What the World Needs Now

What the World Needs Now: Trees! explores the universal connection people, plants, insects and animals share with life-giving trees.

"This is a delightful book with captivating illustrations.  It presents the vital role played by trees to a young audience in a way which will captivate, educate and inspire many to join the global effort to protect forests. And plant trees."

Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE

Founder - the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace

In the tropical rainforests of Indonesia lives an orangutan named Jefri. There are lots of reasons Jefri needs trees. And it turns out, people need trees just as much as Jefri for many of the same reasons. What the World Needs Now: Trees! explores the universal connection people, plants, insects and animals share with life-giving trees.

The book also 'walks its talk' as it is ECO friendly, produced using 100% recycled paper, biodegradable laminate, vegetable-based inks and carbon balanced printing.



What the World Needs Now is an environmental children's book series for ages 4-8 that aims to connect the world's youngest book lovers to the importance of nature, and our place in it. 


Each book in the series follows a friendly animal through its habitat, helping kids learn about one thing the world needs now, be it more trees or bees or less plastic, to maintain a healthy planet.


The series is designed to help parents and educators lay the foundation for future learning on the world's most pressing environmental challenges. But for our littlest kids, the connection starts at a much simpler point: their first job is to fall in love with nature - because you don't protect what you don't love. 


The books support engaging with our kids on how we can better respect and care for the only planet we have.