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You deeply think our planet is in danger. (All right, it’s true.) But kids, do they know this?

Since two years, Hong Kong illustrator Bubi Au Yeung has started telling kids about this. Not through words, but through her creation, Treeson, a lovely Bigfoot-like creature that has a tree branch casted on his heart.

Treeson has a story, the story of a creature brought up by the trees in forest, then discovered by a little urban boy, Ren. Together, they will experience (tremendous) stories as Calvin and Hobbes, Snoopy and Charlie Brown, or Wallace and Gromit. For instance, Tresson may have his fur blackening because of the very polluting city. What would they do?

As this story, kids would play with those toys, made in recyclable plastic. They make up some stories on their friendship, and continuously approach our current environmental problem. Plus, they come in a cool box.


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