First published 2022
Christina Soontornvat follows multiple characters through their daily lives as they make small choices that add up to something bigger. One person recycles. Another walks instead of drives. Someone else plants a garden. These individual actions seem tiny and quiet on their own. But when one person joins another, and another joins them, their separate stories begin to weave together. The characters' paths eventually converge at a climate march on Washington, where their individual commitments become part of a larger movement. Through spare, poetic language and vivid illustrations that burst with color on every page, readers discover how personal decisions connect to global change. The book explains climate change causes in truthful, gentle terms while showing how both individual and group actions can improve the world. Endnotes answer common questions in simple language, vetted by climate experts. The story demonstrates that caring for our planet starts with small steps but grows into powerful collective action.
Genres: contemporary, environment, non-fiction, climate-change, activism
Vibes: emotional, intimate, lyrical, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, social-justice
Setting: Washington
Period: 21st-century
40 pages · Hardcover · Scholastic Press