Helen Cowcher
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1957-08-10
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- UK
- Geboorteplaats
- Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
- Woonplaatsen
- Hato Piñero, Venezuela
- Opleiding
- Chelsea School of Art and Design (BA)
- Organisaties
- Royal Geographical Society of London
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Helen Cowcher is an artist and author whose focus has always been the interaction between humans, wildlife and the natural world. Her paintings have been exhibited in major museums and galleries in London, Including the Barbican Centre, South Bank Centre and Natural History Museum as well as at Banco de Libro and Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales in Caracas. She has won many awards for her books, especially in the USA, where she was invited to read in Congress on Earth Day.
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Rain Forest door Helen Cowcher
From the tapirs roaming its cool floor to the Blue Morpho butterflies fluttering in its canopy, the rain forest is a peaceful place until man's machines endanger its existence and threaten its lush beauty.
Books Included (10 total):
Rain Forest Animals Unfold and Learn
Monkeys and Apes – A first discovery book
The Living Rain Forest – Kratter
Baby Baboon – Hadithi
Animals of the Rain Forest – Savage
I wonder what a rainforest is – Donati
A walk in the rainforest – Pratt
Explore a Tropical Rainforest – Pop up book
The Sleepy Sloth – Murray
Slowly Slowly Slowly said the sloth – Eric Carle
Rain Forest Animals Unfold and Learn
Monkeys and Apes – A first discovery book
The Living Rain Forest – Kratter
Baby Baboon – Hadithi
Animals of the Rain Forest – Savage
I wonder what a rainforest is – Donati
A walk in the rainforest – Pratt
Explore a Tropical Rainforest – Pop up book
The Sleepy Sloth – Murray
Slowly Slowly Slowly said the sloth – Eric Carle
A tigress wants to kill animals to feed her cubs. The people nearby need their domesticated animals for the survival of their families. SPOILER: After the tigress kills a bullock and then a camel, the local herdsmen discuss trying to poison her. The sanctuary ranger comes up with a plan to persuade the tigress not to wander beyond the forest sanctuary where she lives. His solution is reminiscent of Tootle, in which the little locomotive sees warning flags everywhere but the tracks where he belongs.
In simple words and simple, colorful illustrations that take up the entire page, a serious problem with a serious solution is presented to young children. I'm not sure what the age of the target audience is; there is, after all, death and that death has dire consequences for the owner of the animal.… (meer)
In simple words and simple, colorful illustrations that take up the entire page, a serious problem with a serious solution is presented to young children. I'm not sure what the age of the target audience is; there is, after all, death and that death has dire consequences for the owner of the animal.… (meer)
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