Jess French
Jess French | |
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French in 2006 | |
Education | Norwich School, University College London, University of Nottingham |
Occupation | Television presenter, veterinarian, author |
Notable work | Minibeast Adventure with Jess |
Website |
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Jess French is a British television personality, veterinarian and author. She is the presenter of a television programme called Minibeast Adventure with Jess which has aired on CBeebies.[1]
TV career
She has worked on a number of shows as a wildlife (in particular creepy-crawly) expert including, Live ‘n’ Deadly (CBBC), Deadly Mission Madagascar (CBBC), Springwatch (BBC) and Micro Monsters 3D (Sky).[2] Since April 2014 she has presented a series of twenty 9-minute episodes of Minibeast Adventure with Jess on the Cbeebies channel.[3][4][5]
Books
French has written a number of books.
- Fluttering Minibeast Adventures (published Feb 2016)[6]
- Tickly Minibeast Adventures (published Feb 2016)[6][7]
- Born Free Chimp Rescue: The True Story of Chinoise (published May 2016)[8]
- Slimy Minibeast Adventures (due March 2017)[6]
- Buzzy Minibeast Adventures (due March 2017)[6]
- Born Free Bear Rescue (published September 2017)[9]
- Born Free Cheetah Rescue (published November 2017)[10]
- Minibeasts with Jess French (due February 2018)[10]
- Saving Species (due October 2018)[10]
Awards
French won the Jane Goodall Global Youth Leadership award in 2010 for setting up a program to teach children about environmental issues.[2][11]
In 2015, French was named number 43 on BBC Wildlife magazine's Power List of conservation heroes.[12]
French's book 'Fluttering Minibeast Adventures' was nominated for the 2017 Educational Writers' Award[13]
Education
French has lived across the world, from Chile to Thailand. She grew up in Norfolk[14] and studied at Norwich School.[15] She gained a first class degree in zoology at University College London[2][4] where she was active in the volunteering department, winning awards for her work teaching children about conservation[16] and for setting up a sign language society.[17] She gained her degree in veterinary medicine and surgery from the University of Nottingham.[3][5] Her specialism is with primates and she hopes to be a gorilla vet in the future.[18] She can speak fluent Spanish and can use British Sign Language.[2]
References
- ↑ "Vet student makes CBEEBIES big time - The University of Nottingham". www.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
- 1 2 3 4 "Jess French". Bath Literary Agency. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- 1 2 "Vet student makes CBEEBIES big time". University of Nottingham. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- 1 2 "ON Jess French presents a new show about creepy crawly pets on CBeebies". Norwich School. 22 April 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- 1 2 Falconer, Daniel (18 April 2014). "Jess French exclusive interview: Minibeast Adventure". Female First. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 Eyre, Charlotte (8 April 2015). "Egmont signs CBeebies presenter". The Book Seller. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ↑ "Tickly Minibeast Adventures – Egmont". www.egmont.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
- ↑ "Jess French - Born Free Chimp Rescue - Hachette Children's Group". Hachette Children's Group. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
- ↑ Jess French - Born Free Bear Rescue - Hachette Children's Group.
- 1 2 3 "Amazon.co.uk: Jess French: Books, Biography, Blogs, Audiobooks, Kindle". www.amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- ↑ "Jane Goodall Global Leadership Awards 2010". The Jane Goodall Institute. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ↑ Price, Jo (26 June 2015). "UK's top 50 conservation heroes". Discover Wildlife. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ↑ "ALCS | 2017 Educational Writers' Award: CODES & INVENTIONS & ALL CREATURES GREAT & SMALL". www.alcs.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- ↑ "Nottingham student is new face of CBeebies". Nottingham Post. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ↑ "Norwich School - ON Jess French presents a new show about creepy crawly pets on CBeebies". www.norwich-school.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
- ↑ "Student volunteers scoop award for school project". www.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
- ↑ "UCLU Sign Language Society". UCLU. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
- ↑ "Jess French on BBC Breakfast". Vimeo. Kindle Entertainment. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2015.