Jina Jeong is learning about climate change at school. All her ideas for saving energy are met with some resistance from her parents. I really learned some things from this title - like just how much energy you can save by unplugging the tv!

Project Earth, a book by Carol Kimr, is an engaging and thought-provoking exploration of the planet’s most pressing environmental issues and our role in protecting our environment for future generations. Kimr does an impressive job of using scientific evidence, multimedia, and expert voices to thoroughly and comprehensively examine the climate crisis from both global and local perspectives.

Kimr delves into the complexities of the issue by exploring why and how climate change is occurring, both through natural and human-caused sources. She makes an effort to connect the background information and science to current events and relevant concerns by including conversations with experts, like farmers, scientists, and activists, who are tackling the field from different points of view. Kimr also integrates content from articles and reports from various media outlets, helping the reader to understand the wider scope of the climate crisis.

The book is divided into four sections, each of which examines in-depth a specific topic related to the environmental crisis. The first section, “Understanding Our Changing Climate,” explores the causes of climate change, from burning fossil fuels to the destruction of forests and wildlife habitats. Section two, “Analyzing the Potential Impacts,” looks at the potential consequences of climate change, such as droughts, floods, and rising sea levels. Section three, “Our Response,” covers topics such as renewable energy, green infrastructure, and policy. Finally, the fourth section, “Looking for Solutions,” explores strategies for living more sustainably in our everyday lives.

Overall, Project Earth provides a comprehensive and well-researched perspective on our global climate crisis and its implications for how we must all move forward together. The extensive use of multimedia materials, along with interviews from environmental professionals, makes the information easier to understand, as well as more relevant and up to date. In addition, the laying out of the many topics and ideas in a simple, organized structure makes the book enjoyable to read. In short, Project Earth is an outstanding read and highly recommended for anyone seeking to better understand and respond more effectively to the global environmental crisis.

One way of looking at this is a dystopian comedy, the other a nightmare for the young malleable mind. Jina, in one of six books where she gets determined to do something good for the world or her neighbourhood, is inspired to do a poster concerning climate change for her school project, but every time she tries to save the polar bears it's wrong. She unplugs everything her parents need plugged in, she turns off all they think should be on standby, and as for getting out the car and walking to school… Cynical adult minds looking at this will see this as evidence that no, the humble schoolchild should not have this on their shoulders, the common person cannot do anything about it and it should be up to industry and government to reduce energy use.

But you do have to have some sympathy with Jina, whether you are all in favour of her being harangued into doing all this stuff or are a Trumpian. Life SHOULD be flexible enough to stop using some energy here and there. You'll have to read this very easily-read chapbook to see if she gets to what she thinks is a satisfactory state of affairs, but the book oddly sets up a good ending and ignores it – saying there is one more detail for the poster, and never telling us what that might be. So if you do want these issues to be in print for a very young audience but in a fiction form as opposed to a scientific lesson, this isn't the perfect way of going about it. I mean it's nowhere near bad, but as I say it does open itself up to the unintentional take-away, that Jina, on a hiding to nothing, should not have the impossible on her shoulders.

Summed up, the book just talks about climate change and how we should all do our part to stop it. However, as easy as it sounds, it's not as easy to actually do all the things within causing inconvenience in our lives. Small steps make a difference to face the bigger challenge. Cute illustrations but the book itself wasn't ground-breaking.

Really enjoyed, but it's overly preachy - especially in the beginning, which kind of just jumps in without narrative buildup. I was also irritated by the author's not pointing out that fiddling with the thermostat in an attempt to keep air conditioners from working too hard is, on its own, harmful to the planet: the thermostat uses up energy too, and we don't see that get pointed out.

After Jina learns about climate change and is assigned a school project about the earth, she is determined to do her part to save the polar bears. Jina has the best of intentions, but quickly learns that she can't do everything to help save the environment. Jina's parents and friends help to take her passion and find what they can do to do their part in protecting the environment. A cute short chapter book for young readers about the environment.

I received an eARC of this book from the publisher via NetGalley. All opinions expressed in this review are my own.

In "Project Earth", Jina has a problem—climate change! When she learns about the effect climate change is having on polar bears, she's determined to be part of the solution. But that's not as easy as it seems...

This chapter book is a nice introduction to climate change for young readers. Jina's understanding of climate change (and the things that contribute to it) is simple, but that's appropriate for the target age range of 6–8. The illustrations (many of which are full-page) are fantastic and a great fit for the book. And, as a bonus, there's a side story about reaching out to new classmates and making new friends, which manages to fit seamlessly into the broader story.

