Our Air
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- $17.99
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- $17.99
Publisher Description
A lively, enlightening look at the role the air plays in our lives and our world
It’s easy to take the air for granted. Although it’s always around us, we don’t often give it much thought. We can’t see, smell, or hear it, but we can certainly feel it move—and that breeze you feel on a windy day is part of a larger air current circling our planet and bringing us all kinds of weather. Our air gives us life, and it makes up the atmosphere that protects us. And because everyone here on Earth shares it, it’s important to take care of our air.
With striking art and an expressive text, G. Brian Karas brings our air into focus and will give readers a new appreciation for this precious substance.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Acknowledging both that "I've been with you since you were born" and "You don't give me much thought," narrator the Air gently but firmly reminds readers that while it may be invisible, it's keeping them—and everything else on the planet—going. "I am the perfect combination of nitrogen and oxygen for life on Earth," writes Karas (The Power of Yeti), explaining all the heavy lifting that air does—carrying matter, moisture, and sounds; orchestrating "rivers of atmosphere" that become climate and weather patterns; and more. Gouache and pencil illustrations in the creator's signature style move from intimate human moments—individuals delight in an air-filled soap bubble and savor a breeze that drifts through a window—to more expansive depictions of air at work in jet streams and wind turbines. But a view of Earth from outer space attends a powerful view of the subject's cosmic rarity: "You can see just how little of me there is." Wearing its messages lightly, the work delivers a profound truth with a final scene that shows a panoply of life: "Everyone is sharing me with everyone else." Characters are portrayed with various skin tones. An author's note concludes. Ages 3–7.
