Children’s Book Review: Climate Change

Perhaps even as short a time as a decade ago, a book like this wouldn’t have been published,certainly not one aimed towards children, teaching them about climate change and how it is affecting all of us. However, now the phrase “climate change” is one that most people and even most school aged kids are very familiar with, so a children’s book on the subject is a necessity.

As most of the Eyewitness books tend to be, it is full of age appropriate information, pictures and facts galore.  children can learn first about the Earth’s climate, the Greenhouse effect, the carbon cycle and the checks and balances of how the whole shebang works.

Then it moves on to the human impact on these natural cycles, the burning of forests, fossil fuels and our carbon culture.

Then environmental impacts are also explained, heatwaves, drought and how these affect that natural world around us, such as the plight of the polar bears.  Predictions as to what happen over the next century are also featured, along with adapting to these changes.

I think this is an important book for any classroom or home since the topic is so prevalent these days. It is also a good refresher read for adult readers and an excellent conversation starter about the subject for our children and ourselves.

Reading level: 8 – 17 years

Page Count: 72 pages

Publisher: DK Publishing

Publisher’s synopsis: The most trusted nonfiction series on the market, Eyewitness Books provide an in-depth, comprehensive look at their subjects with a unique integration of words and pictures.

An in-depth look at the phenomenon of global warming–what’s causing it, what it might lead to, and what we can do to fight back.

About the Author: Dk Publishing with John Woodward, John Woodward is a published author and an editor of children’s books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of John Woodward include Men And Masculinity (Opposing Viewpoints), What Lives on Other Animals? (What Lives), Climate Change (DK Eyewitness Books).