'Make Way for Animals' - Read and Rise April 2025

I thought Make Way for Animals was an interesting book for Earth Day. We hear a lot about protecting endangered animals - and believe me, it's still vitally important for us to continue doing so - but this book introduced a different topic: creating safe ways for animals to cross roadways.

Animals needs to travel for many reasons - in search of food and water, to travel to nesting grounds, to migrate, to find a mate...but humans have made it much more difficult by building roads right in the middle of all these travel routes! Make Way for Animals shows the varied ways people across the globe have worked together to make safe pathways for these animals to travel, including bridges, underpasses, and tunnels! We need more creative thinking like this to help us live in better harmony with the world around us. 

Featured Story: Make Way for Animals: A World of Wildlife Crossings by Meeg Pincus and Bao Luu

- Think of an animal that lives where you do and design a wildlife crossing for it! Or design one for any animal you love. You can draw it or create it out of Lego or various craft materials

- Support zoos and aquariums that work to conserve and protect our wildlife (and avoid the ones that don't!). 

- Join the Kratt Brothers and become a Creature Hero protecting animals in your own backyard!

- Visit Earth Rangers to discover ways of becoming an animal-saving hero. They have a podcast and a cute app where you can complete earth protecting challenges.

-  Learn about the wild world through nature shows. Some of our favorites are Wild Kratts, Secrets of the Zoo, A Real Bug's Life, and Planet Earth

Don't Let them Disappear: 12 Endangered Species Across the Globe by Chelsea Clinton and Gianna Marino

Almost Gone: The World's Rarest Animals by Steve Jenkins