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Soul Forest and the Children Who Heard the Earth’s Secrets | Making Science, Nature & Conservation Fun for Kids | By Sathya Raghu - Earthshot Prize Winner (Protect & Restore Nature) & Ted Speaker
‘How did Earth begin, Nanna?’(Nanna means Dad in Telugu—and he wasn’t ready for the question.)
What follows isn’t a lecture. It’s a series of magical, often hilarious conversations between a father and his two children—as they time-travel through Earth’s story with help from the Moon, Fire, Ice, Soil, Ocean, and even a fast-talking Squirrel. Together, they explore how the universe was born, how life emerged, how humans changed everything, how our planet is now hurting—and what we can still do, with love and imagination. This book is rooted in science, wrapped in wonder, and lit by childlike curiosity.
Told in playful chapters, this book makes the biggest questions feel personal—and the planet feels like home again. If you've ever struggled to explain climate, Earth, or our place in it—this book does it with wonder, not worry.
Read it with a child, a parent, or just out of your own curiosity. It might change how you see everything.
What follows isn’t a lecture. It’s a series of magical, often hilarious conversations between a father and his two children—as they time-travel through Earth’s story with help from the Moon, Fire, Ice, Soil, Ocean, and even a fast-talking Squirrel. Together, they explore how the universe was born, how life emerged, how humans changed everything, how our planet is now hurting—and what we can still do, with love and imagination. This book is rooted in science, wrapped in wonder, and lit by childlike curiosity.
Told in playful chapters, this book makes the biggest questions feel personal—and the planet feels like home again. If you've ever struggled to explain climate, Earth, or our place in it—this book does it with wonder, not worry.
Read it with a child, a parent, or just out of your own curiosity. It might change how you see everything.
250 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 31, 2025
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December 9, 2025
Sathya Raghu’s book is an enchanting blend of science, storytelling, and sincere parental bewilderment—the kind every adult experiences when a child drops a cosmic question at the dinner table. “How did Earth begin, Nanna?” is not just the spark of the book; it is its spirit.
What follows is less of an explanation and more of an exploration—a father walking hand-in-hand with his children through the vast, gorgeous, often chaotic story of our planet.
The conversations between Nanna and the children carry an honesty that parents will instantly recognize. The humor feels organic, not forced. The children interrupt, question, laugh, misunderstand, and become awestruck—mirroring how real learning happens.
There’s tenderness woven into every chapter, reminding us that curiosity is a shared inheritance, passed from adult to child and back again.
One of the book’s quiet triumphs is how it addresses the Earth’s current pain. Rather than drowning readers in guilt or anxiety, it offers something rarer: wonder as a motivator for responsibility. The message is simple but powerful—you care for what you truly see.
Why This Book Matters:-
🌿Educational – It introduces complex ideas with clarity and scientific grounding.
🌿Emotional – It frames Earth’s story as a shared family narrative.
🌿Imaginative – It keeps readers—children and adults alike—enchanted.
It is the kind of book that can sit comfortably on a child’s bedside table or in a science educator’s toolbox.
Tender, thoughtful, and full of charm, “Soul Forest and the Children Who Heard the Earth’s Secrets” reminds us that the planet is not a distant scientific object but a living story we are still writing.
Read it if you’re a parent trying to answer impossible questions, a teacher searching for an accessible entry point into Earth sciences, or simply a curious soul who never lost the ability to wonder.
It might not just change how you see the Earth—
it might change how you talk about it.
Must read♥️♥️
What follows is less of an explanation and more of an exploration—a father walking hand-in-hand with his children through the vast, gorgeous, often chaotic story of our planet.
The conversations between Nanna and the children carry an honesty that parents will instantly recognize. The humor feels organic, not forced. The children interrupt, question, laugh, misunderstand, and become awestruck—mirroring how real learning happens.
There’s tenderness woven into every chapter, reminding us that curiosity is a shared inheritance, passed from adult to child and back again.
One of the book’s quiet triumphs is how it addresses the Earth’s current pain. Rather than drowning readers in guilt or anxiety, it offers something rarer: wonder as a motivator for responsibility. The message is simple but powerful—you care for what you truly see.
Why This Book Matters:-
🌿Educational – It introduces complex ideas with clarity and scientific grounding.
🌿Emotional – It frames Earth’s story as a shared family narrative.
🌿Imaginative – It keeps readers—children and adults alike—enchanted.
It is the kind of book that can sit comfortably on a child’s bedside table or in a science educator’s toolbox.
Tender, thoughtful, and full of charm, “Soul Forest and the Children Who Heard the Earth’s Secrets” reminds us that the planet is not a distant scientific object but a living story we are still writing.
Read it if you’re a parent trying to answer impossible questions, a teacher searching for an accessible entry point into Earth sciences, or simply a curious soul who never lost the ability to wonder.
It might not just change how you see the Earth—
it might change how you talk about it.
Must read♥️♥️
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