Change Is in the Air: Carbon, Climate, Earth, and Us

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A nonfiction picture book about amazing ways that the Earth removes carbon from the air, and amazing ways people can help, offering a fresh and hopeful perspective on climate change. The Earth has a problem: there's too much carbon in the air. Luckily, the Earth also has amazing powers to remove carbon dioxide from the atmospherelike the power of kelp, mangroves, and dirt. Although these powers alone cannot get us out of the climate crisis were facing, the Earth has another important power: the power of people! People have the power to change, protect, innovate, and invent. In this informational picture book, Debbie Levy and Alex Boersma paint an encouraging yet honest picture of the problems at hand and some of the ways that we can address them. Thanks to the power of nature and the ingenuity of people, change is in the air!

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Powerful storytelling of a not-so-distant past. * Kirkus Reviews, starred review, on THIS PROMISE OF CHANGE *
[An] evocatively told, carefully researched memoir-in-verse. * School Library Journal, starred review, on THIS PROMISE OF CHANGE *
[A] lively, inviting, and informative biography. * Booklist, starred review, on I DISSENT *
Narrative nonfiction at its best, helping readers understand the impact of global warming or even simply wildlife from a unique perspective. * School Library Journal on THE WHALE WHO SWAM THROUGH TIME *

Author Bio

Debbie Levy is the author of many award-winning books for children, including the New York Times bestseller I Dissent; the Boston Globe-Horn Book award-winner This Promise of Change with Jo Ann Allen Boyce; The Year of Goodbyes: A True Story of Friendship, Family, and Farewells; and Imperfect Spiral. She lives in the Chesapeake Bay area. debbielevybooks.com @debbielevybooks Alex Boersma is a Canadian scientific illustrator living in Chicago. Her clients have included the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, and her illustrations can be found in The New York Times, National Geographic, and Nature Journal. Her picture books include The Whale Who Swam Through Time, which she co-wrote with Nick Pyenson. alexboersma.com @alexboersma_art