About this Project
March 2011
Books for Children presents its new children's book, "Save the Himalaya," a heart warming tale of a Tibetan nomad family and a baby snow leopard in the Himalaya. This book educates children about the environmental crisis facing the Himalaya. Our goal is to donate a few thousand copies to 82 Tibetan refugee schools in exile by Losar 2012, and help Tibetan children learn about their homeland and how to best protect it.
Cover: The main characters
We will donate the books to those Tibetan refugee orphans and children at 82 refugee schools in exile.
I visited TCV in Leh, Ladakh in 2008
My three other books that I have donated in the past in a Tibetan refugee school in Ladakh.
"Save the Himalaya" Book details:
- Forewords by H.H. The Dalai Lama
- Introduction by Richard Gere
- Text and drawings by Rima Fujita
- Translations by Dhondup Tashi Rekjong and Tenzin Dickyi
- Written in Tibetan, English and Japanese; 17 drawings in full-color
- Published by Sanctuary, worldwide in October 2011