A charming adventure about teamwork, fairness, and thinking for yourself.
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Genre : Educational Fiction | Animal Fantasy / Nature Fiction | Children's Fiction
Featuring butterfly and moth caterpillars washed onto a small, uninhabited island, this story follows their journey of survival and carries an important message about the consequences of greed and blindly following others. The caterpillars must work together to find food, shelter, and protect themselves from potential predators. However, some caterpillars want to claim more than their fair share of the island’s limited resources for themselves, without considering the needs of the whole group. Young readers will learn that abusing power over others and not thinking independently can have negative effects on the community. Told through a simple narrative, the book makes for an entertaining and educational read for ages 6-10 while simultaneously aiming to enhance reading comprehension skills, stimulate interest in nature, and expand knowledge of geography. Bright and colorful illustrations on every page bring the unique island environment and its new residents, the caterpillar colony, vividly to life.
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George Oluikpe
About the Author
George C. Oluikpe is a career educator with over 50 years of teaching, research and supervision experience spanning kindergarten through college levels in Africa, the Caribbean and the United States. Born in Nigeria, he served in the Biafran Air Force before migrating to Guyana, where he earned a certificate in Mathematics Curriculum Development (winning the Best Curriculum Study Award) and a Bachelor’s degree in education (thesis recommended for a Master’s degree award by an American visiting professor) both from the University of Guyana, winning the President’s Medal -- Guyana’s most prestigious academic award. He holds two Master’s degrees from Miami University, one in Educational Psychology and the other in Experimental Psychology, plus certification in research design. He once served as Test Development Officer in Guyana and, later as Testing Director at Florida Memorial College, simultaneously serving as adjunct Professor at Barry University in Miami, Florida. He later served as an adjunct professor at Medgar Evers College (CUNY) in Brooklyn, New York. His publications include a multi-volume training material for Cultural Sensitivity to the African Community for the New York Police Department, the children’s book Flexipillar Island (with a sequel, Flexipillar Island 2, nearing completion) and an adult book Plague of Serpents (in development for movie adaptation). Once proclaimed chief story teller in his elementary school, two of his short stories were later read to a world-wide audience by the BBC and his professional writings include an article in the British Journal of Educational Psychology.
Educational Supplement to Flexipillar Island