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Earth: Feeling the Heat
The earth's climate is getting hotter, and this warming affects habitats, food chains, and life cycles around the world. It also affects the habitat of every single animal on the planet. But the animals themselves can't stop the warming…who can? The answer PEOPLE CAN! Brenda Guiberson takes a unique look at global warming by focusing on how it affects animal environments and what kids can do to help. Earth is a 2011 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book.
32 pages, Hardcover
First published March 1, 2010
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About the author
Brenda Z. Guiberson
39 books12 followersBrenda Z. Guiberson has written many books for children, including Cactus Hotel, Spoonbill Swamp, Moon Bear and Disasters. As a child, Brenda never thought she wanted to be a writer—her dreams tended more toward jungle explorer. She graduated from the University of Washington with degrees in English and Fine Art. She started thinking about writing for children when her son went to elementary school, and she volunteered in his class and in the school library. After taking exciting trips that involved a fifty-foot cactus, hungry alligators and sunset-colored spoonbills, she wanted to create books for children that would be like a field trip. Her books are full of well-researched detail, and Brenda sees this research as an adventure—one that allows her to be a jungle explorer at last. She lives in Seattle, Washington.
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November 21, 2013
This is a very beautifully illustrated childrens book about the climate change. Each page goes over a different area of the world and explains how it is effected by global warming. For instance one page describes the Caribou in Alaska and how since it is warmer the beetles are reproducing more and in turn eating all the trees and "this makes the caribou hungry". The back of the book then exclaims that HUMANS CAN save the animals from around the world. This is a great scientific book that should be shared with kindergarten to their grade. It is very informational and could potentially have a huge impact on society one day. They best quality besides the content of the book is it's formatting and pictures, the illustrations are breath takingly beautiful and the format is a picture on one page mirrored by a background with a paragraph explaining the pictures, bolding specific words to give them emphasis.
September 22, 2019
This book showcases the effects of global warming in ways that kids can relate to. The message is very clear: animals are counting on us to fix this problem that only we as humans can solve.
March 15, 2010
Earth: Feeling the Heat
Brenda Z. Guiberson
Illustrated by Chad Wallace
9780805077193
Recommended for ages 6-7; 3 Stars.
Earth: Feeling the Heat by Brenda Guiberson is picture book that shows the impact that global warming has on different types of animals, from polar bears to butterflies to dart frogs. Each passage gives a good description of the life cycle of the animal and tells how global warming is affecting the area where they live, either through dry watering holes, melting ice caps, or water that is too warm for fish. The watercolor illustrations in the book are bright, colorful and depict each animal in its natural environment. The detail of the illustrations add another layer of useful and engaging information to the book for young readers. The text uses onomatopoeias to add to the setting the animals live in by describing the flapping of a puffins’ wing or the splash of water in a penguins’ habitat, all of which add a element of liveliness and timeliness to the book.
Throughout the book the reader is asked “Who can Help?”, with the answer “People Can!” The book ends with simple suggestions that everyone could do to help the environment, and a (very) simple summary of greenhouse gases. The book is not technical, but does a good job of how environmental change is affecting all areas of the world, and does so in a way that could be understood by small children. The book may not be appropriate as a standalone piece to teach about global warming, but it is an excellent companion piece for a classroom that is doing a lesson about global warming, and would be an engaging pick for story time at a public library.
Brenda Z. Guiberson
Illustrated by Chad Wallace
9780805077193
Recommended for ages 6-7; 3 Stars.
Earth: Feeling the Heat by Brenda Guiberson is picture book that shows the impact that global warming has on different types of animals, from polar bears to butterflies to dart frogs. Each passage gives a good description of the life cycle of the animal and tells how global warming is affecting the area where they live, either through dry watering holes, melting ice caps, or water that is too warm for fish. The watercolor illustrations in the book are bright, colorful and depict each animal in its natural environment. The detail of the illustrations add another layer of useful and engaging information to the book for young readers. The text uses onomatopoeias to add to the setting the animals live in by describing the flapping of a puffins’ wing or the splash of water in a penguins’ habitat, all of which add a element of liveliness and timeliness to the book.
