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Caring Conservationists Who Are Changing 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 Biruté Galdikas; Gerald Durrell; Dr Cuauhtémoc Sáenz-Romero; Jacques Cousteau; Carter and Olivia Rees; Latika Nath; Les Stocker; Lily Venizelos; Dr Lü 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.
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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
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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