For bookworms: Books on the topic of climate protection
For a relaxing day at home, there are numerous books that you can read together with your child and learn something about climate change and environmental protection at the same time. Here is a small selection:
Rieke Kersting: Der kleine Weltretter - Das Mitmach-Buch für kleine Umweltschützer, rap-Verlag
This is what the publisher says about the book: Every day , the newspapers are full of bad news about our environment: climate change, polluted seas, species extinction and mountains of rubbish. It can be quite depressing! But: We can do something, and we can do it now! We can all make a difference to make the world a better place again, and you have a role to play too. Because when it comes to environmental protection, you are just as important as a scientist, a politician or a company boss. You can do something for the climate, the forest and species protection every day with very simple means and thus directly protect the environment.so that you become an expert in saving the world, we explain to you in this book exactly what the biggest problems on our earth are and how they arise. And so that you know immediately what you can do, you'll find lots of ideas here that you can use to make a difference every day. So get started and be a world saver! More...
Jostein Gaarder: 2084 - Nora's World, Hanser Literaturverlage
This is what the publisher writes about the book: 16-year-old Nora experiences in her dreams what it will look like on Earth in 2084 if we carry on as before. She dreams of her great-granddaughter Nova, who describes her world to her in a letter: Sea levels have risen, climate refugees are roaming, camels are grazing in the north and numerous species have become extinct. In real life, Nora knows all about ecology, climate change and species extinction. Together with her friend, she founds an initiative to protect the Earth's atmosphere. 20 years after "Sophie's World", Jostein Gaarder poses one of the most pressing questions of our time in this exciting book for young people: Can we save our environment and the climate? More...
Margret Boysen: Alice, climate change and Zeta the cat, Edition Rugerup
This is what the publisher says about the book: Unlike Lewis Carroll's Cheshire Cat, the mathematical-metaphorical cat Zeta knows exactly how to think about the right path. Never at a loss for an answer, she helps Alice find her way in the wondrous world of science and climate change. But the girl not only embarks on a journey through computer models in which she experiences the ice age in fast motion and the rainforest dries up, she also experiences an inner journey through guilt and compassion. More...
Kristina Scharmacher-Schreiber: How much warmer is 1 degree? What's happening with climate change, Verlagsgruppe Beltz
This is what the publisher writes about the book: Is it really getting warmer? Can you even feel a difference of one degree? Children want to understand what climate change means. The connections are explained in vivid pictures and short texts: Why are there different climate zones on earth? How does the greenhouse effect work? How do we know what the climate used to be like? It also shows how our everyday actions influence the climate. And how everyone can protect the earth! More...
Janine Eck: 100 things you can do for the earth, Schwager und Steinlein Verlag
What the publisher says about the book: Did you know? A toaster is ideal for baking bread rolls. The toaster uses up to 50 per cent less energy than an oven. With the 100 creative hands-on tips and ideas on environmental protection in this eBook - from saving electricity to environmentally conscious nutrition to building an insect hotel - children can approach the topic of "Nature & Environment" with lots of fun and activity! The eco-knowledge imparted also shows young readers why it is worth making a contribution to nature and climate protection through their own everyday actions. More...
Kerstin Landwehr: Alarm in the Arctic Ocean: The Climate Join-in Book for Children, Draksal Fachverlag
This is what the publisher says about the book: Polar bear Fritz is in trouble and climate change is to blame. He is drifting on a melting floe off Greenland. Peter Pott the whale and Lasse the seagull immediately set off to rescue him. Will they get there in time? Take your child on an adventurous and educational journey and show them that everyone can do something to stop climate change. More...
