Powerful words and stunning illustrations make this a must have book for families and primary school classrooms: Celebrate Earth Day 2022 by sharing it. We can all help to halt climate change but the clock is ticking …Īs well as celebrating our awesome planet, author Nicola and artist Jenni show the way actions of we humans are adversely affecting different ecosystems worldwide. As the first hour of Earth Day, 22nd April begins in London it’s time to reflect upon the amazing wonders the girls have seen and contemplate the multitudes of others they haven’t, in preparation to issue a rallying cry to the world it’s time to make a difference before it’s too late. The last stroke of midnight is the signal for the sisters to traverse land and sea while beneath them are numerous warning signs of global warming. 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. 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.
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