On World Book Day, I've been thinking about how this campaign began.

It started as a poem - written in response to watching red squirrels disappear from woods that once felt alive with them. Red squirrels are now functionally extinct in most of England, surviving only in a few northern strongholds.

During our campaign, I came across a draft book I'd written and illustrated at nine years old. A small, hopeful story in pencil and felt-tip. It reminded me that long before deadlines and media releases, I simply loved telling stories.

That instinct never really left.

The poem became this petition - now supported by more than 70,000 of you. A community formed. And Little Red became a children's book - a story about courage, belonging and guarding the flame when something precious is under threat.

Stories shape what children love. And what they love, they protect.

The woods remember, the woods remain… but only if we guard the flame.

If this story matters to you, please share the petition today - every signature counts: change.org/save-our-reds

Little Red: Warrior Squirrel is available on Amazon, Waterstones and other booksellers.