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Old Enough to Save the Planet

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An inspiring look at young climate change activists who are changing the world

The world is facing a climate crisis like we’ve never seen before. And kids around the world are stepping up to raise awareness and try to save the planet. As people saw in the youth climate strike in September 2019, kids will not stay silent about this subject—they’re going to make a change. Meet 12 young activists from around the world who are speaking out and taking action against climate change. Learn about the work they do and the challenges they face, and discover how the future of our planet starts with each and every one of us.

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ISBN-13:	9781647000837
Publisher:	ABRAMS
Publication date:	02/09/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	61 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Loll Kirby is a primary school teacher and forest school leader, based in Leamington Spa. Inspired by the children she teaches, she wrote this book for anyone who wants to make a difference.

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"A book with lots of appeal to browsers and visual learners."

Horn Book Magazine

"Inspiring fare for the next generation of world savers." —Kirkus Reviews

"Vibrant, expressive pen and ink illustrations supplement the text. . .a great purchase." —School Library Journal

"A book with lots of appeal to browsers and visual learners." —Horn Book Magazine

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01/01/2021
Gr 2–5—This nonfiction picture book introduces 12 children from around the world who made positive impacts in their communities to help save the planet. Each spread spotlights a different activist, explains what each child did, and why their activism was so important. For example, Adeline Tiffanie Suwana, an Indonesian girl, formed a community group at age 12 called Friends of Nature to address the cause of flooding. The text explains how planting trees helps the environment and human life, the benefits of water conservation, reducing food waste, and more. Vibrant, expressive pen and ink illustrations supplement the text. The end of the book features helpful tips on how to get engaged in environmental activism as well as further reading. VERDICT A great purchase for school and public libraries that highlights how children can effect change.—Kristen Higgins, Nanuet Public Library, Nanuet, New York

School Library Journal

2020-10-27
An international gallery of young eco-activists, assembled to demonstrate that it’s never too soon to get going.
Except for a group of unnamed Chinese children who set up an “ecological field” near their school to demonstrate water-conservation strategies, all of the entries here focus on the initiatives of specific individuals. These youngsters range from tree planters, like 9-year-old Felix Finkbeiner of Germany and 12-year-old Adeline Tiffanie Suwana of Indonesia, to Brooklyn “Earth Saver Girl” Wright of Atlanta, Georgia, an African American child who dresses as a costumed superhero and created an eco-comic at age 7. (Greta Thunberg presumably is well known enough not to be included.) Each is shown hard at work, usually lecturing or leading racially diverse groups of recruits in planting, composting, picking up litter, or recycling. Lirius depicts South African Hunter Mitchell snuggling up to a baby rhino and New Yorker Jordan Salama (both appear White) handing a banana to an orangutan in the wild…experiences that most young audiences are unlikely to have. Still, along with depicting plenty of rather more feasible eco-activities, the illustrations are strewn with undulating lines of helpful descriptive notes and cogent warnings about the consequences of destructive practices, from air and water pollution to poaching. Kirby also lays out credibly doable suggestions at the end, plus a list of relevant, child-friendly websites. (This book was reviewed digitally with 9-by-22-inch double-page spreads viewed at 80% of actual size.)
Inspiring fare for the next generation of world savers…and their younger sibs. (Informational picture book. 6-10)

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