Racing with Butterflies Nature Club member Tai is faced with a
dilemma when his horse is sickened from eating milkweed plants. Milkweed is toxic, but it is also an important plant in the ecosystem for Monarchs. How can Tai keep his horse healthy while ensure there are enough milkweed plants to sustain Monarch butterfly populations? Late-ele- mentary-aged children will love this book as it focuses on two beloved creatures: horses and butterflies. By Rachel Mazur. – (JT) Wild Bear Press, 2019; ISBN 978-1-7329156-1-9 (pb); 112 pp.; US$6.99 from https://natureclub-
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middle/high school and post-secondary settings, will benefit from this exception- ally researched and annotated exploration of the ingenious yet insidious tactics of vested interests engaging in a series of “ds”: “denial, disinformation, deflection, delayism, doomism…” From a practical standpoint, this book is ideally suited for gathering information quickly, what with its in-text superscript references that link to a comprehensive listing of per-chapter endnotes. While it’s disheartening to read about so much deception from the fossil- fuel industry, Mann beseeches us to avoid various pitfalls (e.g., over-exaggerating an already critical situation) and keep push- ing for the systemic (not just individual) changes that we need to get to Net Zero. – (IS) PublicAffairs, 2021; ISBN 978-1-5417-5823-0 (hb); 368 pp.; US$15.99 / CDN$19.99 from https://www.
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haps more importantly, their core values, Hayhoe firmly believes that it is possible to unite the vast majority of people behind climate action. Educators of learners whose families are resistant to the sci- ence of climate change would benefit from reading the many case studies as well as the suggestions for navigating especially turbulent waters. In a time of deep polar- ization, this book has come at the right time. – (IS) Atria/One Signal Publishers, 2021; ISBN 978-1- 9821-4383-1 (hb); 320 pp.; US$27.00 from https://
www.simonandschuster.com/
The Story of Climate
Taking Flight Taking Flight tackles the topic of having to
move and make new friends when Nature Club member Izzy finds her family leaving for a new city. Told in parallel to a bird’s migration story, any child who has had to find courage to face a change will relate to this book. Children aged 7–12 will find a connection to Izzy and the bird’s stories. By Rachel Mazur. – (JT) Wild Bear Press, 2019; ISBN 978-7329156-0-2 (pb); 116 pp.; US$6.99 from https://natureclub-
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The New Climate War Amid a sea of disinformation and well-
funded obfuscation of the facts about cli- mate change, we need to know what we’re up against and how we can respond to it. That’s what climate scientist Michael E. Mann offers in his latest book, subtitled the fight to take back our planet. Educa- tors in all contexts, but especially those in
Saving Us As the subtitle suggests, this motivat-
ing book is a climate scientist’s case for hope and healing in a divided world. Author Katharine Hayhoe has experienced the divisions related to climate change throughout her professional life yet has managed to have compassionate and pro- ductive conversations more often than not. How? Very simply, she tries to start each conversation by finding a shared value — some sort of common ground. From there, she listens more than speaks and tries to understand what makes each person tick. Because climate change is an existential threat to everyone’s way of life and, per-
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Change Using the lens of geologic time, the open- ing pages of this hardcover picture book take the reader back billions of years. Colorful mixed-media illustrations guide younger readers through the initial cool- ing of the planet, through the evolution of plants and an oxygen-rich atmosphere to the creation of coal and other fossil fuels. Authors Catherine Barr and Steve Williams share the highlights of Earth’s 4.5-billion-year journey through to the industrial revolution and modern times. While the book audience (subtitled a first book about how we can help save the planet) is written for those in elementary school, intermediate grades will find this book a good starting point for understand- ing climate change. The science is accu- rate without being overwhelming, and the book concludes with a strong message of hope through offering multiple ways to combat climate change in our daily lives. The only downside is that there are pages where the text and illustrations’ col- ors have very little contrast, making the words challenging to see. Recommended for intermediate-grade classrooms and elementary school libraries. Illustrated by Amy Husband and Mike Love. – (KZ) Frances Lincoln, 2021; ISBN:978-0-7112-5630-9 (hb); 40 pp.; US$19.99 from
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