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How to Explain Climate Science to a Grown-Up

Part of How to Explain Science to a Grown-Up

Author Ruth Spiro

Illustrated by Teresa Martínez

Hardcover

$17.99 US

Charlesbridge

8.44"W x 10.31"H x 0.43"D (21.4 x 26.2 x 1.1 cm) | 14 oz (408 g) | 32 per carton

On sale Mar 04, 2025 | 32 Pages | 9781623546205

Age 4-8 years | Preschool - 3

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The best-selling author of the Baby Loves Science series levels up with this playful STEM picture book introducing kids (and grown-ups) to climate science.

Do you want to know a secret? Sometimes grown-ups need YOU to explain things to THEM. Like climate science!

In this tongue-in-cheek guide, an in-the-know narrator instructs kid readers in the fine art of explaining climate science to a grown-up. Both children and their adults learn:

The difference between weather and climate.
How climate scientists collect data.
What causes climate change.
What we can do to reverse course and repair the planet.

Fun and fact-filled, the How to Explain Science to a Grown-Up series will empower kid experts to explore complex scientific concepts with any grown-up who will listen.

Spiro, known for the “Baby Loves Science” series, among others, is well-acquainted with introducing science to the very young. Now she flips the script for this work, which owns that the best way to learn as a grown-up is to have a concept explained in more childlike terms. In a fact-filled title exploring scientific concepts, this wonderful guide covers the effects of climate change. The narrator explains what causes climate change, data collection for climate scientists, and how to repair the planet, along with many more topics. The guide provides wonderful, coherent answers to basic questions on climate change. Martínez conveys these basic issues of climate change through dynamic, humorous illustrations. VERDICT This is a wonderful STEM book to add to any collection; the witty, lighthearted format will engage readers across a broad age range.
—School Library Journal

In the latest installment in the "How to Explain" book series, children tackle the topic of our climate, and more importantly how humans affect it. In its typically charming way of turning the tables on who's teaching who,the book gives children all the information they need to explain climate science to adults. It includes how to explain the differences between weather and climate, why our climate is changing and what we can do to help stop things from getting worse.
Its humor and handy 'pro tips' on how to keep adults engaged while they learn are a brilliant way to teach young readers how to articulate what's going on in the world. It’s yet another great edition in this series that's helping children learn through teaching adults. "How to Explain Climate Science to a Grown-up" is a must-read for inquisitive children who love to tell you what they have learned in school.
—LiveScience

Ruth Spiro is an award-winning children's book author and freelance writer whose articles, essays, and stories have appeared in magazines and anthologies. Her debut picture book, Lester Fizz, Bubble-Gum Artist (Dutton), won awards from Writer's Digest and Willamette Writers and was a Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year. View titles by Ruth Spiro

Teresa Martínez View titles by Teresa Martínez

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The difference between weather and climate.
How climate scientists collect data.
What causes climate change.
What we can do to reverse course and repair the planet.