“An empowering tale of a wild bird and a caring boy, who see a simple way to make the world a better place and set about to make it happen.”

Endorsed by Robert Irwin of Australia Zoo!
“Positive change for our environment will come from our youngest generation.
A wonderful book like this instils a sense of passion and responsibility to care
for our natural world and can help kids realise the importance of sustainability.”
-Robert Irwin.

How ‘Say NO to Plastic!’ came about…

Our beaches are beautiful wild places where people go to appreciate nature, unwind, relax and have fun. Every year, Ned & his family camp on the wild Pacific Ocean beach of Moreton Island National Park. Over the years, they’ve found dead turtles, whales and seabirds – victims of plastic pollution, either from eating it or getting entangled in it. So they started collecting plastic from the beach, and every holiday spend a couple of days collecting plastic waste from the beach, to prevent it returning to the ocean and killing more sea creatures. Ned and his family now participate in regular beach clean-ups with Ocean Crusaders, Sea Shepherd, or just as a family.

To educate and empower other kids, Ned’s written a children’s book with his Dad to show kids the plastic crisis and what they can do about it. In beautiful rhyming prose (reminiscent of the Gruffalo series) kids will love the story and want to read it again and again. It’s suitable for 0-8 year olds, and a wonderful gift for your children, grandchildren, nephews & nieces, and more.

‘Say NO to plastic’ is a story of hope for a better future. It was written to empower children, to show them that sometimes the smallest voice can have the biggest impact, and how they can make practical changes in their daily lives to reduce the problem of plastic pollution. Roy the boy and Heidi the piedy (Pied Oystercatcher) travel from their local beach all the way to New York to tell the grown-ups in charge that it’s time for change.