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Alan J. Hesse

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Alan J. Hesse is an award-winning author-illustrator who merges professional expertise in nature conservation with storytelling and artistic skills. Alan’s 30-year career in conservation gives him a unique edge as an author of children's books with an environmental focus that are both engaging and educational.
He is the author of ten children's books, most of them graphic novels and comics that have been compared to the legendary Tintin collection. These include the growing and highly acclaimed Adventures of Captain Polo series about climate change. The Captain Polo character is the inspiration behind the Captain Polo Academy as a global brand promoting environmental and climate literacy. ...more

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	The Adventures of Polo the Bear: A Story of Climate Change 4.71 avg rating — 14 ratings — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Adventures of Captain Polo: Pole to Pole 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Adventures of Captain Polo: Polo and the Yeti it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Charles Darwin and the Theory of Natural Selection really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Polo the Bear at the North Pole it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Adventures of Captain Polo: Books 1, 2 & 3 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Captain Polo and the Halloween Party: A deliciously scary and funny story with a positive message. Ages 6 to 8. 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Las Aventuras del Capitán Polo: Un viaje en el océano 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Make your own comic: Basic steps & best practices for Teachers 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Adventures of Captain Polo: Polo in East Africa: learn about climate change with this beautifully illustrated graphic novel! 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Captain Polo is back in the kitchen at the 2nd Climate-friendly Food Fair

Captain Polo is back in the kitchen at the 2nd Climate-friendly Food Fair, teaming up with the Ecuadorian Montessori school, SKAS Despertar. This time, the school took the initiative to include the Captain Polo Climate-friendly Food Project as part of their existing curriculum, which already involves a fantastic vegetable garden where even the little ones, as young as 3 and 4 years old, learn abou

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Stonechild

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Carbon Choices

by Neil Kitching (Goodreads Author)

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Alan Hesse said: " If there is anything we most need right now as a global society, it's books that offer actionable, realistic solutions to the many problems we face. Carbon Choices is just such a book. ...more "

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Alan J. Hesse wrote a new blog post Captain Polo is back in the kitchen at the 2nd Climate-friendly Food Fair Captain Polo is back in the kitchen at the 2nd Climate-friendly Food Fair, teaming up with the Ecuadorian Montessori school, SKAS Despertar. This time Read more of this blog post »
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