Heighington grandmother writes children’s book to save elephants

 

(Posted 01st September 2025)

 

Courtesy of African Elephant News

 

Ella Wilson, The Northern Echo (U.K.), August 28, 2025
A Darlington grandmother who was raised in Kenya is releasing a children’s book to help save elephants. Jaci Stroud, from Heighington, has written ‘The Elephant and the Bee’ and is passionate about conversation work. The 62-year-old spent much of her childhood in Kenya and Bangladesh and wants to raise awareness that elephant populations are in decline due to poaching and a shrinking habitat.
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