Shirley Choi

Gulangyu The Earth Story Shirley Choi

Join our heroine, Xiao Rui, and her friends Na Na the parrot and Henry the baby dragon on a magical adventure to learn about conservation and save the planet. The book tells the story of how children can make a difference in the quest to save the planet through reducing, reusing, and recycling. This is the seventh educational book from the award-winning company Happy Diamond Music Studio. Gulangyu aims to teach children ages 4+ about conservation while providing them the tools to make a difference in the real world. When Xiao Rui discovers that her home, Gulangyu (an island off the coast of southeastern China and a UNESCO Heritage Site) is in danger from a gigantic wave that has been caused by global climate change, she is tasked by Riyanshi, the Earth Fairy to undertake an epic journey to stop the wave and learn how she and other children can stop global warming from destroying the planet. In this story, Xiao Rui and her companions travel to the Amazon rainforest, icebergs in Greenland, solar farms floating in the lake that used to be a coal mine, and landfills where scientists perform research where they see the effects of climate change up-close and personal. Gulangyu is a great opportunity for parents and teachers to start a conversation with even their youngest learners about their own carbon footprint and how they can impact stopping climate change. Conservation has never been as important as it is now, Help kids understand how they can start saving the planet.