Climate Change (And How We'll Fix It)
Published on 20. October 2020
64 pages
978-0-7112-5683-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book cuts through the politics and misconceptions of climate change, and shows us how we can work together to build a cleaner, fairer, better world.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing PLC
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Fourth Grade to Sixth Grade, Interest Age: From 9 to 11 years
File size
28,95 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-7112-5683-5 (9780711256835)
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Alice Harman
Climate Change (And How We'll Fix It)
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10/2020
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Persons
Alice Harman is an experienced writer and editor, specialising in children's books. She has worked on several bestselling and award-winning books and loves diving into all sorts of subjects, from art and science to history and global issues. ANDRES LOZANO is an illustrator from Madrid, who currently lives in London. He lists his inspirations as nature, architecture, Franco-Belgian comics and film noir. His work is characterised by overlayed colours, textures and strong line work. He has worked with The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Sunday Times, and Anorak.
Content
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- CONTENTS
- Introduction
- Part 1: What We Know
- The greenhouse effect
- Energy and fuel
- Food and farming
- Too much stuff
- Evidence of climate change
- Impact of climate change
- Part 2: The Problems
- Why aren't we fixing it?
- The 'Just one more cookie' problem
- The 'That's not fair' problem
- The 'Would I lie to you?' problem
- The 'Smelt it, dealt it' problem
- The 'You always take their side' problem
- The 'They made me do it' problem
- The 'Goody-two-shoes' problem
- The 'Magical homework machine' problem
- The 'La la la, I can't hear you' problem
- The 'I won't until you do' problem
- The 'Why should I?' problem
- Part 3: The Solutions
- What we have to do
- Do your best
- Think BIG
- Ask questions
- Try to understand
- Make things fair
- Listen carefully
- Use your imagination
- Keep it simple
- Work together
- Glossary
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- W
- Y
