Racing sticks and twigs and leaves down a busy creek is so much fun! But where did this "creek" come from? Join the adventure as the kids come out to play in the creek that only lasts till Dad turns off the hose.

A Creek Runs Down Our Street

Children's Books

Cathleen Burnham

Science, Nature & How It Works

Journey Stone Creations, LLC.

In Doyli to the Rescue: Saving Baby Monkeys in the Amazon, 10-year-old Doyli, with the help of her family, rescues endangered, orphaned monkeys from the perils of native hunters and the black market. She carries the rescued animals home to her island home in the Peruvian Amazon, where she nurtures them with her strong medicine of love and nourishing food. 
When the little monkey orphans are old enough and strong enough, she releases them back to their natural habitat: the Amazon rainforest. 
This is the first book in Burnham's WAKA (World Association of Kids and Animals) series, photodocumentary books for young readers that highlight wildlife preservation efforts being undertaken by kids around the globe. The stories of personal commitment and environmental activism in projects led by youngsters offer inspiration to all who work to protect animals and preserve their habitats. 
The author visited young Doyli and Doyli's family and school on a trip taken with Burnham's own kids. Together with her family, Burnham travels the world meeting extraordinary, real children saving animals. The WAKA series (additional books to be released this year) shows how people of all ages can work together to save Earth's most endangered animals. 
There is a free teacher's guide available at the WAKA series website: WAKABooks.org.

Doyli to the Rescue: Saving Baby Monkeys in the Amazon

Animals

Crickhollow Books (an imprint of Great Lakes Literary)

Tortuga Squad: Kids Saving Sea Turtles in Costa Rice is a photodocumentary book by journalist and writer Cathleen Burnham, the second in her WAKA (World Association of Kids and Animals) series of books for young readers that feature kids around the world involved in wild animal rescue and conservation projects. In Tortuga Squad, we meet a group of youngsters in Costa Rica who patrol the beaches of Parismina Island, on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, to help protect mother sea turtles and their eggs from poachers and animal predators. The young volunteers watch for sea turtles coming ashore to lay their eggs. 
It's a dangerous place for turtles. Here, as in many places in the Caribbean, the local villagers have traditionally eaten turtle meat and eggs as part of their diet. But many turtle species have become close to extinction. Poaching eggs and killing sea turtles for meat is now illegal. But some people still do it. 
So the turtles need extra help. This is where the kids come in. Tortuga means turtle in Spanish, and Tortuga Squad is the name the kids gave themselves because they help save turtles. They patrol the beach during hatching season, and have helped to build a guarded hatchery to protect eggs until they hatch. Then, the kids gather to help escort the tiny baby turtles across the sands to the ocean waters. 
Cathleen Burnham visited the island with her husband and her own children as volunteers to help the local conservation program. With the local village kids, she put together this story of the activities of the Tortuga Squad, an inspiring example of real-life children around the globe active in grassroots projects to save Earth's endangered wild animals. 
There is a free teacher's guide available at the WAKA series website: WAKABooks.org.

Tortuga Squad: Kids Saving Sea Turtles in Costa Rica

Crickhollow Books, a division of Great Lakes Literary

Tony and His Elephants: Best Friends Forever!

Crickhollow Books

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Books by Cathleen Burnham