You won’t see our Christmas advert on TV this year, because it was banned. But we want to share Rang-tan’s story with you… 🎄 🐒 Read the forward for this book by Emma Thompson. Could you write your own foreword for a different book? Write a newspaper article about a girl who finds an orangutan in her bedroom. What does she do to help the orangutan? Can you include some quotes from the people involved?

Greenpeace’s new film, Monster, tells the story of a boy’s friendship with a mysterious jaguar he finds in his kitchen. The film ends with the young girl vowing to tell Rang-tan's story. An epilogue is dedicated to 'the 25 orangutans we lose every day'.Today in our lesson we have been exploring the poem 'There's a Rang-Tan in my bedroom', which was created by Greenpeace, an environmental charity which focuses on protecting the natural world. Catherine Doyle on new book The Lost Tide Warriors, a children's adventure full of Irish myth and magic

Hachette Children’s Group would love for libraries to get involved this autumn, encouraging young children to think about the plight of the orangutan and the dangers of deforestation and how they can make a difference with this timely and beautiful picture book. There’s a Rang-Tan in My Bedroom is a beautiful book which highlights an important message to young children in an easy and accessible way. My children have asked to read this book repeatedly since it arrived I would recommend it for every young child. Published in collaboration with Greenpeace, featuring a foreword from Emma Thompson and brought to life by award-winning illustrator Frann Preston-Gannon, this is a very special picture book with a vital message to share.

Design a poster to inform people about palm oil and the effects its farming has on the environment.

Robin Stevens, author of Murder Most Unladylike, on how her main character Daisy is coming out as gay The moving illustrations and story show the plight of orangutans, the dangers of deforestation, and what we can do to help." Actress Emma Thompson, brand ambassador for Greenpeace, has lent her voice to the environmental charity's latest work – an illustration of the loss of rainforest habitat in Indonesia at the hands of palm oil plantation owners. There are only about 110,000 orangutans left in the world, as their habitats are being destroyed to make palm oil Rang-tan is the story of a little girl and her orangutan friend forced from her forest home. Indonesian rainforests are destroyed to grow field upon field of dirty palm oil used to make the everyday products we use. It doesn’t need to be like this, big brands have a responsibility to make sure that the palm oil used in their products isn’t made at the greatest cost for our forests.

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The positives and negatives of farming palm oil, including deforestation which is referred to in the poem. This is a very unusual Christmas advert. Why do you think Iceland decided to use this Greenpeace video rather than make something more Christmassy? The story is told from the little girl’s point of view. Could you rewrite part of it in the third person. The orangutan is not the only animal at risk from palm oil production. Research some others and make a poster to tell people about them.

Written in collaboration with @greenpeaceuk , the theme of this book is (unsurprisingly) saving our planet and the author and illustrator have done an excellent job of conveying this message in the sadness of the orangutan when she tells the girl why she’s in her home. There’s a Rang-Tan in My Bedroom is based on the Greenpeace film that became a viral sensation, about a little girl who discovers a mischievous orangutan on the loose in her bedroom, and she can’t understand why it keeps shouting OOO! at her shampoo and her chocolate. But when Rang-tan explains that there are humans running wild in her rainforest, burning down trees so they can grow palm oil to put in products, the little girl knows what she has to do: help save the orangutans! When a little girl discovers a mischievous orangutan on the loose in her bedroom, she can’t understand why it keeps shouting OOO! at her shampoo and her chocolate. But when Rang-tan explains that there are humans running wild in her rainforest, burning down trees so they can grow palm oil to put in products, the little girl knows what she has to do: help save the orangutans! This poem has formed the basis of the Iceland Supermarket advert which was banned from being shown on the television due to its political message. It tells the story of Rang-tan, a young orangutan who finds herself homeless and hiding out in a little girl's bedroom. The primate explains how her habitat has been destroyed by the deforestation that comes with making some crude palm oil.

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This book has been a brilliant catalyst for discussion with the Littles, particularly my five year old, who has today written a letter to “the boss of the chocolate factory” to ask them to use only responsibly sourced palm oil and not that which has come from destroying swathes of our rainforests. A stunning picture book about one little girl and her orangutan friend, based on the Greenpeace film that became a viral sensation We are happy to share with you our latest work. motherlondon.com/ and passion-pictures.com/uk/animation-studios/ called us to be part of this rescue mission. We brought Rang Tans story to life to show what's at stake if we continue to produce and consume palm oil at this pace. The scenes have been carefully hand-crafted and animated using various techniques including cell-frame, 3D, 2D and VR to bring to life the hand drawn animation in a flow of action through immersive camera. A fantastic team made it happen. When a little girl discovers a mischievous orangutan in her bedroom, she can’t understand why it keeps shouting at her shampoo and her chocolate. But when Rang-tan explains that there are humans running wild in her rainforest, burning down trees so they can grow palm oil to put in products, the little girl knows what she has to do: help save the orangutans! Was Rang-tan banned? She can't understand why it's so angry about her shampoo and chocolate - but then it explains that the palm oil used to make them is leading to deforestation... and destroying his home.