THE ROSETTE

Fighting wildlife crime through graphic novels

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The Challenge: How to engage inner city youth worldwide with wildlife conservation issues and open up the subject as a common and routine peer to peer dialogue.

The Solution: A 90 page graphic novel about a superhero that fights against wildlife crimes. "The Rosette" aims at reaching a wide audience through entertainment first, subtly folding education inside its storyline. Written by a 13-year-old girl and her mom.
 

Written by: Shannon Galpin and Devon Galpin-Clarke

Illustrated by: Mariana Prieto

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A moment when The Rosette discovers that her stuffed animal is a real live snow leopard,
even though she’s the only one that sees him as a real animal:

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