The Story of Conservation

A first book about protecting nature

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Pub Date 8 Aug 2023 | Archive Date 29 Jun 2023

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Description

This fascinating and beautifully illustrated book spans the complete length and breadth of the topic of conservation, which is more important today than ever before.

Combining history with science, this deeply insightful book charts the changes in our understanding and relationship with conservation, from the beginnings of the planet when humans didn’t consider their impact on their surroundings, to the modern world and what we can do to protect our natural resources today.

Earth’s natural resources include air, minerals, plants, soil, water, and wildlife. Conservation is the care and protection of these resources so that they can persist for future generations. It includes maintaining diversity of species, genes, and ecosystems, as well as functions of the environment, such as nutrient cycling.

As well as discovering the effects conservation could have across the world, this book will help you discover practical ways we can work together to help protect our resources for our future generations.

With fact-packed text by Catherine Barr and Steve Williams and vibrant illustrations by Amy Husband, this next title in the best-selling Story of... series is all about shifting attitudes to our natural world and will give children the information they need to inspire them to protect our precious planet.

This fascinating and beautifully illustrated book spans the complete length and breadth of the topic of conservation, which is more important today than ever before.

Combining history with science...


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ISBN 9780711278059
PRICE US$19.99 (USD)
PAGES 40

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A brilliant introduction to what conservation is and how important it is in the fight against climate change.

The book highlighted some important topics such as the extraction of fossil fuels, deforestation, sea level rise, and global warming. I was really impressed with the mention of land being stolen from indigenous communities, as that's not normally something spoken about in children's books, but it is so incredibly important.

An overall wonderful book!

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This would be a great book for elementary classrooms for students to learn about conservation. It’s very well organized and that makes it super easy for children to understand. My nephew really enjoyed this book and loved all the illustrations.

Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read this arc in exchange for my honest review.

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This is a great introduction to conservation for children. It takes you on a journey from prehistoric times to now, highlighting the changes in people's habits, the ways nature was affected for the worse, and the ways people worked to counter those changes and protect nature.

The illustrations are humorous and drive home the points that the text makes. They are drawn in a child-like manner which makes it easy to tell what's going on.

This would be a great book for use in early elementary classrooms and library storytimes to teach children about conservation.

*Thanks to NetGalley, Quarto, and Frances Lincoln Children's Books for providing an early copy for review.

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This book tells the story of conservation from prehistory to now with great descriptions and gorgeous illustrations. It is well organized and is easy for young children to understand. My kids and I thoroughly enjoyed this book and it lead to discussions on what we can do to help aid conservation. One thing our Book Club has recently done to help with conservation is having everyone bring their own reusables instead of one time use plates, cups, bowls, etc. It is great to finally have a good, thorough book about conservation written for children.

Thank you NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group for the opportunity to review this book in advance of publication.

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I appreciate the complex task it is to create an informational text on conservation for children. The author, however, does a brilliant job blending language that is accessible to young children, while being factual and socially responsible. This texts offers a young reader an introduction to conservation across the centuries, with a heavy focus on North America initially, but covers conservation across all the continents . This work of non-fiction is excellent for a younger elementary crowd around 6-8 years old.

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