TY - BOOK AU - Oliver,Carmen AU - Dockrill,Katy TI - A Voice for the spirit bears: how one boy inspired millions to save a rare animal T2 - CitizenKid SN - 9781771389792 U1 - 813.6 PY - 2019/// CY - Toronto, ON PB - Kids Can Press KW - Jackson, Simon KW - Kermode bear KW - British Columbia KW - Great Bear Rainforest KW - Juvenile literature KW - Rain forest ecology KW - Great Bear Rainforest (B.C.) N1 - Lexile : 780L; Illustrations rendered with brush and ink, brushpen, and pencil and colored digitally N2 - As a child, Simon Jackson found navigating the world of the school playground difficult. He felt most at home in the woodlands, learning about and photographing wildlife. As a teenager, he became fascinated with spirit bears, a rare subspecies of black bear with creamy white fur. These elusive creatures were losing their habitat to deforestation, and Simon knew he had to do something to protect them. He decided he would become the voice for the spirit bears. But first, he would have to find his own ER -