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The Climate Kids Book Club has matched books and activities with actions that you can take to help the Earth. By completing this Reading Guide, you will gain a better understanding of climate change impacts (Find the Problem), learn new ways that you can help (Discover Solutions), and get inspired to Tell Your Story by talking with a friend, sending a family member a "zine", or hanging up artwork for the world to see.
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HELLO CLIMATE KIDS! We are so glad you are here. As you may have heard, the Earth needs our help Our global climate is changing and this will impact our communities, both human and natural. This is a big problem and it will take all of us thinking creatively to come up with solutions. this Climate Kids Book Club Guide, you will find a list of recommended books and reflection sheets, a place to review the books you've read, and fun activities including a do it yourself bookmark, coloring pages, games, and more!
As a Climate Kid, you have three very important the climate kids book club now, let's get going! THE PROBLEM DISCOVER SOLUTIONS TELL YOUR STORY!
Congrats! Read the 10 Things You Can Do to Help and select which climate commitment you'd like to learn more about. BOOK CLUB READING GUIDE 2 1 Choose a recommended book from the Living Library to expand your knowledge related to the climate commitment3 - 6 Check out your book from a nearby Climate Kids Hub or a local library.7 Fill out a Reading Reflection sheet by taking notes while reading and answering prompts when you're finished10 - 11 Write your Book Review to share your thoughts with other Climate Kids.12 - 13 Share your reflections and reviews with us at info@climatesciencealliance.org If your book included Accelerated Reading points, be sure to tell your teacher. Create your own bookmark and use it as a reminder of your climate commitment.14 - 15 Dive deeper with fun, hands-on activities to learn more about your climate commitment.16 - 31 PAGE NUMBER: You did it! Learn about climate change and how it impacts your community.8 - 9
2 A BOOK FOR EVERY CLIMATE COMMITMENT Learn more about these climate commitments by checking out one of our recommended titles in Climate Kids Book Club, listed on the next few pages! 10 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO HELP As Climate Kids, we’re all responsible for taking actions that help support people and our planet in the face of a changing climate. Here are 10 Things You Can Do to Help, a list of actions you can take to make a difference!
CHOOSE A BOOK 3 K2 Why Should I Save Energy? by Jen Green 35 The Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip by Joanna Cole 68 Buried Sunlight by Penny Chisholm Molly Bang K2 We are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom 35 The Water Lady: How Darlene Arviso Helps a Thirsty Navajo Nation by Alice B. McGinty 68 Young Water Protectors: A Story About Standing Rock by Aslan Tudor K2 Rainbow Weaver by Linda Elovitz Marshall 35 Stella Diaz Never Gives Up by Angela Dominguez 68 Can I Recycle This? by Jennie Romer The Problem of the Hot World by Pam Bonsper What a Waste by Jess French K2 35 68 Why Should I Protect Nature? by Jen Green Creek Critters by Jennifer Keats Curtis Cast Away by Naomi Shihab Nye All the Way to the Ocean by Joel Harper Squidtoons by Garfield Kwan, Dana Song Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau by Jennifer Berne Find your chosen climate commitment, and then select a book for your grade level. Go to page 5 to find books near you!
ers rd) mie Page, David Geister 68 Bugs in Danger by Mark Kurlansky
4 Tiny, Perfect Things by M.H. Clark Oil Spill by Melvin Berger
Lessons from Mother Earth by Elaine McLeod
Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner
Greta's Story by Valentina Camerini One Little Bag by Henry Cole This Class Can Save the Planet by Stacy Tornio You Can Change the World by Lucy Bell
The Girl Who Drew Butterflies by Joyce Sidman arch arta The Honeybee by Kirsten Hall
Listen, Listen by Phillis Gershator, Alison Jay
A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle My Magical Foods by Becky Cummings
The Mess That We Made by Michelle Lord Turn the Tide by Elaine Dimopoulos Before We Eat: From Farm to Table by Pat Brisson Save the Scraps by Bethany Stahl Cooking the Native Way by Chia Café Collective Little Pea by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Jen Corace Watercress by Andrea Wang
A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger
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The Tantrum that Saved the World by Megan Herbert, Michael E. Mann Paradise on Fire by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Urgent Message from a Hot Planet by Ann Eriksson
A Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Parry
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Strange Birds by Celia C. Perez
Ten Little Rabbits by Virginia Grossman, Sylvia Long A is for Acorn by Analisa Tripp, Lyn Risling Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard
If You Come to Earth by Sophie Blackall
The Wondrous Workings of Planet Earth by Rachel Ignotofsky Rez Dogs by Joseph Bruchac
One Small Hop by Madelyn Rosenburg Everywhere Blue by Joanne Rossmassler Fritz
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss Waa'aka: The Bird Who Fell in Love with the Sun by Cindi Alvitre Song for the Snow by Jon Erik Lappano Follow that Map! by Scot Ritchie
The Line Tender by Kate Allen Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
It's Getting Hot in Here by Bridget Heos
We Rise: The Earth Guardians Guide to Building a Movement the Restores the Planet by Xiuhtezcatl Martinez
K2 Sea Change by Joel Harper 35 A Whale of the Wild by Rosanne Parry FIND MORE BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR LIVING LIBRARY! These are just a few of the titles we recommend access the full list of recommended books in our living library and share your book suggestions at www.climatekids.org/book-club
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It's important to recognize that climate change impacts Indigenous communities in different, and often more extreme, ways. The selection of books listed below share Indigenous voices and perspectives, discuss climate challenges faced by Tribal communities, and uplift stories of resilience in the face of climate change.
