People's Choice award

The Fairy of Victorian Forest Story

for the Leadbeater's Possum

Critically Endangered

By Ethan, age 7

I love Leadbeater’s Possum, our Victorian state animal. Its home is disappearing because of forest loss. I painted it in a magical night forest, hoping more people will protect its living home.

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