Spring 2024

Climate Migrants

A Graphic Guide

From the Set The Climate Crisis

Being forced from home is something no one wants to experience. But climate change is causing flooding, new weather patterns, and destruction to houses and cities. It can make resources such as food or clean water hard to come by. It can even wipe out entire communities.

As climate change increases, many people must make a difficult decision: to stay and endure severe weather or leave with nothing but hope. See what causes climate migration and how this crisis can be slowed or even stopped.

Format List Price Your Price Qty
$33.32 $24.99
Interest Level Grade 3 - Grade 6
Reading Level Grade 4
Dewey Number 304.2
Lexile
ATOS Reading Level
Guided Reading Level V
Language English
Publisher Lerner Publishing
Format Reinforced book
ISBN 9781728476926
Copyright 2024
Number of Pages 32
Dimensions 7 x 9
Graphics Full-color illustrations

SLJ Review of The Climate Crisis

This detailed overview of the climate crisis is presented in graphic format. Though the format is not conventional, the content is typical for the subject matter. The series touches on deforestation and its causes and impacts, human causes of animal extinction, and fossil fuels vs. renewable energy sources. Vivid cartoon graphics depict a world in crisis. While some of the content is delivered through character conversations, it reads more like a traditional nonfiction book dropped into a graphic novel, missing some potential advantages of the format. Nevertheless, the comic book style may attract reluctant readers. VERDICT While it falls short of its potential, the graphic format may appeal to some readers, making it an additional selection.

Booklist Review of The Climate Crisis

The Climate Crisis series (6 titles) packs a lot of information on environmental awareness and activism into eye-pleasing graphic guides. Each title concentrates on one area of the climate crisis and covers accessible history and background, recognizable consequences, predicted future impact, and ways to mitigate problems through everyday activities, letter-writing campaigns, and grassroots movements. While there is some overlap in volumes’ contents, the repetition serves well as reinforcement. The series makes good use of the graphic format, employing various techniques to convey information. In addition to standard text boxes, Animal Extinctions includes zoo signage and narration from a documentary on Adélie penguins. All the titles move along at a good pace and should keep readers’ interest. Each concludes with a glossary, source notes, and brief bibliography. These serve as great supplementary material, and their important messages go down nice and easy.

Author: Christina Hill

Illustrator: Ash Stryker