The Water Walker by Joanne Robertson Rainbow Weaver by Linda Elovitz Marshall Waa'aka: The Bird Who Fell in Love with the Sun by Cindi Alvitre Plate Full of Color by Georgia Perez Lessons from Mother Earth by Elaine McLeod Buffalo Song by Joesph Bruchac Healer of the Water Monster by Brian Young
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A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger Rez Dogs by Joseph Bruchac Cooking the Native Way by the Chia Cafe Collective We Rise: The Earth Guardians Guide to Building a Movement the Restores the Planet by Xiuhtezcatl Martinez Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard My Ancestor's Village by Robert Labastida Ten Little Rabbits by Virginia Grossman, Sylvia Long A is for Acorn by Analisa Tripp, Lyn Risling
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FIND MORE BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR LIVING LIBRARY!
The Water Lady: How Darlene Arviso Helps a Thirsty Navajo Nation by Alice B. McGinty
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These are just a few of the titles we recommend access the full list of recommended books in our living library and share your book suggestions at www.climatekids.org/book-club
K2 We are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom
NORTHERN HUB SOUTHERN HUB Check out sets of books, sorted by grade level, at one of our three Climate Kids Hubs: CHECK OUT YOUR BOOK 7 climate kids hubs SAN DIEGO HUB San Diego Natural History Museum Pala Band of Mission Indians Environmental Department Manzanita Band of the Kumeyaay Nation Environmental and Natural Resources Department Many of the books that we recommend are available for checkout at your local library. Here's how to check out books from your local library: your local library Identify the closest library to you. Sign up for a free library card. Find the availability of the book you want by asking a librarian for help or searching their online catalog. Check out your book! 1788 El Prado, Balboa Park San Diego, CA 92101 (619) 255 0236 loanprogram@sdnhm.org FOR TRIBAL PARTNERS AND EDUCATORS Contact us at info@climatesciencealliance.org If you are unable to get to a Hub or a Library, you can access many of our books without leaving your home. EBOOKS & AUDIOBOOKS When looking at books on the library's website, you often have the option to check it out at an ebook or audiobook for free! Be sure to return your book on time so that other Climate Kids can read the book too.
Climate change is caused by the increased levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. These greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide (CO ), methane (CH ), and nitrous oxide (N O), and they act like a heat-trapping blanket around the Earth. The more greenhouse gases, the thicker the blanket, and the warmer Earth gets.
This heat trapping blanket causes the atmosphere to warm and puts the Earth’s system out of balance. Though there are global consequences to climate change such as polar ice melting, rising seas, and warming temperatures—these changes impact us differently depending on where we live.
The Earth’s climate is changing.
Climate change is caused by humans burning fossil fuels and releasing greenhouse gases into the environment. Over time these molecules build up and begin to act as a thick blanket that traps heat around the Earth.
Climate change is impacting Earth’s natural balance and is causing more extreme events across the world. Humans can take actions to help protect our communities, plants, and animals. Since the Industrial Revolution, human activities have caused an increase in greenhouse gases, which causes the systems that regulate heat and climate such as oceans, soils, and forests to become unbalanced.
CAN YOU CONNECT THE DOTS TO CREATE THE HEAT TRAPPING BLANKET AROUND THE EARTH?
Scientists have observed and documented warming average temperatures around the world, which coincides with the increase in greenhouse gases. As we continue to use non renewable energy sources for electricity, transportation, industry, commercial and residential activities we contribute to the increase of greenhouse gases and our warming planet.
