Rosy & Friends
Learn About Climate Change,
Global Warming, Plastic Pollution & The Three R's
Children's Book by Kasthurie Govender
Illustrated by Cole David Rose & Sherilyn Moodley
French Translation by Pascal Vincent
Spanish Translation by Carlos Domínguez
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South Africans
To order directly from the author
R200.00
Some Good News!
Rosy & Friends is currently being translated in to Afrikaans. The Book should be available in the next few months.
About the Book -English
Until recently many people argued over whether or not global warming was happening, and if it was, what was the cause of it. Now most scientist agree that it really is happening and that a lot of the changes they have recorded have happened because of us - humans.
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Climate change is real and affecting us in many ways that we can see and feel - heat waves, droughts, flooding, storms, decrease in crop yields, rising sea levels, to list a few... why are these things happening, and what can we do about it?
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This book was written with the intention to help the reader learn and understand the serious environmental issues we are facing such as global warming. The reader will also learn about plastic pollution and how it adversely affects wildlife, wildlife habitat and humans.
​As a solution to help alleviate these global environmental issues, the reader will learn about and how-to -recycle, reduce and reuse.
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The aim of the book is to help children become more aware of the current environmental issues we are facing globally.
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The book was written in a story format rather than a text book style, to make this difficult topic more simple and easy to understand and follow.
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It is the first of its kind in Africa, where this complex subject has been explained to children in a simple story, making it an interesting and fun read.
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The Book – Full Colour
Number of pages: 42 ISBN: 978-0-620-83021-8
Chapter 1 – What’s happening? What is Climate Change?
Chapter 2 – Why is the planet getting warmer?
Chapter 3 – Plastic Pollution
Chapter 4 – What can we do? – Recycle-Reduce--Reuse​
The book is presently in many libraries and schools.
Schools within the Durban area:
*Clifton, *Chelsea Preparatory, *Northway Primary, *Our Lady of Fatima, *Virginia Preparatory, *La Lucia Junior Primary, *Atholton Primary, *Maris Stella, *Penzance Primary, *Durban North Primary, *Gordon Road Girls, *Crawford International La Lucia, *Morningside Primary, *DPHS, *Effingham Primary, *Atholl Heights Primary, *Westville Senior Primary, *Eden College, *Holy Family College.
This is the first of its kind in Africa, where this complex subject has been explained to children in a simple story, making it an interesting and fun read. ​Due to the demand for the book, it has been translated into French and Spanish and is now available on Lulu.com.
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It’s time to take action!
Your participation is what is needed to help spread this very important message before it’s too late.
Be the change… Together we can make a difference!
Some Reviews...
A ‘must’ for all our younger generation who are our future plantary caretakers, this book is an appealing read for both children and caring adults.
J.E. Schafer, Journalist & Environmental Correspondent - South Africa
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As an Educator of 37 years, I can positively say that this book comes highly recommended. Children at a young age can learn about the Three R’s and taking care of the environment.
S. Gopalan, Educator - South Africa
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As it's never too early to understand and act, our pupils, from CP to CM2, (ages 6 to 11) enjoyed sharing and enriching their experiences by discovering this story.
Caroline, schoolteacher, Eco-Ecole referent at Les Raguidelles in Suresnes, France
About the Author
Kasthurie Govender is a mother and grandmother from Durban, South Africa.
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She is passionate about Mother Nature and her beauty, and has a deep sense of connection and gratitude towards Mother Earth. Motivated by her deep love and very strong sense of responsibility towards the planet, she felt the urge to write this book - to create an awareness among the younger generation of the abuse that Mother Earth has been subjected to by her children of all ages. That’s us, the inhabitants of planet Earth.
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Hence the birth of this book to foster the seed of greater awareness at this important planting time.
Rosy & Friends are in a number libraries globally...
Here is a list of schools within the Durban area alone (South Africa),
that have the book at their media centre:
*Clifton, *Chelsea Preparatory, *Northway Primary, *Our Lady of Fatima, *Virginia Preparatory,
*La Lucia Junior Primary, *Atholton Primary, *Maris Stella, *Penzance Primary,
*Durban North Primary, *Gordon Road Girls,
*Crawford International La Lucia, *Morningside Primary, *DPHS, *Effingham Primary,
*Atholl Heights Primary, *Westville Senior Primary,
*Eden College, *Holy Family College.
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Little Rosy Lost Her Way
This is a beautiful story about a little girl called Rosy. Because she did not follow her Mummy‛s instructions, she was stranded at a train station for a few hours.
She was very sad and frightened! Luckily, she met a little elephant called Ganesh who was travelling to a zoo. Ganesh looked after and comforted the little girl, and they became very good friends.
This is a story with an important lesson for all children – a story that is also heart-warming and comforting.
Copies of "Little Rosy..." has travelled to America, Australia, Singapore, China, Cape Town, Gauteng and Durban. The book is part of a number of libraries within South Africa and Australia.
Buy the book!
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Deliveries within South Africa - 3-5 working days Price R60.00 + postage
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Outside of South Africa - 14 working days -courier services/ Airmail Price $5 (USD) + postage
Audio Download
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South Africa Price: R20.00
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US Dollar: $2