Review
Earnest, informative and sincere: Ivan's Appeal is packed full of information and ideas conveyed through endearing characters and a strong plot that is accessible to most children today. This book is a must for parents struggling to answer their children s questions about climate change and its impact. It is a book for parents and children to read together and will spark imagination and curiosity about such a vital subject. A Blue Peter badge winner if ever there was one! --Melanie Lister-Kaye, Education Manager, Aigas Field Centre
Ivan's Appeal is a most unusual story, which succeeds in bringing climate change impacts and potential mitigation effects to the fore. Aimed at children it has appeal and is written in such a way as to relate to junior/secondary school ages. It provokes thought and realisation not only to its child audience, but amongst adult readers who should know better, yet tend to ignore the many ways in which individuals can help reduce greenhouse gases. The idea of having children lead the way forward is brilliant - though not always realistic. The written imagery of a soggy melting iceberg is quite poignant. The story clearly indicates the worldwide impacts of climate change and, as such, although it is a story, it could be considered to be a children's text on climate change. Often it is as stories that children learn most about their world and this book will certainly ensure they understand some of the global issues of climate change and how they, as children, can influence change. --Dr Gay Mitchelson-Jacob, School of Ocean Sciences, University of Bangor
Ivan's engaging tale is infused with practical questions and scientific facts that help children explore the issue of climate change. However, what could become depressing reading is made uplifting through inspiring examples of the changes we can make to take care of our planet. --Primary Choice: Volume 1, Issue 5, 2007
Product Description
Forget penguins and polar bears, let's hear it for Ivan, the Antarctic's prophet with a mission. Ivan is an iceberg who is melting away. He longs to mobilize the world to help his fellow icebergs and the planet. Having given up on trying to get the grown ups to help, Ivan turns to...the children of course! They rise to his challenge. In an amazing, fantastical adventure, the children with their families and schools, lead the way on eco friendly living, to tackle global warming. This story has everything: polar cruise ships, TV fame, exotic travel, environmental science and wonderful Antarctic mystery. Along the way the children explore the facts and issues of climate change and carbon footprints with ease and lots of fun. The experience is incredibly exciting for everyone involved, including every young reader of Ivan's Appeal.
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