This is part of a series, so if kids enjoy Jina's adventures there are more books to expand their understanding of how to do right by Earth—I'd love to see a later book find Jina joining in a protest or something regarding policies that are contributing to climate change, since the difference that individuals can make pales in comparison to the damage big corporations can do to the environment.

Thanks to the author and publisher for providing a review copy through NetGalley.

I really liked this book about climate change and small actions that kids (and adults) can do to help minimize their carbon foot print. We will recommend this book to all kids in the age range (6-8) and adults, especially teachers of preschool and lower grades.

Thank you for the advanced copy in return for an honest review.

This book was so adorable, I loved everything about it, the illustrations were so well done, they suited the book perfectly, the story was amazing as well, even thought is very short I could really connect with the characters and feel theirs struggles.
I’m sure the kids are going to be just as enthralled with this amazing book as I was.
I will definitely recommend!

Thank you netgalley and the publisher for this early copy

Very cute chapter book with fun conservation themes. The back matter will provide readers with many fun ways to extend the story. Highly recommend!

Such a good book. I loved reading this to my class to introduce the topic of climate change, and they really loved it too!

I really liked this book, and appreciated that it showed how ideas can be helpful, but not always practical. I really appreciated the parents sitting down and hearing their kids concerns and trying to compromise, and I liked the illustrations in the book as well. Thank you to Netgalley for the advanced copy of this book for review!

It's always exciting to see a positive book about climate change, especially one for children. There are little ways we can each try to conserve energy and do our part in this ever growing problem.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher.

What a great, informative book! I will highly recommend this to all my teacher friends. I think it did a great job explaining why it's important to look after our earth, along with making a fun story. The friendship was fun to see develop and I liked how she taught everyone that little things can make a difference.

Thank you to Capstone, Picture Window Books and NetGalley for an e-ARC to read and review. I definitely appreciate where this book was going, especially in terms of being an imperfect environmentalist. We all hear about little ways we can help conserve energy, and ways we can make little tweaks to our day to help the planet - but then it's either so challenging to put into practice on the daily, or can feel meaningless in the grand scheme of things. This book does a great job at showing that those best efforts really do all add up, and as you learn and grow, you can consistently build upon what you're doing to make better choices and overall progress. I did feel, though, while reading, that a lot of the examples are overly simplistic and don't aid in larger understanding of climate change - like it being super hot out is the catalyst for main character Jina wanting to kick up the air conditioning but also fret about that being a big electricity suck. But hot weather isn't, on its own, inherently climate change -- and for this book's reader age group I feel like it would be a not great sticking point.

Project Earth by Carol Kim is a great book for children ages 6-8 interested in learning more about climate change. The main character Jina embarks on a journey to find out more about energy use in her home and discovers how to reduce energy. She quickly learns that small changes can lead to positive outcomes. Jina has a few set backs on her quest and is comforted by her parents and teacher along with a newfound friend who provides additional help and guidance. Children will love following Jina on her mission and learn the value of helping to protect the environment. Project Earth is a great read that educates young minds on the importance of environmental conservation.

Energy saving is something that's important and I think this books handles it from a kid's view really well. I like that she didn't just suddenly get everyone to change everything about their lives but that they talked it through and worked on the issues together.

Jina has just discovered climate change is hurting the polar bears, so she decides she is going to do something about it. Problem is, she doesn’t discuss this with her family, or *really* think things through. She has read that devices that are not in use should be unplugged. So she unplugs the phone charger, the lamp, the coffee maker, those sorts of things.

And of course, that all backfires, because there is no coffee in the morning, her mother’s phone doesn’t charge, and the family thinks they need new light bulbs.

Once she talks with her parents, and they explain that some things shouldn’t be unplugged, she comes up with an idea that sticks. Car pooling. From there, she and they come up with using LED bulbs, running fans instead of A/C and taking showers rather than baths.

It is a good way to show little things we can do, at least.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review. This book comes out from Capstone, 1st of August 2023

The story of a child named Jina who gets a school assignment to make a poster. Jina also chose climate change as the theme she wanted to discuss. Because Jina's curiosity is very high, Jina looks for various sources of information and solutions herself to deal with climate change.

I like this book because Jina finds out the problems and solutions herself that she can do with trial and error. Jina considered for herself what solutions she might come up with. The role of parents and teachers in this book is only as a companion, not as a problem solver. This book teaches children to practice problem solving, think critically, and care about the environment around them.
The illustrations are very pretty and distinctively textured.

Thank you NetGalley and Publisher for accepting me to read and review this book

Project Earth is a great book for young readers. The book is geared toward readers who are 6-8. I think it would be a great book to read as a family. It offers lots of different opportunities to talk about global warming and how young readers can make their own impact. This is a sweet story and the few illustrations in the book are beautiful.