Wildlife Crossings of Hope

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We all need safe places to live and safe paths to travel. Animals, too.

Meet the people who are stitching the planet’s habitats back together.

How do animals find safe passage through our increasingly built-up world? The short answer: it’s hard! But there is good news: wildlife bridges are going up, dams are coming down, and large green corridors are helping creatures roam more freely through our shared world.

Wildlife Crossings of Hope takes a personal, in-depth look at wildlife crossings, corridor projects, and dam removal efforts around the world, from canopy bridges for monkeys in India to an underpass for elephants in Kenya to the world’s largest wildlife bridge under construction near Los Angeles.

Combining Teddi Lynn Chichester’s lyrical science writing with beautiful art from illustrator Jamie Green, Wildlife Crossings of Hope is a profound and aesthetically rich work of nonfiction for young readers.

Back matter includes actions for readers to take, a complete listing of the scientific names of all creatures discussed, source notes, a bibliography, an index, and more. 

Books for a Better Earth™ are designed to inspire children to become active, knowledgeable participants in caring for the planet they live on.

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard SelectionTeddi Lynn Chichester grew up in California’s fertile Central Valley, land of farms, tule fog, and country western music. She spent many childhood summers hanging out with banana slugs and the world’s tallest trees in Northern California’s coast redwood forests, where her father worked as a State Parks Interpreter. She teaches writing and literature at the University of California, Los Angeles, and loves spending time with her sons Alexey and Nicolai, her orange tabby Benjamin, and her horse Mischa. When she’s not grading papers or reading books about the natural world, she volunteers at the nursery where native plants for the world’s largest wildlife crossing await the bridge’s completion. Teddi lives very close to Griffith Park, and though she never met the beloved mountain lion P-22 during her frequent hikes there, she still feels his presence all around.

Jamie Green is an illustrator and maker living in Chicago, IL. While growing up on the beaches of Florida, they nearly changed their career path to Marine Biology. Now, they find joy in the happy medium of illustrating the natural world. They were named the 2019 Society of Illustrators Zankel scholar in 2019, and graduated from Ringling College of Art and Design in 2020.CN

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