Throughout the book the reader is asked “Who can Help?”, with the answer “People Can!” The book ends with simple suggestions that everyone could do to help the environment, and a (very) simple summary of greenhouse gases. The book is not technical, but does a good job of how environmental change is affecting all areas of the world, and does so in a way that could be understood by small children. The book may not be appropriate as a standalone piece to teach about global warming, but it is an excellent companion piece for a classroom that is doing a lesson about global warming, and would be an engaging pick for story time at a public library.
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September 25, 2013The text Earth Feeling the Heat by Brenda Z. Guiberson is an incredible children's book. The illustrations by Chad Wallace looked so realistic in which caused the readers heart strings to be tugged on even more because they could see how helpless the animals truly are. Children learn by repetition so it was a great addition to the book when at the end of every passage the author asked the reader who can help this specific animal/insect. Children are always willing to help those in need especially animals so if they feel that they can help these animals before they become extinct; such as walking or riding a bike places or just something as simple as recycling who knows because they are so young they have the rest of their lives to truly make a difference.
November 16, 2019
Beautiful illustrations and an important message.
I felt I needed to add more to the story when I read it to my child- to add a counter to all the sadness for the animals. But it is so true and so important. Liturature like this can help explain when we don't want to do things that are typical in our culture, and when we want to make changes to help the earth and all it's creatures.
I felt I needed to add more to the story when I read it to my child- to add a counter to all the sadness for the animals. But it is so true and so important. Liturature like this can help explain when we don't want to do things that are typical in our culture, and when we want to make changes to help the earth and all it's creatures.
October 29, 2013
1. Non fiction
2. 3-4
3. Outstanding Science trade book, National Science Teachers Association
4. The book shows the impact that global warming has on different types of animals, from polar bears to butterflies to dart frogs.I would use this book during our science segment of global warming. I would have younger students draw a picture of what they think the world would look like if global warming did not exist. after i would have them explain why they draw certain things in the picture the way they did. with the upper level i would have them write a short summary of how the world would be if there was not global warming.
2. 3-4
3. Outstanding Science trade book, National Science Teachers Association
4. The book shows the impact that global warming has on different types of animals, from polar bears to butterflies to dart frogs.I would use this book during our science segment of global warming. I would have younger students draw a picture of what they think the world would look like if global warming did not exist. after i would have them explain why they draw certain things in the picture the way they did. with the upper level i would have them write a short summary of how the world would be if there was not global warming.
October 30, 2013
Genre- Non fiction
Grade Level- K-2
Awards- Outstanding Science trade book, National Science Teachers Association
This book shows the impact that global warming has had on animals such as polar bears. This is important to discuss with your class because of the weather changes that have occurred in the past few years. After reading this book to my class, I would have them make lists of ways that they can help to save the planet. After creating their lists I would have the students create posters of their thoughts and ideas to post around the school to bring awareness to this world wide problem.
Grade Level- K-2
Awards- Outstanding Science trade book, National Science Teachers Association
This book shows the impact that global warming has had on animals such as polar bears. This is important to discuss with your class because of the weather changes that have occurred in the past few years. After reading this book to my class, I would have them make lists of ways that they can help to save the planet. After creating their lists I would have the students create posters of their thoughts and ideas to post around the school to bring awareness to this world wide problem.
April 5, 2010
Mainly, I thought it was depressing. Page after page of animals in trouble and then at the very end, one boring page (lazily illustrated compared the rest of the book) about what you can do to help. Let's weigh the children's tiny hearts down with sadness and then toss off a few energy-saving tips! Not the way I'd want to talk to kids about global climate change, unless I was trying to make them cry.
December 10, 2014
Beautiful Pictures! Nicely done! LOVE
Should we take care of planet! YES
Should we conserve our resources! YES
Should we take let our laundry air dry! YES
Do I buy into Global Warming Propaganda... NO
Hence why I won't give this book a good rating.
Should we take care of planet! YES
Should we conserve our resources! YES
Should we take let our laundry air dry! YES
Do I buy into Global Warming Propaganda... NO
Hence why I won't give this book a good rating.
April 17, 2012
Useful to teach younger students what global warming is. It is a very general book that includes facts, but keeps it in language younger students could understand. Grades k-2.
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