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Annual and daily average temperature ranges are increasing and will become more extreme.
Precipitation events (such as rain) will become more intense and variable.
The impacts of climate change will look and feel different depending on where you live. Some places will be hotter and drier, while other places may experience storm surges and flooding. Different ecosystems, animals, plants, and people will be affected in different ways. how does climate change impact your community?
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Spring and fall will be drier, causing longer drought seasons. Circle the climate impacts you have observed in your community
The number of dry days will increase and become more intense.
To learn more about climate change impacts please visit: www.climatesciencealliance.org/give-wildlife-a-break
More intense, frequent droughts will result in changes to plant communities and the species they can support.
Warming may cause timing mismatches for plants and animals that rely on each other for food and pollination. More frequent and intense heat waves will impact wildlife and people.
Large, high-intensity fires will increase in frequency.
WILDFIRE Climatic extremes may dry out vegetation, increasing the amount of fuel available to burn. 9
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R E F L ECTION S H EET Book Title : Date :Author : find the problem What is the challenge or problem in this book? How does this challenge or problem impact Earth's climate, people, plants, and animals? pause and reflect What did you learn? discover the solution Brainstorm ideas on how you would have solved the challenge or problem in the book. Would you have done something differently than the characters did? Before I read the book, my thoughts were: After I finished the book, my thoughts were: 10
notes and sketches While you read, write down new words, phrases, or concepts that you would like to learn more about and any questions that you have. Drawaportraitof oneofthecharacters Draw the setting of the book tell your story What stood out to you in this book? What do you have in common with the characters in this book? 11
CLIMATE KIDS BOOK REVIEWS Let your friends, family, and classmates know what you thought of the books you read! Following the example below, write down what made you think, what you connected with, and what you would have done differently. Name of Book : Rating Review:: We are Water Protectors I loved this book! I think the illustrations were beautiful. It was a good metaphor and made me feel hopeful and powerful. I felt very connected to the main character. Her community reminded me of mine. Name of Book : Rating NameReview::of Book : Rating Review:: 12
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CLIMATE COMMITMENT BOOKMARK Make a commitment to help protect the Earth today! Create your own Climate Commitment Bookmark using the instructions below: Cut along the lines to create your unique bookmark. Write or draw your climate commitment in the bookmark templates on the next page. Loop string through the hole and tie a knot to make a loop. Optional: Decorate your string with colorful beads! Punch out the holes at the top of the bookmark. All done! Use this bookmark often as a reminder of your commitment to helping the earth in the face of a changing climate. Need another bookmark to share with friends or family? Print more Climate Commitment Bookmarks at: www.climatekids.org/book club 14 Grow plants for the bees, butterflies, and birds
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grow plants for the bees, butterflies and birds 1. lightbulb reminders :SREWSNA,ekibruoyedirroklaw=5,hsartpukcip=4,elcycer=3,retawevas=2,yticirtcelesselesu=1 dnaseilfrettub,seebehtrofstnalpworg=8,seiggevruoytae=7,selttobretawdnasgabelbasueresoohc=6 htiwtcejorpyldneirfhtraenatrats=01,nraeluoytahwerahsdnaegnahcetamilctuobaeromdaer=9,sdrib ylimafdnasdneirfruoy Match each Climate Activity to the climate commitment, then choose the activity that connects to chosen book. Complete as many as you want, and check them off of the list as you go. 9. zine template 10. climate kids bingo 2. red legged frog coloring sheet 3. upcycled puzzle 4. trash-sorting matching game 5. scavenger hunt 6. lunch bag doodles CLIMATE ACTIVITY OVERVIEW start an earth-friendly project with your friends or family read more about climate change and share what you learn 8. butterfly coloring sheet save water recycle use less electricity pick up trash 16
Attach them to your fridge with a magnet Tape it next to a light switch Make a door hanger by adding a hole with a hole punch and tying a loop of string
There are many ways you can use less energy. Here are some ideas to get you started: Unplug appliances or chargers that are not in use.
Check out the light bulbs in your house. Are they LED? Save energy by replacing them with energy efficient LED bulbs.
CLIMATE COMMITMENT: Use less energy remember tosave energy unplug before you leave wturnoff ihennot nuse
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lightbulb reminders It sounds like a simple commitment to use less energy, but sometimes we need a reminder to help us learn new habits.
Once your lightbulbs are decorated, carefully cut them out and place them around the house. Here's what we recommend: Fill in the lightbulb templates on the next page with actions you can take to use less energy (see examples below) or color them in with your favorite color to stand out.
