CLIMATE CRISIS

In eight easy-to-digest sections, science expert, Seymour Simon, explores the climate crisis, humanity's role in causing it, and discusses what kids and experts are doing to fix it.

Veteran nonfiction writer Seymour Simon tackles climate change for a young audience. Climate Crisis: What Happened and What We Can Do covers the varied effects of climate change on the environment and animals, as well as what is being done to fix it and what people can do to help. With arresting art and photographs as well as clear sections and headings to make browsing fun and easy, this is an accessible book for children curious about climate change.

Seymour Simon has been called "the dean of the [children's science book] field" by the New York Times. He has written more than 300 books for young readers and has received the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Lifetime Achievement Award for his lasting contribution to children's science literature, the Science Books & Films Key Award for Excellence in Science Books, the Empire State Award for excellence in literature for young people, and the Educational Paperback Association Jeremiah Ludington Award. He and his wife, Liz, live in Columbia County, in Upstate New York. You can visit him online at www.seymoursimon.com.