Fact-based, educational children’s books about wildlife education can deliver a universal message of critical thinking and accepting others. The type of message that is important for future generations anywhere on the planet. But the importance of learning about the real traits of animals with a bad reputation is much higher among children that live close by to them.
Reports show that conflicts with humans are one of the biggest threats to wildlife. These conflicts can be reduced and altered to more sustainable encounters through education and understanding. As Dr. Marisa Tellez from the Crocodile Research Coalition mentioned in her interview with us: “Once we can provide people with lost historical and cultural information and facts, we see people willing to tolerate living next to them.”
For this reason, it was important for our partners from the CRC and the Hyena Project to distribute copies of our books to the local communities in their vicinity.
Check out these beautiful photos.
Seine Bight Library, Belize, communal reading of “The Crocodile’s Hatching Day”:
Seine Bight Library is a group in south-eastern Belize dedicated to helping youth read.
Tamani Foundation, Zanzibar, Tanzania, reading "The Spotted Hyena Joins a New Clan":
Tamani Foundation (TF) is a free education school; providing an early childhood and primary curriculum on the island of Zanzibar, off the coast of Tanzania.
