The Most Important Animal of All

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Every year, 26 million animals are used in the US alone for animal testing (animal-testing.procon.org). these communities] are motivated to conserve and protect habitats and wild populations … because of the income luxury skins provides. And when that income goes away, they might be forced through their poverty to take up other common forms of rural income, such as logging, slash-and-burn farming, or gold mining I particularly loved the way the information was given through the words of the childlearning about it. I thought this was a really original way of sharing the information andmaking it really accessible to the reader. I also really enjoyed the combination of illustrationsand photos. Bailey’s images were bright and engaging, while the photos gave some morerealistic context of the animals and their habitats.’ - The Teacher Bookworm @primaryteachew There are of course exploitations of using animals for income, but there are also ethical ways to make money from animals such as ethical elephant sanctuaries in South East Asia, or ethical reserves for safaris in Africa. In July 2008, after a debate by scientists at the Royal Geographical Society, the Earthwatch Institute declared bees as the most important living beings on the planet.

It makes sense then that they might be amongst the most important plant life to humans and ecosystems too This books encourages inquiry, discussion, and critical thinking. By learning why these animals are important, children should gain an understanding of ecosystems. A positive and gentle primer to the larger issues of habitat loss, endangered species, and climate change. Illustrator Hannah Bailey is a talented illustrator who has established a reputation for nonfiction picture books. When the Whales Walked (Words & Pictures) won the SLA Children’s Choice Award for 7-12s, and in the US was an Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students. But phytoplankton can be a double-edged sword (see Cyanobacteria further down the list). Source: Yareite/Wikimedia Commons 3. Fungi Are the World's RecyclersThe author of an adult book about uncommon animal attachments invites emergent readers to share the warm ( Unlikely Friendships, 2011). There can be many variables to animal product production, such as the purpose of the production, where and how it’s done, who is consuming the food, and so on. Following a semester of zoological studies, a teacher asks their students to name the most important animal. Tan-skinned George proposes elephants (“Even their poo is useful!”), brown-skinned Nimmie goes for bees because they’re “like fairies for farmers,” and five other classmates chime in with candidates of their own: sharks, beavers, bats, tigers, and krill. In the end, Worms leaves it up to readers to decide, but as the chosen creatures are all keystone species and the children make compelling cases for their choices, a definitive answer isn’t obvious, and they are not likely to actually settle on one…but readers will be inspired to mull the topic themselves. To keep the conversation going, the author introduces four more keystone species at the end (wolves, sea otters, corals, and sea stars). Bailey places painted images of a diverse class led by a brown-skinned teacher in a tiger suit and renditions of wildlife in natural settings alongside bright, clear photographic portraits (of the animals) and adds helpful schematic views of flower parts next to three bee species and an Antarctic marine food web. (This book was reviewed digitally.)

This is the first of four spinoffs, all rewritten and enhanced with fetching color photographs of the subject. It pairs a very young rhesus monkey with a dove, one cat with a zoo bear and another that became a “seeing-eye cat” for a blind dog (!), an old performing elephant with a stray dog and a lion in the Kenyan wild with a baby oryx. Refreshingly, the author, a science writer, refrains from offering facile analyses of the relationships’ causes or homiletic commentary. Instead, she explains how each companionship began, what is surprising about it and also how some ended, from natural causes or otherwise. There is a regrettable number of exclamation points, but they are in keeping with the overall enthusiastic tone. There are groups of people and individuals that believe that all animals are important and have value as a living creature. Losing bees not only means humans and animals might starve, but it has a huge financial impact too: https://www.nativevillage.org/Archives/2011%20Archives/APRIL%202011%20NEWS/Irreplaceable%20-%20the%20world’s%20most%20invaluable%20species.htm Another example are Pirarucu fish … [they] are one of the largest freshwater fish on the planet, and they are a crucial piece to Brazilian ecosystems and communities … these fish are used for both food, income, to create employment, and the skin used for leather bags is natural and biodegradable]Animals can also be studied for various reasons, with one example being to get an idea of environmental trends and activity. Dapo Adeola, Tracy Darnton, Joseph Coelho and Chitra Soundar are among the 19 authors and illustrators longlisted for the Inclusive Books for Child...