Pavo the monkey

08/01/2025

Happy New Year to everyone. We often have doubts & fears at the start of the year. Let’s be positive and brave like Pavo! Pavo book number two is almost done. I am asking for feedback from any willing readers. I can send you a PDF for reviewing the story. I would greatly appreciate anyone's help in providing opinions and impressions.😊
對於中文使用者：很抱歉，這本書目前只有英文版

14/10/2024

BBC journalists, Victoria Gill and Helen Briggs wrote about the WWFs report on the state of the natural world in 2024. It shows that global wildlife populations have shrunk by an average of 73% in the past 50 years.
The loss of wild spaces was "putting many ecosystems on the brink", WWF UK head Tanya Steele said, and many habitats, from the Amazon to coral reefs, were "on the edge of very dangerous tipping points". ://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y3j0vzpl3o

Pavo and the Space Rock is a book that highlights animal and environmental conservation. It teaches children that all people need to look after their planet. We must not disturb the balance of nature.

https://www.books.com.tw/products/0010983429

https://www.facebook.com/purenard99/posts/pfbid02xZ713CUT9X8M1YZhAGDng9qNEbaJY11ay5DFzLbyUAATDdbJumnB7CveE5sssyqul

10/09/2024

I read about an amazing couple in Brazil who sought to rehabilitate a destroyed forest. They planted more than 2 million trees in 18 years and they revived the forest. Many animal special once gone returned. Such a good story!

https://robertblincoe.blog/terra-institute-of-brazil-replanting-a-forest-repairing-the-earth/

06/07/2024

.第二次到壽山遇見猴子的精彩影片。 Pavo在台灣和香港的多家書店有售。這本書也可以在這些平台上線上取得。Highlights video of a second visit to Shou Shan to encounter the monkeys there. Pavo is being sold in various book stores in Taiwan and Hong Kong. The book is also available online on these platforms

https://youtu.be/8HKIx6E5p3Q

https://www.books.com.tw/products/0010983429

https://www.facebook.com/purenard99

https://reurl.cc/M430EW

This is a short highlight video of my visit to Shou Shan, a mountain close to the city of Kaohsuing in Southern Taiwan. I tried to get close to the monkeys w...

09/06/2024

News about Pavo for June. Here are some photos of children who recently received the book, they are from places like Taipei and Tainan. Also a big thank you to my wife's friend Amanda for using my book as an ice breaker for a wedding & marriage workshop. I also have been visiting some bookstores to promote Pavo. In some cases there is success and in other cases not.

11/05/2024

Some recent happenings for Pavo included a visit to my publisher, Mezu Publishing 真哪噠書房. It was good to meet with the staff & discuss things. I discovered that Pavo is being sold on this website: https://www.books.com.tw/products/0010983429
Also I got some feedback from some readers. A grandma really enjoyed the story & it cheered her heart. A friend of mine bought the book to supplement his Chinese language studies.

10/04/2024

At the end of last month, I made a trip to Kaohsiung City and I did a hiking trail at Shoushan (壽山) It is a well-known habitat of the Formosan rock macaques. So I hoped that I could film these animals in their natural habitat. Some of the monkeys were scared of my camera, possibly mistaking it for a weapon of some kind. I was happy to get close to some individuals without scaring them. Recently I heard about an organisation ACMC, 台灣獼猴共存推廣協會which teaches people about conservation and co-existance with these animals. I hope to meet the chairperson in the future.

01/02/2024

Joshua and I are very happy to announce that Pavo and the Space Rock has been published in Chinese. So, the title of the book is:

Pavo與太空岩石
拯救地森林
孔雀猴地球冒險記系列一

You can visit our publisher's page on this link:

https://www.facebook.com/purenard99/

The book can be ordered online and the book will be available soon in Taiwan bookstores.

預購連結→ https://reurl.cc/M430EW

10/12/2023

Joshua Adams and I have started to work on our second book which is about the ocean. Pavo joins his friends Greg and Sally on a new adventure. I can't tell you any more yet, but both Joshua and I are excited about it. Joshua and I did some brainstorming. Then he came up with a draft storyline and I have begun illustrating it. We are hoping to have it finished sometime in 2024.

26/10/2023

I did some art for Inktober...

01/07/2023

I'm very proud of an 8 year old boy that I tutor. His English has improved a lot over the year I have tutored him. Here he is reading some pages of Pavo on a tablet.

14/06/2023

Last week, Tuesday and Friday, I taught "Pavo the monkey" to Grade 6 students at a private 'cram' school. Thank you to Ivan who is the principal and a teacher there for inviting me. The students really got into the story and enjoyed reading it and answering my questions. In the last class, they also presented their own creative writing to me, which was fun and cool. I did my best to boost their confidence as aspiring writers - using their second language to express their ideas.
https://www.amazon.com/Pavo-Space-Rock-Saving-Forest-ebook

21/05/2023

I really want to thank Principal Felicity for the opportunity to teach Env edu and do some test-reading of my book at her school, Ershui Elementary and I enjoyed being with the lively and enthusiastic grade 5 & 6 classes there. Also thanks to T. Jerry for the technical help and translation.

03/05/2023

More photos from Haidong Elementary School. Glad to see the enthusiam among the students.

03/05/2023

I was very grateful to William Wang, who inivited me to Haidong Elementary School, in Tainan to teach some lessons about enviromental awareness. I was also able to present the story of Pavo (recently changed from Arnie ) to the Grade 5 students. It was a good experience and the students enjoyed the classes and participated very well!

22/11/2022

Book Fair in Sydney AU in November 2022

We are excited to announce that our book will be on display that the Book Fair Australia taking place on the 26 and 27 November at the Sydney Olympic Showground. Our representative there is Daniela Capdepon. We are hoping to connect with many book enthusiasts and promote our new book.
https://bookfairaustralia.com/events/sydney