Life on a Different Planet

Welcome to life on a different planet!

And by "different planet", of course, we don't mean Mars or Saturn or even Betelgeuse 5. We mean Earth which is turning into a different and less familiar planet before our very eyes because of climate change. This book is your field guide to life on this new version of Earth. It gives you the information you need to understand what's happening and to adapt to a new environment, it empowers you to take action that will change the behaviors that got us into this mess and it guides you in ways to imagine and realize a new world that is better than the one you are inheriting.

It's a big job.

Let's get started.

Published by Home Planet Books through Onion River Press.

Randi Hacker is the editor emerita of The Electric Company Magazine (1984-1989) published by Children's Television Workshop. She is the author of "How to Live Green, Cheap and Happy" (Stackpole Books), the YA novel "Life as I Knew It" (Simon & Schuster) and "M is for Masks: A Coronavirus ABC" (Home Planet Books) among other things. She has been giving kids a voice in their future for 30 years now starting with P3, a short-lived-but-influential environmental magazine she created and published with her erstwhile partner. She hasn't saved the world yet -- and that is a real thorn in her side-- but she's still working on it. Visit her website: www.homeplanetbooks.com

Ron Barrett is the internationally bestselling illustrator of many books for children, including "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs." His illustrations have been honored by the Society of Illustrators and have been exhibited at The Louvre in Paris. He lives in New York City.