Open the blinds during the day to use natural light. Use less hot water.
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CLIMATE COMMITMENT: Save water
The California Red-Legged Frog (Rana draytonii) is a rare frog found primarily in California and Baja California that can grow up to 5 inches long. They live in slow moving, shallow water, and stay protected from heat by grasses and shrubs.
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Color the frog on the next page using crayons, pencils, markers, or paints! To help keep these frogs safe, save water by reducing your water use and avoiding using chemical fertilizers or pesticides that may pollute their water.
The frogs are significantly threatened by the loss of their wetland habitat, invasive species, and changes in water usage. Climate change is going to increase the variability of rain events making it harder to predict when and how much it will rain.
red-legged frog coloring sheet
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upcycled* puzzle C L I M ATE ACTI V ITY 3
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CLIMATE COMMITMENT: Recycle
"Upcycling" means giving something a different use than it had before, rather than recycling, donating, or throwing it away.
Color in the template below, cut it out along the dotted line, and then glue it to a piece of cardboard or cereal box. Cut out the puzzle pieces and mix them up. See how long it takes you to put them back together!
C L I M ATE ACTI V ITY 4 trash-sorting matching game Recycling Compost Trash :SREWSNA,gnilcycer=repap,gnilcycer=draobdrac,hsart=puceeffoc,gnilcycer=nac,tsopmoc=ananab gnilcycer=ssalg,gnilcycer=elttobcitsalp,tsopmoc=elppa,hsart=srepparw 272 CLIMATE COMMITMENT: Pick up trash Practice your sorting skills by putting each item into the correct bin. Draw a line from each item on the left to the bins on the right.
A pollinating insect
scavenger hunt
A lizard (what species?)
Walking or riding your bike is a great way to observe your surroundings!
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Flowers for butterflies? Prey animals?)
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Food for a local animal (Are there bird feeders?
A dormant or sleeping plant
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Take the Climate Kids Scavenger Hunt on your next outing and document your observations.
A feather (what kind of bird did it come from?)
Somebody caring for the environment!
A native plant
A plant that produces fruit (what kind of fruit does it produce?)
Water being used responsibly
Evidence of a changing climate (Is there dust from a drought?
A small mammal (what species?)
Three different kinds of birds (What species are they?)
Marks from a fire?) Clouds (What kind and where did they come from?)
CLIMATE COMMITMENT: Walk or ride your bike
A plant taller than yourself
A seed (what kind of plant did it come from?)
TIP: Compost the paper bag when you're done using it for lunch or displaying as art and be sure to remove any non compostable decorations, such as stickers.
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CLIMATE COMMITMENT: Choose reusable bags and bottles By reusing bags and bottles, you can reduce waste and pollution!
However, single use items like plastic bottles and paper bags can still be given other uses ("upcycled") to prevent waste. Using crayons, stickers, paints or markers, decorate a paper lunch bag. Draw pictures of your favorite plants and animals, or write your chosen climate commitment, and use your new bag for lunch. Then, keep it as art when you are done!
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C L I M ATE ACTI V ITY 7 recipe CLIMATE COMMITMENT: Eat your veggies Check out the Resilient Roots Climate Cookbook online to view our recipes and find other helpful resources: TRY MORE RECIPES! www.climatesciencealliance.org/resilient-roots-climate-kids Almonds Apples Avocados Beets Blackberries Broccoli Cabbage Cantaloupes Carrots Cauliflower Celery Cherries Chives Cilantro Collard Greens Corn Cucumbers Dates Eggplant Fennel Figs Garlic Grapes Grapefruit Kale Kumquats Lemons Lettuce Limes Mint Nectarines Olives Onions Oranges Parsley Peaches Pecans Persimmons Pistachios Pomegranates Radishes Raspberries Strawberries Spinach Squash Tangerines Thyme Tomatoes Turnips Watermelons Zucchinis Fruits & veggies grown in Southern California: Circle the fruits and veggies that you have tried! Are there any others that you would add to the list? Now, think of which of these foods taste good together. Do you have a favorite meal that includes some of them? Write down your recipe below—either one that you already know, or a new one that you'd like to make! 25 Eating more local fruits and veggies is one way to reduce your climate impact while also supporting local farms and farmers. In this activity, learn what fruits and veggies are grown locally in Southern California, and brainstorm a recipe that you can make! RECIPE NAME: INGREDIENTS: INSTRUCTIONS:
CLIMATE COMMITMENT: Grow plants for the bees, butterflies, and birds
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Every year they migrate to their overwintering locations—Coastal Central California to Baja California, Mexico—where they cling in clusters to trees until spring. At that time, they leave their coastal resting places and fly to additional western states such as Washington, Oregon, and Utah. Along the way, they lay their eggs on milkweed plants, which provide the only food source for their caterpillars. Color the butterflies using crayons, pencils, markers, or paints!
