Esti Pienaar
@estipienaar.bsky.social
🌿 Author, Illustrator & Educator | Plant-Based 🌱 | Environmental Enthusiast 🐾| Inspiring young minds through creativity and care for our planet 🌍
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Esti Pienaar
@estipienaar.bsky.social
· Jun 3
Now available! 📚 Southern African Tales: Simplified Stories for ESL Learners.
11 folktales from 10 different Southern African cultures, rewritten for ESL / EAL learners with vocabulary lists and reading tips. A fun way to improve English!
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11 folktales from 10 different Southern African cultures, rewritten for ESL / EAL learners with vocabulary lists and reading tips. A fun way to improve English!
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Meet Flint: The Three-Legged Wild Dog | Kingdom | BBC Earth youtu.be/MxfhAiFvAwU?si… via @YouTube
Nature is amazing, let’s protect it#naturere
Nature is amazing, let’s protect it#naturere
Meet Flint: The Three-Legged Wild Dog | Kingdom | BBC Earth
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December 5, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Meet Flint: The Three-Legged Wild Dog | Kingdom | BBC Earth youtu.be/MxfhAiFvAwU?si… via @YouTube
Nature is amazing, let’s protect it#naturere
Nature is amazing, let’s protect it#naturere
Monkey Banana thinks every day should be shark awareness day. Learn more about these majestic sea creatures and how to protect them!
#sharks
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#sharks
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Monkey Banana is celebrating Shark Awareness Day
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December 4, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Monkey Banana thinks every day should be shark awareness day. Learn more about these majestic sea creatures and how to protect them!
#sharks
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#sharks
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Title: The Vegetarian
Author: Han Kang
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Phenomenal. Incredible. Superb.
I'm late to the party on this one but if you haven't read it yet, please do yourself a favour!
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Author: Han Kang
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Phenomenal. Incredible. Superb.
I'm late to the party on this one but if you haven't read it yet, please do yourself a favour!
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December 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Title: The Vegetarian
Author: Han Kang
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Phenomenal. Incredible. Superb.
I'm late to the party on this one but if you haven't read it yet, please do yourself a favour!
Get your copy today: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Author: Han Kang
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Phenomenal. Incredible. Superb.
I'm late to the party on this one but if you haven't read it yet, please do yourself a favour!
Get your copy today: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
December 2, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Title: Under the Tulip Tree
Author: Michelle Shocklee (Sarah Zimmerman)
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Wonderful story, expertly narrated. Christian Historical Fiction is not quite my thing, but it is a lovely story.
#booksky
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Author: Michelle Shocklee (Sarah Zimmerman)
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Wonderful story, expertly narrated. Christian Historical Fiction is not quite my thing, but it is a lovely story.
#booksky
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November 29, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Title: Under the Tulip Tree
Author: Michelle Shocklee (Sarah Zimmerman)
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Wonderful story, expertly narrated. Christian Historical Fiction is not quite my thing, but it is a lovely story.
#booksky
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Author: Michelle Shocklee (Sarah Zimmerman)
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Wonderful story, expertly narrated. Christian Historical Fiction is not quite my thing, but it is a lovely story.
#booksky
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Hornbills are those birds that look like they have a banana on their face! Learn more about these funny birds with Monkey Banana:
#birds #hornbills
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#birds #hornbills
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Monkey Banana's Hornbill fun facts!
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November 27, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Hornbills are those birds that look like they have a banana on their face! Learn more about these funny birds with Monkey Banana:
#birds #hornbills
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#birds #hornbills
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Lights out: can we stop glow-worms and fireflies fading away?
#environment
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#environment
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Lights out: can we stop glow-worms and fireflies fading away?
From night walks with children to switching off streetlights and rewilding areas, naturalists are working to save Europe’s dwindling populations
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November 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Lights out: can we stop glow-worms and fireflies fading away?
#environment
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#environment
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I want to die but I want to eat Tteokbokki by Baek Sehee
⭐️⭐️⭐️
Interesting debut by Sehee but it might not be everyone's cup of tea.Banging title, superb cover.The essays in the second part of the book are very special pieces of writing and I enjoyed those thoroughly. bookshop.org/p/books/i-wa...
⭐️⭐️⭐️
Interesting debut by Sehee but it might not be everyone's cup of tea.Banging title, superb cover.The essays in the second part of the book are very special pieces of writing and I enjoyed those thoroughly. bookshop.org/p/books/i-wa...
I Want to Die but I Still Want to Eat Tteokbokki: Further Conversations with My Psychiatrist
Further Conversations with My Psychiatrist
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November 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I want to die but I want to eat Tteokbokki by Baek Sehee
⭐️⭐️⭐️
Interesting debut by Sehee but it might not be everyone's cup of tea.Banging title, superb cover.The essays in the second part of the book are very special pieces of writing and I enjoyed those thoroughly. bookshop.org/p/books/i-wa...
⭐️⭐️⭐️
Interesting debut by Sehee but it might not be everyone's cup of tea.Banging title, superb cover.The essays in the second part of the book are very special pieces of writing and I enjoyed those thoroughly. bookshop.org/p/books/i-wa...
Title: Artemis (Audiobook)
Author: Andy Weir (Rosario Dawson)
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Not as popular as Weir's other books but I loved it. Great female lead and a very good story on top of it. Great narration by Dawson.
#booksky
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Author: Andy Weir (Rosario Dawson)
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Not as popular as Weir's other books but I loved it. Great female lead and a very good story on top of it. Great narration by Dawson.
#booksky
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November 23, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Title: Artemis (Audiobook)
Author: Andy Weir (Rosario Dawson)
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Not as popular as Weir's other books but I loved it. Great female lead and a very good story on top of it. Great narration by Dawson.
#booksky
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Author: Andy Weir (Rosario Dawson)
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Not as popular as Weir's other books but I loved it. Great female lead and a very good story on top of it. Great narration by Dawson.
#booksky
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November 22, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Title: The Silmarillion (Audiobook)
Author: JRR Tolkien (Read by Andy Serkis)
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Another stellar performance by Serkis. However you need to really be a Tolkien fan to sit through this one. It's fascinating to see how creative Tolkien was and all the things he dreamed up.
#booksky
Author: JRR Tolkien (Read by Andy Serkis)
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Another stellar performance by Serkis. However you need to really be a Tolkien fan to sit through this one. It's fascinating to see how creative Tolkien was and all the things he dreamed up.
#booksky
November 21, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Title: The Silmarillion (Audiobook)
Author: JRR Tolkien (Read by Andy Serkis)
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Another stellar performance by Serkis. However you need to really be a Tolkien fan to sit through this one. It's fascinating to see how creative Tolkien was and all the things he dreamed up.
#booksky
Author: JRR Tolkien (Read by Andy Serkis)
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Another stellar performance by Serkis. However you need to really be a Tolkien fan to sit through this one. It's fascinating to see how creative Tolkien was and all the things he dreamed up.
#booksky
Hornbills are some of the coolest birds but their numbers are plummeting due to wildlife trading.
#hornbills #monkeybananasjungleabcs
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#hornbills #monkeybananasjungleabcs
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With ‘terrifying’ trade in African hornbills, scientists call for increased protection
For millions of years, the African landscape — the rainforests, woodlands, savannas and scrublands — has echoed with the booms and cackles of large, raucous, strange-looking birds: hornbills. When U.S...
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November 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Hornbills are some of the coolest birds but their numbers are plummeting due to wildlife trading.
#hornbills #monkeybananasjungleabcs
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#hornbills #monkeybananasjungleabcs
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November 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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West African leopards now officially endangered
#Conservation #leopards
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West Africa’s leopards now officially endangered after 50% population crash
There are only about 350 mature leopards left in West Africa, according to the latest regional assessment by the IUCN, the global wildlife conservation authority. Leopards (Panthera pardus) in West Af...
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November 6, 2025 at 11:36 AM
West African leopards now officially endangered
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Chilean farmers power their home using sheep poop | REUTERS youtu.be/wdr2U0DLJq4?si…#farmingn#sheepep
Chilean farmers power their home using sheep poop | REUTERS
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October 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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The three “R’s” is corporate gaslighting, yet we still hold onto it and it is still widely taught in schools. #reduce #reuse #recycle
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‘Reduce, reuse, recycle’ is corporate gaslighting – the real change must come from the fossil fuel industry
Recycling and cutting personal waste isn’t enough. Polluters must be regulated, and reparations paid by companies that have harmed the environment.
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October 29, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The three “R’s” is corporate gaslighting, yet we still hold onto it and it is still widely taught in schools. #reduce #reuse #recycle
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What happens when you set a river free? | BBC News youtu.be/Qp7K6pEWEuk?si… via @YouTub#environmentn#riversrs
What happens when you set a river free? | BBC News
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October 29, 2025 at 3:41 AM
What happens when you set a river free? | BBC News youtu.be/Qp7K6pEWEuk?si… via @YouTub#environmentn#riversrs
First draft done of my new book: “Lantern Tales: Simplified Chinese Tales for ESL Learners” and I can’t wait!
It’s book 3 in the “Language Learning Short Stories Series.” The books can be read in any order.
#booksky #languagelearning
First two available on:
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It’s book 3 in the “Language Learning Short Stories Series.” The books can be read in any order.
#booksky #languagelearning
First two available on:
www.amazon.com/Language-Lea...
Language Learning Short Stories Series
Visit Amazon's Language Learning Short Stories Series Page and shop for all Language Learning Short Stories Series books. Check out pictures, author information, and reviews of Language Learning Short Stories Series
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October 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
First draft done of my new book: “Lantern Tales: Simplified Chinese Tales for ESL Learners” and I can’t wait!
It’s book 3 in the “Language Learning Short Stories Series.” The books can be read in any order.
#booksky #languagelearning
First two available on:
www.amazon.com/Language-Lea...
It’s book 3 in the “Language Learning Short Stories Series.” The books can be read in any order.
#booksky #languagelearning
First two available on:
www.amazon.com/Language-Lea...
How much do you know about the gentle giants of the forest? Watch this video:
#gorillas #conservation
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#gorillas #conservation
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Meet the gentle giants of the forest: Gorillas!
YouTube video by Monkey Banana™
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October 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
How much do you know about the gentle giants of the forest? Watch this video:
#gorillas #conservation
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#gorillas #conservation
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Kate Marvel spends her days playing with climate models, which she says are “like a very expensive version of The Sims.” She gets asked to weigh in on economics, geopolitics, and despair. She still defends the right of scientists to have strong feelings about the planet.
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162. Will We Solve the Climate Problem? | People I (Mostly) Admire
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October 20, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Kate Marvel spends her days playing with climate models, which she says are “like a very expensive version of The Sims.” She gets asked to weigh in on economics, geopolitics, and despair. She still defends the right of scientists to have strong feelings about the planet.
youtu.be/wsaicE0F_A8
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Have you seen those frogs that look like they are always smiling? They are called white-lipped tree frogs and they change colour with their moods! Find out more with Monkey Banana
#frogs #animalfacts
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#frogs #animalfacts
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Meet the White-Lipped Tree Frog! 🐸
YouTube video by Monkey Banana™
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October 20, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Have you seen those frogs that look like they are always smiling? They are called white-lipped tree frogs and they change colour with their moods! Find out more with Monkey Banana
#frogs #animalfacts
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#frogs #animalfacts
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