Wildlife Crossings

An important and unique information book based on the latest scientific research, showing how people across the world are creating ‘wildlife corridors’ to help animals move safely between wildlife areas.

Our planet is criss-crossed by a network of ancient pathways, reflecting the journeys of millions of animal species in search of food, water, safety and mates. But human development is blocking these vital ‘ribbons of life’. Animal habitats are shrinking into isolated and unconnected patches of nature.

Track the journeys of seven amazing animals. Discover why they are in trouble, follow their journeys and find out how scientists and campaigners across the world are creating ‘wildlife corridors’ to keep animals safe and on the move.

Discover…elephant crossings in India hedgehog highways in the UK ‘Spoonie’ flyways in Asia fish ladders in Germany gibbon canopy bridges in the People’s Republic of China bear bridges in Canada cougar crossings in the USA.

“Informative, beautiful and hopeful!”

"In this book you’ll track the journeys of seven amazing animals, and learn how people around the world are creating special channels – wildlife corridors – to keep them safe and help them on their way."

"Wildlife books for children tend to fall into one of two camps: fun, fluffy, fauna fact-files that fail to address the elephant in the room (that almost everything is endangered) or so hectoring and climate-change heavy that they make bedtimes feel like COP28. This one strikes the perfect balance between the two, with richly illustrated pages exploring seven solutions that are helping animals and humans to coexist, from elephant corridors in India and fish ladders in Germany to canopy bridges reconnecting gibbon habitats in China. It offers a glimmer of hope."

"This book looks at some examples of how disruption to Wildlife Crossings is being ameliorated by taking positive action... A book to raise awareness among children who one hopes, will find ways to support the vital work being done. Highly recommended for primary school collections."

"Small vividly recounted snippets of text speckle the pictures, making the illustrations doubly memorable. Enquiring minds will have a field day and the uninterested just might become interested. This book can be a textbook or just a superb story. A bedtime read or a reference book for 6–12-year-olds."

"This would be a great non-fiction read-aloud with a KS1 class. Its engaging illustrations will make it popular for exploring independently in a class book corner or library. Readers in Year 3 or 4 will enjoy reading it to themselves or teachers might like to use it as part of a topic about biodiversity, interdependence and conservation. The clarity of the text make it an excellent model for report writing."

Catherine Barr is a leading author on science and nature topics for young children. Her previous books for Otter-Barry are Red Alert: 15 Endangered Animals Fighting to Survive; Invisible Nature: A Secret World Beyond Our Senses (winner of the Teach Primary science book prize) and most recently Water: Protect Freshwater to Save Life on Earth (2022). Catherine lives near Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire.

Christiane Engel has a BA in children’s art and an MA in Children’s Illustration. She works with soft pencil, acrylics, watercolour and digital media. Her first book for Otter-Barry Books was Water: Protect Freshwater to Save Our Earth. Christiane lives in Kent.

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