The Yum Yum Tree
Baby monkey has climbed up the Yum Yum Tree and can't get down... Will the flamingos save the day?
The Yum-Yum Tree reveals a truly sticky situation. Baby monkey has climbed up the high, spiky, sticky trunk and can't get down. Every animal has an idea for coaxing her back to her anxious mother, but the little monkey refuses to move. However, the flamingos have a cunning plan as always…
Creators
Jonnie Wild’s interest in conservation was first stimulated by his own children's distress at learning about destruction of the rainforests. He set up the Yorkshire Rainforest project, which planted new forest trees in an Amazon area as big as Yorkshire, and now has similar projects all over the world. He pioneered many environmental projects in the tropics whilst leading his family business - the famous Betty's Tea Rooms and Yorkshire Tea and he now works with environmental scientists at the University of Leeds, supporting collaborative research and action in conserving forest habitats for the benefit of both animals and humans.
Brita Granstrom is an illustrator and painter whose children's books have won the Smarties/Nestle Silver Award, the English Association Picture Book Award five times, and have been shortlisted twice for the ALMA - the largest international children's book award in the world. Many years ago Brita worked for the charity AMREF in Kenya and Uganda. That experience - and all the wildlife she saw on her travels - colours the witty artwork in Carnivorous Crocodile. Brita Granstrom lives in Berwick-upon-Tweed.
