Our Planet!

Written by Stacy McAnulty and illustrated by Stevie Lewis, this nonfiction picture book lets Earth tell her own story. She introduces herself as the home of every plant and animal in the solar system, a population that includes nearly eight billion people.

Earth explains that human activity has accidentally sped up climate change, and she asks young readers to help slow it down. The book's central idea is that people and the planet depend on each other, so caring for the world is a shared job.

McAnulty writes in Earth's voice with a playful sense of humor. The book is part of the Our Universe series, in which each title is presented as a celestial autobiography. Lewis's illustrations bring the text to life, and the pages are packed with facts suited to young readers.