andy Stern is a children's entertainer and educator
that starred as the first teacher on the long-running Canadian children's educational TV program,
Romper Room. Since then, and for over eighteen years, she has worked at many television stations
and has written and performed in several programs - including TV Partytime, which ran for four
years.
Additionally, Stern has spent many years working on
an endangered species project for children called "Friendimals", or "Endangered Friends", through
which she teaches children about animals by employing books, stories, and songs. At the heart of
this program is her ultimate goal-using knowledge to help shape children's ability to respect and
befriend our world's eclectic array of animal inhabitants.
Stern has taken several safaris in Africa and trips
to the Galapagos to further research this project - and is a current member of several animal
rights' and animal protection groups.
In Ori Tang, Stern employs the orangutan as the
flagship creature for her cause. Chosen because orangutans are highly endangered, endearing, and
slightly similar to humans in appearance and intelligence, Ori Tang's adorable adventures will
educate children on the creature's habits as well as the dangerous global changes that the animal
kingdom is facing.
Stern, whose feet, according to her friends, are
"firmly planted in the air," spends half of her time living in British Columbia, Canada, and half
of her time in Ecuador. She is happily married to a sea captain, and lives with a flat coat
retriever named Indy. She expects to continue fighting human and animal suffering for a long time
to come.
Sandy is currently promoting Ori Tang on Facebook and soon Ori Tang will have
his own page.
Title: The Misadventures of Ori-Tang
Author: Sandra E. Stern
Category: Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Apes & Monkeys
ISBN-13: 978-1-933285-85-6
Paperback, $16.95 US, $19.95 CAN
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