Wildlife Wong and the Sun Bear: Wildlife Wong, #1

By Dr Sarah Pye

Real-life adventure story, facts and experiments for children aged 8-12.

When Wildlife Wong meets Damai, she is a tiny sun bear cub with an uncertain future. Her mother has been killed by poachers. She is scared and alone.

Wildlife Wong becomes her new mum. He teaches her to climb trees and dig for food. Before long, she joins a gang of new sun bear friends at the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre. Life is much better…. But…

Will Damai ever be a free sun bear again?

After the story, discover amazing facts about sun bears and conduct your own experiments. Check out experiment videos here/on Sarah's author page/or Sarah's website.

This is the fourth book in the Wildlife Wong Series. Order all books in the series.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Estralita Publishing
• Release date: Mar 1, 2021
• ISBN: 9780980687187

Book preview

Wildlife Wong and the Sun Bear

February 2021

ISBN: 978-0-9806871-7-0 (paperback)

ISBN: 978-0-9806871-8-7 (ebook)

Published by:

Estralita Publishing

ABN: 86 230 144 690

P.O. Box 288

Buddina, QLD, 4575

www.sarahrpye.com

Copyright:

Text: © Sarah Pye

Sketches: © Ali Beck

Photographs: © copyright details accompany each image. Author holds copyright for all un-attributed images.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, except for brief citation or review, without prior written permission from the author via www.sarahrpye.com.

Pencil sketch illustrator: Ali Beck

Cover design: Gram Telen

Layout design: Gram Telen

Wildlife Wong cartoon illustrator: Isuru Pltawala

Cover sun bear photo: Lin May Chiew, BSBCC

Cover author photo: Amber Grant

Check out what other kids think about this book…

This is the best book I have ever read. I think lots of kids will love it and learn from it!

India, Australia

What I enjoyed most about the book was Damai’s story. There was happiness and sadness. In my head, I could imagine what it would be like to be a sun bear.

Riley, Australia

I like having the experiments at the end of the book because the experiments have to do with parts of the story, and it lets me become a scientist like Wong. I really hope other kids will love sun bears as much as I do after reading this book and help to save them like me.

Taylor, Canada

I am Wong’s friend Sarah,

and this is my dog Gypsy.

We live in Queensland which is a state in Australia. Can you see Queensland on this map?

I want to tell you a story about Wong, and his friend Damai (which sounds like ‘dam eye’). Wong is a human being and Damai is a sun