This Book Will (Help) Cool the Climate: 50 Ways to Cut Pollution and Protect Our Planet!

by Isabel Thomas, Alex Paterson (Illustrator)

Overview

Our planet is heating up, and it needs your help! If you want to learn to reduce your carbon footprint and cool the Earth, here are practical tips and projects that make a difference!

Are you concerned about climate change? The bad news is, global warming is a real problem that won't go away on its own. But the good news is, there are lots of easy ways you can get involved and make a difference! From swapping your stuff to assigning your school some eco-homework, helping to save the planet is within your reach. Arm yourself with info about our changing world, become an eco-hero and take control of your future. It's time to do your part to cool the climate!

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593308714
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	02/23/2021
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.69(w) x 8.52(h) x 0.69(d)
Lexile:	1040L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

ISABEL THOMAS is an award-winning science writer and author of more than 100 books for young audiences.

Editorial Reviews

"A primer on climate change focusing on practical suggestions for personal action." —Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2020-11-18
A primer on climate change focusing on practical suggestions for personal action.

These 50 short chapters are filled with information as well as advice for those who would like to do something about global warming and climate change. Science writer Thomas directly addresses her readers with short, lively explanations and examples liberally illustrated with Paterson’s grayscale cartoons. An informative “Planet-o-Meter” accompanies each, with helpful symbolic representations of what might be affected, the cost, the difficulty, and the likely impact. Thomas opens with background information on Earth’s temperature, the greenhouse effect, and climate change, as well as how scientists measure these things. She offers arguments to counter climate change deniers. And then she goes on to talk about myriad ways one may reduce one’s carbon footprint and one’s waste. Among her topics are food, equipment and repairs, sharing stuff, rewilding, growing trees, reducing the use of hot water, not flying, not using aerosol sprays, and staying home as well as suggestions for school and public campaigns. One startling chapter heading is “STOP RECYCLING,” but the sentence continues, “unless it’s a last resort! Always focus on reducing and reusing first.” Another surprise may be the suggestion to “pee on the compost pile!” (Urine needs to be sanitized by storing for a month first.) The organization is lively and unexpected—there’s a chapter of definitions in the middle.

For middle-grade readers concerned about climate change, a rich resource. (index) (Nonfiction. 9-14)

Kirkus Reviews