Bashful Monkey teaches geography – though her lessons are less “chalk and talk” and more re-enactments of natural wonders (she does a very convincing waterfall impression).

She’s a firm believer in hands-on learning – which once led to a school trip being stranded in a mangrove swamp. (“It was immersive,” she insists.) Her students adore her, mostly for her off-topic tangents and deeply sincere love of contour maps.

Out of class, you’ll find her swapping travel tales with Clyde Capybara – or napping beneath a globe. (She says it helps with lesson planning.).

An authentic Jellycat from our Yacolt, WA shop — impossibly soft out of the box, which is why these are our most-hugged gift for birthdays, baby showers and just-because.