![]() He hopes parents will be able to use the book to talk to their very young children about the challenges that endangered species face. Thanks to these kind people, look how happy the whales are – and how many they are,” he says. ![]() He deliberately ends the book with an uplifting message: a huge, final flap, which reveals that, because “kind people” have looked after the whale, it is thriving in the sea. “I think, if you come to the idea of conservation when you’re young, it stays with you. ![]() “Really, it’s like planting a seed in children’s minds,” Campbell says. ![]() The animals do not belong in a zoo, but in the wild – where, the narrator explains, they are endangered. Like in Dear Zoo, which has sold over eight million copies worldwide and is a perennial top-10 picture book in the UK, an animal hides behind each flap of the book and is only revealed when the flap is opened.īut, unlike in Dear Zoo, the flaps in the new book depict these animals in their natural habitats, not in crates and boxes. He decided the best way was to write a picture book from the perspective of someone who tries to find their favourite animals, and then discovers there aren’t many of them left. ![]()
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