Jan Thornhill

Awareness of environmental issues is at an all-time high; recent polls suggest that one in four individuals now identify climate change as their top concern. Young people are increasingly curious about global warming as they hear more and more devestating news about the state of our planet from such recent high-profile films as Al Gore's critcally-acclaimed "An Inconvenient Truth" and the HBO special "Too Hot Not to Handle." This Is My Planet arms young readers with the tools to understand the crisis and take action in their own lives.

This Is My Planet is written and illustrated by Jan Thornhill, award-winning author of I Found a Dead Bird. Her intelligent, sensitive text guides readers through a sometimes difficult but highly relevant terrain. While not shying away from the facts, she offers hope, showing where action can make a difference and evidence of the amazing resilience and adaptability of Earth.

Beginning with a foundation that answers basic questions about how our planet works, and moving through an in-depth look at three specific environments--polar, ocean, and land-and at our human societies, Thornhill takes a comprehensive look at the subject of global warming.
Unlike anything else on the market for young readers, this brilliant treatment of global warming fills a void, and couldn't be timed any better to hit the shelves as this important issue takes center stage at a global level.

Ages 9-13.