How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate is already one of the most honored and recommended science books for kids.

 2009 Science Magazine/AAAS/Subaru Best Middle School Science Book Award     Press Release
John Burroughs 2009 Nature Books for Young Readers Winner 
Book of the Year Awards, May 2009 --  Best Environmental Book
Newton Marasco Green Earth Book Award -- Honor Book 2009
•  School Library Journal's Best Books of 2008
•  Winner, 2008 National Parenting Publications Association Gold Award 
•  Winner in Publishers' Weekly 2008 "Green Books For Kids" Selection
•  Winner of The National Best Books 2008 Award, USA Booknews
•  Endorsed by International Polar Year, National Science Foundation
•  “NSTA Recommends” book by the National Science Teachers Association
•  Featured in interview on BBC America, 18 November 2008



When the weather changes daily, how do we really know that Earth's climate is changing? Here is the science behind the headlines - evidence from flowers, butterflies, birds, frogs, trees, glaciers and much more, gathered by scientists from all over the world, sometimes with assistance from young "citizen-scientists." And here is what young people, and their families and teachers, can do to learn about climate change and take action. Climate change is a critical and timely topic of deep concern, here told in an age-appropriate manner, with clarity and hope. Kids can make a difference!

This book combines the talents of two uniquely qualified authors: Lynne Cherry, the leading children's environmental writer/illustrator and author of The Great Kapok Tree, and Gary Braasch, award-winning photojournalist and author of Earth Under Fire: How Global Warming is Changing the World.

Retail Price: $17.95 * ISBN 978-1-58469-103-7
Ages 10 to 14 - 66 pages - color photographs - 11" x 9"


Please note that Dawn Publications also offers an excellent companion Teacher’s Guide designed to help teachers and students explore global warming through engaging lessons and classroom activities.

Watch for much more:  Sample pages, classroom activities, and downloadable curriculum elements.

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About the Book


  1. “Young Voices on Climate Change”


  2. Now Playing at the American Museum of Natural History!


  3.        Book co-author Lynne Cherry is making a series of short videos showing amazing middle school age kids who have personal projects to reduce global warming and learn about climate change.

  4.        These films are playing in the Kids Discovery Room at the American Museum of Natural History in New York through August 16, 2009.

  5.       Soon they will also be in other science museums, on this and other websites, and eventually be made into a full-length film to inspire everyone through the actions of incredible kids.



  6.      Lynne Cherry is producing these films, based on How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate.  She has filmed so far in California, Woods Hole MA and in the Washington DC area.  Other locations will follow in 2009.


  7.      You can see some information about these kids in our  Kids Taking Action link above.  Perhaps you can collaborate or start your own project.


  8.      For more information about the films and the kids, please visit:

  9. Young Voices Website


A non-scary, action-oriented, and inspiring look at how scientists do their work, what they are discovering about global warming, and how kids are already learning about this through Citizen Science.  Kids can make a difference!


By Lynne Cherry and Gary Braasch

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