Caring Conservationists Who Are Changing Our Planet
People Power Series
Age 5+
Picture Books People & Places History & The Past: General Interest Animal Stories
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, this book 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.
Creators
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. Caring Conservationists is Kate’s first non-fiction children’s book.
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.
Reviews
Featured in Pen & Inc Autumn/Winter 2022 listings, highlighting the best in diversity and inclusion in children’s books.
Pen & Inc
Featured in the Bookseller’s children’s previews for April ’23
the Bookseller
Should leave children in no doubt that conservation is for everyone, wherever they’re from.
Eden Magazine
After reviewing this book, I definitely want to be a conservationist. I am going to take this book to school and share with my class because I think they will like the facts and doing the activities to help save the planet.
Kids Book Reviews, Books Up North
Although the book covers conservationists from across the world, its chief message is that everyone can make a difference, even in a small way – from building bee hotels to putting a bell on the collar of a pet cat. The book is full of examples on how to protect wildlife.
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