Owl monkeys wake up in a forest of Ecuador’s Yasuni National Park, jaguars hunt their prey in Pantanal Brazil where it’s 8pm and finally, in Southern Georgia an albatross sits huddled on her nest. (There’s additional information about giraffes, climate change and what we can all do to help both causes.) Nicola’s story of optimism shows how with resolve, we humans can change things for the better it’s gorgeously illustrated by Emily Sutton who captures both the grace of the animals and their homeland, and the lifestyle of some of the people of Niger.
The hope is that one day these beautiful animals might be able to return to the places they once roamed. So much so that some have been transported by truck to other parts where they live under the watchful eye and care of wildlife rangers and scientists.
The humans stopped hunting, protected the trees giraffes fed on as well as the creatures’ favoured places and gradually, then more rapidly, the giraffe population increased. Soon very few giraffes were left in Africa but in the country of Niger, there was still time to save the few that remained. The result was terrible droughts that parched the land causing much suffering to both animals and humans.
Jane Ray lives in London.However the number of these graceful animals sadly started to decline as more and more buildings, roads and farms filled the land and then on account of climate change the rains began to fail too. Jane Ray is the illustrator of many books for young readers, including a stunning edition of The Twelve Days of Christmas. Nicola Davies is a zoologist and award-winning author whose many books for children include Outside Your Window: A First Book of Nature, illustrated by Mark Hearld Many: The Diversity of Life on Earth, illustrated by Emily Sutton and The Day War Came, illustrated by Rebecca Cobb. Follow a tiny hummingbird on its journey from Central America to Central Park in a captivating tale with exquisite illustrations echoing the creature’s jeweled tones.Īnimals Caribbean & Latin America Social Topics
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