Ivan's Appeal - Softcover

Catherine Drury

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ISBN 10: 1904985572 ISBN 13: 9781904985570

Publisher: Stamford House Publishing, 2007

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Ivan's Appeal is a compelling and highly engaging story of intense topical relevance, alerting young readers aged 8-11 years, to global warming and its effects. Persuasive scientific discussion is woven into an exciting, action-packed adventure story. Practical, realistic and everyday ideas of how readers can take individual action to combat the problem, permeate too. The messenger Ivan, a melting iceberg, is a powerful character with guts and authority, wit and strong opinions. He has all the charisma he needs to win over his young target audience. The message he delivers is succinct, accurate and powerful. Readers with little understanding of physics will be able to grasp the science and cannot but feel the urgency of the situation. They are offered hope and inspiration by Ivan s strong ideals and uplifting spirit. A sense of the possible is balanced with a heightened imperative that the reader change their ways. Ivan's Appeal is a book with a mission a moral eco-tale and that is worthy of all our attentions. Finally, as children's books on climate change finally start to emerge, Ivan s Appeal is quite different. There are no penguins or polar bears, so that makes a change. Furthermore, this powerful lead character is a symbol of the very life which sustains the Antarctic rather than the animals and fish who depend on it.

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This children's book puts an imaginative spin on the problem of global warming, with a conversation between Ivan the iceberg and two children on an family cruise in the Antarctic. Ivan appeals to 12- year old Jo and 9 -year old Colin to help him to stop melting. This leads them to spread the word and inspire other children to take environmental action. --Our Planet: UN Environment Programme magazine, Dec 2007

Earnest, informative and sincere: Ivan's appeal is packed full of information and ideas conveyed through endearing characters and a strong plot that is accessible to most children today. This book is a must for parents struggling to answer their children s questions about climate change and its impact. It is a book for parents and children to read together and will spark imagination and curiosity about such a vital subject. A Blue Peter badge winner if ever there was one! --Melanie Lister-Kaye: Education Manager, Agias Field Centre, Scotland

Ivan's engaging tale is infused with practical questions and scientific facts that help children explore the issue of climate change. However, what could become depressing reading is made uplifting through inspiring examples of the changes we can make to take care of our planet. --Primary Choice: Volume 1, Issue 5, 2007

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