Book Descriptions
for Change Is in the Air by Debbie Levy and Alex Boersma
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
This succinct and scientific text explains what the element of carbon is, how it is created and used, and why there is an excess of carbon blanketing the Earth. Three mechanisms by which the planet has the power to reduce atmospheric carbon are also delineated, including kelp in the sea, mangroves in the wetlands, and dirt in the forest. For example, in an above- and below-ground scene of a deciduous forest, accessible language describes how leafy plants and trees drink carbon from air while their roots bury carbon into the dirt. White dotted lines and arrows illustrate the movement of the invisible carbon without complicating the big picture. The book concludes with the critical role humans play, highlighting ways humans can decrease carbon, such as conversion to non-fossil fuels, restorative farming practices, and clean transportation choices. Without blame or doom, this science-rich picture book aims to empower young citizens. Comprehensive endpapers with clear line drawings round out the book’s core concepts.
CCBC Choices 2025. © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin – Madison, 2025. Used with permission.
From the Publisher
The Nature Generation's Green Earth Book Award Winner 2025
NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book 2025
Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best Books of 2024
New York Public Library Best Books of 2024
A Bank Street College School of Education Best Book of the Year 2025
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 atmosphere-like the power of kelp, mangroves, and dirt. Although these powers alone cannot get us out of the climate crisis we're 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!
The perfect book if you're looking for:
-a hopeful, accessible, and science-packed book about climate change for kids
-the perfect read for Earth Day
-fascinating facts about cool and surprising ways that Earth heals itself
-a STEM picture book that explains the science of carbon and its roles in our world
NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book 2025
Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best Books of 2024
New York Public Library Best Books of 2024
A Bank Street College School of Education Best Book of the Year 2025
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 atmosphere-like the power of kelp, mangroves, and dirt. Although these powers alone cannot get us out of the climate crisis we're 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!
The perfect book if you're looking for:
-a hopeful, accessible, and science-packed book about climate change for kids
-the perfect read for Earth Day
-fascinating facts about cool and surprising ways that Earth heals itself
-a STEM picture book that explains the science of carbon and its roles in our world
Publisher description retrieved from Google Books.