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butterfly coloring sheet
The Western Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus plexippus) is a migratory species, meaning that it lives in different places in winter and summer. Climate change and extreme weather affect the survival of these and other insects. In addition, the butterflies are greatly threatened by the broad distribution and use of non-native or tropical milkweed species. You can help these butterflies survive and migrate successfully by planting only native milkweed in your garden! Ask for narrow leaf milkweed or other local milkweed varieties the next time you visit a nursery.
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7 C L I M ATE ACTI V ITY 9 make a zine TIP: You can unfold the zine once it is complete and make copies to fold and give to family, friends, teachers, or neighbors! 28 CLIMATE COMMITMENT: Read more about climate change and share what you learn Ideas: Using the instructions on the next page, fold and cut a piece of paper or one of the provided templates into a small magazine (a.k.a. "zine"). Then, illustrate and write about a climate topic that interests you. Make a guide to the flowers in your neighborhood, tell a story about your pet, or write about the weather. Think about what you would like to raise awareness for. Most importantly, get creative! (cover (page) back page) (page 1) (page 2) )6egap( )5egap( )4egap( )3egap(
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First, fold in shortwise. Remove the templates on the following pages by cutting along the orange dotted line. Then, fold it longwise. Fold the short edges in to meet in the middle. When you unfold, you should have 8 small rectangles.
View the full guide at www.climatekids.org/oceans under "Storytelling" how to fold your zine Using scissors or a safety knife, cut along the fold of the center four rectangles. Then, fold in half longways and push the edges towards the middle, opening the flap that you cut. Fold up your pages and you are ready to fill the zine with anything
Zine guide adapted from Skylaar Amann (skylaaramann.com).
C L I M ATE ACTI V ITY 10 climate kids bingo Turn water off yourbrushingwhileteeth Make a feeder pollinatorsfor Choose to insteadwalk of drive Use reusableawaterbottle Recycle Pick youraroundtrashuphouse Usetowelspaperfewer Choose not to strawsplasticuse Tell whereenvironmentaboutfamilyyourtheyoulive foodwhereResearchyourcomesfrom Plant nativeidentifyoraplantinyouryard newsomethingLearnaboutclimatechange GoandoutsideplayLearn compostingabout Take shorterashower Draw wouldanimalanorplantyouliketoprotect electronicsUnplugnotinuse Turn lightsoffinemptyrooms Make a homewildlifefor Make recycledaartproject foodReducewaste Use groceryreusableabag Save spidera Donateandclothes,books,oldtoys 31 CLIMATE COMMITMENT: Start an earth-friendly project with your friends and family With Climate Kids Bingo, challenge yourself and your friends or family with different ways you can help the Earth. Whether it’s new to you or something you’re already doing, mark the squares as you go and see who can be the first to get BINGO!
Check out our Climate Kids resources to continue expanding your climate science knowledge and learn more ways that you can help protect people and the planet in the face of a changing climate! ADDITIONAL RESOURCES BOOK CLUB ONLINE TRAVELING TRUNKS CLIMATE KIDS CONNECTS View the full list of recommended books in our living library, where to access books at a local library or a Climate Kids Hub near you, and download all resources (like this Reading Guide!) www.climatekids.org/ book-club Bring fun and interactive science, storytelling, and art activities to your classroom by checking out one of our Traveling Trunks. www.climatekids.org/ traveling-trunks Our education resource portal contains online resources from Climate Kids HQ and our partners. www.climatekids.org/ connects Thank you to the Climate Kids Book Club supporters and partners who made this resource possible. Special thanks to the Manzanita Band of the Kumeyaay Nation, Pala Band of Mission Indians, and the San Diego Natural History Museum for serving as our Climate Kids Hubs where Climate Kids Resources are available to the community for check out Funding support comes from the Bureau of Indian Affairs and San Diego Gas & Electric. program partners
www.climatekids.org www.climatesciencealliance.org @ClimateScienceAlliance @CSAinAction Climate Kids is a program of the Climate Science Alliance www.climatekids.org/book-club Learn more about the Climate Kids Book Club:
