, illustrating their challenges and triumphs. It's an engaging and accessible guide for children, promoting awareness and encouraging them to participate in environmental efforts.
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You might enjoy this book if you are passionate about teaching children the importance of conservation and inspiring them with real-life stories of dedicated individuals making a positive impact on the environment. Aimed at young readers, it offers engaging insights into how they, too, can take simple actions to help protect our planet.

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Discover the stories of 20 conservationists who are looking after our planet and its animals.

Discover fascinating facts about 20 conservationists from around the world and the endangered animals and ecosystems they work so hard to protect. Bright and accessible illustrations make this book ideal for young children wanting to learn about incredible people who, through their amazing conservation efforts, have changed the world for the better.

Positive, uplifting and packed full of information, Caring Conservationists Who Are Changing Our Planet will show children that no one is too small to make a difference.

Conservationists featured: Dr Ruth Gates; Voahirana Randriamamonjy; Sheila Watt-Cloutier; Deni Purwandana; Leitah Mkhabela; Dr BirutΓ© Galdikas; Gerald Durrell; Dr CuauhtΓ©moc SΓ‘enz-Romero; Jacques Cousteau; Carter and Olivia Rees; Latika Nath; Les Stocker; Lily Venizelos; Dr LΓΌ Zhi; Jeneria Lekilelei; Mikaila Ulmer; Tane Davis; Valerie Taylor; Mario Cipollone; Sir David Attenborough.

... with profiles of the world's most endangered animals and their ecosystems, including the orangutan, monarch butterfly, Antarctic blue whale, rhino, Indian tiger, coral reef, Komodo dragon, polar bear and sea turtle.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529513226

Publisher: Walker Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 November 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Walker Books Ltd

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Sarah Long

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 4.0mm

Width: 226.0mm

Height: 268.0mm

Weight: 260g

Pages: 48

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About the Author

Kate Peridot is an author of both fiction and non-fiction children’s stories. In 2014, her children’s story, The Elephant Carnival, won a Walker Books Animal Stories competition for 4-7-year-olds. In 2015 she won the Winchester Festival, First Pages of a Novel award for a YA concept. Kate’s first non-fiction children’s book, Caring Conservationists will be published in 2023. Kate lives with her family in the south of France.

Sarah Long graduated with her illustration degree from Cambridge School of Art in 2004. She started off her career at Caroline Gardner before moving into giftware, where she designed bags, ceramics and textiles, designing products for well-known brands such as The Beatles and Moomin. Sarah lives in East Sussex.

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