Climate change as told by Earth, Carbon, and Oxygen—three good pals whose friendship is strained by their relationships with industrious humans. A charming and hopeful story and a call to simple action.
For four billion years, Carbon and Oxygen kept their pal Earth cozy. They made a great team! But only three centuries ago, things started to change. Carbon and Oxygen got carried away with the human activities—new machines and industry were altering everything. Goodness gray-cious and hot diggity smog! They didn’t notice what was happening to Earth. Now that things are really heating up, Earth knows why she’s called the blue planet: She’s sad because her rivers are fading, her forests are dwindling, and her glaciers are melting. But Carbon is finally listening and vows to do better—knowing that humans can do better, too. Told through dynamic illustrations and energetic prose, including engaging correspondence between Earth and Carbon, this is a story of friendship, our precious planet, and human impact. Back matter includes a timeline of Earth and a history of its climate change, as well as a personal letter from the author inviting young readers to help the planet with small actions that can have a big impact.
