Animals and Us

Animals and UsAnimals and Us is a beautiful collection of illustrated childrens short stories, written from the point of view of endangered species and how they encounter their changing environments.As readers, we learn to empathise with the sometimes life-and-death struggle each creature faces. We also witness their resourcefulness, as they compete to survive in a habitat changed by the humans around them.An eclectic mix of birds, beast and butterflies, Animals and Us transports us across the planet and under oceans.Written for children of all ages, each story is a thought-provoking, imaginative and uncompromising voyage into the animals minds eye, and the effect we are all having on our precious world.Illustrator and author, David G Shaw (1942 2016) won acclaim from family and friends for this charming and original collection of childrens short stories, now published for the very first time.