Fails in its simplicity.
1 star
I feel like we could make better books about organising for children than those that focus on charity, and this includes climate- and environment-related actions. So much of what we do to tell children how they can help is to "donate money" or "find sponsors to donate money (while we do difficult things, like swimming)," and it's not... actual action to solve the problem at hand. This is my first issue with this (and many other) books on this subject.
But I also find it frustrating in it not putting responsibility on who (particularly in terms of region) has created a lot of the problems that exist across the globe. Yes, "people are cutting down all [the panda's] bamboo," but why? What is the reason for this? Yes, there has been a decrease in parrots in Mexico "because their trees are being chopped down" but why? Yes, some people steal …
I feel like we could make better books about organising for children than those that focus on charity, and this includes climate- and environment-related actions. So much of what we do to tell children how they can help is to "donate money" or "find sponsors to donate money (while we do difficult things, like swimming)," and it's not... actual action to solve the problem at hand. This is my first issue with this (and many other) books on this subject.
But I also find it frustrating in it not putting responsibility on who (particularly in terms of region) has created a lot of the problems that exist across the globe. Yes, "people are cutting down all [the panda's] bamboo," but why? What is the reason for this? Yes, there has been a decrease in parrots in Mexico "because their trees are being chopped down" but why? Yes, some people steal the horns of rhinoceros, but why?
I think a better structure would be, rather than just writing a book to throw out all the issues animals face, to write about the animal you're wanting to discuss. Or write about actually organising instead of just simply raising funds to donate to some organisation that (most likely) already has a lot of money but aren't using it as wisely as they should be.