Our World Out of Balance: Understanding Climate Change and What We Can Do: Understanding Climate Change...

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Andrea Minoglio Laura Fanelli

Our World Out of Balance

Understanding Climate Change and What We Can Do: Understanding Climate Change and What We Can...

Andrea Minoglio, Laura Fanelli

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Blue Dot Kids Press
22 June 2021

Social issues: environment & green issues (Children's&YA)

Age range 8+

Encouraging, accessible, and easily digestible, this comprehensive, illustrated nonfiction guide introduces children ages eight to twelve to the important topic of climate change - with tips on How You Can Help and citizen scientist activities

Filled with engaging big ideas that will inspire children to think about their role in keeping our world healthy, Our World Out of Balance details how humans have thrown the planet off-balance andways we can work together to be part of the solution and create a healthier world.

While the book covers some complex subjects, it also shares a sense of hope and many of the positive developments that have come from environmental initiatives, like reforestation and innovative recycling programs.

Featuring brave scientists, young activists, and many groups working collectively to protect our future,Our World Out of Balancewill leave readers feeling empowered and inspired.

Each chapter pairs brightly coloured illustrations with easily graspable scientific facts and statistics and ends with tips on How You Can Help as an individual

even at a young age!

The book shares simple and well-organised descriptions of a variety of phenomena

like hurricanes and wildfires

that are becoming more extreme and negatively affecting plants, animals, humans, and ecosystems around the world. From there, children learn about the causes behind each phenomenon and what we all can do to intervene and bring balance back to our home planet.

The easy-to-follow Before and After segments help children understand complex topics like:

Air pollution Rising seas Plastics and increased waste Wildfires

By: Andrea Minoglio
Illustrated by: Laura Fanelli
Imprint: Blue Dot Kids Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 299mm, Width: 241mm,
ISBN: 9781735000534
ISBN 10: 1735000531
Pages: 72
Publication Date: 22 June 2021
Recommended Age: From 8 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Andrea Minoglio is a professional journalist and editor focused largely on the popularization of science and science for kids. He was recently Editor in Chief of Focus Junior, a scientific magazine for kids in Italy. Through his writing, he is able to translate the complexity of science, without trivializing it, explaining big ideas in a simple and approachable style.

Reviews for Our World Out of Balance: Understanding Climate Change and What We Can Do: Understanding Climate Change and What We Can Do

This clear introduction to the what's and why's of environmental degradation balances sad facts with examples of what can and is being done. A solid pick . . . for its positive approach and breadth. --Kirkus Reviews Our World Out of Balance is a wonderful introduction...Unlike so many other books about climate change, it does not traffic in fear. Instead, it presents the facts and shows what young people can do to help build a cleaner, safer and more equitable future for the planet. --Simon Donner, Professor, Climate Scientist, University of British Columbia Many of us are overwhelmed by climate change and not too sure of exactly what is happening to our Earth and why. Andrea Minglio and Laura Fanelli have given us a beautiful book that explains how many Earth systems work -- from farms to coral reefs. These are pages readers of every age will want to linger over, marveling at the illustrations and savoring highly understandable explanations of what to do for nature and how. Our World out of Balance above all celebrates the amazing gift of life on Earth and will inspire actions to save it. -- Mary Ellen Hannibal, Stanford Media Fellow and author of Citizen Scientist: Searching for Heroes and Hope in an Age of Extinction