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Meet Our Heroes: Marcus and Charlie

Meet Our Heroes: Marcus and Charlie

Get to know Marcus and Charlie!

Marcus lives on his family farm and helps out in their café. His passion is cooking and you can always rely on him to bake delicious birthday cakes for all of his friends.

He spends lots of time outdoors with his companion Charlie the chaffinch. They like reading under the shade of the fruit trees that grow on the farm. Marcus and Charlie know the trees need to be pollinated for the fruit to grow, and for that they need bees! Now they just need to figure out how to encourage more bees to the area…

Join Marcus and Charlie at your library this summer for Wild World Heroes!

Can you help them plant bee-friendly flowers and become a wild world hero yourself?

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