One careless night by Christina Booth6/26/2023 ![]() ![]() With strong new nature laws we can avoid disasters like this again. Watch Christina discuss her award-winning book outside the gates of Hobart zoo where it is set. It's a poignant tale of human neglect and indifference to our natural world, accompanied by Christina's delicate illustrations of this magnificent animal. The zookeeper forgot to let it in for the night and the last of his kind, Benjamin, succumbed to the cold. On a cold winter's night in Hobart Zoo, the star attraction was the last remaining Thylacine, pacing around a cage. My daughter commented that this book reminds her to treasure what she has because you never know how precious something is," said EACL judge Dr Jenny Martin. ![]() "A stunning and heartbreaking story of Benjamin, the last Tasmanian tiger. ![]() ![]() The book took the Picture Fiction award at this year's Environment Award For Children's Literature (EACL) and imagines events around the true story of the final night of the last Tasmanian tiger. It seems prescient that Christina Booth released her children's book One Careless Night in a year that Australia is set to announce a reform of its national nature laws. One Careless night by Christina Booth is published by Walker Books Australia. ![]()
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