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From the award-winning author of "No Shelter Here: Making the World a Kinder Place for Dogs" comes an inspiring book about bats, their importance to a wide range of ecosystems, and the young "bat citizens" who are engaged in conservation efforts around the world. Full color.
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Rob Laidlaw has devoted his life to protecting animals and empowering others to do the same. He is the founder of several animal protection organizations, including Zoocheck, and an author of many children's books about animal welfare and activism.
No Shelter Here: Making the World a Kinder Place for Dogs won the OLA Silver Birch Non-Fiction Award and the Hackmatack Children's Choice Award; its companion book,
Cat Champions: Caring for our Feline Friends, was shortlisted for the same awards.
Elephant Journey: The True Story of Three Zoo Elephants and their Rescue from Captivity was nominated for the OLA Silver Birch Express Award, the Hackmatack Children's Book Award, and the Red Cedar Book Award. Rob lives in Toronto, Ontario.
Zusammenfassung
An innovative full-colour work about bats' biology, habits, and history, and the bat conservation efforts of young people around the world
Vorwort
6,000-copy print run; Featured at PLA, TLA, NSTA, ALA Annual, and ILA with the popular Publisher Spotlight booth; Pitch to major review media including The New York Times Book Review, Booklist, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal; target marketing to review centers, influential bloggers, and major library system selectors; classroom guide for educators; author speaking engagements; outreach to bat conservation and nonprofit organizations; outreach to media in the home cities of the featured "Bat Citizens"; social media; e-Newsletter promotion
