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Meet Brooke Barker aka @SadAnimalFacts

Meet Brooke Barker, the author and illustrator behind “Sad Animal Facts.” What are sad animal facts? Well, exactly that — animal illustrations paired with “did you know” style, bite-sized information about animals. As Barker explains, “We’re all familiar with the concept of animals, and everyone assumes animals have these really easy and carefree lives. They’re frolicking in the woods; they’re just relaxing. They’re sleeping in cute little dens. But we don’t know how terrible animal lives are because they can’t tell us about them.”

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While the project started with Barker sharing the content on the internet, she has subsequently written and illustrated two sad animal books, “Sad Animal Facts” and “Sad Animal Babies”, as well as a book about animal couples that is co-authored with her husband. In this episode, we discuss some of her favorite facts as well as her new series ‘Meet This Scientist.’ We talk about her new audiobook, “So Help Me Gosh,” which is a series of essays about growing up Mormon, and she even gives us a sneak peek by reading an excerpt.

Scroll through this carousel to meet scientist Juita Martinez and learn about her work with pelicans.

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For more sad animal facts:

• Sad Animal Fact website
• Sad Animal Facts on Instagram

Buy Brooke’s Books!

And remember, if you order any of her books from White Whale Bookstore, they can be signed and personalized:

• Order Brooke’s books locally from White Whale Bookstore

You can also pick up Brooke’s books on Bookshop.org and Amazon.

To listen to Brooke’s memoir (at this point, it is only available as an audiobook)

• So Help Me Gosh on Audible

If you liked this episode, you might also want to press play on:

• Episode #23 – Local poet and publisher Kris Collins
• Episode #12 – Jenna McGuiggan co-author of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood: A Visual History”

This episode was hosted by Stephanie Brea, recorded remotely, engineered and edited by Epicast Studios.