Today’s Book Club Hour at Thorntree Preparatory School was all about World Wildlife Day.
Discussion topics included
- what wildlife is
- why a day would be dedicated to wildlife
- why many plant and animal species are endangered (causes)
- big cats as the focus of this year (2019)’s wildlife
- feeling ignored, misunderstood or hurt
- stuttering
- zoology
- conservation and what you can do to help conservation of plants and animals
- using your weakness to become your strength
- critical thinking – Thinking Flexibly (HOM 4) – what does it mean?
- how to think flexibly
The book that told a beautiful real-life story about animal conservation and thinking flexibly, was A Boy and a Jaguar by Alan Rabinowitz. Alan was an American Zoologist who used his “weakness” – stuttering – to follow his passion to protect and fight for the protection of Big Cats. He was the co-founder of the Panthera Corporation, a non-profit conservation organization devoted to protecting the world’s 40 wild cat species.
A Boy and a Jaguar is a book of hope, showing kids that a “weakness” doesn’t necessarily mean you are broken or useless, but can still achieve great things in life.
View the author’s intro to his book
